if they move all their assets to India or other low-cost countries
Isn't the only added value of Akamai that their servers are always close to you? Moving to India wouldn't do them any good. They'd still need servers in the US.
The obvious complaint is that a copyright owner shouldn't have to keep track of their IP at the risk of losing it.
Why is that? If it's making you money you're obviously keeping track of it already.
Two, 50 years from when? Creation? Publication? Technically, when I create a work it automatically is copyrighted but what if I publish some of the poems I wrote in high school 20 years ago? Do I pay my $1 in 2053 or 2033? What if I pay in 2053 and someone says I should have paid in 2033? Now I have to go to court to retain my copyright?
Any DRM is always about restricting rights. Most often these restrictions also restrict fair use. You don't seem to understand this kind of DRM is bad, even when it's covered with nice Apple PR, and announced by Steve Jobs.
Music purchased from the Apple Music Store can: - be played on up to 3 Macs - be burned on CD (10 times (-playlist thingy-)) - be played on any number of iPods.
It can however not: - be played on windows(TM) / linux(TM) - be played on any other portable MP3 player - be used in all applications on the Mac
Even the US copyright laws consider streaming MY music from MY home to MY office to be legal. So this really restricts my fair use rights, doesn't it?
(Yes, I know the solution is not to purchase music from the AMS.)
No you're not (yet). But this simple move by Apple demonstrates that they can and will restrict rights to music you bought. There was no need to tunnel stuff, the need has been created by Apple to prevent piracy, but it also restricts fair use.
There's no garantee that they're not gonna restrict your rights further. This just shows owning the music is better than any DRM solution. What if my Mac died and all I have left is linux-PC with 3000 songs I can't listen to anymore?
There is no "culture of US corporatism".... Americans have gotten very good at supplying what people want. In other words, people have a much easier time satisifying desires [1] in the U.S. than in, say, Saudi Arabia.
[1] Desires means, for example, praying how you like or reading a book of your choice as much as it means eating a Big Mac and watching X2.
How does this fit in:
DMCA
Ahhh.... they don't desire that in Saudi Arabia yet.
The only way to sniff most networks is to have administrator access to the network equipment between the server and the client.
This means you are depdendent on a third party to implement proper security. SSH means you'll have to worry less about the machines your traffic passes by.
These taxes make people feel right about downloading music. Why can't we download music music, we payed for it when we bought our computer?
Since Germany is part of the EU, I think they can purchase computers all over europe without paying the extra tax (that is, is thay don't plan on downloading music with it;)
The proprietary info isn't really the problem, neither is bundling, as such. I mean, in an ideal, non-monopolistic world, bundling wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
Hmmm... Apple (not really a monopoly) bundles some nice free apps with their OS (Quicktime, iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, iCal, iSync, Sherlock, iDVD (not free). I wouldn't like working for the company that just finished a great MP3-player for the Mac the day before iTunes was realeased.
It has to be said that Apple uses open fileformats and opensource some of their code. It has a long way to go but is going in the right direction. (I expect alot from RendezVous).
The difference, though, is that on Windows you have the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen that allows you to switch back and forth between windows easily
Well, Microsoft(R) changed that in Windows(R) XP. So, they already found out that is _not_ an easy way to switch between 3 apps and 13 browser windows.
Apple will not be too bothered with people installing linux on their iPod. What may worry them is the piracy implications. The RIAA will be the first too notify Apple they are allowing malicious 'hackers' to share copyrighted materials using the iPod. Let's hope they're not impressed. On the other hand, they don't mind the song copying-software.
Now this is a laugh when you think about it - if a government orders 10,000 copies of windows, what's the point of sending 10,000 copies of the same CD.
Although I really hate pop-ups, and my browser succesfully blocks them, you're forgetting something. Most sites that sell products do not show pop-ups. It's sites that provide 'free' content and show banners to pay for their editors and bandwidth that do. They are directly affected by the fact that my computer thinks he is ads.doubleclick.net. I can understand they want you to see the ads.
Slashdot is a nice example of a site that lives of advertising, and doesn't sell stuff.
The real pain is that people that have used Windows Update often will have checked "Always trust content from Microsoft", otherwise they will have RSI by now from clicking Yes.
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Is this a subtle way of trying to say "Yes it's another fucking windows virus" without sounding like we're anti windows?
The register is less subtle (almost advertising other platforms);
As usual, the worm affects only Windows PCs. Linux and Mac users are immune.
if they move all their assets to India or other low-cost countries
Isn't the only added value of Akamai that their servers are always close to you? Moving to India wouldn't do them any good. They'd still need servers in the US.
The obvious complaint is that a copyright owner shouldn't have to keep track of their IP at the risk of losing it.
Why is that? If it's making you money you're obviously keeping track of it already.
Two, 50 years from when? Creation? Publication? Technically, when I create a work it automatically is copyrighted but what if I publish some of the poems I wrote in high school 20 years ago? Do I pay my $1 in 2053 or 2033? What if I pay in 2053 and someone says I should have paid in 2033? Now I have to go to court to retain my copyright?
It's about 'published works' only (as can be read in the FAQ).
Three, it's going to get the flack that it makes us different from international/europoean standards.
