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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 26-Mar-2023 15:09:33 UTC GeniusMusing
- Raspberry Pi and other SBC "Maker" board enthusiasts
Orange Pi 5 Is A Great & Very Fast Alternative To The Raspberry Pi 4 Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/review/orange-pi-5
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  Orange Pi 5 Is A Great & Very Fast Alternative To The Raspberry Pi 4
  
  from @michaellarabel
  
  With an 8-core Rockchip RK3588S SoC, the Orange Pi 5 is leaps and bounds faster than the aging Raspberry Pi 4.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 18:07:46 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
>Format-shifting of items purchased is legitimate.

For media (video/audio), for personal use, as long as DRM is not present, in the US.

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.

When it comes to sharing, we know how that ended.

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc.

MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.

As is the custom, follow the money.
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1. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  
  Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), also known as the “Betamax case”, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use. The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for contributory infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market, as it created a legal safe haven for the technology.The broader legal consequence of the Supreme Court's decision was its establishment of a general test for determining whether a device with copying or recording capabilities ran afoul of copyright law. This test has created some interpretative challenges to courts in applying the case to more recent file sharing technologies available for use on home computers and over the Internet. Background In the 1970s, Sony developed the Betamax video tape recording format. Universal Studios and the Walt Disney...
2. A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
  
  A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th. Cir., 2001) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the a district court ruling that the defendant, peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, could be held liable for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement of copyright. This was the first major case to address the application of copyright laws to peer-to-peer file sharing.While A&M Records served as the lead plaintiff, Napster was sued by 18 different record companies, all of which were members of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Additionally, songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were included on the Circuit Court appeal, representing the interests of "all others similarly situated." Background Napster was started in 1999 by 18 year-old Shawn Fanning. Napster provided a platform for users to download compressed digital music files, specifically MP3s, from other users' music libraries. Unlike many peer-to-peer services, however, Napster included a central server that indexed connected...
3. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
  
  MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus), could be held liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of their file sharing software. The plaintiffs were a consortium of 28 entertainment companies, led by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Background Entertainment industry lawsuits against new technologies that enable the copying of copyrighted content date back to the 1980s, when the movie industry sought court injunctions against the sale and use of VCRs. In Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a technology manufacturer cannot be held liable for its users' copyright infringement if widespread unauthorized copying is unlikely, and if the technology enables significant non-infringing uses as well.The advent of file sharing via the Internet in the late 1990s, and its enabling of easy and more widespread copying of copyrighted materials, inspired new arguments from the entertainment...
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Mar-2023 17:59:28 UTC GeniusMusing
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- simsa04
@simsa04
This is the reason that for many years (decades?) I have always added a D drive partition for all the file storage and remapped the documents/pictures/videos/etc to the D drive, even on a new, preloaded computer I would shrink the C drive and add a D drive partition for the files. It saved my backside many times both personally and professionally unless the entire drive goes boots up.

As long as the partition is readable it can usually be accesses with a Linux live/rescue disk to make a last minute backup.

In conversation about 5 days ago from web permalink
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Mar-2023 01:35:04 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Wall Street — not taxpayers — will pay for the SVB and Signature deposit relief plans
https://nu.federati.net/url/289892

>Key Points
>
> The money to fully reimburse depositors of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and the shuttered Signature Bank will be furnished by other banks, not taxpayers, Treasury officials said.
> The Deposit Insurance Fund, which will cover the deposits, is funded with quarterly fees assessed on financial institutions and interest on government bonds.
> Using the DIF to shore up depositors is seen by the Biden administration as a way to avoid reigniting the public anger sparked by the 2008 taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailouts.
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1. Wall Street — not taxpayers — will pay for the SVB and Signature deposit relief plans
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
  
  The funds to reimburse depositors will be paid out of the Deposit Insurance Fund, which is made up of quarterly fees assessed on financial institutions.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 22:45:30 UTC GeniusMusing
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- GeniusMusing
Federal Reserve Board Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm
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1. Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC
  
  Washington, DC -- The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell, and FDIC Cha
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 22:41:51 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- GeniusMusing
Update:
Regulators close New York's Signature Bank, citing systemic risk
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/12/regulators-close-new-yorks-signature-bank-citing-systemic-risk.html

>“We are also announcing a similar systemic risk exception for Signature Bank, New York, New York, which was closed today by its state chartering authority,” Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC said in a joined statement Sunday evening.
>
>The banking regulators said depositors at Signature Bank will have full access to their deposits.
>
>“All depositors of this institution will be made whole. As with the resolution of Silicon Valley Bank, no losses will be borne by the taxpayer,” the regulators said.
>
>Signature is one of the main banks to the cryptocurrency industry. As of Dec. 31, Signature had $110.4 billion in total assets and $88.6 billion in total deposits, according to a securities filing.
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1. Regulators close New York's Signature Bank, citing systemic risk
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 22:39:18 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
First time i have seen this from a link.

"Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later."

https://www.google . com/sorry/index?continue=https://www.youtube . com/watchsomething else.

I did figure out the video, took me back to my Dj/Club days.

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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 22:29:30 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
Something, something, history, again.

Regulators close New York's Signature Bank, citing systemic risk
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/12/regulators-close-new-yorks-signature-bank-citing-systemic-risk.html

>This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.

That is the entire story at this time.
In conversation about 14 days ago from web permalink
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1. Regulators close New York's Signature Bank, citing systemic risk
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 20:37:33 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Interesting reading.
The Demise of Silicon Valley Bank by Marc Rubinstein
https://www.netinterest.co/p/the-demise-of-silicon-valley-bank
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1. The Demise of Silicon Valley Bank
  
  from Marc Rubinstein
  
  The Rapid Collapse of the 16th Largest Bank in America
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 18:17:25 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Bingo!

In conversation about 14 days ago from web permalink
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 16:52:36 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- GeniusMusing
Trump signs bank bill rolling back some Dodd-Frank regulations
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/trump-signs-bank-bill-rolling-back-some-dodd-frank-regulations.html

snip

>The measure eases restrictions on all but the largest banks. It raises the threshold to $250 billion from $50 billion under which banks are deemed too important to the financial system to fail. Those institutions also would not have to undergo stress tests or submit so-called living wills, both safety valves designed to plan for financial disaster.
>...
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1. Trump signs the biggest rollback of bank rules since the financial crisis
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
  
  The measure designed to ease rules on all but the largest U.S. banks passed both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 16:49:09 UTC GeniusMusing
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- GeniusMusing
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. government won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank
https://nu.federati.net/url/289881

>Key Points
>
> Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. government will not bail out Silicon Valley Bank.
>
> “The reforms that have been put in place means that we’re not going to do that again,” Yellen told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
>
> Regulators shuttered Silicon Valley Bank and seized its deposits Friday after depositors withdrew more than $42 billion by the end of the day Thursday.

The reforms put in place were removed in 2018.
In conversation about 14 days ago from web permalink
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1. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. government won't bail out Silicon Valley Bank
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. government will not bail out Silicon Valley Bank
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 16:47:17 UTC GeniusMusing
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- GeniusMusing
>A clip from the South Park episode Margaritaville; season 13 episode 3, March 25, 2009.

And it's gone original YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DT7bX-B1Mg

Something, something, history.
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1. And it's gone (original)
  
  www.southparkstudios.comA clip from the South Park episode Margaritaville; season 13 episode 3.

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