The exploit used to upload these videos (changing the file header so the bitrate seemed to be less than 348kbps) was closed by YouTube a while ago. For normal accounts, YT re-encodes all uploaded video, even.flv below their target bitrate. I did a bunch of testing recently and blip.tv was the only major site that would not compress uploaded flash. The best bit for YT is to upload a large and high-quality original and make use of the &fmt=18 parameter to access the H.264 version. The audio and video improvements can be dramatic.
Exactly! Worse still are the media scare stories that are sure to follow. I am so sick of reading about "illegal downloading." Would someone please report instead that this case was about distributing files and not downloading them. Better still, would someone write (the truth that) there have been no cases of "illegal downloading" ever litigated in the US.
Too bad Capitol v. Foster didn't get this level of attention.
An unfortunate ruling for her personally and, more importantly, for its broader impact. First, we will have to endure may incorrect reports in the media around the "crime" of "downloading." Both of these fallacies are repeated endless by reporters reading off of RIAA talking points. Second, while not over-stating the value of precedent in this case, the judge seems to have ruled in crafting the jury instructions that it does not matter that there was any indication a shared file was downloaded by anyone else. Isn't that supposed to be the harm?
My only hope is that beyond the sensationalist headlines are some mentions of outcomes that haven't gone as well for the RIAA, like Capitol v. Foster.
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> A Calculator that doesn't suck: RPN and trig functions etc. Download the HP-15c if you have a device with Jailbreak. Works like my real one.
The exploit used to upload these videos (changing the file header so the bitrate seemed to be less than 348kbps) was closed by YouTube a while ago. For normal accounts, YT re-encodes all uploaded video, even .flv below their target bitrate. I did a bunch of testing recently and blip.tv was the only major site that would not compress uploaded flash. The best bit for YT is to upload a large and high-quality original and make use of the &fmt=18 parameter to access the H.264 version. The audio and video improvements can be dramatic.
Exactly! Worse still are the media scare stories that are sure to follow. I am so sick of reading about "illegal downloading." Would someone please report instead that this case was about distributing files and not downloading them. Better still, would someone write (the truth that) there have been no cases of "illegal downloading" ever litigated in the US. Too bad Capitol v. Foster didn't get this level of attention.
An unfortunate ruling for her personally and, more importantly, for its broader impact. First, we will have to endure may incorrect reports in the media around the "crime" of "downloading." Both of these fallacies are repeated endless by reporters reading off of RIAA talking points. Second, while not over-stating the value of precedent in this case, the judge seems to have ruled in crafting the jury instructions that it does not matter that there was any indication a shared file was downloaded by anyone else. Isn't that supposed to be the harm?
My only hope is that beyond the sensationalist headlines are some mentions of outcomes that haven't gone as well for the RIAA, like Capitol v. Foster.