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FRANKFURT, Germany German carmaker Daimler AG joined GM subsidiary Adam Opel AG and the German unit of Ford Motor Company on Tuesday in announcing production cutbacks given the current financial situation.
Opel said it would stop production entirely at its Eisenach plant for three weeks starting next week.
"We're feeling the effects of the financial crisis," said Opel spokesman Andreas Kroemer "People are holding on to their money and not ordering cars."
The company's Bochum plant had already stopped production last week, and Kroemer said the company was expecting to build 40,000 less cars than initially planned this year. Kroemer said the Bochum Opel facility would restart production in a few weeks.
Kroemer said the company's plants in Kaiserslautern and Ruesselsheim weren't affected yet. In both those plants, the company builds its new insignia models.
In late August, GM Europe's president said the company was concentrating on the Russian and former Soviet countries for growth instead of the saturated western Europe car market.
Ford Motor Company's German unit said it would curb production and lay off 204 part-time workers at its Saarlouis plant in western Germany, while the company's Cologne plant in the northwest of the country would continue production without changes.
About 6,500 people work at the Saarlouis plant, where Ford produces the Focus, C-Max and Cougar, according to Ford spokesman Bernd Meyer. Meyer wouldn't say by how many cars the company wants to curb overall production.
Stuttgart-based Daimler said Tuesday the company wanted to keep car production at a low level, in light of the current financial situation, and that production adjustments could affect German facilities and Daimler's Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant, though no specific plants or models were outlined.
In summer Daimler said it would adjust production this year, though now it said it would stop production at its largest German production facility, Sindelfingen, earlier than usual on Dec. 17 for the Christmas holidays. Production would resume in January, but no date has been set yet.
"It's our general goal to keep vehicle levels at a low level," Spokesman Florian Martens said.
The story was different at Porsche, however, also based in Stuttgart. Spokesman Albrecht Bamler said there were no plans to curb production and that at the moment the plants at Stuttgart and Leipzig were running at full capacity. He said the company could react flexibly if necessary.
Porsche produces its 911 model in Stuttgart and its Cayenne in Leipzig.
Associated Press writers Oliver Schmale in Stuttgart, Claus-Peter Tiemann in Hamburg and Guido Rijkhoek in Wiesbaden contributed to this report.
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Bundled Payments Work, Study Finds, But HHS Nominee No Fan
A study found that Medicare's bundled payments model for joint replacement could save the government billions of dollars without harming patient care.
Some Firms Save Money By Offering Employees Free Surgery
The idea is this: Negotiate a flat price with a few hospitals to cover surgery, physical therapy and certain other post-op treatments. Companies save money and hospitals gain patients.
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Is Acetaminophen the Same as Tylenol?

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Unfortunately, if parents don't recognize that Tylenol and acetaminophen are the same thing, they may not realize that they are overdosing their child if they give more than one medicine with acetaminophen on its ingredient list.

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The use of acetaminophen gained in popularity as parents were warned about using aspirin because of its association with Reye's syndrome.

Acetaminophen is commonly used as a fever reducer (antipyretic) and pain reliever (analgesic). However, unlike the non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen does not reduce inflammation.

Formulations of acetaminophen include liquid, chewable tablets, tablets, suppositories and even an intravenous solution (IV).

Acetaminophen Issues

Acetaminophen overdoses, either accidental or intentional, is always a concern, as it is with most other medications. To help decrease the risk of acetaminophen overdoses in younger children, dosages of acetaminophen oral suspension have been standardized, and some drug companies will no longer make acetaminophen infant drops. Unfortunately, other drug companies might still make the more concentrated acetaminophen drops - which makes looking at drug labels and instructions very important.

Another issue is whether the increased use of acetaminophen is associated with the increased number of children being diagnosed with asthma. One expert, John T. McBride, M.D., goes so far as to say that, "Until future studies document the safety of this drug, children with asthma or at risk for asthma should avoid the use of acetaminophen." Others would like to see some studies to prove the association before making any formal recommendations.

Medications with Acetaminophen

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In fact, according to the FDA, "more than 600 medications, both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC), contain the active ingredient acetaminophen to help relieve pain and reduce fever."

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'Performative' is not just a fancy way of saying 'performed'.
This seems to be a very common misunderstanding that I keep seeing all over the place, which is unfortunate because the confusion ends up missing pretty much everything that is important and powerful about the idea of gender performativity.
If 'performance' refers to the expression of some symbolic gesture, the 'performative' refers to what the performance does, how the performance transforms the world.
When Judith Butler says gender is performative, she is not simply saying that gender is something we perform, and especially not that gender is nothing other than performance (which would imply that everyone has a radical freedom to change gender from performance to performance, something that is obviously not true, and is I think the major misunderstanding that causes a lot of trans people to react against her). What she is saying is that gender performance does not express some interior truth that pre-exists performance, but rather that the sense of interior truth of gender is the effect of repeatedly performing expressions of gender.
That doesn't mean that the interior sense of gender is any less real; it's a position on where that (very much real) interior sense of gender comes from. It's a rejection of the traditional understanding that in the beginning there is gender and then subsequently there is the expression of that gender, which was, somehow, always already there. The idea that everyone has limitless freedom to self-create from moment to moment does not follow from the theory of gender performativity. Gender congeals over time, perhaps into something that, for some, is experienced as genuinely immutable. It does, however, mean that there is always some indeterminacy within which we have a limited and constrained kind of agency: we all have some capacity to reconfigure what we are, and whatever limits exist cannot be known in advance. So, e.g. the idea that everyone is free to be whatever they want is not 'true', but believing and acting on the basis that it is might allow some to become something other than what they already are (it might also result in a harmful process of self-denial, but this can only be determined through experimentation with one's own limits). Or, more to the point as regards trans people, because there is this indeterminacy, being forced over and over to repeat certain kinds of expression does not mean we automatically become what these expressions mean, as in TERF theories of 'male socialisation'. Because we have agency, we can resist being formed a certain way by coerced expression.
