You could have just said he was using the wrong case/mood. He needs to use the subjunctive case. If I "were" to do something...as in hypothetical..as in subjunctive case. English 101./grammarnazi
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
Cue the "copyright infringement does not equal theft!" mantra in: 3, 2, 1...
As much as I cringe anytime some pseudo-intellectual on slashdot shouts this mantra, for once it actually applies. Since downloading music is not technically "stealing", you wouldn't have to pay taxes on it based on that logic.
But you didn't download the song. You downloaded several chunks of random (encrypted) data which could be assembled into a song. The chunks didn't even all come from the same place.
Might I introduce you to the "letter" of the law vs. the "intent" of the law argument?
C) There are far more important things in the world to worry about than my inability to dupe a vcr tape. If it breaks, and I really like it, I'll buy another one.
Good link. I think this explains why I've never encountered the problem of not being able to skip certain parts:
Some DVD players ignore the UOP flag, allowing the user full control over DVD playback. Virtually all players that are not "special-purpose" DVD player hardware (for example, a player program running on a general purpose computer) ignore the flag.
Neither my PS3 nor my Yamaha DVD player seem to have problems "ignoring" the UOP flags...lucky me I guess?
Perhaps you can name a title (or a studio that supposedly does this) because I've just popped in 5 DVDs and not a single one of them required me to sit through anything other than the FBI warning screen. DVD player in question: PS3.
Call me a skeptic, but I'm just not buying the fact that this is a common problem. Maybe it's a specific genre (kids movies? manga?) that I don't have any interest in?
See, that sort of hyperbole (from both the MPAA and many of these posts) does nothing for reality and/or credibility. I operate in reality, not in "what-if" scenarios that have no credible evidence of ever occurring.
That's nice that the head of the MPAA is an idiot, but that has no bearing on this conversation.
My point is that you can't just make up arbitrary realities, when one already exists. If it takes 10, 20, 30 seconds of waiting for an FBI warning, and we are discussing that annoyance, you can't just make the leap-in-logic and say, "what if it were 10 minutes?" when it obviously is not even close to that ridiculous extreme. Hyperbole does make it easier to perpetuate your out-of-proportion rant, however.
I guess to be more specific, if it were 10 minutes, I would probably rip the DVD and skip the FBI warning. Since it is closer to 10 seconds than 10 minutes, however, the FBI warning is usually off the screen by the time I make it back from the fridge, hit the couch, beer in hand and ready to go.
What region are you in? I haven't seen a DVD (ever) that doesn't let you skip the advertisements and previews. "Root", "Home", "Menu"...find one of those buttons and as soon as the FBI warning is over, feel free to push it.
Seriously good point! While people are always bitching about Apple "lock-in", you can't deny that Apple's "lock-in" drives innovation from competitors. In the end, everyone wins.
The majority of users probably have no idea what DRM is and are thus unaffected.
I believe the sentiment of the study is that BECAUSE people aren't aware of DRM, they still do things that are illegal, according to the DRM. I don't believe most people go out of their way to infringe--they just do by the nature of using their content in the context of the current laws.
This is one of the most anti-capitalists posts I've seen on here in a long time. Software companies don't exists to provide a service. I've never heard of a non-profit game compnay. There are no ethical issues in linking game design to revenue generation because THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF MAKING THE GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE!
I guess the alternative is:
1) Make a boring game that nobody plays
2) Charge a subscription for access
3) Go out of business for making a lousy game and having no customers!
I repeat--there is nothing unethical about running a for-profit business and having a goal of making money.
Thank you. I've been following these anti-iPod threads for years now. Everyone says how awful the audio output is, yet nobody can back it up. Nice post.
I think the sales figures show that YOU don't get it. People don't want radios in the device they use to store and listen to 120GBs of their personal music.
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You could have just said he was using the wrong case/mood. He needs to use the subjunctive case. If I "were" to do something...as in hypothetical..as in subjunctive case. English 101. /grammarnazi
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
Cue the "copyright infringement does not equal theft!" mantra in: 3, 2, 1...
As much as I cringe anytime some pseudo-intellectual on slashdot shouts this mantra, for once it actually applies. Since downloading music is not technically "stealing", you wouldn't have to pay taxes on it based on that logic.
Wrong. You need to pay taxes on illegally gotten money. This is clear in the law, and there is no issue at all.
