FYI...Slim Devices, along with other emerging technology companies,
submitted an Amicus (friend of the court) Brief to the US Supreme Court in
defense of the landmark 1984 Betamax ruling.
Below you can find an articled from the Associated Press summarizing the
case before the court.
The brief can
Perfect. :) Thanks patrick.
On Mar 3, 2005, at 2:17 PM, Patrick Cosson wrote:
FYI...Slim Devices, along with other emerging technology companies,
submitted an Amicus (friend of the court) Brief to the US Supreme
Court in
defense of the landmark 1984 Betamax ruling.
Below you can find an articled
"Patrick Cosson" wrote
> FYI...Slim Devices, along with other emerging technology companies,
> submitted an Amicus (friend of the court) Brief to the US Supreme Court in
> defense of the landmark 1984 Betamax ruling.
>
> Below you can find an articled from the Associated Press summarizing the
> ca
Because it gets right to the question of whether or not technology can legally exist for making copies of copyrighted material.
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final legislation. To me, the very consideration of such a
thing is just vile.
-kdf
> >From: "Aaron Zinck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com
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--- Aaron Zinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand
> with respect
> to this case (I don't know enough about it) I don't understand
> what
> financial/business interest Slim Devices has in this case.
> I'm no lawyer
> and may be a bit dense
> I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand
> with respect to this case (I don't know enough about it) I
> don't understand what financial/business interest Slim
> Devices has in this case. I'm no lawyer and may be a bit
> dense about these types of things, but it seems as
> But it cracks me up
> that these companies' even try to pretend that they created
> their software for anything other than illegal file sharing (be
> it music or other).
I get new Linux distros from BitTorrent when they come out. Everything
from the Mozilla foundation has a bittorrent link. So,
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:55:09 -0600, Ben Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But it cracks me up
> > that these companies' even try to pretend that they created
> > their software for anything other than illegal file sharing (be
> > it music or other).
>
> I get new Linux distros from BitTorre
--- Michael Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:55:09 -0600, Ben Klaas
> > I get new Linux distros from BitTorrent when they come out.
> Everything
> > from the Mozilla foundation has a bittorrent link. So, there
> are
> > definitely non-pirate applications that P2P is good
kdf wrote:
There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means, if
you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD.
being a european lawyer I have not heard of that ruling, but I can
assure you th
Quoting Johan Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> kdf wrote:
> >
> > There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
> > decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means,
> if
> > you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD.
>
> being a europea
kdf wrote:
Quoting Johan Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
kdf wrote:
There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means,
if
you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD.
being a european lawyer I ha
Quoting Johan Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> kdf wrote:
> > Quoting Johan Hübner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >
> >>kdf wrote:
> >>
> >>>There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
> >>>decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means,
> >>
> >>if
I've kept out of this thread until now because most people tend to view my
views
as a little radical. But here's my cue.
as a person who has to perform daily in order to meet demands, [...]
A cinema ticket at one of the big movie-houses here costs 8-10 EUR.
The same movie on a DVD will set you ba
I appreciate everyone's responses and am understanding the situation a bit
better now. I do think it's time for the music industry to entirely
overhaul their cost and distribution structure to be more fair to the
artists and the consumers.
Something Christian wrote got me thinking and I wanted to
> The price I have to pay for my entertainment has nothing to do with
> the work involved in the first place - so much for artist
compensation.
This isn't true at all. Certainly the one-time cost and the work that goes
into producing a high-quality movie is far greater than the amount that
goes
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:57:35PM -0800, kdf wrote:
> There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
> decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means, if
> you buy a CD, you can only EVER copy it to another CD. I got too annoyed
> before I co
Quoting John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:57:35PM -0800, kdf wrote:
>
> > There was a recent ruling in Europe (not sure if it was EU-wide) that has
> > decided that copying from one format to another was illegal. This means,
> if
> > you buy a CD, you can only EVE
Basically, it's Norway implementing an EU directive they had no say
in, that was put into EU law after great lobbying by the recording
industry.
Of course they had no say in it, as they're not in the EU.
But why did they implement it, and in such a manner?
Tom
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:12:35PM +0100, T wrote:
> Of course they had no say in it, as they're not in the EU.
>
> But why did they implement it, and in such a manner?
Although Norway is not part of the EU, it is a part of EFTA (which is
kinda of a trade block, I guess. Haven't really looked
Although Norway is not part of the EU, it is a part of EFTA
Anyways, to get access to the EU's inner marked, EFTA (and their
members) agreed to implement EU's laws and directives.
Interesting, as we (Switzerland) are also members of EFTA, but I haven't
heard of Switzerland implementing such a law.
The Swiss have always been rebels ;)
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> Although Norway is not part of the EU, it is a part of EFTA
> Anywa
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 09:55:39AM +0100, T wrote:
> >Although Norway is not part of the EU, it is a part of EFTA
> >Anyways, to get access to the EU's inner marked, EFTA (and their
> >members) agreed to implement EU's laws and directives.
>
> Interesting, as we (Switzerland) are also members of E
x27;t use :-).
I am not a lawyer; this is not legal advice.
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If I use the Volume Normalizer in WMP 10 will my volume of MP3's be
normalized in SlimServer?
Thanks,
Mike
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