With SOPA, Garfield minus Garfield would probably have never happened. Protest SOPA.
(Source: garfieldminusgarfield)
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(via Alison - G+)
My, how the wheel turns.
Not to mention that they’ve made us pay to watch illegal content.
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i find this so amusing.
The left one looks refined, with nice decorative touches on the buckle and the other brass accents. If it’s real leather, I’d give it a second glance, and maybe a fondle to see what the state of the pockets are in the interior.
The one on the right looks rough and comparatively unattractive. It looks like it’s made of possibly waterproof plasticky material. On the up-side, it might be easier to clean. But I wouldn’t even take a step to have a closer look.
IMO, those are two different bags and I’m guessing the one on the left is the ‘original’. There are some similarities, but it’s not like someone would mistake one for the other.
(via jessicatron)
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Take that, RIAA and MPAA!
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(via @wobster)
A dev had a go at implementing a Shazam-like application in Java for academic purposes and intended to release it as open source. The code was written over a weekend, by himself, using known algorithms and hashing techniques.
He has now been approached by the patent owners of Shazam’s technology with requests to take down the blog posts he wrote about his side-project, and to never release the code or descriptions of how it works.
As owners of the patents, they are obliged to pursue any potential cases of infringement or they’ll lose their claim to them. But what this guy has done is use generic descriptions and well known techniques to develop his implementation.
I feel somewhat conflicted about this matter. I understand why the patent holders need to do this, but how far do they have to go? Is there a point where they can drop it without losing claims to their patents?
It’d be interesting to see what comes of this, but I hope it doesn’t involve this guy getting pillaged for everything he’s worth.
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(via geeksugar)
The US Copyright Office have announced revisions to copyright laws.
Amongst these changes are clauses relating to ripping DVDs and bypassing DRM for educational purposes, or to access features which do not infringe on copyright (such as the ‘read aloud’ feature on ebooks).
Also legal is jailbreaking your iPhone so that you can install legally obtainable applications, or use it on another telco.
Read the statement for the rest of the fair use and education related revisions.
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Summary of the AFACT vs iiNet trial ruling by Judge J. Cowdroy.
His description of BitTorrent was also most amusing and generally accurate as an analogy.
To use the rather colourful imagery that internet piracy conjures up in a highly imperfect analogy, the file being shared in the swarm is the treasure, the BitTorrent client is the ship, the .torrent file is the treasure map, The Pirate Bay provides treasure maps free of charge and the tracker is the wise old man that needs to be consulted to understand the treasure map.
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