The idea that gender is performed, on the other hand, simply says that whatever gender is, it is something we do. Gender could be biologically fixed from birth and we would still perform it. And if gender wasn't something performed, there would be no way of knowing it exists in the first place, it would have no social presence at all. Of course, we can deduce things about what gender is from the kinds of performances we need to do to secure recognition from others or to feel it in ourselves. But on it's own, the idea that gender is performed is not a theory of gender, and the claim 'gender is performance' is just straight-up wrong.
One common misuse of the term 'performative' is as a way of saying something is inauthentic. So, for example, there is a commonly used concept of 'performative allyship' which refers to inauthentic and exaggerated performances of feminism, anti-racism or whatever that are clearly more about being seen (by others or by oneself) as a 'good ally' than authentic personal commitment to the politics being performed. The idea of performativity does have something to say about this idea of authenticity, but it's not at all what this usage would imply:
Returning to gender, what does an 'authentic' expression of gender look like? With essentialist understandings of gender there is, at least in principle, a clear way of judging: Deep down inside there is something that constitutes the truth of one's gender; an authentic expression is one that conveys this truth to the world, an inauthentic one attempts to convey something else. If you're anti-trans, this is the biological truth of sex which means that everything other than normative cisgender performance is a denial of the fixed unwavering truth of your being. There are putatively pro-trans versions too that attempt to construct some basis for adjudicating between real and fake expressions of transness: you're authentically trans if you have a brain-sex/body-sex mismatch, or if you meet the diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria, or whatever.
From the point of view of perfomativity, this kind of valuation is not possible. 'Really being' whatever gender, is, for everyone, nothing other than the conformity of the desire which pushes us to become with our being, what we already are. What is authentic are the acts by which we self-create according to our desire, not any predetermined idea of what we should create or how we should engage in this process. There is no position of externality nor privileged set of facts about us that would allow for judgement from outside between authenticity and inauthenticity. Perhaps the consequence is that we should dispense with the concept of authenticity altogether, or perhaps that the only authenticity that matters is immanent to the process, rather than one to be found in, say, scanning one's history or comparing one's experience to others' in the search for legitimating signs. I think these amount to much the same thing.
'Performative allyship', viewed this way, means something rather different from what is intended by those using the term. Rather than being some kind of fake performance, the analysis of performativity would suggest that such performances might function as a mechanism by which individuals cement the desired form of political consciousness in themselves, by repeatedly presenting themselves to themselves as the kind of person they wish to be, a function which, however annoying or unhelpful its manifestations might be, is at the very least not monodimensionally negative. The authenticity question becomes a personal one, unanswerable by others except speculatively: "do I simply wish to seem, or to seem in order to be?" The former leads only to a narcissistic loop where the goal becomes eliciting the positive valuations of others in order to maintain one's self-image, forever chasing superego approval no matter where it leads. It is only through the latter that a useful kind of political consciousness can be constructed, where external valuations can be brought into relation with goals and values that are one's own first. So the issue is not performativity (which is inescapable anyway), but what that performativity is performative of.


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Tyre labelling outside Europe
To date, tyre labelling has only been adopted by Japan and South Korea. But other countries, such as the USA and Brazil are likely to follow suit. Performance criteria, grading scales, tyre label: Overview of the different legislations.
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The European Union is not the first to launch performance labels for tyres. In 2010, Japan introduced tyre labelling on a voluntary basis. South Korea followed suit in 2011 and tyre labelling become mandatory in November 2012, at the same time as EU countries. The label has attracted the attention of other leading countries. The United States is refining their system, which should be implemented soon, whereas China and Brazil have launched their own research program on the subject.
Tyre labelling in Japan
Japanese tyre labelling is not very different from the European system. However, it only covers two criteria: Wet grip and rolling resistance (directly correlated to fuel consumption).
The scale for rolling resistance has 5 grades
The scale for wet grip has 4 grades
For a tyre to carry the "Fuel efficiency" label (shown below), its rolling resistance must be graded A or above.
Example of a "fuel efficient" tyre:
With an AA grade for rolling resistance and a C grade for wet grip, this tyre also displays the "fuel efficiency" icon.
Japan forecasts tougher conditions for this grading system in 2016. Since tyres are responsible for about 20% of fuel consumption - and the corresponding CO2 emissions- the government would like to use this leverage to achieve the environmental objectives it has set.
Tyre labelling in South Korea
South Korea, which exports almost 30% of its production to Europe with brands such as Hankook, Kumho or Nexen, has decided to follow the European Union's example. After launching tyre labelling on a voluntary basis in 2011, the government has decided to make tyre labelling mandatory from November 2012, at the same time as European Union countries.
Like Japan, South Korea only takes two criteria into account: Fuel efficiency and wet grip. But its label clearly favours fuel efficiency over wet grip. The scales are simple: 5 grades (from 1 to 5) for both criteria.
In South Korea, the label applies to all tyres sold in the country. For replacement tyres, the label must be applied directly to the tread area. For "original equipment" tyres (fitted to new vehicles) tyre performance information must be published in the vehicle's handbook.
Tyre labelling in the USA
Although no decision has been taken on its implementation, the American administration has already done a great deal of work on tyre labelling. After conducting studies and consultations, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a draft design for the label which appears to satisfy the various parties involved in the project.
The American label takes three factors into account: Fuel efficiency, wet grip and durability. The rating (based on 100 point scale with 100 representing the best performance) is the same for the three criteria. The United States has taken tread wear into account which may have an impact on legislation in other countries in the world.
