Look up the thread, we're talking about music and movies. The grandparent post said '"Film your own movies"/"Write your own books"/"Build your own games"/"Perform your own music"'. This thread isn't about software.
I'm not sure that's true. Probably she got copies from Kazaa in the first place, I'm sure she didn't rip them off her own CDs and serve them up on her on warez site. Five years ago every school and college student was doing this, and no-one thought of it as wrong or illegal. No-one was telling them it's wrong. Companies that also sell music (Sony) were selling mp3 players clearly designed for playing back downloaded music. I think it's totally wrong to persecute individuals for something that widespread and normal.
She's not asking to be excused, she's asking for damages to be reasonably representative of the action (e.g. 'making available' a track that costs 99 cents to buy). She was a child when she used Kazaa and hadn't linked the tiny copyright notices on the back of audio CDs with the action of downloading from Kazaa. Many, many people don't understand this. I've also met people who believe that Ubuntu on a CDR must be illegal 'because it was downloaded'. Ruining someone's financial status in their early twenties for something that they didn't believe could be wrong is cruel and wrong.
Seriously, that is a serious defence. She was between 14 and 16 years old when she 'made available' these tracks. I've been involved in a few amateur bands with teenage members, and I've had to school quite a few of them on copyright law. Most teenagers don't realise that it's illegal to 'share' music, even thought they wouldn't consider pocketing a CD from a store. Most don't realise that it's illegal to photocopy sheet music either.
The one being pushed by Apple and Microsoft in the mobile front. And don't tell me that "they're just phones" because as we've seen with the iPad, it won't stay that way for long.
You do know that you can put any audio, video or PDF file you want on your iPhone or iPad, don't you? I don't know whether Microsoft is making it impossible to load media onto their phones, but I seriously doubt that's the case.
I think within the next 8-12 months we'll see a Wii with HD graphics and MotionPlus built into the standard controller. It'll support the current full library of Wii titles, but probably drop support for Game Cube titles. It will still be cheaper than PS3+Move, and the games will be cheaper, too.
See, the idea that Apple stole the GUI lock/stock from Xerox and then accused Microsoft of the same thing is a massive myth. Have you even looked at the Alto/Star GUI? It used modal buttons along the bottom of windows; windows were tiled and could not overlap. Yes, the general concept of the GUI was developed at PARC, although that wasn't entirely original (see Douglas Englebart's 1960s demo. Apple made a huge contribution to modern GUIs. Check out the photographic record of the Lisa/Mac GUI development. Apple invented the pull-down menu whilst developing Lisa/Mac, they also invented the clipboard, and the idea of dragging and dropping files, to name just three things. All of these were totally copied by Microsoft, although they failed at it by replicating the menu bar at the top of every window, which some people like now, but was a total waste of screen space 25 years ago.
I ran NT4 as my primary OS for about 8 months, and that wasn't my experience at all. Maybe rubbish shareware and 3D games wouldn't work, but all of the desktop productivity type software I had worked, all of the esoteric engineering apps for my uni course worked well. The main issue was device drivers for cheaper hardware, but then it was those that made Win 9x so unstable.
Nah, what they're doing is the equivalent of saying "Mono is based upon.net, which was developed by Microsoft (TM)". That's not the same as violating a trademark, it's just stating a fact.
What will be interesting is Intel's approach to third-party unlockers. They can copyright the unlocking software, but pirated versions will appear pretty quickly, but I'm sure someone will reverse engineer it and create proper third-party software. I won't use a pirated version, but from my point of view if I buy a CPU it's for me to use as I please, and I would have no qualms about using a third party unlocker.
*sigh*... the mac mini is $700, (a 30% difference on your $1000 figure) and your new PC was a sale price as you say. There isn't a 4-5 times markup on Apple Macs. If you compare like for like, (i.e. don't compare a top-spec Mac with an economy PC) there is a small markup. If you look at decent PC equivalents (proper equivalents) to iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and Garage Band and include software in your figures, the markup is negligible.
Were they actually selling them at that price? Whenever I've bought Apple stuff I've found one or two retailers selling at a huge discount, but usually 'out of stock' and I guess just advertising to draw trade to their site. The best I've got is 5-10% off compared to the Apple Store.
It's not nearly double - the cheapest UK price for an iPad is 429 for the wi-fi only and 529 for the 3G version. Since Samsung are releasing their 3G version first, the price difference is really about 70 pounds as far as I can tell.
Actually, I think one look at his website is enough to score very highly indeed. Why is it that all internet crackpots seem to have websites that look like that? There must be some web developer who specialises in table layouts with low quality pictures of astronomical phenomena especially for people like this.
