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Bertone77
11/07/09

In reply to BlueBeat’s Innovative Defense That Will Never Hold Up in Court
Nice try Hank, but you need to do some more research on copyright infringement before you go "creating music" again.

What Hank created is clearly a "derivative work" as defined by US copyright law. [en.wikipedia.org]

He did not create anythingnew, instead he stood on the shoulders of giants and "altered" it enough so that he could justify it in his mind that it was "original".

Hope he has a good lawyer to at least try to soften the blow of the book that is going to be thrown at him. #riaa
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Demonbird
11/03/09

In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
Upon reading the title I thought "Oh, I doubt that. Upon seeing the pictures, yeah, I don't know what they thought they were doing. #nookvsalex
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Fractal the Meek
11/02/09

In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
Yeah, our dear friends at that other blog smelled this one coming when Alex first dropped. Its announcement was flung together, perhaps not unlike its current patent applications, to beat the Nook's reveal. [www.engadget.com] #nookvsalex
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thepcguy85
11/02/09

In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
although it looks bulky, I really like the spring design e-reader. #nookvsalex
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cardboredbox
11/02/09

In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
of course B&N would find a way to mess this up #nookvsalex
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tande04
11/02/09

@cardboredbox: That was my initial thought too. As long as there is no injunction before the Nook goes on sale I'm good. #nookvsalex
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Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!:
11/02/09

In reply to Barnes & Noble's Nook May Violate Spring Design's Alex Reader Intellectual Property
From a outright design perspective, I'd take the nook over alex's ereader #nookvsalex
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appletoad
10/10/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
The people who transcribe for the courts type at like 400wpm using a phonetic keyboard. Good luck Rosa.
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Rosa Golijan
10/10/09

@appletoad: I didn't say I'd do it well...
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clak
10/09/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
Psystar wants a summary judgment because if they go to trial and Apple wins, Apple could be awarded some pretty hefty damages, in the millions. If a judge decides it, there won't likely be any huge monetary damages.

Apple wants a summary judgement because they have the law behind them. The system is pretty much set up to protect people who own the rights to something.

If Psystar were to win, that would mean any operating system, including those inside of consoles like the Xbox or Wii or Playstation or even an OS inside a freaking camera, would be available for anyone to install on a competing product. No judge is going to let such insanity happen.

No company who bother to develop anything if they were forced to hand it over to a competitor.

Even if a judge ruled in favor of Psystar, it would likely get reversed on appeal.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
10/09/09

@clak: "If Psystar were to win, that would mean any operating system, including those inside of consoles like the Xbox or Wii or Playstation or even an OS inside a freaking camera, would be available for anyone to install on a competing product."

Only if the company sells the OS as a separate product. Which neither MS, Nintendo, Sony, or any camera manufacturer does.
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clak
10/09/09

@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.:
There is no indication in the court documents I've seen that there be a stipulation that the OS be sold separately. So no, if Psystar were to win, that would be exactly what would happen.
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JMS3072
10/09/09

@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Apple doesn't actually sell their operating system separately. What they DO do is sell UPGRADE licenses. They DON'T sell full licenses.
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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
10/09/09

@JMS3072: Somebody should tell Apple that. There's no stipulation in their license agreement that says you must own a previous version of Mac OS to buy any particular version of OSX.
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UnderLoK
10/10/09

@clak: Psystar is a disposable company, I doubt their worried about loosing money.
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spcomputing
10/09/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
They should just settle this the old-fashioned way: A cage-fight between Steve Jobs and Psystar's CEO.
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tande04
10/09/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
They're always going to ask for a summary judgement. That reaaly isn't an issue.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/09/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
"Hell, I'll volunteer to transcribe the case for everyone's entertainment"

Can you wear this dress while transcribing?
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Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 10/09/09 7:33 PM

(Starman) Cookie_Monster
10/09/09

@Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Men, men, entertainmen...
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/09/09

@Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/09/09

@(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: Copy&Paste Fail!!!
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Nathan Obbards
10/09/09

In reply to Final Round of Psystar vs Apple Might Be Called Off
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, I know that Apple is a closed system and that they market themselves as a hardware company making most their profit on the hardware, not the OS and that a competitor running their OS might steal market share from them. On the other hand, there are many people who want a Mac, who can't afford to buy one, and who don't have the know how to make a hackintosh.
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nutbastard
10/09/09

@Nathan Obbards:

... come on, it's not THAT complicated to hackintosh these days! there was a time when obscure hardware combinations were a crapshoot, but there's literally lists of setups one can buy that are pretty straightforward in hackintoshing.

personally, i dont find the Mac OS as appealing as it once was compared to Windows. it used to be cut and dry, windows was a pain and mac seemed to work without any fuss. that's no longer true. and i dont think i'll ever get over the single button mouse. too many years of working on windows machines has atrophied the mac skills i grew up with. i can no longer fix a mac when something is misconfigured. they've changed so much and well, i go on, so i'll leave it at that.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/02/09

In reply to Apple and Eminem's Music Publisher Settle iTunes Lawsuit
Ooh, good. Maybe he'll write a song about it..
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switchblade saints
09/04/09

In reply to Dish Needs To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million
Its about time Charlie Ergen gets his. I worked Briefly for DishNetwork until I found out that pays his employees the bare minimum (that is putting it mildly), and no real perks. He's a cheapskate.
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Sicpup
09/04/09

@switchblade saints: I don't want to say Chuckles Ergin is a tight-ass, but rumor has it that they regularly insert charcoal briquets in his rectum and 4 hours later its passed as a diamond.
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switchblade saints
09/04/09

@Sicpup: indeed ha. I guess you don't make 9.1 billion and hit the top 35 richest in the world list for being generous.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
07/31/09

In reply to High School Student Suing Amazon After They Deleted Homework From His Kindle
I just know tons of comments will be something like "you shouldn't trust digital devices" or "heh, should've made a backup son", but I for one am cheering for Justin there.

I mean, really, how many of us lost important personal stuff (from notes to photos) because of some faulty hardware?

I know I did, including a couple of really long posts on Gawker blogs due to clicking outside the box *AAAAHHHHH*

Backuping is good and all, but I can't be bothered to backup just about everything I make on a computer everyday... because it's plain impractical.

And most important: If we're paying for harddrives, pendrives, blank cds dvds... they are supposed to work.

Kindle's case is even worse, because they erased something they weren't supposed to, and as consequence the guy lost something he probably spent some time working on.

I already decided that, if someday I get some digital book, it'll be something either offline or impossible to have it's content erased without my permission.

Either Amazon fix that crap or I ain't buying it...
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