Movies have ratings for two reasons. The first is a guideline for parents to see whether or not a particular movie should be watched by their kids. The second is that it is illegal for a movie theater to allow unaccompanied children into movies with R (or higher) ratings.
The games' ratings really only take care of the former. The latter could conceivably be enforced in an arcade, but most games these days are not played in arcades.
Are you suggesting that because of some perceived misuse of the technology, we should protest its existence?
RFID readers are used in some semiconductor manufacturing fabs to track carriers (and hence wafers). These allow for faster and easier reading than other tracking devices, such as barcode readers. This generally make an automated fab run more smoothly, and increases throughput.
I don't think this particular use violates your security, privacy, or freedom.
A good way to answer this is to mention that one algorithm for "fingering" IP addresses which violate could be to simply take a list of every IP that a certain ISP has and put them in an array. Next, you could randomize the ordering of that array and then select every 1000th entry of that array. Voila, you've now got a list of culprits.
If the process is completely hidden from the judges/jury and only the results are presented, then this algorithm is as good as any in determining who is stealing music.
Software is great, but I've never had a game that didn't lock up numerous times on my 360. It's to the point that I don't even use it for anything but playing movies now (those never seem to lock up).
If I had it to do over again, I'd have gotten a PS3 instead. Or a Wii, but finding one of those is like trying to catch the Tooth Fairy leaving money under your pillow.
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Most slashdotters that are against the RIAA/MPAA for their tactics would also be against the piracy you described.
Typically, this community accepts "personal use" type file-sharing, where the song/movie is not then sold on the black market.
In fact, the RIAA would be perfectly in the right to sue in this case. However, they should sue the pirating karaoke bars that are making profits because of piracy, not the medium from which they obtained them. Furthermore, they should not have to pay $220,000 per track in any case, but rather something more along the lines of actual loss (maybe a grand total of $300,000 as you cited in your example).
In addition to not providing NDRs, it would be great if the ISP took the following approach:
If 5 or more non-deliverable messages to different addresses within the ISP's domain are received within a period of 10 minutes, then the sender's IP address should be blocked for a period of 24 hours.
That, I think, would do a small bit to slow down the spam.
I assume buying the stuff in Antigua would be legal, but anything bought in Antigua (or on the internet from Antiguan sources) would remain illegal. So, if you want to enjoy your "geek hotspot", you'd actually have to physically BE in Antigua.
It's legal to buy and sell Cuban cigars in other countries, but that doesn't make the legally obtained cigars any more legal to possess in the U.S.
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Well, a lot of people here aren't familiar with the term "bathtub".
That would be a hint to not buy the full game.
It's times like this when I really wish I had mod points left.
Or a game of soccer!
Good thing you cleared that up, I thought it meant hitting a grizzly back and forth across a table.
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Movies have ratings for two reasons. The first is a guideline for parents to see whether or not a particular movie should be watched by their kids. The second is that it is illegal for a movie theater to allow unaccompanied children into movies with R (or higher) ratings. The games' ratings really only take care of the former. The latter could conceivably be enforced in an arcade, but most games these days are not played in arcades.
Are you suggesting that because of some perceived misuse of the technology, we should protest its existence? RFID readers are used in some semiconductor manufacturing fabs to track carriers (and hence wafers). These allow for faster and easier reading than other tracking devices, such as barcode readers. This generally make an automated fab run more smoothly, and increases throughput. I don't think this particular use violates your security, privacy, or freedom.
More of a coincidence, really.
Impeaching him would have been a better idea 7 years ago. Right now, it would have no real benefit.
I suppose if you don't like the dialect you're learning, you can always reroll.
A good way to answer this is to mention that one algorithm for "fingering" IP addresses which violate could be to simply take a list of every IP that a certain ISP has and put them in an array. Next, you could randomize the ordering of that array and then select every 1000th entry of that array. Voila, you've now got a list of culprits. If the process is completely hidden from the judges/jury and only the results are presented, then this algorithm is as good as any in determining who is stealing music.
It's not an anti-trust issue because it didn't happen.
Yep, it's all fun and games until someone thinks of the children.
Software is great, but I've never had a game that didn't lock up numerous times on my 360. It's to the point that I don't even use it for anything but playing movies now (those never seem to lock up). If I had it to do over again, I'd have gotten a PS3 instead. Or a Wii, but finding one of those is like trying to catch the Tooth Fairy leaving money under your pillow.
Most slashdotters that are against the RIAA/MPAA for their tactics would also be against the piracy you described. Typically, this community accepts "personal use" type file-sharing, where the song/movie is not then sold on the black market. In fact, the RIAA would be perfectly in the right to sue in this case. However, they should sue the pirating karaoke bars that are making profits because of piracy, not the medium from which they obtained them. Furthermore, they should not have to pay $220,000 per track in any case, but rather something more along the lines of actual loss (maybe a grand total of $300,000 as you cited in your example).
I suggest you brush up on the broken window fallacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window). Just because money is flowing into the economy does not mean it isn't wasted.
If this thing were tuned to induce pleasure rather than pain, then everyone who is currently in favor of its use would be against it, and vice versa.
There's no aluminum in tin foil.
They didn't do that.
Well, of course they didn't. That would have infringed on UbuntuDupe's patent.
In addition to not providing NDRs, it would be great if the ISP took the following approach: If 5 or more non-deliverable messages to different addresses within the ISP's domain are received within a period of 10 minutes, then the sender's IP address should be blocked for a period of 24 hours. That, I think, would do a small bit to slow down the spam.
Maybe, but your company probably isn't funded exclusively by taxpayers.
I assume buying the stuff in Antigua would be legal, but anything bought in Antigua (or on the internet from Antiguan sources) would remain illegal. So, if you want to enjoy your "geek hotspot", you'd actually have to physically BE in Antigua. It's legal to buy and sell Cuban cigars in other countries, but that doesn't make the legally obtained cigars any more legal to possess in the U.S.