By far, the easiest way to stop these people from ripping their CDs is to distribute MP3s. Just the popular songs, the ones they give out to radios. Would that be hard? And I don't understand why ripping DVDs is wrong. How many people are able to upload a DVD to their server? It seems that everyone has a web page, even little mom and pop stores that they use to make more money. Where are the audio and video distributors?
I'm a little curious as to why we as humans would like to create this massive network that allows people to communicate freely, and for the first time ever really express their first ammendment rights. We all rejoice because the internet will allow greater distribution of information, of video, or audio. And then there are those that hate the internet, what it is now. It's a place where it's very simply to view pornography, or hate sites, and I don't particularly like that, but I can watch Cinemax at night and see exactly the same thing. Internet TV sucks, and there is no network programming on, because it would lose the networks money. The recording industry should have MP3s out of all its artists by now, but it would lose them money, or so they think. There are a bunch of people scared crapless of something that's nothing more than a way to distribute text, video, speech and audio. Tell me how all of this should be taken from college students. Why don't these authoritative figures, like parents and colleges realize that the internet isn't as big and bad as, through their ignorance, think it is. Adults, just sit back and take the internet for what it's worth, otherwise you should just lock your children in their rooms.
I really don't understand why this is such a big thing. Why do DVDs need to be encrypted in the first place, and why do they care so much that some people are able to unencrypt it. You can get mp3s if you rip your CDs. You own the CDs, so you own the mp3. Why can't you save the DVD on the computer? Some people with special knowledge figure it out and want to give themselves some credit and kind of shove it in the face of the companies that came up with this, and it's illegal? No.
"The LithTech engine was, at one time, developed "by Monolith under the supervision of Microsoft." According to Monolith CEO Jason Hall, Monolith is no longer officially associated with Microsoft, and the former alliance does not pose any potential problems now that LithTech is expanding to another operating system."
Funny that a company has to clarify that their former association with Microsoft will not pose a threat. Big Brother Microsoft in action!
"The LithTech engine was, at one time, developed "by Monolith under the supervision of Microsoft." According to Monolith CEO Jason Hall, Monolith is no longer officially associated with Microsoft, and the former alliance does not pose any potential problems now that LithTech is expanding to another operating system."
Funny that a company has to clarify that their former association with Microsoft will not post a threat. Big Brother Microsoft in action!
Now if America could get on with this "best thing for the consumer" thing instead of wasting their time on trying to suck every penny out of 56K dial-up and actually do something _productive_, we could all be walking around completely wireless. We have the technology and the money, we're just too lazy. Palm VII with 100Kbps access. Nice
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By far, the easiest way to stop these people from ripping their CDs is to distribute MP3s. Just the popular songs, the ones they give out to radios. Would that be hard? And I don't understand why ripping DVDs is wrong. How many people are able to upload a DVD to their server? It seems that everyone has a web page, even little mom and pop stores that they use to make more money. Where are the audio and video distributors?
I'm a little curious as to why we as humans would like to create this massive network that allows people to communicate freely, and for the first time ever really express their first ammendment rights. We all rejoice because the internet will allow greater distribution of information, of video, or audio. And then there are those that hate the internet, what it is now. It's a place where it's very simply to view pornography, or hate sites, and I don't particularly like that, but I can watch Cinemax at night and see exactly the same thing. Internet TV sucks, and there is no network programming on, because it would lose the networks money. The recording industry should have MP3s out of all its artists by now, but it would lose them money, or so they think. There are a bunch of people scared crapless of something that's nothing more than a way to distribute text, video, speech and audio. Tell me how all of this should be taken from college students. Why don't these authoritative figures, like parents and colleges realize that the internet isn't as big and bad as, through their ignorance, think it is. Adults, just sit back and take the internet for what it's worth, otherwise you should just lock your children in their rooms.
I was downloading a BeOS update. Thanks for the support though
I really don't understand why this is such a big thing. Why do DVDs need to be encrypted in the first place, and why do they care so much that some people are able to unencrypt it. You can get mp3s if you rip your CDs. You own the CDs, so you own the mp3. Why can't you save the DVD on the computer? Some people with special knowledge figure it out and want to give themselves some credit and kind of shove it in the face of the companies that came up with this, and it's illegal? No.
"The LithTech engine was, at one time, developed "by Monolith under the supervision of Microsoft." According to Monolith CEO Jason Hall, Monolith is no longer officially associated with Microsoft, and the former alliance does not pose any potential problems now that LithTech is expanding to another operating system."
Funny that a company has to clarify that their former association with Microsoft will not pose a threat. Big Brother Microsoft in action!
"The LithTech engine was, at one time, developed "by Monolith under the supervision of Microsoft." According to Monolith CEO Jason Hall, Monolith is no longer officially associated with Microsoft, and the former alliance does not pose any potential problems now that LithTech is expanding to another operating system."
Funny that a company has to clarify that their former association with Microsoft will not post a threat. Big Brother Microsoft in action!
Now if America could get on with this "best thing for the consumer" thing instead of wasting their time on trying to suck every penny out of 56K dial-up and actually do something _productive_, we could all be walking around completely wireless. We have the technology and the money, we're just too lazy. Palm VII with 100Kbps access. Nice
There has to be some stuff that could replace these crappy window programs, have a competition for that!