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Regulations for the use of winter tyres, snow chains and studded tyres in Europe
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- EU tyre label: tyres with the worst ratings banned from sale
- Only 8% of drivers are aware of the three labelling criteria
- No AA-rated tyres before 2013
- Tyre labelling is now mandatory
- 80% of European drivers are in favour of tyre labelling
- Introduction of tyre labelling
- Dunlop unveil an AA-labelled sports tyre
- Goodyear presents its AA concept tyre
- Bridgestone will officially present an AA-rated tyre at the Paris Motor Show
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Mr.J!M replied to Mr.J!M's topic in Programming (C++, Delphi, VB/VBS, CMD/batch, etc.)thanks so much adwidmark and Yzöwl!
Mr.J!M posted a topic in Programming (C++, Delphi, VB/VBS, CMD/batch, etc.)Helloo!!! i would like to make a BATCH or a VBS which get the HOSTNAME, supress ALL the caracters after the 7th and to add AB at the end... also i would like to connect a drive to it: net use o: \\XXXXXXXAB\folder$ is it possible?
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Mr.J!M replied to S0mE0nesMiNd1's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003The bashrat pack do this "procedure" in your site. But we want to add an ADDITIONNAL driver which come after (if i have a new computer in 1year i would like to install the new raid drivers without to rebuild a new cd and just insert my floppy)
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Integrated circuit (IC) technology is changing in multiple ways: 193i to extreme ultraviolet exposure, planar to nonplanar device architecture, from single exposure lithography to multiple exposure and directed self-assembly (DSA) patterning, and so on. Critical dimension (CD) control requirement is becoming stringent and more exhaustive: CD and process windows are shrinking, three-sigma CD control of <2 nm is required in complex geometries, and a metrology uncertainty of <0.2 nm is required to achieve the target CD control for advanced IC nodes (e.g., 14, 10, and 7 nm nodes). There are fundamental capability and accuracy limits in all the metrology techniques that are detrimental to the success of advanced IC nodes. Reference or physical CD metrology is provided by atomic force microscopy (CD-AFM) and TEM while workhorse metrology is provided by CD-SEM, scatterometry, and model-based infrared reflectrometry (MBIR). Precision alone is not sufficient for moving forward. No single technique is sufficient to ensure the required accuracy of patterning. The accuracy of CD-AFM is ∼1 nm and the precision in TEM is poor due to limited statistics. CD scanning electron microscopy (CD-SEM), scatterometry, and MBIR need to be calibrated by reference measurements for ensuring the accuracy of patterned CDs and patterning models. There is a dire need for a measurement with <0.5 nm accuracy and the industry currently does not have that capability with inline measurements. Being aware of the capability gaps for various metrology techniques, we have employed data processing techniques and predictive data analytics, along with patterning simulation and metrology models and data integration techniques to selected applications demonstrating the potential solution and practicality of such an approach to enhance CD metrology accuracy. Data from multiple metrology techniques have been analyzed in multiple ways to extract information with associated uncertainties and integrated to extract the useful and more accurate CD and profile information of the structures. This paper presents the optimization of scatterometry and MBIR model calibration and the feasibility to extrapolate not only in design and process space but also from one process step to a previous process step. A well-calibrated scatterometry model or patterning simulation model can be used to accurately extrapolate and interpolate in the design and process space for lithography patterning where AFM is not capable of accurately measuring sub-40 nm trenches. The uncertainty associated with extrapolation can be large and needs to be minimized. We have made use of measurements from CD-SEM and CD-AFM, along with the patterning and scatterometry simulation models to estimate the uncertainty associated with extrapolation and the methods to reduce it. For the first time, we have reported the application of machine learning (artificial neural networks) to the resist shrinkage systematic phenomenon to accurately predict the preshrink CD based on supervised learning using the CD-AFM data. The study lays out various basic concepts, approaches, and protocols of multiple source data processing and integration for a hybrid metrology approach. Impacts of this study include more accurate metrology, patterning models, and better process controls for advanced IC nodes.
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Event With EFF's Ren Bucholz and Robin Linden
Topic: Copyright, DMCA, IP Rights, and how they effect Second Life and simular technologies
Bhodi Silverman: WITHOUT FURTHER ADO - I GIVE YOU Bucholz of The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Ren Galatea: Thanks very much for having me here today. Thanks especially to Bhodi and VERTU for arranging everything.
Ren Galatea: I've never seen a space quite like this - I am very impressed. You all know this already, but Second Life is a stark contrast to most other games.
Ren Galatea: Its architecture empowers its inhabitants, and you've used that freedom to build a rich environment.
Ren Galatea: I mention this not only because it makes me happy, but also because it's a theme that I'd like to talk about today.
Ren Galatea: I'm going to focus on the role of disruptive information technology in the last 100 years, but I think that what you're doing here is very relevant and should be kept in mind - when the monopoly on creative/expressive apparatuses is broken, interesting
Ren Galatea: things start to happen.
Ren Galatea: My First Life name is Ren Bucholz and I work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit lawfirm concerned with the intersection of technology and civil liberties.
Ren Galatea: We don't have an SL office yet, so I apologize if I stick out like a sore thumb right now.
Ren Galatea: Or, like a naked thumb
Ren Galatea: We do, however, have an office in California, and staffers in other states and countries at any given moment.
Ren Galatea: We work on traditional civil liberties issues like privacy, free speech, surveillance and the like, but we've also become increasingly involved in intellectual property (IP) law.
Bhodi Silverman: FOLKS, PLEASE IM EACH OTHER IF YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AND LET REN SPEAK.
Ren Galatea: no problem By the way, please feel free to IM Bhodi with questions for me - I'd really like to answer any that you have.
