In the current climate of domain dispute lawyers signal a willingness to attack an individual and go 'all the way' with an issue. Its an immediate escalation that did not need to happen.
To top it off, the 'compensation' offered is totally inadequate. It does not even COVER what Theo has spent on the internic fees alone, not to mention 4 years of hosting and maintenance as well as compensation for losing his cool domain name personally. Its totally insulting that they offered him $35 AND that they hired a lawyer to tell him.
They should be good capitalists and negotiate from the position of equals. They screwed up, they did NOT protect their trademark for the last _THREE_ years and allof a sudden its a priority. THEY BLEW IT by waiting this long. The only reason they are doing it now is that they see other companies getting away with this childish behavior ( boo hoo, we made a mistake and forgot something and do not want to pay for our mistake, boo hoo ) so they think that they can as well.
They will not. Their only way out of this is to engage Theo in a rational negotiation that is based in reality and not their particular fantasy world.
The amazing thing all these Open Source zealots also ignore is that fact that , just because a company starts open sourcing, this new 'agreement' does NOT supersede all previous contracts. Open Source is not the 10 commandments and it does not override agreements previously in place unless specifically stated as such. Chances are, Sorenson doesnt want Open Source having their codec anymore then Apple does. They 'blame' Apple but is it really Apple's fault?
Its not just the internet, for the first time Current Release systems are being emulated. Its one thing when we can play SNES or Genesis or NES or Coin-Op games that most of the current gaming age public doesnt even remember.
But when people can play Metal Gear Solid and Zelda 64 in emulation? THAT causes a stir. Thats 'cutting edge' technogloy in dem dar emulator and thus of interest. The internet helps distribute the word but the word is of interest because it is relevant to a much large segment of the gaming populance.
Its ridiculous. They expect whole blocks of domain names to go unused because they don't like it! A friend of mine registered 'Webstreetjournal.com' and immediately got a cease and desist from them. Now he's out the cash for it but can't use it.
Its just stupid, there should be some obligation on the companies part to compensate those they are treading on, at least for the cost of the domain name and a proper transfer.
I am worried that a lot of movies will get 'lost' in the conversion process. This is the first time we have really changed 'home' standards for movie viewing. I know mots movies will make the transition but will that old out of distribution B grade sci fi flick be ported? How about that independant film by a small distributor who went out of business 10 years ago and whose library was never picked up?
Working in a boutique video store ( not this BlockBuster crud ) long ago has really given me an appreciation for just how gigantic the videography really is and hard it will possibly be to port all of this old videoware over.
Sure, the huge movies, classics, not so huge and even small films will get ported, but finding certain old films by 3rd party distributors, indies etc will probably be impossible and its saddening. DVD is the format of the future but I think it will forget much of its past far to quickly. This could possibly be a major loss to our film heritage and really a blow to our culutral memory, sad as it is, movies and TV are our cultural scat for which we will be collectively remembered...
For awhile they had a jukebox where you could select like 15 songs and it would put them on a tape for you, label it and spit it out for like $0.99 per song or so.
Did this die for lack of user support or because of record company big wigs? It would be an interesting case study with some possibly implications here ( granted, the internet wasnt involved ).
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It doesnt matter how their letter is worded.
In the current climate of domain dispute lawyers signal a willingness to attack an individual and go 'all the way' with an issue. Its an immediate escalation that did not need to happen.
To top it off, the 'compensation' offered is totally inadequate. It does not even COVER what Theo has spent on the internic fees alone, not to mention 4 years of hosting and maintenance as well as compensation for losing his cool domain name personally. Its totally insulting that they offered him $35 AND that they hired a lawyer to tell him.
They should be good capitalists and negotiate from the position of equals. They screwed up, they did NOT protect their trademark for the last _THREE_ years and allof a sudden its a priority. THEY BLEW IT by waiting this long. The only reason they are doing it now is that they see other companies getting away with this childish behavior ( boo hoo, we made a mistake and forgot something and do not want to pay for our mistake, boo hoo ) so they think that they can as well.
They will not. Their only way out of this is to engage Theo in a rational negotiation that is based in reality and not their particular fantasy world.
I dunno, I run 4 FreeBSD boxes and think its the greatest thing since sliced bread but Linux drives me insane and mystifies me at times.
Its all in what your used to I think, not really an issue of true useability but rather human limitations in how we 'stick with what we know'
The amazing thing all these Open Source zealots also ignore is that fact that , just because a company starts open sourcing, this new 'agreement' does NOT supersede all previous contracts. Open Source is not the 10 commandments and it does not override agreements previously in place unless specifically stated as such. Chances are, Sorenson doesnt want Open Source having their codec anymore then Apple does. They 'blame' Apple but is it really Apple's fault?
Grow up people.
mysql saved my life. Msql is in the shitbin.
I'm getting a bit tired of the FF hype machine. 7 was ok but a bit overrated and 8 will probably be the same. Its just getting a bit Old.
When will someone come up with a new RPG franchise that really distinguishes itself?? Sooner then later I hope, its getting very Stale.
Its not just the internet, for the first time Current Release systems are being emulated. Its one thing when we can play SNES or Genesis or NES or Coin-Op games that most of the current gaming age public doesnt even remember.
But when people can play Metal Gear Solid and Zelda 64 in emulation? THAT causes a stir. Thats 'cutting edge' technogloy in dem dar emulator and thus of interest. The internet helps distribute the word but the word is of interest because it is relevant to a much large segment of the gaming populance.
Its ridiculous. They expect whole blocks of domain names to go unused because they don't like it! A friend of mine registered 'Webstreetjournal.com' and immediately got a cease and desist from them. Now he's out the cash for it but can't use it.
Its just stupid, there should be some obligation on the companies part to compensate those they are treading on, at least for the cost of the domain name and a proper transfer.
I am worried that a lot of movies will get 'lost' in the conversion process. This is the first time we have really changed 'home' standards for movie viewing. I know mots movies will make the transition but will that old out of distribution B grade sci fi flick be ported? How about that independant film by a small distributor who went out of business 10 years ago and whose library was never picked up?
Working in a boutique video store ( not this BlockBuster crud ) long ago has really given me an appreciation for just how gigantic the videography really is and hard it will possibly be to port all of this old videoware over.
Sure, the huge movies, classics, not so huge and even small films will get ported, but finding certain old films by 3rd party distributors, indies etc will probably be impossible and its saddening. DVD is the format of the future but I think it will forget much of its past far to quickly. This could possibly be a major loss to our film heritage and really a blow to our culutral memory, sad as it is, movies and TV are our cultural scat for which we will be collectively remembered...
For awhile they had a jukebox where you could select like 15 songs and it would put them on a tape for you, label it and spit it out for like $0.99 per song or so.
Did this die for lack of user support or because of record company big wigs? It would be an interesting case study with some possibly implications here ( granted, the internet wasnt involved ).