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General Software Discussion / Re: Freeware = CRAP!
« Last post by wraith808 on July 24, 2013, 11:50 AM »Somehow, I don't think we'll hear from the OP again... 
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In the film, Wilson describes his fantastic experiences. He says, “The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party.”
In Requiem for a Nun, Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It’s not even past."
In his ruling (read in full here), the judge analyzes the various factors that comprise a fair use to see whether Sony's exploitation of Faulkner's passage was legitimate.
In terms of the purpose and character of the use, the judge notes "the copyrighted work is a serious piece of literature lifted for use in a speaking part in a movie comedy, as opposed to a printed portion of a novel printed in a newspaper, or a song’s melody sampled in another song. This transmogrification in medium tips this factor in favor of transformative, and thus, fair use."
As for the substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work, the Faulkner literary estate attempted to argue that the "Quote describes the essence of Requiem," and as such deserved some extra credit for its qualitative importance.
But the judge responds, "Qualitative importance to society of a nine-word quote is not the same as qualitative importance to the originating work as a whole. Moreover, it should go without saying that the quote at issue is of miniscule quantitative importance to the work as a whole. Thus, the court considers both the qualitative and quantitative analyses to tip in favor of fair use."
Renegade: The other person in your Reply #1888 picture looks like they're wearing a bra and a dress.-Arizona Hot (July 21, 2013, 05:41 PM)
I guess I disagree with Renegade regarding "nobody cares about features" -- I'd rather see a feature list than a hand-wavey description of how a program is going to solve my problems.
But I think in general we are all in agreement that the home page should be clearer about what the program actually DOES.-mouser (July 20, 2013, 01:25 PM)
There are a lot of people who seem to think that putting off disclosing their price sheet until the last possible moment is a sharp sales strategy. It isn't. It's just annoying.-40hz (July 21, 2013, 10:55 AM)
+1
My rule of thumb is that if there's no price on it, I can't afford it. Then I move one.-Renegade (July 21, 2013, 01:10 PM)
Renegade: What about income tax in Monopoly?-Arizona Hot (July 20, 2013, 02:19 PM)
It's slowly becoming clear that there really is a superior race of beings on this planet. Mind you they're obviously not human beings ... My money is on the dolphins.-Stoic Joker (July 19, 2013, 12:05 PM)
"DC Members unite to take over the world! Uh... what is it Pinky? We're all booked today? Can we take over the world tomorrow?"-TaoPhoenix (July 19, 2013, 01:55 PM)
NARF!Had a bit too much to drink to do any serious math there, but when I saw "NPR", my BULLSHIT alert went off. Dunno. But citing the NPR immediately puts a sour piece of cat turd in my mouth.-Renegade (July 19, 2013, 11:57 AM)
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For a bit of perspective on the Stasi vs. the NSA:
http://falkvinge.net...rse-and-by-how-much/So where the hated Stasi surveillance was a building in area, the NSA surveillance today is an entire continent.
As a final note, the word Stasi was a contraction of the East German surveillance agency’s full name, Ministerium für Staatssicherheit. It translates to National Security Agency.
In the immortal words of Darth Vader, "Impressive."-Renegade (July 19, 2013, 10:43 AM)
And that's why I don't use machine translation unless absolutely necessary.
I do like that he's come out against the surveillance, but, I can't say more about him.-Renegade (July 18, 2013, 10:25 AM)
May your stay be long!