Ren Galatea: As IP - particularly copyright - becomes more powerful, we've seen it used to squelch innovation, censor speech and frustrate the flow of information.
Ren Galatea: Hmm - that didn't come out right. I was saying that we are increasingly working on intellectual property issues because IP is often used for ill purposes.
Ren Galatea: This isn't a new tactic, but it has always failed in the past.
Ren Galatea: Today, however, we are embroiled in many close fights with copyright holders who want to control technology and its users.
Ren Galatea: To understand these fights better, I'd like to put them in context.
Ren Galatea: This scenario has played out many times in the last century:
Ren Galatea: a disruptive information technology becomes widely used, an affected industry claims that the technology will result in the End of the World as We Know It,
Ren Galatea: and that industry proceeds to attack the new technology in court, in Congress and in public.
Ren Galatea: Every new information technology of the last one hundred years - piano rolls, motion pictures, radio, television, cable TV, satellite TV, the VCR, the Internet, etc. -
Ren Galatea: has been met with this kind of resistance.
Ren Galatea: In each case, the old guard was rebuked.
Ren Galatea: And in each case, the complaining industry and the public were better off than before.
Ren Galatea: The archetypical example is the VCR.
Ren Galatea: In 1975 Sony released the Betamax, the first commercially successful home video recorder.
Ren Galatea: This amazing new technology gave consumers the ability to #time shift# broadcast material to fit their schedules.
Ren Galatea: It also sparked a booming video rental market and the machines sold like hotcakes.
Ren Galatea: The motion picture industry, however, was not impressed.
Ren Galatea: Jack Valenti, their president and one of the most effective lobbyists of all time, told Congress that
Ren Galatea: "the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone."
Ren Galatea: In other words, the VCR was going to end the movie industry.
Ren Galatea: Disney and Universal City Studios filed suit against Sony in 1976, claiming that it was engaged in #contributory copyright infringement.#
Ren Galatea: In other words, they thought that manufacturing a device that people *may* use to infringe copyright shold be illegal.
Ren Galatea: Further, they held out their own technological solutions as reasonable alternatives.
Ren Galatea: Sure, they weren't very good for consumers, but that wasn't Hollywood's aim in the first place.
Ren Galatea: For the copyright holders, controlling the technology was of primary importance.
Ren Galatea: The Supreme Court decided in favor of Sony in 1984.
Ren Galatea: The Court held that manufacturers of a device with significant non-infringing uses could not be held liable for contributory infringement.
Ren Galatea: That's a lot of big lawyer-sounding words.
Ren Galatea: Basically, they said "this is a multipurpose technology, get over it."
Ren Galatea: This meant that though the machine *could* be used to infringe copyright, the movie industry wasn't going to be given control over it.
Ren Galatea: Of course, the following decades proved Valenti more than wrong.
Ren Galatea: By 1992, revenue from videocassette sales and rentals made up the majority of Hollywood's earnings - it even exceeded the money generated by the box office.
Ren Galatea: In other words, less control over technology created a better outcome for both content creators and the public.
Ren Galatea: The principle outlined in that case is now known as "the Betamax Doctrine," and it is part of why the last 20 years have seen such unprecedented growth in information technology
Ren Galatea: If Sony had lost, and anything that was *capable* of making a copy had to be authorized by a movie studio or record label, we'd live in a very different world.
Ren Galatea: This is remarkable because that fight is upon us again today, and it has happened many times in other contexts in the last 100 years.
Ren Galatea: We could talk about other historical examples like those I mentioned above, or we could move on to more current stuff. Are there any preferences?
Alana Monde: I'd like a view of what we are up against currently
Ren Galatea: Great!
Ace Cassidy: I think we know the history... let's talk about what's happening today
Nala Galatea: I'd personally want to hear what is current
Beryl Greenacre: me, too, current stuff is most interesting to me
Fallingwater Cellardoor: me too
Malana Spencer is offline
Eddie Escher: yup
Ren Galatea: Fantastic - we'll talk about current stuff.
Ren Galatea: So, I mentioned that EFF is a law firm
Ren Galatea: We take cases where we think that a principle is in danger and we believe that we can make a difference.
Ren Galatea: I'm sure that you're all aware of Napster?
Selador Cellardoor: Yep
Oz Spade: /nod
Nala Galatea nods
Eddie Pollack: o yeah
Ren Galatea: Well, the recording industry went after Napster with a lot of the same arguments thatHollywood used in the 1980s
Ren Galatea: They said, "you are making a product that is primarily designed to contribute to copyright infringement."
Ren Galatea: Further, Napster had the right and ability to control its network
Ren Galatea: A judge looked at that situation and decided that Napster was not like a VCR,a nd that it should be shut down.
Ren Galatea: So - why wasn't it like a VCR?
Ren Galatea: For one, the company had the power to control peoples' uses. Sony simply sold a box to a consumer and then had nothing furhter to do with it
Ren Galatea: So, after Napster was shut down, a new crop of P2P applications emerged that looked a lot more like a VCR
Ren Galatea: Kazaa, Morpheus, iMesh, etc. are all decentralized services, and their authors have no control over what goes on over those networks
Ren Galatea: When the recording industry attacked this new wave, they restated many of the MPAA's wishes from the Betamax case. They essentially said - you should have to ask us before making anything that's capable of copying music
Ren Galatea: That's why EFF is representing Morpheus in this matter
Ren Galatea: If the RIAA has its way, then all multipurpose technology is potentially at risk
Ren Galatea: Because today, almost all of our technology is capable of making those kinds of copies
Ren Galatea: We also believe that P2P is socially beneficial and has the potential to make the world a better palce for artists and the public
Ren Galatea: So, the neat thing is that so far we are winning
Ren Galatea: We won our case at the district court level and recently argued the appeal here in California
Zeppi Schlegel: :-)
Ren Galatea: When that decision is issued, we'll have a sense of whether the principles outlined in BetaMax will continue to protect innovation
Ren Galatea: I also wanted to go back to something I started talking about at the beginning - the nature of empowering technologies and why we think they're important
Ren Galatea: P2P, SL, open source software, the Web, are all examples of technology that let people contribute to the larger culture in ways that were previously unimaginable
Ren Galatea: Many of these technologies are undergirded by a sense that openness is important, and that centralized, corporate control of the network are not healthy
Ren Galatea: That's why I wanted to mention that I think SL is really neat - I think it's a good example of what people can do if given the tools to create
Ren Galatea: By the way, I've just been joined by a colleague who may be speaking about International IP issues next week - Gwen Hinze
Ren Galatea: So - are there any questions at this point?
