This is in response to the article posted on cnet, the author makes a good point. Over charging for software inflates "losses." http://news.com.com/5208-1014-0.html?fo rumID=1&thr eadID=1285&messageID=5862&start=-1
Actually, its much much much higher Posted by: Limewire Anime Posted on: July 7, 2004, 1:45 PM PDT Story: Software piracy losses double I wrote a simple program in BASICA and tried to sell it for $10,000,000,000. Nobody bought it, BUT, I accidentally left it posted to the internet. Somebody downloaded it without asking and without a license. So there's at least ten trillion in piracy right there.
Mr. Hatch, it recently came to my attention that you have introduced legislation to the Judiciary Committee that targets 'P2P' software.
While I certainly understand your intention is to protect children from "induced" piracy, you may not be aware of the other applications for this technology and market trend. You have probably been lobbied quite heavily by various industries in this matter, and could benefit from a balanced perspective given by average user.
P2P has become the most promising new form of sharing information and data. It does not discriminate between software, digitized documents, video or music. It is an electronic library. I belong to several information sharing groups on two P2P networks. We do not share music or major motion pictures, but instead focus on the exchange of culturally and politically relevant documentaries, commentary and news resources. Much of these items are obtained from The Library of Congress. Our groups have taken this activity offline by burning our compiled information to CD and have placed these at local coffee shops for the benefit of any member of our community. P2P promises to be a revolutionizing force as more people start shifting to viable and ethical uses.
Because of the nature of file sharing it is not possible to filter. In an age when industry has increased its push to commodify what we see and hear, it is necessary to have allies in office who are willing to protect the people's right to self educate and make informed decisions. It is essential to the preservation of our Republic.
Ultimately it is the responsibility of every parent to determine what his or her children can see and do on the web. Regulating the Internet would be a huge mistake by setting an abominable precedent. We cannot begin filtering for the general public the way China does. While I agree with you that firms should not profit from "theft" there must be a better solution. If market regulation is necessary in your view, then I suggest the alternative of forcing P2P networks to only operate on donations made by its members or only getting profit through licensed works.
The RIAA may be telling you that their profits are shrinking, but they aren't telling you the whole truth. Independent labels do not belong to the RIAA, and as the Hip-Hop and Indie movements continue to grow, more of our dollars shift to small production companies. The RIAA does not speak for the entire industry, in fact it represents fewer labels of the overall total present in our country than it did just a few years ago. Furthermore, this industry association has not taken into consideration that the tastes of the tech savvy public have changed and we are no longer interested in purchasing 'formulated' music. Indeed, the underground music scene has been able to self-produce and promotes through the use of home computers and live venues. Personal technology is now matching that which the industry previously invested millions in. This is what the free market is intended to do, bring prices down so the average consumer can benefit. More young Americans are interested in free music, but not necessarily monetarily free. Rather, independent of corporate or social engineering influences.
Services like Ebay's Half.com and Amazon.com allow consumers of music to sell or auction their old and used CD's for a fraction of the original price. This is a legal method of shifting licenses and accounts for a large portion of music purchases conducted today. I don't expect the various industry lobbyists to have told you about these services, so please investigate them.