Well that didn't stop you before. And the proposal is in compliance with international copyright laws (again the FAQ is helpfull).
Any DRM is always about restricting rights. Most often these restrictions also restrict fair use.
You don't seem to understand this kind of DRM is bad, even when it's covered with nice Apple PR, and announced by Steve Jobs.
Music purchased from the Apple Music Store can:
- be played on up to 3 Macs
- be burned on CD (10 times (-playlist thingy-))
- be played on any number of iPods.
It can however not:
- be played on windows(TM) / linux(TM)
- be played on any other portable MP3 player
- be used in all applications on the Mac
Even the US copyright laws consider streaming MY music from MY home to MY office to be legal.
So this really restricts my fair use rights, doesn't it?
(Yes, I know the solution is not to purchase music from the AMS.)
Help. Help. I'm being oppressed.
No you're not (yet). But this simple move by Apple demonstrates that they can and will restrict rights to music you bought.
There was no need to tunnel stuff, the need has been created by Apple to prevent piracy, but it also restricts fair use.
There's no garantee that they're not gonna restrict your rights further. This just shows owning the music is better than any DRM solution. What if my Mac died and all I have left is linux-PC with 3000 songs I can't listen to anymore?
Well, it just says Computer Equipment & Services, but it won't be Kazaa ;)
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That would be like; security.microsoft.com
There is no "culture of US corporatism" .... Americans have gotten very good at supplying what people want. In other words, people have a much easier time satisifying desires [1] in the U.S. than in, say, Saudi Arabia.
[1] Desires means, for example, praying how you like or reading a book of your choice as much as it means eating a Big Mac and watching X2.
How does this fit in:
DMCA
Ahhh.... they don't desire that in Saudi Arabia yet.
The only way to sniff most networks is to have administrator access to the network equipment between the server and the client.
This means you are depdendent on a third party to implement proper security. SSH means you'll have to worry less about the machines your traffic passes by.
You wait a hundred years for it to be public domain.
That would be 140 years.
"By only having this in the Pro version, customers who don't want this aren't paying for it."
;)
WOW, I only pay for what I get? What about xBox, Hotmail etc. Afaik they are being paid or by unsuspecting/ignorant Office-users.
Yes I did purchase an xBox for the very same reason
It took my incredibly non-techie mother something like 30 minutes to realise she wasn't using Windows.
Do you have a blue desktop picture that says; "Page fault in kernel32.dll"?
These taxes make people feel right about downloading music. Why can't we download music music, we payed for it when we bought our computer?
;)
Since Germany is part of the EU, I think they can purchase computers all over europe without paying the extra tax (that is, is thay don't plan on downloading music with it
The proprietary info isn't really the problem, neither is bundling, as such. I mean, in an ideal, non-monopolistic world, bundling wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
Hmmm... Apple (not really a monopoly) bundles some nice free apps with their OS (Quicktime, iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, iCal, iSync, Sherlock, iDVD (not free).
I wouldn't like working for the company that just finished a great MP3-player for the Mac the day before iTunes was realeased.
It has to be said that Apple uses open fileformats and opensource some of their code. It has a long way to go but is going in the right direction. (I expect alot from RendezVous).
The difference, though, is that on Windows you have the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen that allows you to switch back and forth between windows easily
Well, Microsoft(R) changed that in Windows(R) XP. So, they already found out that is _not_ an easy way to switch between 3 apps and 13 browser windows.
No, it's not that. See the pictures that come with the patent request.
Apple will not be too bothered with people installing linux on their iPod. What may worry them is the piracy implications. The RIAA will be the first too notify Apple they are allowing malicious 'hackers' to share copyrighted materials using the iPod. Let's hope they're not impressed.
On the other hand, they don't mind the song copying-software.
Hmmm... didn't Apple patent 'devices capable of dynamically changing their ornamental or decorative appearance' recently??
;)
Maybe we can expect such things from Apple soon (maybe even on the fly
Hey, wait a minute.
Why can't I be a Slashdot editor/programmer? I allready have a Mac, and my speling sucks!
EDIT: Oops sorry, it's a dupe
Could we please not all switch to Mozilla. Otherwise it will become commercially intresting to target Mozilla users with this kind of crap.
Now this is a laugh when you think about it - if a government orders 10,000 copies of windows, what's the point of sending 10,000 copies of the same CD.
That's what they have site-licenses for.
Aside from this all being a hoax:
The bill mentioned in the article that would allow the RIAA and other copyright holders to crack computers to prevent piracy is not law yet.
How about the rest of the world? Europe doesn't have laws that allow copyright holders act like script-kiddies....
Although I really hate pop-ups, and my browser succesfully blocks them, you're forgetting something. Most sites that sell products do not show pop-ups. It's sites that provide 'free' content and show banners to pay for their editors and bandwidth that do. They are directly affected by the fact that my computer thinks he is ads.doubleclick.net.
I can understand they want you to see the ads.
Slashdot is a nice example of a site that lives of advertising, and doesn't sell stuff.
The current user is a perfectly safe security context
Sure if you never store personal documents under it.
The real pain is that people that have used Windows Update often will have checked "Always trust content from Microsoft", otherwise they will have RSI by now from clicking Yes.