Bhodi Silverman: OKAY, FOLKS, IM ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS!
Nala Galatea grins
Bhodi Silverman: Zeppi Schlegel: Trading in "virtual goods" (whatever the marketplace) is of particular interest to me. Has anyone at EFF taken any interest in say the Black Snow case with Mythic Entertainment? Or the various cases in Asia?
Ren Galatea: We've talked about it a little, and it'a very complicated thing to think through. Basically, the trouble is that your interactions in a game world are governedlargely by contract law
Ren Galatea: We've talked about it a little, and it'a very complicated thing to think through. Basically, the trouble is that your interactions in a game world are governedlargely by contract law
Zeppi Schlegel: *nods*
Ren Galatea: If your terms of service are bad, then there's not much that you can do. However, even good terms of service can't do much in some cases.
Ren Galatea: For instance, SL has a great ToS that talks about players having the rights to their own property. However, how would those rights be enforced if SL went out of business, became evil, accidently removed your items?
Ren Galatea: I'm not saying that those are likely, but that it's not as simple as saying "you now haveproperty rights."
Ren Galatea: Does that address the question?
Zeppi Schlegel: Certainly. I'm happy to know you folks have had a look.
Bhodi Silverman: Alana Monde: Could NApster have saved themselves by touting 'other' non enfringing uses from the beginning..or was the killing issue their control?
You: Accidental removal has happened
Ren Galatea: Napster's architecture made it very difficult to argue for the same kind of protection that Sony received in BetaMax
Alana Monde: /nod
Ren Galatea: Even if they had a lot of other non-infringing uses, they still would have had trouble with the part of vicarious liability doctrine that talks about "right and ability to control" the uses of its system because of how they built it.
Alana Monde: /nod thank you
Ren Galatea: No problem
Bhodi Silverman: Nala Galatea: I would like to know how you would like to see these networks policed, if at all. Since the identity of those who illegally file-share can be determined, do we have someone watching always, does it just become a free-for-all, or is there mi
Bhodi Silverman: middle ground.
Ren Galatea: Our position is to focus on making many of those uses legal instead of trying to kill the technology. For instance, the largest criticism of P2P nets right now is that they facilitate copyright infringement.
Ren Galatea: If we could find a way to license the content on those networks - to pay artists, in other words - then there is no more infringement.
Ren Galatea: This is how radio stations work. DJs don't have to pay for each individual song each time they play it - instead, there is a blanket license that covers each station and thuse the entire industry
Bhodi Silverman: Ace Cassidy: I know that the RIAA has brought suit against some individuals using P2P music sharing... what's the status of these cases?
Ren Galatea: So - the short answer is that we sould like to remove reasons to police the Well, there are thousands
Ren Galatea: The RIAA has filed over 2,5000 individual suits against P2P users
Zeppi Schlegel: Boo!
Ace Cassidy: egads
Ren Galatea: In most cases, the people simply settle for a few thousand dollars rather than pay the cost of a legal battle
Ren Galatea: However, we have seen some progress in forcing the RIAA to follow the same procedural safeguards as every other industry
Ren Galatea: At the beginning, about a year ago, the RIAA was was using a provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to get peoples' identities without a judge having to OK it first
Ren Galatea: They filed all of theirsubpoenas in one court, even though they were targeting people across the nation
Ren Galatea: In December of last year, a court held that they could not use the DMCA to cut corners in their suits. Now, they have to file what are called "john Doe" lawsuits
Ren Galatea: Where a judge makes a decision, based on the evidence, about whether the person's identity must be divulged.
Ren Galatea: The other thing that's happening is that they have filed single suits seeking the identities of multiple parties
Ren Galatea: However, they've also been reprimanded for doing that and now have to file separate suits.
Ren Galatea: So - the battle continues, but they now have to play by more of the rules.
Ren Galatea: And, a year later, no artists have been paid out of the money they've won and it's not clear that this campaign has had any real effect
Bhodi Silverman: I hate to dot his folks, because we're all learning so much, but it's time to move on to Robin Linden and the DMCA in SL.
Ren Galatea: Thanks so much for having us!
Zeppi Schlegel: Thanks Ren!
Oz Spade: Great talk ren
Robin Linden: Thanks Ren!
You: Thanks!
Alana Monde: Thanks so much for coming Ren!!
Eddie Escher: thank you ren, nice one
James Miller: Wonderful
Nala Galatea: Thanks Ren. Wonderful to hear you. Keep up the good work.
Bhodi Silverman: Thank you, Ren, for such a great talk! We're all looking forward to your next talk on Monday!
Ace Cassidy: thank you SO much, Ren... this has been very imformative
Ren Galatea: I really appreciate the chance to talk to y'all - have a great weekend!
Bhodi Silverman: Robin, sorry, I leaked.
Bhodi Silverman: That was an old question.
Robin Linden: Ahh, ok
Robin Linden: Hi everybody
Bhodi Silverman: OKAY, FOLKS, OUR VERY OWN ROBIN LINDEN!