My Sky+ box that I got 4 months ago included written instructions (from Sky, just to be clear) on how to connect a VCR to the Sky box to archive recordings. It seems some media companies are only hampered technically by this and not in principle - ideally HDCP would never have been developed and implemented in the first place, but having it cracked is second best.
I see what you're saying, but my observation in the UK has been that since the roll-out of Freeview (DVB-T) most people just don't manually time-shift programs any more, even though it's always been possible to connect a VCR to a digibox. I think we will hopefully see a proliferation of grey market boxes that remove HDCP for those who do want an option to archive material. Personally I can't be bothered to spend the time it takes to do that - my time is too valuable to waste a weekend copying recordings in real time - I'd rather just by the DVD.
Well, uh... for starters, it's nothing to do with DVDs. HDCP is the copy protection mechanism for display interfaces. The copy protection for DVDs is CSS, which was broken over a decade ago. HDCP is a ridiculous system which makes a display authenticate itself against the playback device before a high definition picture will be displayed. This is purportedly to prevent piracy, however most piracy takes place by decrypting the information on the disk before it's ever output to the display, and copying the raw data.
All HDCP does is limit the freedom of the end user in choosing their display device(s) and creates the risk that a device's key might be revoked. Traditional uses of display equipment, e.g. multiple displays in bars, places of worship, retail etc., is made much more difficult because of the handshaking and key exchanging involved. All HDCP really does is placate ignorant studio bosses whilst making things more costly for the consumer. The 'professional' pirates don't care about it at all.
Actually the article strongly implies that this is a specific response to the Russian situation. It certainly doesn't imply that it's for all countries outside of the US.
We had this same debate when this was first announced. This thing is tiny. It's not designed to sit in a rack, it's designed to perch anywhere you want, you've probably got ornaments or a pile of books/CDs/DVDs/remotes near your TV that take up more space than this.
That's right, doctors never read the warnings before injecting someone with a substance. Good job you thought about doing that! Say, who do you think writes those warnings?
Actually, in a relatively closed environment, a hacked client would spread a lot less quickly because most users won't have jailbreaked; compare with a desktop/laptop PC where it's easy for a non-technical user to install illegitimate software. I think the slowing down of the spreading of the hacked version by having to jailbreak (which many casual users won't want to do) would more than make up for the slowing down of application updates.
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Look up the thread, we're talking about music and movies. The grandparent post said '"Film your own movies"/"Write your own books"/"Build your own games"/"Perform your own music"'. This thread isn't about software.
I'm not sure that's true. Probably she got copies from Kazaa in the first place, I'm sure she didn't rip them off her own CDs and serve them up on her on warez site. Five years ago every school and college student was doing this, and no-one thought of it as wrong or illegal. No-one was telling them it's wrong. Companies that also sell music (Sony) were selling mp3 players clearly designed for playing back downloaded music. I think it's totally wrong to persecute individuals for something that widespread and normal.
She's not asking to be excused, she's asking for damages to be reasonably representative of the action (e.g. 'making available' a track that costs 99 cents to buy). She was a child when she used Kazaa and hadn't linked the tiny copyright notices on the back of audio CDs with the action of downloading from Kazaa. Many, many people don't understand this. I've also met people who believe that Ubuntu on a CDR must be illegal 'because it was downloaded'. Ruining someone's financial status in their early twenties for something that they didn't believe could be wrong is cruel and wrong.
Seriously, that is a serious defence. She was between 14 and 16 years old when she 'made available' these tracks. I've been involved in a few amateur bands with teenage members, and I've had to school quite a few of them on copyright law. Most teenagers don't realise that it's illegal to 'share' music, even thought they wouldn't consider pocketing a CD from a store. Most don't realise that it's illegal to photocopy sheet music either.
The one being pushed by Apple and Microsoft in the mobile front. And don't tell me that "they're just phones" because as we've seen with the iPad, it won't stay that way for long.
You do know that you can put any audio, video or PDF file you want on your iPhone or iPad, don't you? I don't know whether Microsoft is making it impossible to load media onto their phones, but I seriously doubt that's the case.
I think within the next 8-12 months we'll see a Wii with HD graphics and MotionPlus built into the standard controller. It'll support the current full library of Wii titles, but probably drop support for Game Cube titles. It will still be cheaper than PS3+Move, and the games will be cheaper, too.
Are you slashtweeting?
See, the idea that Apple stole the GUI lock/stock from Xerox and then accused Microsoft of the same thing is a massive myth. Have you even looked at the Alto/Star GUI? It used modal buttons along the bottom of windows; windows were tiled and could not overlap. Yes, the general concept of the GUI was developed at PARC, although that wasn't entirely original (see Douglas Englebart's 1960s demo. Apple made a huge contribution to modern GUIs. Check out the photographic record of the Lisa/Mac GUI development. Apple invented the pull-down menu whilst developing Lisa/Mac, they also invented the clipboard, and the idea of dragging and dropping files, to name just three things. All of these were totally copied by Microsoft, although they failed at it by replicating the menu bar at the top of every window, which some people like now, but was a total waste of screen space 25 years ago.
