I personally will not go out and replace all my equipment to be able to be able to receive the tv shows with the content flag. I still have a console tv from the early eighties that still running with no problems why do i need to go get a new tv ( i have a few newer tv's but nothing that will be compatable with the broadcast flag. )
when this goes through I will just stop watching tv. i watch maybe 5 hours a week now and i have plenty of videos/dvd's the kids can watch. without having the money to through at the politicians that the MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment monopolies have to give them they won't listen and now that all the voting systems are going to electronic ( with no security ) the country is no longer run by the will of the people as it once was but by who has the most money to thow at the politicians.
So instead of hurting big time labels and rich artists you're going to pirate the music of the poorer independent artists. They rely even more on whatever small income they can make from selling 5-10 thousand CDs in a regional market. Pirating their music doesn't help them, but buying their CD off of cdbaby.com or somewhere does. Not to mention you can stick it to the RIAA by not giving your money to their artists.
No what is happening and what the big time labels don't understand it that the indie labels are getting FREE PROMOTION kinda like listening to the radio. if the labels had embraced the technology instead of being dragged kicking and screaming ( as they are with any new tech until they find a way to profit from it. ) into it they would still have seen the slump in sales due to the economy but it would have rebounded when the economy does all they are doing now by sueing the individuals is making sure that their sales will stay depressed because they are making enimies of the very people of help feed them thier customer.
I also don't see why my tax dollars should be subsidizing this monopoly and its aging non-encrypted CD format. All they have to do is release everything on some strong DRM and casual MP3 trading will more or less cease to exist. Make all the DRM players have no easy way to line-out to analog and watch the casual "mp3 rippers" fade away. Not only that but no more CD to CD copies. Everyone can register their DRM CDs online just like they do software.
I would have no problems with this if implementing it didn't mean I had to subsidize there pockets by buying all new equipment to play these DRM'd disks and there was an easy way to rip the music I have bought and paid for to make a compilation disk ( WHICH I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WITH MY PURCHASED MUSIC ) if implementing a DRM plan means that my rights are taken away (which RIAA wants to do) I will no longer purchase the music PERIOD. Every one has had the right to create compilation tapes/CD/ the RIAA and its associate companys should adapt there business model instead of fighting each and every new technology that comes along and eventully losing and deciding that the tech will make them more money and embrace it. ( personally i don't think they are going to lose this time they are throwing to much money around washington and have to many senators in there collective pockets. )/end rant
750.540c(3) A person shall not deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise plans, written instructions, or materials for the manufacture, assembly, or development of an unlawful telecommunications access device or for the manufacture, assembly, or development of a telecommunications access device that the person intends to be used or knows or has reason to know will be used or is likely to be used to violate subsection (1).As used in this subsection, "materials" includes any hardware, cables, tools, data, computer software, or other information or equipment used or intended for use in the manufacture, assembly, or development of an unlawful telecommunications access device or a telecommunications access device.
What are the ramafications of section 3 as bolded above. this could be taken that delivering the indivudual parts to build such a device could be a felony. this has Frightning possibilitys for electronic parts company's and there liability for what may or may not be built with the parts sold and Delivered to a person who may or may not be creating a Illegal device with the parts.
I stopped in to check on a computer i had built for a family business to be told it was running slow.
after some investigation i opened the pc up and the first thing i noticed was the Processor heatsink and fan was missing.
when asked about it I was told ooh that thing it was making a loud squeal so i cut it cut the wire and removed the fan. now mind you all he had to do was unplug the fan from the power connector and I found the metal retaining clip on the back of the video card. I vowed never to work on family pc's after that incident.
I will tell you, a good amount of SCAMMERS are on ebay and I swear most of them end up scamming people on performance car parts... or fake "upgrades" like a teeny $0.05 resistor that is supposed to add 20 HP for $50..
or people disguising one car as another for sale...
Calling something a higher trim level than it really is...
That is why as a BUYER you should know what you are looking for and ask question of the SELLER. people have to use commen sense to avoid being ripped off there will always be scammers out there.
I know of several people that have been seriously ripped, and in a way, I'm glad that Ebay will pass out a scammers info.. esp. to the police.
