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Broadcast 2000 Removed From Public Access
VRteach writes: "I see that the developers of the fine multimedia software, Broadcast 2000, have removed their main product from public access. Their web site cites a worry of potential liability." The site says that "the distribution of Broadcast 2000 enhanced to unacceptable levels the risk of an individual experiencing significant financial damage due to the extremely expensive nature of high end video production and the high risk inherent in professional video business marketing." It also says they plan to keep issuing "minor works" for now, and as liability issues are resolved to again release major programs.
Could they be more cryptic? Get your Mandrake SRPM while you can, I guess.
What does this software do? All their website says is that they're no longer letting people download it. What did this software do that could potentially be illegal/cause liability?
They mentioned warranties, which would appear to mean that the software might damage hardware, or they were worried about being sued over bugs or something... but I can't imagine that could be an issue. It's almost impossible to damage hardware on PCs programicaly, and almost all software has bugs.
Was it something else? Did the software allow broadcasting (possibly copyrighted content) over the net? That's what the name would imply, but from the screenshots and other comments it sounded like a premiere type Non-linear video editor. How could they get sued over that?
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You really are a dumb fuck aren't you :)
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"DivX
the *wink*. It has nothing at all to do with the
Circuit City pay-per-view DVD format, except to
maybe poke fun at it, and it's demise
See, this is what irks me about AC's. You had a crystal clear point to make here, leaning slightly in the off topic but relevant direction, and you shot yourself in the foot by leading off with pointless vulgarity. Next time, have a little pride in what you have to say, and sign your name to it. Minus the vulgarity that detracts from the overall effect of using your voice, this could have been a much more useful comment.
- billn
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Kill, Tux, kill!
From the page describing one of their utilities, called FIREHOSE (it stripes network data accross different NICs as a means of increasing bandwidth):
The FIREHOSE package contains a simple library allowing any application wishing to stream data across striped networks to do so with just a few function calls. Also included is a file transfer utility and a pipe utility. Pipe gigabytes of uncompressed video, CD-R images, scientific data, tar archives, and porn all with the greatest of ease.