Alana Monde: *wave*
LaughsaLot Onizuka: can some one help me i cant move
Chibi Chang: Yay!
Nala Galatea: Woohoo
Robin Linden: Bhodi asked me to come today to talk with you about the DMCA
Robin Linden: I really can't comment on the issue of its value in fair use cases
Robin Linden: Not being an attorney...
Robin Linden: Where it has most affected us, and some of you in Second Life
Robin Linden: is in its provision for managing copyright complaints
Robin Linden: The DMCA has a very clear purpose in protecting host and ISPs from violations of copyrights made by users of the network
Robin Linden: where the host or ISP serves as a vehicle but isn't actually creating the offending content
Robin Linden: Because SL is classified as an online service, we fall into that category
Robin Linden: That's why if you have complained to us that someone has violated your copyright in SL by claiming they made a script or a texture or an object that yyou believe is yours
Robin Linden: we ask you to follow the DMCA process
Robin Linden: Our role then becomes one of making sure you have the information and paperwork you need to file the claim
Robin Linden: we also are required to remove the object or script in question until there is some resolution
Robin Linden: interestingly there is also a process where if the person who complains doesn't actually follow through, the second person can file papers allowing us to reinstate the disputed object
Robin Linden: beyond that, I'm happy to answer any questions you have
Bhodi Silverman: PLEASE IM ME YOUR QUESTIONS, FOLKS!
Bhodi Silverman: Robin, I'd like to start with a question - if there is no process to reinstate objects if there is no follow through, is there any way LL can prevent "DMCA griefing"?
Bhodi Silverman: Or any penalty for filing a false DMCA report?
Robin Linden: the DMCA process is pretty intense, so what we've seen so far is that people think twice about actually filing a claim, although there have been threats
Robin Linden: we don't remove the object unless there is actually a claim filed
Bhodi Silverman: Ace Cassidy: does this mean that if I think someone has infringed my copyright, we BOTH lose access to the object/texture/script/etc in question until resolution?
Robin Linden: yes
Robin Linden: which is why I think people think twice before filing a claim
Bhodi Silverman: Zeppi Schlegel: Q: Have there been many claims since LL changed the license?
Robin Linden: there have been two disputes, but no claims
Bhodi Silverman: Are there any more questions, folks? We'll never have a better chance to ask them!
Nala Galatea: Hold on...I'm thinking....
Bhodi Silverman: I'll ask one while we wait - Robin, if a DMCA claim is file and proven false, is there any recourse for the falslely accused person to claim damaged against the accuser?
Robin Linden: good question...I'm afraid I don't know the answer
Robin Linden: Ren - do you have any idea?
Robin Linden: one thing that does come up frequently is the confusion between copyright and trademarks
Ren Galatea: Yes, if there is misrepresentation and it can be proven
Ren Galatea: it's in section 512(f) of the DMCA
Robin Linden: well there you have it
Ren Galatea: However, that might involve hiring a lawyer
Bhodi Silverman: LOL. And what is section 512(f) of the DMCA
Ren Galatea: Section 512 generally addresses "notice and takedown" of copyrighted material
Ren Galatea: Section (c) is what Robin was referring to earlier
Ren Galatea: it gives service rpviders a "safe harbor" from a copyright claim from either the accuser or the accused if they follow the procedures correctly
Bhodi Silverman: This is a two parter...
Bhodi Silverman: Bino Arbuckle: If an object has an offending texture, say, a soda machine with a logo similar to a name brand, is the texture removed or the object removed?
Ren Galatea: 512 (f) allows the accused to get damages from an accuser who makes a misrepresentation
Bhodi Silverman: Bino Arbuckle: If an object has an offending texture, say, a soda machine with a logo similar to a name brand, is the texture removed or the object removed?
Robin Linden: As I mentioned earlier, trademarks are handled differently than copyrights
Bhodi Silverman: oops, sorry, Ren!
You: Ah, sorry, didn't catch that
Robin Linden: The texture you're talking about is a trademark. We are obligated to remove trademarks when they are called to our attention.
Robin Linden: Our process is to replace the offending texture with a bland one and advise the creator to come up with something else.
Bhodi Silverman: Nala Galatea: I remember when SL issued the new "we can own things ingame" notice and I wondered if the DMCA was taken into account when that was issued, and if so, how?
Robin Linden: We've had the DMCA is place since the beginning, since there has been the potential for copyright infringement since the beginning. For example with music.
Robin Linden: The reason you can only upload 10 seconds worth is to try to discourage the infringement of music copyrights
Robin Linden: The announcement we made just means that now your creations are given the same copyright protection for you as the RIAA has.
Ace Cassidy: personally, I wish SL would do more to discourage music uploads... I get annoysed at laggy servers caused by boom-boxes preloading all these sounds so I can listen to music I don't care for
Bhodi Silverman: Robin, I'd like to ask for someone who isnt' here - can you tell us exactly how the sound API has been crafted to adhere to these regulations, and why they are more stringent than those placed on visual copyright infringement?
Robin Linden: As I said, we limit the sound upload to :10, which is allowed by the music industry as a 'sample'. Visual textures are not as simple
Robin Linden: If it's a trademark, we delete it as I mentioned.
Robin Linden: Copyrighted textures are not always obvious. Some art, for example, is in the public domain.
Robin Linden: If the owner of art that is not public were to complain about a copyrighted texture
Robin Linden: we would ask them to file a DMCA claim in the same way we do with SL residents
Robin Linden: Does that answer your question?
Bhodi Silverman: Well, since that person isn't here, let's hope so!~
Robin Linden: hehe
Bhodi Silverman: Another anonymous question - our creations are given copyright protection. that's creations made and copyrighted outside the world and then brought in, right?