If it was just the scammers info that would be fine BUT IT IS EVERYONE'S INFO that i'm not glad about it is extremly easy to fake LE request via Fax or Email and any Larry moe or curly could potentially get the information with requiring a court order it raises the bar before they give out the info.
I can web-scrape all that same info off the site.
Bid histories for each auction, items you've bidded on, auctions you've won... Yep.. It's all there.
For only 30 days worth though. Ebay retains it all they way back to when they started in 1995. Now I sorry but my complete buying history for the last 8 years should be something PRIVATE unless there is a court order ( showing probable cause ) for them to be able to obtain it. as well as related transactions on Paypal. if it isn't then they should be compensating me for retaining my data.
As far as I can tell, it has more to do with our foreign policy. Specifically, they don't like what they see as our one-sided support of Israe
I have to agree with this as well It hasn't been in the news as much lately with everything going on in Iraq and i had forgotten about that. so i think it is a combination of the two. but i wouldn't totally discount the freedom part.
It figures. Our government has been trying for years to figure out ways to undermine our constitution and the protections afforded to citizens in it. You're reading the warning here... If you want freedom, a right to privacy, and laws protecting you from an increasing tyrannical government, move to Europe.
Your Kidding right. Europe is moving in the same directions they are passing a law simalier to the DMCA here. I find it sad that the Terrorist's have accomplished what they set out to do. by attacking us on american soil they managed to start a process that is slowly stripping our freedoms ( what they hate us for ) so before long we will be just like them oppressed and easier targets as we will no longer have the rights that we held so dear prior to 9/11 and now *some* people are all to willing to give up in the name of (pretend)security.
I hope the *some* people wake up and realize all that will happen with the TIA = total information awareness ( or as i like to think of it Thanks In Advance ) and other supposed survalence measure on Civilians of the US is privacy will be gone and it will still not prevent Security concerns caused by the terrorists.
Come on, weapons' only function is killing...and killing is illegal. Ban weapons.
Okay I'll agree killing is illegal as long as you are talking People. But what about deer last time i checked i could walk into the forest and kill a deer and it would be legal ( provided i was doing it during hunting season ) and i would have Deer meat to eat for awhile. Ban guns ( weapons is Way to broad ) and you also ban a legal killing.
If you ban firearms, im sure half of those easy killings would stop.
I disagree if you ban firearms I'm sure the killings will go up. after banning the firearms criminals ( who don't care about the law anyways )
Will be the only one's that have the firearms. and at this point there is no longer a deterrent to the criminal using it. where as if the criminal know that i might have a gun most Intelligent criminals think twice about putting there life on the line.
Nuclear weapons? yes Chemical, or Biological/environmental? doubtful
this should be yes to Both Listening to NPR last week they just did a story on Chemical weapons sites in the US and how they are trying to Incinerate C/B/E WMD in georgia and using a different method in some other sites ( bielive there was 6 or 7 different sites across the US if i remember correctly ). but that the stockpiles would not be destroyed for a number of years yet.
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The frustrating thing, to me, is that most mod chippers talk up a "run Linux, do hobbiest development, play other region DVDs" game, and then simply play lots of pirated games. To many people that gives Microsoft the moral high ground in its battle against harwdare hackers. If less people used mod chips for piracy, Microsoft (and others) might be less inclined to go after them.
No you sound like the bunch over at RIAA and their talk about napster. "its only being used for illegal purposes and there can't possibly be any one using it legally." that frustrates me. I bought and paid for a $200 Item that is now mine. I should be able to mod it to run linux or that cool new game i bought overseas while on vacation without being called a criminal ( " the only reason you modded the device was to play pirated games") .
I bothers me that the people Legally using the mod chips are affected by the portion that uses them to play the pirated games. if i have bought an item and i choose to mod it its mine i have the right without the manufacturer coming after me ( unless i was to turn around and start selling the modded devices as my own creation. now that i would understand. ) or preventing me from using it as i see fit.
Personally i wouldn't be supprised if the policy was set up for the permanant ban on modded boxs so micro$oft was able to sell more boxes. ( If you want to play online you have to go buy a new box to get a new ID number. )
And what might those civil liberties be? The right to safely and securely traffic drugs? No thank you, I'd rather have the wire taps. After all, they aren't tapping YOU. - or are they?
