Hard News: Judge Harvey: My part in his downfall
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Sacha, in reply to
and then he got fired
stood himself down
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and then he got fired
stood himself down
Yes you're right. He fired himself.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
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The judge had noted that at present it was legal for citizens in New Zealand to hack DVD region codes to watch disks designed to be restricted to other countries, adding that TPP would change this.
DVDs are just so yesterday. I wonder what the TPP says about Carrier pigeons?.
One of the biggest problems in writing law applying to technology is that by the time the dust settles and the law is enacted the technology has moved on. -
Rich of Observationz, in reply to
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by the time the dust settles and the law is enacted the technology has moved on
Which is why a well drafted law is technology independent. The Copyright Act sez:
Nothing in this Act prevents any person from using a TPM circumvention device to exercise a permitted act under Part 3.
Nothing about DVDs, carrier pigeons or anything else. If you're allowed to perform the underlying act (watching a legitimately acquired film, for instance), then it isn't illegal to hack out a TPM that's stopping you.
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I confess, I was a little surprised at the time Judge Harvey made his pun. But I do hope it won't deter him from taking an active, public role in debates about the internet and copyright law. Because, as distressing as this furore must have been for him, his involvement at NetHui last week was was an examplary demonstration of how much a judge, lawyer and teacher can contribute as a public intellectual
Journalism thinks it's guarding the legacy of Woodward and Bernstein, but it's actually hiding in Sienna Miller's bushes, trying to get a photo up her skirt.
We should maintain the distinction between expertise and what gets reported in the media, rather than encourage journalists to pose as honest broker intermediaries between the two institutions. I don't want to see George Will's remembrances of the weather in his childhood or to see journalists glibly talk down to a Nobel-prize winner and compare him to a unicorn.
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Journalism thinks it’s guarding the legacy of Woodward and Bernstein, but it’s actually hiding in Sienna Miller’s bushes, trying to get a photo up her skirt.
Has anyone yet seen Aaron Sorkin's new effort, Newsroom? I feel like I'm going to like the characters and dialogue, but every show I feel like Aaron Sorkin is shouting at me "I don't like the way the world is, so I made this TV show to make me feel better about it".
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
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Journalism thinks it’s guarding the legacy of Woodward and Bernstein, but it’s actually hiding in Sienna Miller’s bushes, trying to get a photo up her skirt.
Brilliant.
ETA *note to self, must refresh page before posting. Still brilliant though.
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DeepRed, in reply to
Journalism thinks it’s guarding the legacy of Woodward and Bernstein, but it’s actually hiding in Sienna Miller’s bushes, trying to get a photo up her skirt.
When the Fourth Estate becomes the Fifth Column.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
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When the Fourth Estate becomes the Fifth Column.
Fnahh, dooblee entenderer
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