Let us also consider the present economic climate in our country in comparison to Europe. In its European launch, Apple's iTunes service sold over 800,000 licensed song files in its first week. These sales were considerably larger than America's iTunes store, which has only sold ten times that in about one year. Both regions have access to the same P2P networks and both have high speed Internet accesses. The difference is t
Here is the message I included with the assumption that a) humanity will have destroyed itself and earth along with it or b) humanity avoided extinction and the world is a perfect place
Loveless, by Ursula Rucker:
As we await sister sun's arrival
child star's you'll listen to my tail, triste
As it was told to me by my sister afar
Earth her name and this, this is her story
Sister Moon, hear me now
I fear my end too soon, too soon
My wounds are deep
gaping , unhealing
can't believe, refuse to believe my children have no feelings
for me
see them sealing the fate of early death and destruction
watch my foolish daughters and sons
as they - kill me
slowly - kill me
quicker - kill me
they've loved me as would an unfaithfull lover
parttime and half assed
now unmasked with their deciet
no more sweet, sneaky thrill seakings
tomorrow brings
nevers and nothings
ended days for my world and its unchanging ways
now, apocolyptic truths of revelations hastens our omega
my children's and mine
each time my breath, skin and tears are polluted and poisoned
by their careless games and toys and
this is only the begning of my children's sinning
my power is fading
mother earth now a play thing
for the ungrateful child
so cold
ten billion fold
my tears
I long for the once adoring embrance of my children
their prayers, their care and tenderness
has now turned loveless
their embrace is now like an Anaconda's grip
unmercifull and swift
swift with the killing
killing is a sport
fun with fire in my wonderous rainforest reflect the neglect they have for their main source
they slaughter their sibling blossoms and geese like the first murder of caine
their pure sister oceans will never be the same due to daily spoil
and brother sky's choke for oil
refineries, factories, smoke
the mother earth family is dying
no use crying...now
my power is fading
mother earth now a play thing
for my ungrateful child
so cold
ten billion fold
my tears
but I'll continue to spin
until my curious homo sapiens offspring
pay the price for their sins against my tainted tears, my breathless breath and once firtile skins
my sorrows are many and murderous
they kill and I kill one million plus
I never wanted to hurt my children but my creator makes me take revenge
it's the circle of life
or at least...it was
now it's the end
no, no it's too late for repentence
accept your death sentence
I've given you all I can
such beauty in life
you'll never have again
now it's the end
now it's the end
now it's the end
now it's the end
I think this pretty much proves ADD doesn't exist in these kids. If a child can maintain their attention on a video game but not in a classroom, this isn't a disorder, this is simple boredom and an idicator that something in the "traditional" classroom environment isn't working. Instead of doping kids up because we want them to behave like dull adults, we should be rewarding them for being energetic and enthused while working with them to channel that energy into a purpose. Kids are hyper, kids have short attention spans. If they're entertained by something, they will not have any problem maintaining attention.
The reason there is no Netscape 5 released is because the 5.o project was scrapped soon after it began, this was nearly two years ago. Netscape 6 is the new, totally rewritten version. I'd like to address what people are saying about DHTML and page rendering. The Netscape branded mozilla is still in its early stages of testing. I believe the Netscape branded version runs one mile stone behind the current mile stone posted at mozilla.org They are by no means done developing this browser. The people working on Mozilla *know* it is very buggy but all that will change over the next two months. If you want the most up to date version of the browser DO NOT download the Netscape branded version. Go to www.mozilla.org and download a nighly build.
What's funny is the supreme court just ruled that law enforcement (and I assume that's who would get involved if a report was made about someone being violent) can't search or arrest anyone, minors included, based on an anonymous tip. At least that is my understanding of the ruling.
What a lot of people here don't seem to understand is that Netscape 6 will feature the all new Gecko engine. This isn't your old netscape browser with a few new looks and some added proprietary tags. This is years worth of time put into creating a standards compliant, customizable browser, html editor, email client and more. Best of all is that it's open source! As for AOL claiming it will be released this spring...I'll believe it when I see it. The alpha version is still *very* buggy. AOL needs to be better than M$ in this matter by giving the developers the time they need to resolve as many bugs and other issues as possible. We need to keep in mind that there are still several Mile stones to go. Only two thirds of the mile stones for this browser have been completed. I expect to see most of the browsers severe bugs to be resolved by M15 which is only about a month 'n a half away. If you want this all new browser to be a success you can sign up to get a bugzilla account so that you may start reporting bugs. The mozilla news groups provide some excellent information and can be a good way to voice your opinions and frustrations. Mozilla is an open source browser being developed for many operating systems including windows, mac os, beos and several *nix variants. http://www.mozilla.com/ news://news.mozilla.org/
Well, considering the Mozilla browser is only about 2/3 of the way completed, we have a long way to go. If you have comments about it you may consider checking out the MANY mozilla news groups hosted by mozilla.org Your feedback and bug reports are are big part of improving this very buggy alpha version.