CrystalShard Foo: :P
Bhodi Silverman: Creations in world are not the copyright of the creator?
Robin Linden: Look at it differently...most online worlds and games retain the copyright to anything made in that environment to themselves
Robin Linden: they do this in the terms of service.
Robin Linden: We changed our Terms of Service to allow you to retain the rights.
Robin Linden: In effect we just didn't reserve them to ourselves.
Robin Linden: What that means is anything you create in SL is your idea or object or design. You own the copyright
Robin Linden: If you make a chair in SL, then take the design and manufacture it in the real world and become a millionaire
Robin Linden: Linden Lab would have no right to that money
Bhodi Silverman: Bino Arbuckle: Regarding in-world content ownership, specifically scripts, if I worked on a script prior to the announcement, then worked further on it after, is the entire script considered mine?
Robin Linden: Yes
Bhodi Silverman: Bino Arbuckle: Or by extension, anything created before the announcement but modified afterwards
You: Good th hear :-)
Candie Apple: but another resident could create a script that did the same thing with no problem, correct?
Robin Linden: anything you create in SL, which you can show you created if challenged, is your Intellectual Property
Candie Apple: but someone else can copy it
Candie Apple: correct?
Robin Linden: If someone copies your script verbatim then you could challenge them
Candie Apple: how about a model?
Robin Linden: We are going to incorporate Creative Commons into the permissions system later this year, which should make it easier to manage your copyrights
Bhodi Silverman: Does anyone else see the birth of the first process patent for a function in SL being born before our eyes? grin
Bhodi Silverman: Devyn Grimm: question for Robin: In the case of copyrighted artwork being sold in-game (which happens a lot).. is it up to the artist themselves to discover it and file a complaint? The artists in question might not even play or know SL exists.
Robin Linden: that's possible
Robin Linden: I imagine that's why people are concerned about p2p copying
Robin Linden: anything else?
Bhodi Silverman: The last one.
Bhodi Silverman: (Anonymous) The DMCA has often been used to stop people from reverse-engineering products or ideas. If I see something I like in SL and I figure out how it works and "reverse engineer" it to make my own, how would the DMCA be used in that case?
Devyn Grimm: I don't think my question was answered
Robin Linden: Devyn I believe it would be up to the artist to discover the infringement and complain.
You: You could point it out to them, I'm sure, but, they would probably still have to come in and see to be able to file, no?
Robin Linden: They would need to verify the violation to file the claim
Devyn Grimm: so is there no point in filing abuse reports about infringements like that?
Robin Linden: As far as reverse engineering is concerned,
Robin Linden: I would assume the person who felt their idea was stolen would want to consult an attorney
Robin Linden: My understanding is limited to the process of filing the complaint
Ren Galatea: Devyn - that's right. The DMCA requires you to state that you have the authority of the copyright holder to make the complaint
Devyn Grimm: ok
Robin Linden: Thanks Ren
Bhodi Silverman: OKAY, FOLKS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TO EVERYONE BUT I KNOW ROBIN NEEDS TO GO SOON.. SO THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
Ren Galatea: np
Lumiere Noir: I've got an odd one...
Lumiere Noir: may I?
Bhodi Silverman: Gaudeon Wu: Candie brought up something that if she hasn't Im'd already about I'd be interested in hearing about, what about copying a 3d model ? in SL there is the capability because we can see each piece and the dimensions position associated...
Bhodi Silverman: Gaudeon Wu: dimensions/position ^
Lumiere Noir: opps :-)
Robin Linden: If you copy something that someone else created point by point then you are in effect stealing their idea
Robin Linden: We
Robin Linden: are not able to provide legal advice, so if you feel
Candie Apple: wow you and colin and daniel certainly disagree on that, robin
Robin Linden: someone has stolen your idea, or look and feel of a design, then you need to talk with an attorney
Gaudeon Wu: thank you Robin
Bhodi Silverman: Okay! We're at the end!
Robin Linden: I can take Lumier's question...
Lumiere Noir: ah thanks!
Lumiere Noir: What if I made a visual tutorial based that demonstrated the Linden building interface, and used many visual mock-ups of that interface...who would the IP belong to?
Bhodi Silverman: OH - okay, Lum, go!
Lumiere Noir: I'm curious because I've already done it :-)
Eddie Escher: :-)
Eddie Escher: and very well too, lum
Robin Linden: Hehe...are you planning to sell it?
Lumiere Noir: no...not unless it's to Linden Labs :-)
Eddie Escher: :-)
Misty Rhodes: lol
Robin Linden: Again, I can't make legal judgements about ownership.
Lumiere Noir: yes...bizarre grey area...an interface about an interface
Robin Linden: What I can say is if you've made a tutorial that shows how to use the building tools and you limit its use to SL we'd be happy to work with you on it
Lumiere Noir: Thanks Robin :-)
Bhodi Silverman: Okay, folks, that IS the end! As we said at the start, first person to get me a notecard of the whole event, starting


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Author | exchange4media Mumbai Bureau | Tuesday, Jan 16,2007 9:04 AM
After securing a tie-up between Walt Disney and Airtel, Walt Disney Internet Group and Hutch have announced a tie-up under which Hutch customers will get a wide range of Disney content on their Hutch phones.
The services include a range of innovative products, including Disney videos, wallpapers, games, comic strips, ring tones and themes. This tie-up will usher in cutting edge technology and fantastic story telling on mobile phones. The customers will be charged Rs 10 for downloading wallpapers, video shorts, animations and ring-tones. Game downloads will, however, be charged at Rs 50 for every Disney game that is downloaded.
Mark Handler, Executive Vice-President and Managing Director, International, Walt Disney Internet Group, said, "Our partnership with Hutch is a strategic decision to increase our presence in India. We are very excited and pleased about this tie-up since it will give us access to Hutch's huge customer base in India. Hutch customers in India will now be able to enjoy high quality Disney content at the touch of a button."
