One idea they came up with was to let play keys be stealable. That way, if you gave someone else the ability to read your copy, they might keep it and perform a bit of electronic "adverse possession" to take it away for good.
Which is a monumentally stupid idea in a world full of hackers and malware artists.
The reason Sony (and others) are so hard on piracy and are willing to abuse the consumer is most likely due to the content providers who scream and yell at the console makers to lock down their boxes.
Maybe the IEEE is trying to "soften" up DRM so that the public won't scream "taboo" whenever it's brought up.
Unfortunately, the vocal minority that stands against DRM on principle won't be satisfied with anything less than its complete eradication, in my opinion rightly so.
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One idea they came up with was to let play keys be stealable. That way, if you gave someone else the ability to read your copy, they might keep it and perform a bit of electronic "adverse possession" to take it away for good.
Which is a monumentally stupid idea in a world full of hackers and malware artists.
I think it has more to do with how well CEOs can play hardball with the companies they run rather than how well they actually run them.
Giving something away and having it stolen from you are two different things.
Compare and contrast a burglarized homeowner with Santa Clause, for example.
The reason Sony (and others) are so hard on piracy and are willing to abuse the consumer is most likely due to the content providers who scream and yell at the console makers to lock down their boxes.
Piracy means pissed off game vendors.
Maybe the IEEE is trying to "soften" up DRM so that the public won't scream "taboo" whenever it's brought up.
Unfortunately, the vocal minority that stands against DRM on principle won't be satisfied with anything less than its complete eradication, in my opinion rightly so.
This is an attempt at compromise.
They're called savings bonds.
Tell me how government jobs subtract from the economy when people are getting paid salaries?
I'd rather use a condom.
Why is it that people always retort "you first" when people suggest population controls?
Especially when the retorter knows damn well he isn't going to follow suit.
Yeah, someone doing a search on "oil spill" is going to be pointed right at BP.
Nice way to get the publicity machine running completely bass ackwards.
They can get fired, it's called impeachment.
Problem is they can only be fired by the same corporate shills we supposedly DO elect.
With fixed costs, billing by usage is equitable.
Say you invest a fixed amount of resources to bake a huge pie. How much should you charge people for a piece of it?
Do I get to cache it?
Suggest my ass.
Once you get black booked, you will be committing trespass if you return, and that's a ride to the hoosegow in the paddy wagon.
Not to mention that the gaming commission most likely will take a dim view of frivolous complaints.
They aren't for safety as much as they are revenue generation.
Usually it's the customers you aren't supposed to be rude to.
No, it's a 1 pin dot matrix printer.
DRM is still a problem.
Especially when chicken shit companies abuse it to revoke rights we already have.
Which is why you make like a datacenter and do a hot failover. Don't turn the T off until the cable is on.
Interestingly enough my business law professor skipped the ethics chapter.
Actually, depending on how far away it is it might have long since went supernova.
Exploitation by itself is not a problem.
Even wild animals "exploit" nature. Hunting and foraging both take away resources, and animals breathe out CO2 all the time.
Ever seen a beaver dam?
Nature was designed to be exploited, within reason, since she has mechanisms for restoration and recovery.
The problem comes when we exploit too much and hamper recovery efforts.
Similiar to how you start having cash flow problems when you raid revenue-generating capital.
It would be right for them to throw rotten tomatoes at you and boo you out of every bar you ever went to.
Lynching someone because of what they said is a major violation of due process, let alone the right to free speech.
You miss my point.
If it was illegal income then it would be confiscated completely under asset forfeiture.
Then again, that might be a good incentive for illegals not to come here, if we could confiscate their earnings in addition to deporting them.
Which also prevents you from going to another site.
Brakes prevent you from driving in reverse just as effectively as they prevent you from going forward.