I think masks are now illegal. Scientology would just sue you as John Mask instead of John Doe. Huh? If masks are illegal then muslim veils must also be illegal since its a form of mask.
But finger prints aren't confidential in my city there is a nightclub that takes everyone's photograph and fingerprint as they enter. It wont be long till everyone can replicate your finger print the same way they can with signatures.
They haven't lost revenue because I'm not prepared to pay for the content otherwise I would have done so.
Control of distribution? its public works if you realise something to the public it WILL be copied that's how it has always been in human society since the days of the printing press downloading hasn't changed this.
Because as long as people are downloading copyright-infringing files, the record industry will think it's okay to inflict financial penalties on every internet user, as this legislation suggests. So those people who already pay legitimately for their music end up having to pay again to support illegal downloading. How is that the fault of the downloaders? We aren't pushing for these bullshit legislations we are simply downloading what we aren't prepared to pay for using our own bandwidth we are hurting no one.
The fact is you can make ALLOT of money by suing people the RIAA sue for non-existent damages because they can, its their business model and now they want to charge YOU $5 because they can and to be honest if I could get a free $5..... Well money is always tempting.
You have a good point but your finger is pointing the blame at the wrong group of people.
Encryption protects from ISP snooping if the MPAA take part in the swarm they can see all the peers that are connected unlike Kazza and lime wire it not AS easy for "The Man" to find the file sharers but still entirely possible so I agree with your point about the risk associated with p2p.
What if you distribute your own works via P2P? RIAA has no right to abridge your copyright by charging for access to your works. So they are making money off other peoples work via commercial piracy.
We are laying the legal groundwork for that problem right now (albeit unknowingly). With nanomachines on the horizon, it won't be more than 50 years till you will have access to a formulator capable of replicating a car. But someone will still have to design the car in the first place. We will be up against the exact same problems we are now with music. People will be trading atom-level model files for Ferraris over the intarwebs. Toss in your old car, a design file, and a whole lot of power (assuming we haven't hit, or have solved, the peak oil problem by then), and you get a new car. and thats a PROBLEM?!?!?!
I wonder what one has to do to qualify as part of this music publishing business? Everyday, I pass subway musicians with decent home burned CDs for sale. I have even bought a few, in fact one of my favorite classical CDs is direct from the musician. They are a part of the "music industry" how do they go about getting their cut? They don't!
If the RIAA don't even pay their own artist a cut from settlements the bloke on the subway doesn't stand a chance.
I disagree bittoreent solves allot of the old problems, if you download a good torrent anything else uploaded by the same user is normally just as good.
We would just publish whitelists of known good torrents and ip addresses.
This is an utterly foolish move by manufacturers and retailers, because it presumes that HD-DVD was the *only* obstacle to widespread adoption. In fact, Blu-Ray may have won the battle vs. HD-DVD, but it is far from winning the war. Digital download is becoming increasingly popular, and many consumers are just fine with their current DVD's. My format Bittorrent (.avi,DivX,[insertanyplayableformat] ect) is going strong and Im just fine with it.
Some advice to the Blu-Ray camp: You still haven't convinced us to buy, and raising prices ain't gonna help things. They certainly havent convinced me to buy anything.(At All)
Increasing in popularity, yes, but I doubt that those who are happy with XviD are the market that B]uRay is aiming for-- the HD enthusiast. In other parts of the world, even those with good broadband penetration, I'd still think that a 30+ GB file would be taxing. If they can actually compete, well, I feel nothing but envy.:( 30GB is only the size on disk most movies I download are 700-800MB from a 4GB DVD.
It wont be long before compressed torrents start appearing.
I don't see why this couldn't work. After all - in theory all those pirate channels exist today, and yet 99% of the viewing public watches it TV by turning on a TV. The online versions would only have more and better content, so why would piracy suddenly be such a threat? From what I've experienced studios would rather go bust than change there business model.
I recently looked at an online movie service and it required me to use THEIR media play yet ANOTHER bit of software to install and the files were twice the size that I find on ThePirateBay.