Sweet. Where do I download some money then?
But you didn't download the song. You downloaded several chunks of random (encrypted) data which could be assembled into a song. The chunks didn't even all come from the same place.
Might I introduce you to the "letter" of the law vs. the "intent" of the law argument?
However, that doesn't mean that they should take upto 50% of your annual income and spend it on programs you don't value or benefit from.
Right, because we should only spend it on programs that YOU value and benefit from.
Nope, I say:
C) There are far more important things in the world to worry about than my inability to dupe a vcr tape. If it breaks, and I really like it, I'll buy another one.
Some DVD players ignore the UOP flag, allowing the user full control over DVD playback. Virtually all players that are not "special-purpose" DVD player hardware (for example, a player program running on a general purpose computer) ignore the flag.
Neither my PS3 nor my Yamaha DVD player seem to have problems "ignoring" the UOP flags...lucky me I guess?
the evidence is in the number of (mostly bad) touch phones suddenly on the market.
Perhaps you can name a title (or a studio that supposedly does this) because I've just popped in 5 DVDs and not a single one of them required me to sit through anything other than the FBI warning screen. DVD player in question: PS3.
Call me a skeptic, but I'm just not buying the fact that this is a common problem. Maybe it's a specific genre (kids movies? manga?) that I don't have any interest in?
See, that sort of hyperbole (from both the MPAA and many of these posts) does nothing for reality and/or credibility. I operate in reality, not in "what-if" scenarios that have no credible evidence of ever occurring.
That's nice that the head of the MPAA is an idiot, but that has no bearing on this conversation.
I was married to one (bulimic). Advertising was not to blame--deep rooted insecurities and personal flaws were.
Are you sure about that, or have you just not found the "Main" button on your remote? Maybe you have a crappy dvd player that doesn't allow it?
My point is that you can't just make up arbitrary realities, when one already exists. If it takes 10, 20, 30 seconds of waiting for an FBI warning, and we are discussing that annoyance, you can't just make the leap-in-logic and say, "what if it were 10 minutes?" when it obviously is not even close to that ridiculous extreme. Hyperbole does make it easier to perpetuate your out-of-proportion rant, however.
I guess to be more specific, if it were 10 minutes, I would probably rip the DVD and skip the FBI warning. Since it is closer to 10 seconds than 10 minutes, however, the FBI warning is usually off the screen by the time I make it back from the fridge, hit the couch, beer in hand and ready to go.
Here's a much better and shorter answer to the questions you pose in your response: ignore it.
Cool - you can mock ten seconds. What if it were ten minutes?
But it isn't, so what's your point?
What region are you in? I haven't seen a DVD (ever) that doesn't let you skip the advertisements and previews. "Root", "Home", "Menu"...find one of those buttons and as soon as the FBI warning is over, feel free to push it.
Seriously good point! While people are always bitching about Apple "lock-in", you can't deny that Apple's "lock-in" drives innovation from competitors. In the end, everyone wins.
Yes, it seems he really said "open fist," ..."
What did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP! I'm Rick James, bitch!
The majority of users are also affected when they have to sit through the "FBI warning" nonsense which are afflicted solely on legitimate buyers.
Oh, the agony of those extra 10 seconds!
The majority of users probably have no idea what DRM is and are thus unaffected.
I believe the sentiment of the study is that BECAUSE people aren't aware of DRM, they still do things that are illegal, according to the DRM. I don't believe most people go out of their way to infringe--they just do by the nature of using their content in the context of the current laws.
This is one of the most anti-capitalists posts I've seen on here in a long time. Software companies don't exists to provide a service. I've never heard of a non-profit game compnay. There are no ethical issues in linking game design to revenue generation because THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF MAKING THE GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE!
I guess the alternative is:
1) Make a boring game that nobody plays
2) Charge a subscription for access
3) Go out of business for making a lousy game and having no customers!
I repeat--there is nothing unethical about running a for-profit business and having a goal of making money.
WoW is so addictive I swear I saw three ads for it in that article!
Thank you. I've been following these anti-iPod threads for years now. Everyone says how awful the audio output is, yet nobody can back it up. Nice post.
what's not to get? You can get music from the zune marketplace just like you can in iTunes.
Except for that part where he said he uses a Mac.
I think the sales figures show that YOU don't get it. People don't want radios in the device they use to store and listen to 120GBs of their personal music.