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This is in response to the article posted on cnet, the author makes a good point. Over charging for software inflates "losses."o rumID=1&thr eadID=1285&messageID=5862&start=-1
http://news.com.com/5208-1014-0.html?f
Actually, its much much much higher
Posted by: Limewire Anime
Posted on: July 7, 2004, 1:45 PM PDT
Story: Software piracy losses double
I wrote a simple program in BASICA and tried to sell it for $10,000,000,000. Nobody bought it, BUT, I accidentally left it posted to the internet. Somebody downloaded it without asking and without a license. So there's at least ten trillion in piracy right there.
Mr. Hatch, it recently came to my attention that you have introduced legislation to the Judiciary Committee that targets 'P2P' software.
While I certainly understand your intention is to protect children from "induced" piracy, you may not be aware of the other applications for this technology and market trend. You have probably been lobbied quite heavily by various industries in this matter, and could benefit from a balanced perspective given by average user.
P2P has become the most promising new form of sharing information and data. It does not discriminate between software, digitized documents, video or music. It is an electronic library. I belong to several information sharing groups on two P2P networks. We do not share music or major motion pictures, but instead focus on the exchange of culturally and politically relevant documentaries, commentary and news resources. Much of these items are obtained from The Library of Congress. Our groups have taken this activity offline by burning our compiled information to CD and have placed these at local coffee shops for the benefit of any member of our community. P2P promises to be a revolutionizing force as more people start shifting to viable and ethical uses.
Because of the nature of file sharing it is not possible to filter. In an age when industry has increased its push to commodify what we see and hear, it is necessary to have allies in office who are willing to protect the people's right to self educate and make informed decisions. It is essential to the preservation of our Republic.
Ultimately it is the responsibility of every parent to determine what his or her children can see and do on the web. Regulating the Internet would be a huge mistake by setting an abominable precedent. We cannot begin filtering for the general public the way China does. While I agree with you that firms should not profit from "theft" there must be a better solution. If market regulation is necessary in your view, then I suggest the alternative of forcing P2P networks to only operate on donations made by its members or only getting profit through licensed works.
The RIAA may be telling you that their profits are shrinking, but they aren't telling you the whole truth. Independent labels do not belong to the RIAA, and as the Hip-Hop and Indie movements continue to grow, more of our dollars shift to small production companies. The RIAA does not speak for the entire industry, in fact it represents fewer labels of the overall total present in our country than it did just a few years ago. Furthermore, this industry association has not taken into consideration that the tastes of the tech savvy public have changed and we are no longer interested in purchasing 'formulated' music. Indeed, the underground music scene has been able to self-produce and promotes through the use of home computers and live venues. Personal technology is now matching that which the industry previously invested millions in. This is what the free market is intended to do, bring prices down so the average consumer can benefit. More young Americans are interested in free music, but not necessarily monetarily free. Rather, independent of corporate or social engineering influences.
Services like Ebay's Half.com and Amazon.com allow consumers of music to sell or auction their old and used CD's for a fraction of the original price. This is a legal method of shifting licenses and accounts for a large portion of music purchases conducted today. I don't expect the various industry lobbyists to have told you about these services, so please investigate them.
