It's only a crime if no one profits
In 2011, Aaron Swartz was arrested after he downloaded millions of academic journal articles from JSTOR via the MIT network. He was charged under federal laws (including wire fraud and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) with up to 13 felony counts, carrying the possibility of decades in prison, large fines, and other penalties. These federal charges eventually lead to his death in 2013.
https://mastodon.xyz/@johl/115293173964294449
OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
It's kind of hilarious that they go "if you don't want me to pirate your movies, you need to opt out". OTOH it's tragic that any ordinary person would've been fined to hell and back for this behavior, but companies get a free pass as usual.
https://icy.wyvern.rip/notes/ad9ptt2s993v01j8
On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police on state breaking-and-entering charges, after connecting a computer to the MIT network in an unmarked and unlocked closet and setting it to download academic journal articles from JSTOR using a guest user account issued to him by MIT. Federal prosecutors, led by Carmen Ortiz, charged him with two counts of wire fraud and eleven violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines, 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution, and supervised release.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Omnivore - open source "read later" site and app
I was introduced to Omnivore.app by someone on Mastodon (can't find the reference now, but thanks whoever you were)!
Omnivore is a "read later" app like Pocket, but free to use and open source. I've found the website to be well done, though there are some issues right now:
- The iOS app freezes pretty often, so I do most of my reading on my Mac
- The Firefox extension is easy to use but the "set labels" feature doesn't seem to work, and I general want to label/tag everything.
Christian Clauss is working on moving pytatsd to Github actions for automated testing and builds https://github.com/sivy/pystatsd/pull/109 #python #statsd #opensource
Wow, I've been a terrible #opensource maintainer... I need to re-familiarize myself with pystatsd https://github.com/sivy/pystatsd/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+sort%3Acreated-asc
#openstack implementors: is it possible to use celery for async tasks from code running on the controller (horizon) box?
Unit testing #openstack apps is more complicated than it should be, but can be done; unless, that is, you're modifying create-instance #ow
Working with unit tests and mox in openstack... infuriating. I don't understand mox and am sure it hates me, personally #python #openstack
Anyone know if there's a House version of this Senate members XML? http://t.co/NS5jw0sZ Can't find a downloadable dump of members #opengov
Hey #opsfolk: You’re spec’ing a Rackspace VPS for a jenkins-ci/logstash environment, small startup scale right now. Go #openstack #devops
Working some on my #diso presentation for #fws. What does #diso mean to you now #openweb #socialweb
what do you call it when a company releases an open source lib to access their closed platform #opensourcedoorbell
@dotBen I hadn't - thanks. It's true that there is a starving artist vibe to the indie-advocate gig. What to do about that #open #advocacy
The Challenge: Manage Conflicting Goals http://bit.ly/bDsUM0 #openid #connect #facebook
congrats @t on the move to Mozilla! http://bit.ly/bQWVCr - webstandards #diso #openweb
Tantek Çelik on DiSo 2.0: Down to Brass tacks: http://bit.ly/bAeIk6 #diso #openweb #falcon
Of the various web conferences #IIW is one I'd love to get to one of these days #openweb #diso #openid
anyone got research on use of 3rd-party reg/auth like FB or OpenID? curious why users use one v. another #ux #openid /cc @chrismessina
hey @daveman692: pls publish OIDC spec w/ anchored headings? need to be able to link to sections if we're to discuss it #openidconnect
Wishing I was at #iiw, hearing more about #openidconnnect #openweb #diso
@apgwoz: haven't looked enough at the protocol -- would #openlike be useful to faveheart?