Harit Nagpal, Director-Marketing, Hutchinson Essar Ltd, said, "At Hutch, we are always trying to create an enjoyable experience for our customers. Our partnership with Disney is an exciting development in our efforts to make Hutch phones a one stop shop for all infotainment needs."
Rajat Jain, Managing Director, the Walt Disney Company (India), said, "Disney has emerged as one of the most innovative and progressive media companies in the mobile and Internet technology space. We are investing prudently to expand our existing businesses and to create opportunities in the new technology space that will drive significant long-term growth."
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Brooklyn Nets Could Deal Brook Lopez
The Brooklyn Nets don't have control over their first-round draft picks until 2019. The team could trade Brook Lopez in exchange for younger, more long-term assets.
The 7-foot center is approaching the prime of his career, which isn't saying much. He has been plagued by recurring foot problems the last few seasons. The Nets may decide to move on from the one-time All-Star.
His two-year, $43.8 million contract is very appealing to most teams. Despite his elite-caliber skill set, he won't be among the top 30 highest paid NBA players this upcoming season. Interested suitors would jump at the chance to get him for dirt cheap.
By comparison, role players such as Bismack Biyombo and Ryan Anderson will be making almost the same amount of money as Lopez in the next two years.
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According to Bleacher Report, no player on the Nets roster is untouchable. The team will even trade proven veterans for future draft picks. A mid-end first-rounder coupled with financial place holders would be enough to force Lopez out of Brooklyn.
Earlier this year, Timothy Palladino of Nothin But Nets claimed that Lopez and Thaddeus Young might be traded if the Nets come across an enticing deal. Nets general manager Sean Marks reportedly wants more roster flexibility moving forward.
"The big names, Brook Lopez, Thaddeus Young, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Jarrett Jack are expected to say on the team and not be moved," Palladino mused. "However, the Nets are a team that may not be waiting for next year's free agent class or draft to improve their team."
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Jack was the first one to go. He was waived by the Nets in June. He then signed a one-year $1.5 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks. A month later, Young was traded to the Indiana Pacers for the draft rights to Caris LeVert.
As for Lopez, he doesn't want to be held back by the constant trade rumors. He has been working on his conditioning all summer long. He believes he needs to be more agile to reap the benefits of coach Kenny Atkinson's motion offense.
"I think the process will definitely continue over the regular season as well," Lopez told Newsday. "We are learning on the fly, but we have lots of intelligent, smart and selfless guys in here, so, we are picking it up quick."
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There were two different Ottawa Combines junior teams.
The Combines played in the Ottawa City Junior League in 1943-44. They finished in second place and lost the final.
The next team played in the Interprovincial Junior League in 1960-61, They were a juvenile-level all star team that was organized to replace the Renfrew team that withdrew in November.
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CHRISTMAS shoppers in South Bucks are being given a reprieve after the council announced two free festive parking days – but traders are calling the move "short-sighted".
South Bucks District Council has confirmed it will suspend charges at all council-run car parks on two Saturdays in December.
But the head of a traders' association claims it is too little too late and that it must work harder to support businesses.
The scheme was given the green light at this week's Cabinet meeting and is part of a council campaign to boost festive trade for businesses across the district.
All ten car parks in Beaconsfield, Burnham, Gerrards Cross and Farnham Common will be free of charge on December 7 and December 14.
Nick Naylor, SBDC portfolio holder for environment said: "We recognise that Christmas is one of the busiest and most important times of the year for local traders.
"By offering this free Saturday parking we hope it provides another incentive for shoppers to visit their village and town centres and shop local this Christmas supporting our local businesses."
But Paul Fisher, chairman of Gerrards Cross Traders Association, has dismissed councillors' efforts as doing little to help boost trade in town centres.
Mr Fisher, of Fisher's Butchers on Packhorse Road, said the offer highlights the lack of council support year-round and needs to go further.
And the former parish councillor called for a one-hour free parking scheme at all times to encourage people back to the high street.
He said: "This just proves they know that free parking will improve things so why are they not giving us more all year round to improve it further?
"By offering free parking and trying to help us on two days a year they are shining a light on the fact that the rest of the year they are not doing enough.
"Of course it definitely welcome, but more needs to be done. If more people park, we will have a busier villager, more shoppers and it will benefit the economy of the local area. The council are being too short-sighted on this."
The council's offer does not include privately run car parks, and disabled bays will remain strictly for the use of blue badge holders only.
Free Parking will be available in the following car parks:
- Warwick Road Car Park
- Altons Car Park Burkes Road
- Penncroft Car Park, Burkes Road
Gerrards Cross
- Bulstrode Way Car Park
- Packhorse Road Car Park
- Station Road Car Park
- Jennery Lane Car Park
- Summers Road Car Park
- Neville Court Car Park
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When a friend turns to you and asks if you can freeze them in carbonite, the answer should always be yes. That's how you know you have good friends – and talented ones! Instructables user thorssoli (Shawn Thorsson) didn't have any Ugnaughts handy so he worked with his friend Jenny to cast her face and hands to put her likeness in place of Han Solo's. Then it was a matter of laying out and building the carbonite box and attaching the body and sealing it in with resin. Finally, they added LED panels on the sides and painted everything. Voila! One frozen body ready for Boba Fett.
That's all oversimplified, of course. Thorsson wrote up an extremely thorough how-to for Instructables and if you are the sort of person who likes seeing all the gory details of how things are made, you'll love reading it. Even though I have no intention of making a person frozen in carbonite right now, I devoured the tutorial with fascination. Thorsson is one talented dude.
Check out some in progress photos after the break.
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