Actually, I still stick with most of my assertions. particularly the one about someone getting hacked and being responsible for the download, even though they had nothing to do with it.
I'm not so sure I think it's no big deal anymore, but I still think it's better than DRM, and what I learned here really doesn't have a whole lot to do with that.
And unbiased or not, you sure are coming across as condescending.
DRM is a Bad Thing, IMO. It restricts your choice and prevents you from playing the media you bought in the way you want to.
But watermarking? Eh. I don't care. You're supposed to not be sharing music you bought, and unless someone actually breaks in and steals it, there's really no legitimate reason to find music that you bought out on the net somewhere.
That's a big "unless", though. Are we coming to the point where we're going to have to file police reports when you get hacked so that you won't be liable for the distribution of stolen music? What about liability insurance for watermarked music?
This guy has been a pox on the net for years! Anyone remember that time a long time ago where he was getting so flagrant about it people started signing him up for datalogs, he was getting tons of them in the mail, and had the nerve to get angry about it?
This guy deserves everything he gets. Maybe he'll luck out and his cellmate will have responded to some of those penis pill spams.
(I hate prison rape references as a matter of principle, but here's a guy that I really have a hard time mustering up *too* much sympathy for).
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, I still stick with most of my assertions. particularly the one about someone getting hacked and being responsible for the download, even though they had nothing to do with it.
I'm not so sure I think it's no big deal anymore, but I still think it's better than DRM, and what I learned here really doesn't have a whole lot to do with that.
And unbiased or not, you sure are coming across as condescending.
It is if you still keep a copy.
I think both of you would. You and your friend.
While in most cases you will never get caught, lending music to a friend is still illegal.
So is distributing music.
We'll see how long that lasts once the WIPO gets its hooks into you.
You mean:
1) Have music be bought by unsuspecting members of a botnet and put on the internet.
2) ???
3) Profit!
The fear and paranoia in this case is entirely self inflicted.
The solution is simple - don't lend the DVDs to your mother.
Your wife snoring could indeed be music, depending on how you tired her out.
:)
That gives me an idea of safe for work pr0n.
"We won't give you any details on why, but she's sleeping now, and here's proof..zzzzzzzz"
Since I would like to salvage some semblance of "I was right" in this thread, can you outline one or two of them?
I thought watermarking was more of a subtle change in the content itself.
The Quick Brown fpx jfmped ower the laay dpg
Which I guess is still vulnerable if the watermark is too small (they'd have to basically subtly alter pretty much every unit).
Sigh. Guess you're right, thanks for the education.
Pretty much the entire federal government.
That's assuming you have an unwatermarked copy of the file, right?
If they haven't figured out a way to actually encrypt the watermarks, they're more stupid than I thought.
In that case, I still don't care, because if something is that easily duplicated it's worthless anyway.
DRM is a Bad Thing, IMO. It restricts your choice and prevents you from playing the media you bought in the way you want to.
But watermarking? Eh. I don't care. You're supposed to not be sharing music you bought, and unless someone actually breaks in and steals it, there's really no legitimate reason to find music that you bought out on the net somewhere.
That's a big "unless", though. Are we coming to the point where we're going to have to file police reports when you get hacked so that you won't be liable for the distribution of stolen music? What about liability insurance for watermarked music?
Something to think about.
Red light, blue ray.
Just don't use a blacklight, you'll never know what you'll find.
That there is almost good enough to be a fark headline.
...In-con-CEIV-able.
Are you even paying attention?
Like I said in an earlier post. I'd stop the rapist, but take just long enough to do it to make him sweat.
Also, "have trouble mustering up *too* much sympathy for" does not mean *no* sympathy.
Geez. Reading comprehension must also be a problem with this democracy.
Nah, look at how I phrased it.
I'd still stop the rapist, but I'd probably wait long enough for Ralsky to sweat a bit.
All for it. Just some people I really have a hard time advocating for.
I still will, though. Justice is blind.
I, for one, have never had to compare my rootkit with someone else's.
I wonder if his kernel is vulnerable to attacks.
He needs to REST after dropping the SOAP, then maybe he'll get a little java for his efforts.
Let's hope the attacker uses a firewall.
Ok, ok. This is a classic example of Taking A Joke Too Far.
This guy has been a pox on the net for years! Anyone remember that time a long time ago where he was getting so flagrant about it people started signing him up for datalogs, he was getting tons of them in the mail, and had the nerve to get angry about it?
This guy deserves everything he gets. Maybe he'll luck out and his cellmate will have responded to some of those penis pill spams.
(I hate prison rape references as a matter of principle, but here's a guy that I really have a hard time mustering up *too* much sympathy for).
That's why I'm a sysadmin by choice and NOT a software engineer.
If you hate it that much, change careers. You get to find a decent position that you like, and still maintain your self respect.
Oh geez, I wrecked that. Apparently slashdot doesn't honor the strike tag. And I should learn to close blockquotes.
He *had* some serious cred.