After I posted the parent comment, I discovered two more games to which Disney owns the film rights: Alone in the Dark (Dimension) and Backwater (Dimension).
And is this a coincidence or not? "A screenwriting team has been hired and Milla Jovovich has been talking herself up for the lead [in Alice]."... "Whether you loved or hated the first one, a Resident Evil sequel is on the way. Milla Jovovich will be reprising her role as Alice." Are there other screen actors or actresses who have portrayed several different characters with the same given name?
This is Disney's second crack at adapting Lewis Carroll's Alice books to the big screen. The film adaptation of American McGee's Alice (in turn a video game adaption of Carroll's books) will be produced by Dimension Films, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
Somehow I doubt those particular images are copyrighted by American Greetings.
Most Berne Convention parties' copyright laws have something similar to 17 USC 106, which states:
Subject to
sections 107 through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:... to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work.
Phase 1: Offer to sell mp3s which can be acquired for free elsewhere.
If this EMI deal is what it looks like, then it's going to be a lot like eMusic. The difference between eMusic and KaZaA is that with eMusic, you're getting guaranteed quality and fast downloads as opposed to files encoded with a crappy but popular encoder, possibly with clicks, pops, dropouts, and deletions, and available only from one user on a 56k in Yakkestonia.
All they would really have to do to protect themselves is slightly modify the name.
No, "Feenicks" isn't an appropriate name for a web browser either. Trademark infringement does not always hinge on "identical" but on "confusingly similar".
so that when a.aa file is encoded as.aiff and then re-ripped as a trueblood mp3 a good deal of signal is lost.
I know you're thinking about transcoding. But you don't need to rip to MP3. If you burn and then rip as.wav or.flac, you don't have a generation loss.
on the mac side, there're programs (like Audio Hijack) that intercept sound from a specific application on its way to the audio controllers
There exists an equivalent piece of software on Windows called "Total Recorder", but it doesn't work on restrictions-managed files because of the Secure Audio Path.
Harry Fox only gets involved if you're releasing a recording of a song that was written by someone else (ie, a cover). If a label is distributing a song written and recorded by one of its artists, then all the money should be going to the label and the artist.
Correct, but this doesn't always mean you'll be getting a discount. When the songwriter is a member of the band, this means that the artist has two revenue streams: the music and the recording. Many recording artists who (claim to) write their own songs make more money in the end from the music than from the recording.
You probably can't use the same browser to have multiple simultaneous sessions.
Yes you can. All you have to do in BSD, Linux, NT, or any other multiuser operating system is create another user on the same machine, and run the second browser as the other user. Different users get different profiles and different sets of cookies.
Or are the majority of people still running non-multiuser-capable Windows 9x as opposed to NT or Linux?
Is this a physical problem with current burners? or is it the lack of double layer dvd-r media?
Both. It's a limitation in the DVD-R and DVD+R technology. There's no known way that a laser aimed at one layer won't also affect the other layer. So because most major-studio DVD Video titles are dual-layer, there would be no way for Blockbuster or Netflix to burn DVDs on demand even if it could negotiate with the movie studios.
If you're watching movies, you won't be listening to music
Bull. Movie studios that use popular recorded songs in their movies have to pay both the songwriter's publisher and the record label. Besides, some movies are just commercials for a soundtrack *cough*8 Mile*cough*. To top it off, three movie studios (Sony, Warner, Universal) also own record labels.
"I'm too cheap to purchase an awesome product from a company that needs consumers, so how can I build my own [insert product here]?"
TiVo service is not available in all developed countries. Do you call an estimated $200,000+ to relocate your family to the United States "too cheap"? Building a set-top PC is much cheaper than $200,000.
Please explain how [cracking the case of a TiVo machine and swapping drives] is more challenging than building an entire machine, hard drive and all, to host one of the opensource solutions?
For one thing, you have to crack the case. I haven't used a TiVo machine before, but I'd assume that "cracking the case" refers to something along the lines of what had to be done to open some old Macintosh computers. A fellow needed a Torx screwdriver with an 8 inch handle, as well as a special tool to pinch the sides of the case to release the clips that hold the face on.
A Dell[1] PC, on the other hand, can be opened with a twist of a thumbscrew on the case.
It's possible for someone who has a song on the radio to take you to court and infer that your song is too close to theirs, but they have to prove it in court.
Which would be trivial given the Bright Tunes precedent, especially for a large music publisher v. somebody with no money to hire competent legal representation.
In practice, the burden of proof often rests on whoever has less money.
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in late 2003 or early 2004 they are completely switching memory to DDR2, but since DDR2 is as hard to come by as Jesus in a Bottle
DDR2 on eBay
Oh, that DDR2.
the evil 2x2 block
Better yet, a Tetris movie with Tetris representing drug abuse.
Vaidhyanathan? Is that even pronounceable
I'm guessing it's approximately "See-vuh Vye-Jonathan"
After I posted the parent comment, I discovered two more games to which Disney owns the film rights: Alone in the Dark (Dimension) and Backwater (Dimension).
And is this a coincidence or not? "A screenwriting team has been hired and Milla Jovovich has been talking herself up for the lead [in Alice]." ... "Whether you loved or hated the first one, a Resident Evil sequel is on the way. Milla Jovovich will be reprising her role as Alice." Are there other screen actors or actresses who have portrayed several different characters with the same given name?