Let us also consider the present economic climate in our country in comparison to Europe. In its European launch, Apple's iTunes service sold over 800,000 licensed song files in its first week. These sales were considerably larger than America's iTunes store, which has only sold ten times that in about one year. Both regions have access to the same P2P networks and both have high speed Internet accesses. The difference is t
Here is the message I included with the assumption that a) humanity will have destroyed itself and earth along with it or b) humanity avoided extinction and the world is a perfect place Loveless, by Ursula Rucker: As we await sister sun's arrival child star's you'll listen to my tail, triste As it was told to me by my sister afar Earth her name and this, this is her story Sister Moon, hear me now I fear my end too soon, too soon My wounds are deep gaping , unhealing can't believe, refuse to believe my children have no feelings for me see them sealing the fate of early death and destruction watch my foolish daughters and sons as they - kill me slowly - kill me quicker - kill me they've loved me as would an unfaithfull lover parttime and half assed now unmasked with their deciet no more sweet, sneaky thrill seakings tomorrow brings nevers and nothings ended days for my world and its unchanging ways now, apocolyptic truths of revelations hastens our omega my children's and mine each time my breath, skin and tears are polluted and poisoned by their careless games and toys and this is only the begning of my children's sinning my power is fading mother earth now a play thing for the ungrateful child so cold ten billion fold my tears I long for the once adoring embrance of my children their prayers, their care and tenderness has now turned loveless their embrace is now like an Anaconda's grip unmercifull and swift swift with the killing killing is a sport fun with fire in my wonderous rainforest reflect the neglect they have for their main source they slaughter their sibling blossoms and geese like the first murder of caine their pure sister oceans will never be the same due to daily spoil and brother sky's choke for oil refineries, factories, smoke the mother earth family is dying no use crying...now my power is fading mother earth now a play thing for my ungrateful child so cold ten billion fold my tears but I'll continue to spin until my curious homo sapiens offspring pay the price for their sins against my tainted tears, my breathless breath and once firtile skins my sorrows are many and murderous they kill and I kill one million plus I never wanted to hurt my children but my creator makes me take revenge it's the circle of life or at least...it was now it's the end no, no it's too late for repentence accept your death sentence I've given you all I can such beauty in life you'll never have again now it's the end now it's the end now it's the end now it's the end
I think this pretty much proves ADD doesn't exist in these kids. If a child can maintain their attention on a video game but not in a classroom, this isn't a disorder, this is simple boredom and an idicator that something in the "traditional" classroom environment isn't working. Instead of doping kids up because we want them to behave like dull adults, we should be rewarding them for being energetic and enthused while working with them to channel that energy into a purpose. Kids are hyper, kids have short attention spans. If they're entertained by something, they will not have any problem maintaining attention.
Your post made no sense. Go back to 3rd grade and learn how to write things that people are able to understand.
Corel *does* have a linux distro. Where have you been for the past few months?
The reason there is no Netscape 5 released is because the 5.o project was scrapped soon after it began, this was nearly two years ago. Netscape 6 is the new, totally rewritten version. I'd like to address what people are saying about DHTML and page rendering. The Netscape branded mozilla is still in its early stages of testing. I believe the Netscape branded version runs one mile stone behind the current mile stone posted at mozilla.org They are by no means done developing this browser. The people working on Mozilla *know* it is very buggy but all that will change over the next two months. If you want the most up to date version of the browser DO NOT download the Netscape branded version. Go to www.mozilla.org and download a nighly build.
What's funny is the supreme court just ruled that law enforcement (and I assume that's who would get involved if a report was made about someone being violent) can't search or arrest anyone, minors included, based on an anonymous tip. At least that is my understanding of the ruling.
What a lot of people here don't seem to understand is that Netscape 6 will feature the all new Gecko engine. This isn't your old netscape browser with a few new looks and some added proprietary tags. This is years worth of time put into creating a standards compliant, customizable browser, html editor, email client and more. Best of all is that it's open source! As for AOL claiming it will be released this spring...I'll believe it when I see it. The alpha version is still *very* buggy. AOL needs to be better than M$ in this matter by giving the developers the time they need to resolve as many bugs and other issues as possible. We need to keep in mind that there are still several Mile stones to go. Only two thirds of the mile stones for this browser have been completed. I expect to see most of the browsers severe bugs to be resolved by M15 which is only about a month 'n a half away. If you want this all new browser to be a success you can sign up to get a bugzilla account so that you may start reporting bugs. The mozilla news groups provide some excellent information and can be a good way to voice your opinions and frustrations. Mozilla is an open source browser being developed for many operating systems including windows, mac os, beos and several *nix variants. http://www.mozilla.com/ news://news.mozilla.org/
Well, considering the Mozilla browser is only about 2/3 of the way completed, we have a long way to go. If you have comments about it you may consider checking out the MANY mozilla news groups hosted by mozilla.org Your feedback and bug reports are are big part of improving this very buggy alpha version.