Comments on: Can You Copyright a Publicly Accessible URL? http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pocket PC Thoughts: MobiTV vs. The Whole Internet: FIGHT! (A Retrospective)http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-26339 Pocket PC Thoughts: MobiTV vs. The Whole Internet: FIGHT! (A Retrospective) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:47:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-26339 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Gear Diary [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Gear Diary [...]

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]]> By: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - MobiTv and HowardForums and why HowardForums might not be available for a whilehttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24417 HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - MobiTv and HowardForums and why HowardForums might not be available for a while Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:38:56 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24417 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06...accessible-url/ More links in support of [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06…accessible-url/ More links in support of [...]

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24387 Wayne Schulz Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:40:44 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24387 Can't wait to see this land on the top of DIGG and also start bouncing around techmeme -- this is the worst thing that Mobitv could have done -- from what I've seen at the HOFO threads at least another 6 sites were claimed to have posted the info before Howard -- including Fatwallet and Slickdeals. These are all major and heavily trafficed sites. Wonder what the Mobitv usage rate is tonight....bet they have a few more viewers than normal.. Can’t wait to see this land on the top of DIGG and also start bouncing around techmeme — this is the worst thing that Mobitv could have done — from what I’ve seen at the HOFO threads at least another 6 sites were claimed to have posted the info before Howard — including Fatwallet and Slickdeals. These are all major and heavily trafficed sites.

Wonder what the Mobitv usage rate is tonight….bet they have a few more viewers than normal..

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24385 Wayne Schulz Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:34:53 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24385 Just tested -- the HOFO thread has the actual URLS in the 2nd message -- I'm not all that impressed with the content -- half the channels seem to be throwaways. Just tested — the HOFO thread has the actual URLS in the 2nd message — I’m not all that impressed with the content — half the channels seem to be throwaways.

]]> By: Mitchell Okehttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24382 Mitchell Oke Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24382 I really hope this gets the Streisand Effect! I really hope this gets the Streisand Effect!

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24381 Wayne Schulz Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:23:19 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24381 Hopefully Howard has about 12 lawyer volunteers by now. I love when these places send silly articles -- which basically shines a big spotlight on the entire problem. Boy I hope they take Howard down and then Mobitv will learn a quick lesson with all the people that they upset. Hopefully Howard has about 12 lawyer volunteers by now. I love when these places send silly articles — which basically shines a big spotlight on the entire problem.

Boy I hope they take Howard down and then Mobitv will learn a quick lesson with all the people that they upset.

]]> By: Clinton Fitchhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24379 Clinton Fitch Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:07:44 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24379 :shock: What an absolute load of crap. Since when am I responsible for a companies lack of building decent code or security?! I'd love to see them try to take Howard down because if they did, he could easily win in court and sue them into cyberoblivion.... Officially boycotting.... :shock:

What an absolute load of crap. Since when am I responsible for a companies lack of building decent code or security?!

I’d love to see them try to take Howard down because if they did, he could easily win in court and sue them into cyberoblivion….

Officially boycotting….

]]> By: Rodfatherhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-57963 Rodfather Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:51 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-57963 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">hah. tried this. the mobitv rtsp streams work with vlc. unbelievable. http://tinyurl.com/37w3vb</span></span> hah. tried this. the mobitv rtsp streams work with vlc. unbelievable. http://tinyurl.com/37w3vb

]]> By: Christopher Sperahttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24378 Christopher Spera Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:21 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/06/can-you-copyright-a-publicly-accessible-url/#comment-24378 O M G !!!! this is the craziest thing in the world. The company failed to secure their app, and instead of patching the app, they are going to sue the world for spreading the news about the hole? Damn! I test software for a living...they should fire not only their development staff for writing that crap, but their QA people for not testing for it! Sheesh! Attention MobiTV dudes... While I don't sanction piracy of ANY kind, you're going to have a really hard time containing this one. You need to get this hole plugged, an update out to the carriers that use your software, and then have them distribute it to all of their device users. Picking on various websites for posting about the hole and how to exploit it is going to cost you WAY too much money...Money that could 1. Solve the problem (including any loss of revenue), and 2. Prevent it from happening again Having your legal department hound blog site owners isn't going to solve the problem. If this thing hits the Undernet (and, NO that is NOT a threat of ANY kind), then you may have a bigger issue. Word of mount (or internet sites) travels a lot faster than you might think... I'm just sayin'... O

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this is the craziest thing in the world. The company failed to secure their app, and instead of patching the app, they are going to sue the world for spreading the news about the hole?

Damn! I test software for a living…they should fire not only their development staff for writing that crap, but their QA people for not testing for it! Sheesh!

Attention MobiTV dudes… While I don’t sanction piracy of ANY kind, you’re going to have a really hard time containing this one. You need to get this hole plugged, an update out to the carriers that use your software, and then have them distribute it to all of their device users.

Picking on various websites for posting about the hole and how to exploit it is going to cost you WAY too much money…Money that could

1. Solve the problem (including any loss of revenue), and
2. Prevent it from happening again

Having your legal department hound blog site owners isn’t going to solve the problem. If this thing hits the Undernet (and, NO that is NOT a threat of ANY kind), then you may have a bigger issue. Word of mount (or internet sites) travels a lot faster than you might think…

I’m just sayin’…

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