I rather have the civil liberties, because lets not forget who pays for the $56,767 each time perform the wire tap. I can think of alot of other things that I would rather my Tax dollars are spent on then the handful of convictions they got out of this money.
And this was just california if you take what california spent in 2000 and mutiply it by 50 states 88 wiretaps X $56,767 = $4,995,496 X 50 = $249,774,800 ( ballparking here) but this money could be spent on much better things. considering the low return of convictions( 17 / 271 ).
I'm not saying all the wire taps are a waste but there appears to be alot of room for improvement on the determination of when and where they should user them Its all our tax dollars at work here. and its only going to get worse not better.
For the same Reasons that the Moton Picture Association is trying to prevent Drivers for DVD's from being created for Linux.
Its unfortunate that these companys aren't taking linux seriously and creating drivers for the "ALTERNATIVE" OS's, and making it difficult for us to create our own.
Someday They might wake up and stop limiting the potential for drivers on the alternative OS's (and suing us as in the DeCSS case)
Just my 2 cents as I move from Lurker to Poster:-)
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when this goes through I will just stop watching tv. i watch maybe 5 hours a week now and i have plenty of videos/dvd's the kids can watch. without having the money to through at the politicians that the MPAA, RIAA and other entertainment monopolies have to give them they won't listen and now that all the voting systems are going to electronic ( with no security ) the country is no longer run by the will of the people as it once was but by who has the most money to thow at the politicians.
No what is happening and what the big time labels don't understand it that the indie labels are getting FREE PROMOTION kinda like listening to the radio. if the labels had embraced the technology instead of being dragged kicking and screaming ( as they are with any new tech until they find a way to profit from it. ) into it they would still have seen the slump in sales due to the economy but it would have rebounded when the economy does all they are doing now by sueing the individuals is making sure that their sales will stay depressed because they are making enimies of the very people of help feed them thier customer.
I would have no problems with this if implementing it didn't mean I had to subsidize there pockets by buying all new equipment to play these DRM'd disks and there was an easy way to rip the music I have bought and paid for to make a compilation disk ( WHICH I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WITH MY PURCHASED MUSIC ) if implementing a DRM plan means that my rights are taken away (which RIAA wants to do) I will no longer purchase the music PERIOD. Every one has had the right to create compilation tapes/CD/ the RIAA and its associate companys should adapt there business model instead of fighting each and every new technology that comes along and eventully losing and deciding that the tech will make them more money and embrace it. ( personally i don't think they are going to lose this time they are throwing to much money around washington and have to many senators in there collective pockets. ) /end rant
What are the ramafications of section 3 as bolded above. this could be taken that delivering the indivudual parts to build such a device could be a felony. this has Frightning possibilitys for electronic parts company's and there liability for what may or may not be built with the parts sold and Delivered to a person who may or may not be creating a Illegal device with the parts.
after some investigation i opened the pc up and the first thing i noticed was the Processor heatsink and fan was missing.
when asked about it I was told ooh that thing it was making a loud squeal so i cut it cut the wire and removed the fan. now mind you all he had to do was unplug the fan from the power connector and I found the metal retaining clip on the back of the video card. I vowed never to work on family pc's after that incident.
That is why as a BUYER you should know what you are looking for and ask question of the SELLER. people have to use commen sense to avoid being ripped off there will always be scammers out there.
I know of several people that have been seriously ripped, and in a way, I'm glad that Ebay will pass out a scammers info.. esp. to the police.
If it was just the scammers info that would be fine BUT IT IS EVERYONE'S INFO that i'm not glad about it is extremly easy to fake LE request via Fax or Email and any Larry moe or curly could potentially get the information with requiring a court order it raises the bar before they give out the info.
For only 30 days worth though. Ebay retains it all they way back to when they started in 1995. Now I sorry but my complete buying history for the last 8 years should be something PRIVATE unless there is a court order ( showing probable cause ) for them to be able to obtain it. as well as related transactions on Paypal. if it isn't then they should be compensating me for retaining my data.
I have to agree with this as well It hasn't been in the news as much lately with everything going on in Iraq and i had forgotten about that. so i think it is a combination of the two. but i wouldn't totally discount the freedom part.
