I'm not sure that's right. For instance, the Pentium 4 spec explicitly says unaligned int32 loads take longer. And x86/x64 is very gentle in that regard, other archs would whip you. So an unaligned int access is rightfully treated differently. It should be IB.
Just creating the pointer, though, should not be UB, even though it apparently is. It should not even be IB.
In Germany at least, uploading even a single byte of content is illegal. We don't really have Fair Use here; there are only few, very narrow exceptions.
It is also not even required to show that that single byte was uploaded, your IP getting logged as part of the swarm suffices. The burden of proof is on you now. It was much, much worse than in the US.
While all this is technically still true today, a new law a few years ago luckily mostly blocked the path. It was badly needed, because the situation was horribly abused by law firms.
Of course Telco's can choose to be involved, perhaps accept payment to lookup and snitch, etc. but for the most part a number of ISPs in Au just wash their hands of devoting resources to play connect the dots for others.
In Germany, this was the case, too. So this happened:
1. Copyright holder files bullshit charges against the IP holder.
2. Police investigates and for this purpose gets the personal data for the given IP address.
3. Copyright holder gets personal data of the subscriber from the police.
4. Copyright holder aborts charges so police stops investigation and is no longer involved.
5. Copyright holder contacts the subscriber to extort money.
Police complained about the many bullshit charges, so of course a law was made so ISPs had to give out personal data directly to the copyright holders.
Same in Japan. There's allegedly someone making big bucks going after bittorrent users, straining ISP abuse teams and judicial systems. Interesting that Germany has laws against that.
> It is also not even required to show that that single byte was uploaded, your IP getting logged as part of the swarm suffices
What if someone would release software that would connect to random swarms and not upload or download anything? Would they still be criminally liable? You could disguise the purpose by saying it's measuring swarm diversity.
It's a mistake to assume courts need "proof" for a ruling. It's totally sufficient if courts find that it's just the most likely. "Not guilty until proven innocent".
If you receive child porn in your mailbox and the package is caught, you better have a really good story. Like, prior documented proof of harassment.
In regards to your question, and Germany specifically: Media companies hire specialist lawyers. These lawyers prefer to sue in Hamburg, where the courts are known to be very media company friendly. It's just not likely that you ran some experiment and didn't upload anything, so you better have it documented well enough to convince the court.
I would think that at least a couple dozen of those 100 random people will report to the police. These reports can be used in court, and may or may not convince the judge that you're also one of the victims. You'd also think there was other circumstantial material to be used either arguing for or against.
Compare to torrenting: Not a dozen of 100 people will independently and proactively report that they ran some "experiments". You're on your own with that story, and it sure sounds like an excuse (to me) even if it were true. Plenty of people end up in jail (or with fines) being innocent. Real world is not the movies. Real courts do not need 100% certainty to "prove guilty according to law".
Back in the day, this would 100% get you letters from law firms that extort money from you (usually around €400 to €2000). Failure to pay had a fair chance to get the case in front of a judge. You will have argue with him that you did it for fun and did not actually up/download anything.
If the judge does not believe you, expect to pay something like 3-6 months of income. If he does, you only have to pay your lawyer (the opponent will not). Back then, I'd say it was a 50:50 chance, provided you have excellent documentation and a good lawyer.
That's awesome! So a media company technician can plant IPs and ruin their competitors lives. No wonder this country keeps failing to get a tech industry.
Yeah, there is no threshold to how much copyrighted material has to be uploaded. Any upload suffices to make it illegal. If I recall correctly, the intent/justification was to ensure that uploading a single song, or half a single song, is captured by the law, but of course it was written in a stupid way.
“Here’s byte 0x67, which is at offset 0x729B1A38 of Copyrighted_Blockbuster.4k.mkv, as requested” is different from “here’s byte 0x67, and it’s the first byte of my text response to your comment”.
This is a completely stupid take and I have no idea why so many people repeat it. This responsibility just means you have to have to document your work understandably and have a somewhat sensible reason for decisions. It does not at all force you to greed.
> In Europe you get about 1000kWh a year from 1000kW of solar panel
Typo, 1000kWh from 1kW of solar panel.
I got my 4x 455W panels for 70€ each from BayWa (random vendor in Germany), plus delivery. Microinverter ~200€. Aluminium etc for installation ~400€ or so. I installed them together with a friend. Total cost ~900€ or so. At 30ct/kWh in Germany, break even is in 3 years. Would be earlier if I had a better roof to put them on, mine has some shadow.
That's an understandable point of view, but besides the easy to spot main plot twist, there are several minor issues woven into the story. The hints are sometimes quite subtle and spotting them early is not trivial, but is made possible through their well-made representation and consistency in the game. There is actually little fluff in a game that overtly shows almost purely random idle talk.
You misunderstand this. Yes, there have been moves by some in the EU to reduce privacy, but they face resistance and have actually been repelled often. The ChatControl debacle you mention is one such instance. And on the other hand, sometimes there is actual progress, like with GDPR.
But more importantly, at least there are privacy laws in the EU that do something. In the US, there are virtually none, so of course you won't hear about their erosion.
I trust the EU ten times more than the US in this regard.
Just creating the pointer, though, should not be UB, even though it apparently is. It should not even be IB.
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