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Embedding Isn't Copyright Infringement, Says Italian Court (arstechnica.co.uk) 25

Posted by msmash from the making-clear dept.
The appeal court of Rome has overturned one of the 152 website blocks another court imposed last month, and ruled that embedding does not constitute a copyright infringement. From an ArsTechnica report: The order against the Italian site Kisstube is annulled, but the other websites remain blocked. Kisstube is a YouTube channel, which also exists as a standalone website that does not host any content itself, linking instead to YouTube. Both the channel and website arrange content by categories for the convenience of users. The Italian court's decision was informed by an important ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In the BestWater case, the CJEU held that embedding or framing a video or image from another website is not copyright infringement if the latter is already accessible to the general public. However, another CJEU judgment ruled that posting hyperlinks to pirated copies of material is only legal provided it is done without knowledge that they are unauthorised versions, and it is not carried out for financial gain.

Comment Re:Hardware/Software Systems (Score 1) 420

by sundarvenkata (#49655861) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career?
Submitter here. Appreciate your insightful post but as a second generation Indian American myself, I can tell you that there are very high profile jobs that are currently outsourced to India. Recently, when I was in India for a vacation, I came across numerous job postings for HFT and quantitative trading posted by some of the big name US banks in a "print" newspaper. Of course, prospects for such jobs would command a relatively higher salary in India but that salary would be a pittance compared to anything that the US employers will have to incur if they source those employees locally.

Submission + - Moving to an offshore-proof career

Submitted by sundarvenkata
sundarvenkata writes: I am sure most slashdotters (including the ones who had the I-am-an-indispensable-snowflake stance in the past) have already foreseen the writing on the wall for the future of tech professions (with IT being the worst hit) given some of the ominous news in the past few years: here, here and here. Of course, there are always the counter-arguments put forth by slashdotters that "knowing the business" or "being the best in what you do" would save one's derriere as if the offshore workers will remain permanently impaired of such skills. But I was wondering if some slashdotters could share some constructive real-life experiences of planning a transition to a relatively offshore-proof career. If you have already managed to accomplish such a career change, what was your journey and what would your advice be to other aspirants?

Comment Please don't - But if you do,choose offshore-proof (Score 1) 280

by sundarvenkata (#48612093) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Should a Liberal Arts Major Get Into STEM?
Target a STEM career that will involve security clearance or other barriers to entry for offshoring. Of course, I know it is heresy in slashdot to say this where a good chunk of population thinks that "they are too precious to be offshored" just because they are still employed. But offshoring of extremely high-end jobs like Quants and high frequency trading should give you a pause to acknowledge that STEM is no longer a viable career for long-term growth.

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