I am a shareholder in LG. Nothing like the government increasing my wealth via taxing you and giving me the proceeds for something a stupid as an converter box. I'll take it though.
My brother is a independent film maker and says he agrees with Viacom. (surprised me!) He argues that in the future (not yet) one person could buy a film load it, and with things like Apple TV type devices beaming content to the TV from a computer you could have people just posting one paid copy and everyone viewing it streamed. There would be absolutely no money for the little guy. Even the big players would loose billions but that is where the remaining money would flow with nothing left over for small productions.....
I see his argument and agree. Not to mention the thousands out of work all up and down the line from janitors to producers.
You make good points, but mine was that the expectation of privacy is lower there with regard to the State. Not private businesses. Also lots of people have been saying there are safeguards and laws. That's BS. There are speed limit laws too. I have personal experience with the disregard of privacy laws when I lived in London and Paris during the late 90's. One bureaucrat actually told me they are "guidelines" but who follows them. My point is just because there are laws doesn't mean that massive data mining is going on. Again my personal experience (at a government agency working as a translator) was in Britain and France, not the other EU countries. I understand Germans mostly follow the laws except in national security issues.
wrong, they sell your data after VOLUNTARILY making a purchase there. The government TAKES all public AND private data and uses it for whatever they choose. Very different. I don't go to Walmart and avoid that, but buying anything via the banking system, taking a plane, employment, taxes, my license, passport, the government is far more intrusive, especially in the EU.
People in the US value their privacy and expect more of it than in Europe. I've lived in London and Paris for a time and both cities are full of surveillance. Even the French now data mine public transit. I've never been to Scandinavia but I can tell you that there is a totally different attitude about it there. More people accept and even want cameras etc...on every light pole. transactions are monitored and mined more there. That is why banks use data centers in Europe to store information. All Interpol tracking is done their, that is why pedophile rings are always busted from Europe. The are far more Orwellian societies.
I've always argued among my tech friends that the technology and computer industry, whether is it the manufacturing of the iPod (Green's agree with me here) or the world servers (Google etc..), they will be the biggest cause of greenhouse gases besides autos in the future.
I always tease them that it is Google and Apple that are destroying the environment...:)
If it can be done technically why not. If Windows license prevented it I am sure someone would do it anyways. Why is Apple so different???
Also a little off the subject but this brings up lock in!!!
Apple locked the iTunes system to iPod and Europe is steaming and wants it to change. What about Mac OS itself. It is a Apple operating system that is LOCKED to Apple's hardware. Why isn't the EU trying to break that lock in??? You want Windows, buy from MS and buy any vendors hardware (Linux too). Want OS X you are FORCED to buy Apple's hardware too. I wonder if someday Apple will be forced to change by the EU.
I use the MacBook but I must say I hate being artificially forced via DRM, or any other system to prevent me (the customer) from options after I purchase a product.
To answer the hardware analogy...Yes and Yes. You are guilty of murder and the store is liable. The users would be subject to criminal penalties (a proposed law in Germany) and the site civil action.
I agree about the copyrights (although the are tenuous) the real issue that is disturbing and scary is Apple is sending letters threating legal action to those just reporting the skins are available....Sounds like a "Bush" move to me.
Looks like all this stuff, iLife 07 etc. will need OS X 10.5. The phone too probably runs a version of 10.5 and its components. I guess we will have to wait until June.
PS> I wanted to see the "SECRET" stuff in Leopard Jobs spoke of.
Ok so it is $599 with and requiring a two year contract and locked to Cingular. But that is NOT really a good look at the true cost. It is just the buy in.
The really cool stuff is not the phone but all the internet features. So if you want 600-1000min per month, about $50 and the cheapest unlimited data plan (to use Google, email, all the other stuff etc...) it is about $60.
So with taxes you are looking at around $140/month or in other words close to $1,700 per year!!
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I am a shareholder in LG. Nothing like the government increasing my wealth via taxing you and giving me the proceeds for something a stupid as an converter box. I'll take it though.