This is Disney's second crack at adapting Lewis Carroll's Alice books to the big screen. The film adaptation of American McGee's Alice (in turn a video game adaption of Carroll's books) will be produced by Dimension Films, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
If you're boycotting Disney, such as if you're a Southern Baptist or you just disapprove of Disney-sponsored copyright legislation, don't see Alice.
"For every technology, there is equal and opposite hacker technology"
The exception to Eric's theorem: "Eric's theorem does not apply to technologies designed to persuade national legislators."
XP home edition cannot be used as a webserver or fileserver.
What problem does Apache HTTP Server have when run on Windows XP Home Edition? Have you reported the bug?
Somehow I doubt those particular images are copyrighted by American Greetings.
Most Berne Convention parties' copyright laws have something similar to 17 USC 106, which states:
Unlike the material world the Internet does not entail the costs of reprinting, repackaging and redistributing out of print material.
Yes it does. Royalty checks take paper and ink to print and postage to send, and those cost money. Bandwidth costs money as well.
Phase 1: Offer to sell mp3s which can be acquired for free elsewhere.
If this EMI deal is what it looks like, then it's going to be a lot like eMusic. The difference between eMusic and KaZaA is that with eMusic, you're getting guaranteed quality and fast downloads as opposed to files encoded with a crappy but popular encoder, possibly with clicks, pops, dropouts, and deletions, and available only from one user on a 56k in Yakkestonia.
All they would really have to do to protect themselves is slightly modify the name.
No, "Feenicks" isn't an appropriate name for a web browser either. Trademark infringement does not always hinge on "identical" but on "confusingly similar".
so that when a .aa file is encoded as .aiff and then re-ripped as a trueblood mp3 a good deal of signal is lost.
I know you're thinking about transcoding. But you don't need to rip to MP3. If you burn and then rip as .wav or .flac, you don't have a generation loss.
on the mac side, there're programs (like Audio Hijack) that intercept sound from a specific application on its way to the audio controllers
There exists an equivalent piece of software on Windows called "Total Recorder", but it doesn't work on restrictions-managed files because of the Secure Audio Path.
Harry Fox only gets involved if you're releasing a recording of a song that was written by someone else (ie, a cover). If a label is distributing a song written and recorded by one of its artists, then all the money should be going to the label and the artist.
Correct, but this doesn't always mean you'll be getting a discount. When the songwriter is a member of the band, this means that the artist has two revenue streams: the music and the recording. Many recording artists who (claim to) write their own songs make more money in the end from the music than from the recording.
You would if you could manage to tie land, property, and national identities to pudding preferences.
You would if a national government declared one of the ingredients in your favorite pudding a "controlled substance".
Mods: no bonus means I modded this comment down myself.
our copyrighted allocation scheme
The movies are copyrighted, but according to 17 USC 102(b), methods cannot be copyrighted.
You probably can't use the same browser to have multiple simultaneous sessions.
Yes you can. All you have to do in BSD, Linux, NT, or any other multiuser operating system is create another user on the same machine, and run the second browser as the other user. Different users get different profiles and different sets of cookies.
Or are the majority of people still running non-multiuser-capable Windows 9x as opposed to NT or Linux?
Is this a physical problem with current burners? or is it the lack of double layer dvd-r media?
Both. It's a limitation in the DVD-R and DVD+R technology. There's no known way that a laser aimed at one layer won't also affect the other layer. So because most major-studio DVD Video titles are dual-layer, there would be no way for Blockbuster or Netflix to burn DVDs on demand even if it could negotiate with the movie studios.
If you're watching movies, you won't be listening to music
Bull. Movie studios that use popular recorded songs in their movies have to pay both the songwriter's publisher and the record label. Besides, some movies are just commercials for a soundtrack *cough*8 Mile*cough*. To top it off, three movie studios (Sony, Warner, Universal) also own record labels.
IIRC it was recently found that the page numbers aren't copyrightable.
Got a URL for that opinion?
Lexis-Nexis and WestLaw both make their money adding additional content to opinions (e.g. headnotes, their own pagination).
What's the proper way to cite a court opinion without referring to a copyrighted page number?
I'm confused. I thought Firebird was a browser? How can two unrelated products have the same name? ;>)
I'm confused. I thought Firebird was a car? How can two unrelated products have the same name? ;>)
how in-game are you going to see yourself walking towards you?
I was at the health club today, and I saw myself walking towards me.
Here's a mirror.
"I'm too cheap to purchase an awesome product from a company that needs consumers, so how can I build my own [insert product here]?"
TiVo service is not available in all developed countries. Do you call an estimated $200,000+ to relocate your family to the United States "too cheap"? Building a set-top PC is much cheaper than $200,000.
Please explain how [cracking the case of a TiVo machine and swapping drives] is more challenging than building an entire machine, hard drive and all, to host one of the opensource solutions?
For one thing, you have to crack the case. I haven't used a TiVo machine before, but I'd assume that "cracking the case" refers to something along the lines of what had to be done to open some old Macintosh computers. A fellow needed a Torx screwdriver with an 8 inch handle, as well as a special tool to pinch the sides of the case to release the clips that hold the face on.
A Dell[1] PC, on the other hand, can be opened with a twist of a thumbscrew on the case.
[1] I picked a name.
It's possible for someone who has a song on the radio to take you to court and infer that your song is too close to theirs, but they have to prove it in court.
Which would be trivial given the Bright Tunes precedent, especially for a large music publisher v. somebody with no money to hire competent legal representation.
In practice, the burden of proof often rests on whoever has less money.