LETS HOPE THE MPAA APPROVES THIS
last time i checked doesn't hollywood control the way Digital entertainment is going
/sarcasmoff
You'll watch what we want when we want and like it
Your Kidding right. Europe is moving in the same directions they are passing a law simalier to the DMCA here. I find it sad that the Terrorist's have accomplished what they set out to do. by attacking us on american soil they managed to start a process that is slowly stripping our freedoms ( what they hate us for ) so before long we will be just like them oppressed and easier targets as we will no longer have the rights that we held so dear prior to 9/11 and now *some* people are all to willing to give up in the name of (pretend)security.
I hope the *some* people wake up and realize all that will happen with the TIA = total information awareness ( or as i like to think of it Thanks In Advance ) and other supposed survalence measure on Civilians of the US is privacy will be gone and it will still not prevent Security concerns caused by the terrorists.
***********:Sig hidden for your protection:TIA
Okay I'll agree killing is illegal as long as you are talking People. But what about deer last time i checked i could walk into the forest and kill a deer and it would be legal ( provided i was doing it during hunting season ) and i would have Deer meat to eat for awhile. Ban guns ( weapons is Way to broad ) and you also ban a legal killing.
If you ban firearms, im sure half of those easy killings would stop.
I disagree if you ban firearms I'm sure the killings will go up. after banning the firearms criminals ( who don't care about the law anyways ) Will be the only one's that have the firearms. and at this point there is no longer a deterrent to the criminal using it. where as if the criminal know that i might have a gun most Intelligent criminals think twice about putting there life on the line.
--- Is Karma important
this should be yes to Both Listening to NPR last week they just did a story on Chemical weapons sites in the US and how they are trying to Incinerate C/B/E WMD in georgia and using a different method in some other sites ( bielive there was 6 or 7 different sites across the US if i remember correctly ). but that the stockpiles would not be destroyed for a number of years yet. Lightweb
The frustrating thing, to me, is that most mod chippers talk up a "run Linux, do hobbiest development, play other region DVDs" game, and then simply play lots of pirated games. To many people that gives Microsoft the moral high ground in its battle against harwdare hackers. If less people used mod chips for piracy, Microsoft (and others) might be less inclined to go after them.
No you sound like the bunch over at RIAA and their talk about napster. "its only being used for illegal purposes and there can't possibly be any one using it legally." that frustrates me. I bought and paid for a $200 Item that is now mine. I should be able to mod it to run linux or that cool new game i bought overseas while on vacation without being called a criminal ( " the only reason you modded the device was to play pirated games") .
I bothers me that the people Legally using the mod chips are affected by the portion that uses them to play the pirated games. if i have bought an item and i choose to mod it its mine i have the right without the manufacturer coming after me ( unless i was to turn around and start selling the modded devices as my own creation. now that i would understand. ) or preventing me from using it as i see fit.
Personally i wouldn't be supprised if the policy was set up for the permanant ban on modded boxs so micro$oft was able to sell more boxes. ( If you want to play online you have to go buy a new box to get a new ID number. )
Sims filling streets in front of City hall and the courthouse Protesting the DMCA
I rather have the civil liberties, because lets not forget who pays for the $56,767 each time perform the wire tap. I can think of alot of other things that I would rather my Tax dollars are spent on then the handful of convictions they got out of this money.
And this was just california if you take what california spent in 2000 and mutiply it by 50 states 88 wiretaps X $56,767 = $4,995,496 X 50 = $249,774,800 ( ballparking here) but this money could be spent on much better things. considering the low return of convictions( 17 / 271 ).
I'm not saying all the wire taps are a waste but there appears to be alot of room for improvement on the determination of when and where they should user them Its all our tax dollars at work here. and its only going to get worse not better.
My two cents worth for the day
For the same Reasons that the Moton Picture Association is trying to prevent Drivers for DVD's from being created for Linux.
:-)
Its unfortunate that these companys aren't taking linux seriously and creating drivers for the "ALTERNATIVE" OS's, and making it difficult for us to create our own.
Someday They might wake up and stop limiting the potential for drivers on the alternative OS's (and suing us as in the DeCSS case)
Just my 2 cents as I move from Lurker to Poster