I came to the conclusion that the product is all round better from ThePirateBay than what legal download services will offer me even if ThePirateBay charged the same price per movie I would still use them because its a better service.
most common shipping method is Australia Post for me.
I could call you an idiot for not knowing the most common ISP used to connect to the Internet does that make you clueless about the Internet? I don't think so.
I have however purchased after downloading. I downloaded The Simpsons Movie after seeing it at the cinemas and them purchased it once the DVD was released to the public.
I have done the same for many movies I enjoy.
But there are still allot of movies I download but don't buy.
Ay yes, lie to prove your point. I never said check yours, I said check the site. And I have 0 sales to the US too, doesn't mean that the most popular shipping method for eBay isn't the USPS. opppps... you caught me!!! I'm sorry I did not realise you know more about my account than I do!
What does this have to do with USPS and your belief that EVERYONE is in the united states hence anyone who has never heard of it must be an idiot.
Secondly even if I did buy and sell to America I would still never deal with USPS.
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I don't see why a church should get tax exempt status if my fan club cant get tax exempt status why should gods?
Thanks annonimity aka free speech
~Dan
I take it your not a fan of retina scanners either?
~Dan
But finger prints aren't confidential in my city there is a nightclub that takes everyone's photograph and fingerprint as they enter. It wont be long till everyone can replicate your finger print the same way they can with signatures.
~Dan
They haven't lost revenue because I'm not prepared to pay for the content otherwise I would have done so.
Control of distribution? its public works if you realise something to the public it WILL be copied that's how it has always been in human society since the days of the printing press downloading hasn't changed this.
~Dan
Downloaders don't take anything the copyright holder hasn't lost anything by me downloading their content.
~Dan
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The fact is you can make ALLOT of money by suing people the RIAA sue for non-existent damages because they can, its their business model and now they want to charge YOU $5 because they can and to be honest if I could get a free $5..... Well money is always tempting.
You have a good point but your finger is pointing the blame at the wrong group of people.
~Dan
Encryption protects from ISP snooping if the MPAA take part in the swarm they can see all the peers that are connected unlike Kazza and lime wire it not AS easy for "The Man" to find the file sharers but still entirely possible so I agree with your point about the risk associated with p2p.
~Dan
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I paid for this bandwidth, How does it affect you?
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I wonder what one has to do to qualify as part of this music publishing business? Everyday, I pass subway musicians with decent home burned CDs for sale. I have even bought a few, in fact one of my favorite classical CDs is direct from the musician. They are a part of the "music industry" how do they go about getting their cut? They don't!
If the RIAA don't even pay their own artist a cut from settlements the bloke on the subway doesn't stand a chance.
~Dan
I disagree bittoreent solves allot of the old problems, if you download a good torrent anything else uploaded by the same user is normally just as good.
We would just publish whitelists of known good torrents and ip addresses.
~Dan
Well since your paying for the music you might aswell download it.
~Dan
It wont be long before compressed torrents start appearing.
~Dan
No,
Ads = censorship
No body wants to upset the person they rely on for revenue.
Even google ads is a step in that direction.
~Dan
I recently looked at an online movie service and it required me to use THEIR media play yet ANOTHER bit of software to install and the files were twice the size that I find on ThePirateBay.
I came to the conclusion that the product is all round better from ThePirateBay than what legal download services will offer me even if ThePirateBay charged the same price per movie I would still use them because its a better service.
~Dan
Where did I claim to be an expert?
most common shipping method is Australia Post for me.
I could call you an idiot for not knowing the most common ISP used to connect to the Internet does that make you clueless about the Internet? I don't think so.
~Dan
No I would never rent after downloading.
I have however purchased after downloading.
I downloaded The Simpsons Movie after seeing it at the cinemas and them purchased it once the DVD was released to the public.
I have done the same for many movies I enjoy.
But there are still allot of movies I download but don't buy.
So anyone who has never heared of USPS is an idiot? Don't avoid the issue
~Dan
Well considering the operator is just a few meaters away the robot is the harder target.
~Dan
What does this have to do with USPS and your belief that EVERYONE is in the united states hence anyone who has never heard of it must be an idiot.
Secondly even if I did buy and sell to America I would still never deal with USPS.
~Dan