My brother is a independent film maker and says he agrees with Viacom. (surprised me!) He argues that in the future (not yet) one person could buy a film load it, and with things like Apple TV type devices beaming content to the TV from a computer you could have people just posting one paid copy and everyone viewing it streamed. There would be absolutely no money for the little guy. Even the big players would loose billions but that is where the remaining money would flow with nothing left over for small productions..... I see his argument and agree. Not to mention the thousands out of work all up and down the line from janitors to producers.
You make good points, but mine was that the expectation of privacy is lower there with regard to the State. Not private businesses. Also lots of people have been saying there are safeguards and laws. That's BS. There are speed limit laws too. I have personal experience with the disregard of privacy laws when I lived in London and Paris during the late 90's. One bureaucrat actually told me they are "guidelines" but who follows them. My point is just because there are laws doesn't mean that massive data mining is going on. Again my personal experience (at a government agency working as a translator) was in Britain and France, not the other EU countries. I understand Germans mostly follow the laws except in national security issues.
wrong, they sell your data after VOLUNTARILY making a purchase there. The government TAKES all public AND private data and uses it for whatever they choose. Very different. I don't go to Walmart and avoid that, but buying anything via the banking system, taking a plane, employment, taxes, my license, passport, the government is far more intrusive, especially in the EU.
People in the US value their privacy and expect more of it than in Europe. I've lived in London and Paris for a time and both cities are full of surveillance. Even the French now data mine public transit. I've never been to Scandinavia but I can tell you that there is a totally different attitude about it there. More people accept and even want cameras etc...on every light pole. transactions are monitored and mined more there. That is why banks use data centers in Europe to store information. All Interpol tracking is done their, that is why pedophile rings are always busted from Europe. The are far more Orwellian societies.
I've always argued among my tech friends that the technology and computer industry, whether is it the manufacturing of the iPod (Green's agree with me here) or the world servers (Google etc..), they will be the biggest cause of greenhouse gases besides autos in the future.
I always tease them that it is Google and Apple that are destroying the environment...:)
Looks like the left in hollywood are acting up now that it is hurting their income.
If it can be done technically why not. If Windows license prevented it I am sure someone would do it anyways. Why is Apple so different???
Also a little off the subject but this brings up lock in!!!
Apple locked the iTunes system to iPod and Europe is steaming and wants it to change. What about Mac OS itself. It is a Apple operating system that is LOCKED to Apple's hardware. Why isn't the EU trying to break that lock in??? You want Windows, buy from MS and buy any vendors hardware (Linux too). Want OS X you are FORCED to buy Apple's hardware too. I wonder if someday Apple will be forced to change by the EU.
I use the MacBook but I must say I hate being artificially forced via DRM, or any other system to prevent me (the customer) from options after I purchase a product.
At some point I see them charging a fee for POP/IMAP access. Especially as the ad market matures and they need new sources of revenue.
To answer the hardware analogy...Yes and Yes. You are guilty of murder and the store is liable. The users would be subject to criminal penalties (a proposed law in Germany) and the site civil action.
I agree about the copyrights (although the are tenuous) the real issue that is disturbing and scary is Apple is sending letters threating legal action to those just reporting the skins are available....Sounds like a "Bush" move to me.
Looks like all this stuff, iLife 07 etc. will need OS X 10.5. The phone too probably runs a version of 10.5 and its components. I guess we will have to wait until June.
PS> I wanted to see the "SECRET" stuff in Leopard Jobs spoke of.
Ok so it is $599 with and requiring a two year contract and locked to Cingular. But that is NOT really a good look at the true cost. It is just the buy in.
The really cool stuff is not the phone but all the internet features. So if you want 600-1000min per month, about $50 and the cheapest unlimited data plan (to use Google, email, all the other stuff etc...) it is about $60.
So with taxes you are looking at around $140/month or in other words close to $1,700 per year!!
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