I ran NT4 as my primary OS for about 8 months, and that wasn't my experience at all. Maybe rubbish shareware and 3D games wouldn't work, but all of the desktop productivity type software I had worked, all of the esoteric engineering apps for my uni course worked well. The main issue was device drivers for cheaper hardware, but then it was those that made Win 9x so unstable.
Nah, what they're doing is the equivalent of saying "Mono is based upon .net, which was developed by Microsoft (TM)". That's not the same as violating a trademark, it's just stating a fact.
What will be interesting is Intel's approach to third-party unlockers. They can copyright the unlocking software, but pirated versions will appear pretty quickly, but I'm sure someone will reverse engineer it and create proper third-party software. I won't use a pirated version, but from my point of view if I buy a CPU it's for me to use as I please, and I would have no qualms about using a third party unlocker.
*sigh*... the mac mini is $700, (a 30% difference on your $1000 figure) and your new PC was a sale price as you say. There isn't a 4-5 times markup on Apple Macs. If you compare like for like, (i.e. don't compare a top-spec Mac with an economy PC) there is a small markup. If you look at decent PC equivalents (proper equivalents) to iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD and Garage Band and include software in your figures, the markup is negligible.
Were they actually selling them at that price? Whenever I've bought Apple stuff I've found one or two retailers selling at a huge discount, but usually 'out of stock' and I guess just advertising to draw trade to their site. The best I've got is 5-10% off compared to the Apple Store.
It's not nearly double - the cheapest UK price for an iPad is 429 for the wi-fi only and 529 for the 3G version. Since Samsung are releasing their 3G version first, the price difference is really about 70 pounds as far as I can tell.
Actually, I think one look at his website is enough to score very highly indeed. Why is it that all internet crackpots seem to have websites that look like that? There must be some web developer who specialises in table layouts with low quality pictures of astronomical phenomena especially for people like this.
My Sky+ box that I got 4 months ago included written instructions (from Sky, just to be clear) on how to connect a VCR to the Sky box to archive recordings. It seems some media companies are only hampered technically by this and not in principle - ideally HDCP would never have been developed and implemented in the first place, but having it cracked is second best.
I see what you're saying, but my observation in the UK has been that since the roll-out of Freeview (DVB-T) most people just don't manually time-shift programs any more, even though it's always been possible to connect a VCR to a digibox. I think we will hopefully see a proliferation of grey market boxes that remove HDCP for those who do want an option to archive material. Personally I can't be bothered to spend the time it takes to do that - my time is too valuable to waste a weekend copying recordings in real time - I'd rather just by the DVD.
Well, uh... for starters, it's nothing to do with DVDs. HDCP is the copy protection mechanism for display interfaces. The copy protection for DVDs is CSS, which was broken over a decade ago. HDCP is a ridiculous system which makes a display authenticate itself against the playback device before a high definition picture will be displayed. This is purportedly to prevent piracy, however most piracy takes place by decrypting the information on the disk before it's ever output to the display, and copying the raw data.
All HDCP does is limit the freedom of the end user in choosing their display device(s) and creates the risk that a device's key might be revoked. Traditional uses of display equipment, e.g. multiple displays in bars, places of worship, retail etc., is made much more difficult because of the handshaking and key exchanging involved. All HDCP really does is placate ignorant studio bosses whilst making things more costly for the consumer. The 'professional' pirates don't care about it at all.
Actually the article strongly implies that this is a specific response to the Russian situation. It certainly doesn't imply that it's for all countries outside of the US.
Only if they're in Russia.
We had this same debate when this was first announced. This thing is tiny. It's not designed to sit in a rack, it's designed to perch anywhere you want, you've probably got ornaments or a pile of books/CDs/DVDs/remotes near your TV that take up more space than this.
Hot air doesn't rise because of osmosis. Osmosis is the phenomenon of solvent crossing a semi-permeable membrane.
You got lucky. Try saying what you've said to the parents of a child who died of measles encephalitis and see what response you get.
hahahahaha that's hilarious
That's right, doctors never read the warnings before injecting someone with a substance. Good job you thought about doing that! Say, who do you think writes those warnings?
Actually, in a relatively closed environment, a hacked client would spread a lot less quickly because most users won't have jailbreaked; compare with a desktop/laptop PC where it's easy for a non-technical user to install illegitimate software. I think the slowing down of the spreading of the hacked version by having to jailbreak (which many casual users won't want to do) would more than make up for the slowing down of application updates.