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Chris Walters wrote: |
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> I am truly surprised that Gentoo, and more GNU/Linux and *BSD sites did not |
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> join in the 'blackout'. The only one I saw that did was opensuse.org . |
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> These laws, as I understand them, and I am no lawyer, could be used against |
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> open source kernels, operating system tools, and other open source applications |
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> by companies that would benefit by eliminating competition or potential |
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> competition. |
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> The definition of infringement is so broad, and the blocking is required with |
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> just a single complaint - it could really be used to wreak havoc on the |
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> Internet, in general, and by the big players to eliminate the smaller |
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> competition. Lame alone could shut down just about every distribution and |
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> their mirrors since the mp3 encoder algorithms are patented and cross-patented |
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> in so many ways that just the distribution of the source code could result in a |
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> complaint and many blocks. |
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> Chris |
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I bypassed the wiki black out. I used adblock to disable the part that |
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blacks everything out. I was doing some research on my health issues |
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and I wanted more than a black screen. I like the way Google did it. |
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It was certainly noticeable but you could still use the site. If Google |
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had went down, people would have found the competition and that may not |
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be good in the long run, law or no law. Who really competes with Google |
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anyway? I wonder if a Google search would work on that? LOL |
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I don't like the law and honestly I don't like 99% of the laws they even |
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think about much less pass. Trust me, I let my Rep know several times |
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that I oppose both of them and even got a phone call today from one of |
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them. I also pointed out that no law we pass here affects the people |
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overseas. Last I heard, when you got a few miles off shore, our laws |
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pretty much end. The people in other countries are going to hack and |
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steal and host whatever they want as long as it benefits them. They |
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could care less what our laws are. They may be laughing at us too. I |
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know I could care less what laws they pass somewhere else. |
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Little piece of info about me. If you want to get me really going, put |
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a politician on TV and let his lips move. I can give a sailor a run for |
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his money. O_O |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |