What if I choose not to play along? Then they take the gun, put it at my back, and march me off to camp?
What is wrong with this is that it substitutes brute force for thinking.
If you as a (theoretical) parent want to judge if a piece of art is appropriate for your children, you should THINK FOR YOURSELF and choose wisely. Yes, you and your children will bear the consequences if you choose poorly, but that is justice.
Doesn't M$ already have a policy of making new releases incompatable with old releases? even if your company is lazy and sticks with a version, eventually you are forced to pay the tax, because bozo's everywhere will email you huge powerpoint00 documents and expect you to be able to read them.
The mean streak is one evil ride alright... big, wooden, fast, and a really really long ride. It will beat the crap out of you indeed. It also typically has nice short lines so you can get right back on! I can only imagine it has structural problems because of what it is.
Deadheads like to think the terms of the music trading is based on the words of Jerry Garcia: "When I'm done with it you can have it"
But This is more an expression of Garcia's self absorbed musical egoism (which I LOVE ) rather then a legal contract.
The real story is on the back of the ticket:
AUDIO TAPING IS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL HOME USE ONLY. UNAUTHORIZED SALE, DUPLICATION, OR DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
(Alpine valley 6-28-86 )
The Dead's music has never been free in the open-source sense.
So they are within their rights to ask for this. There are contradictions here though.
My first thought was that these MP3's are not boots. They are made from peoples crispy legal home tape collections. Hey if folks want to make their collections available on the web, WTF!
It does make it pretty easy to start a collection, and be uber-nerd at the same time.
But on reflection , it changes the rituals of the tribe. No longer will you have to spend years asking for miracles, groveling, getting to know people, who is reliable, and spending the effort, time, and cost of nice nakamichi decks required to make the tapes you are trading. In fact all of the effort required to take part in collecting shows. The notion of belonging the deadhead community.
Normally, such an argument , akin to what Ayn Rand called "the devine right of stagnation" is not one I buy. New technology has simply the way people share the music. Made it faster and easier. And besides! Jerry is gone. The Dead are no more, gimme a break!
But in this case the moral rules are on the side of the band. The contract on the ticket is quite clear and explicit.
The band members have worked to build what they have. And they have the right to make whatever choices they think are best. Even to make the wrong choices. If they think that they need to smash MP3 distribution in order to protect the Dick's Picks series, and to protect thier future net distribution plans, I will live with it.
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What if I choose not to play along? Then they take the gun, put it at my back, and march me off to camp?
What is wrong with this is that it substitutes brute force for thinking.
If you as a (theoretical) parent want to judge if a piece of art is appropriate for your children, you should THINK FOR YOURSELF and choose wisely. Yes, you and your children will bear the consequences if you choose poorly, but that is justice.
are the safest and most efficient delivery system.
Doesn't M$ already have a policy of
making new releases incompatable with
old releases? even if your company is lazy
and sticks with a version, eventually you are
forced to pay the tax, because bozo's everywhere
will email you huge powerpoint00 documents
and expect you to be able to read them.
The mean streak is one evil ride alright...
big, wooden, fast, and a really really long ride.
It will beat the crap out of you indeed.
It also typically has nice short lines so
you can get right back on!
I can only imagine it has structural
problems because of what it is.
>Seriously, how can this person look at himself
>in the mirror in the morning?
They can't. Vampires have no reflection.
Deadheads like to think the terms of
the music trading is based on the words
of Jerry Garcia: "When I'm done with
it you can have it"
But This is more an expression of Garcia's
self absorbed musical egoism (which I LOVE )
rather then a legal contract.
The real story is on the back of the ticket:
AUDIO TAPING IS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL HOME USE
ONLY. UNAUTHORIZED SALE, DUPLICATION, OR
DISTRIBUTION IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
(Alpine valley 6-28-86 )
The Dead's music has never been free
in the open-source sense.
So they are within their rights to ask
for this. There are contradictions here
though.
My first thought was that these MP3's are not
boots. They are made from peoples crispy
legal home tape collections. Hey if folks
want to make their collections available on
the web, WTF!
It does make it pretty easy to start
a collection, and be uber-nerd at the same
time.
But on reflection ,
it changes the rituals of the tribe.
No longer will you have to spend years
asking for miracles, groveling, getting
to know people, who is reliable, and spending
the effort, time, and cost of nice nakamichi decks
required to make the tapes you are trading.
In fact all of the effort required to
take part in collecting shows. The notion
of belonging the deadhead community.
Normally, such an argument , akin to what Ayn Rand
called "the devine right of stagnation"
is not one I buy. New technology has simply
the way people share the music. Made it faster
and easier. And besides! Jerry is gone. The
Dead are no more, gimme a break!
But in this case the moral rules are
on the side of the band. The contract
on the ticket is quite clear and explicit.
The band members have worked to build what
they have. And they have the right to make
whatever choices they think are best.
Even to make the wrong choices. If they
think that they need to smash MP3 distribution
in order to protect the Dick's Picks series,
and to protect thier future net distribution
plans, I will live with it.
trades anyone?
I don't think using current tape technology
is a valid measure. After all the problem
is in comparing old technology to today.
A valid comparison might be a using a
box of 1/2 inch reel, or tk50's to
copy a dataset from
a vax in NY to another in CA.
Anyone remember how much you could put
on a tk50? I don't think it was much.
AC Wrote:
> NT SUCKS COCK
Well, that must be one of the undocumented API's.
It certinly sounds like an argument for going
with NT.