Probably thinking about access any laptop they want. Great for a little bonus for laptop theives. Maybe make some extra money from the FBI putting child porn on laptops. Extra cash rewards from installing three letter agency malware.
due to rising programming costs and consumers switching from traditional TV subscriptions to online video streaming.
Media producers overvalue their content and want too much for it. They'd probably make more selling it for less, as more people would be willing to pay.
I can't stand watching commercials any more. I rarely watch our cable. I'd get rid of it, but a combination of other family members wanting it, and the "bundling" with internet, etc means they jack the price up on my internet if I ditch cable. Go somewhere else? Yeah right, I have one choice for broadband, and that is it.
Love to ditch all the sports and other crap we don't watch too. Would be nice to reduce the contents of the guide to channels we actually watch, instead of scrolling through a sea of crap.
Sony's version will be great.
"In the last 24 hours, I have detected 18 songs and a movie belonging to Sony. I have no record of your license for this media. You may authorize me to charge your account for these licenses now, or perhaps you would prefer to wait and pay the infringement fee of $2000 later? You have 20 seconds to decide. If you have a physical copy off all of the detected media, please be advised that when the IP enforcement agent arrives to verify them, ensure that you have your original store receipt to confirm license ownership. I can also Google Hari Kari for you."
So if someone offered cash rewards for killing someone, that's okay right? It sounds like the same logic to me. Getting someone else to do your dirty work puts you in the clear? No it does not.
"A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime." - Duker, William F. (1976). "The President's Power to Pardon: A Constitutional History". Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 18: 501–502.
It's pretty obvious to everyone that MS eventually wants a cut of every application sold.
They haven't been able to make an OS that anyone would want to pay for in a long time, so the obvious solution is to make money from someone else's work instead.
There is no way humans were living in California 130,000 years ago without draconian intellectual property laws and copyright. They would never have survived.
Every item expensive enough to have a warranty should have a prominently displayed tag stating how long the manufacturer expects their product to last, and the warranty should be at least that long, with all costs of repair within that time covered by the warranty.
I had a hard drive that the MTBF was listed by the manufacturer as something like 45 years, but the warranty on it was only three years, and it only lasted three months past that.
"this is a big change, consumers don't always love change, and there's a lot of education we have to provide to make sure that people understand... We're trying to do something pretty big in terms of moving the industry forward for console gaming into the digital world.
Imagine a future where people play games on a digital console, instead of today's crappy analog consoles.
Sheesh! I think we know who needs some education.
The education that they seem to think we need is their plan for us to never own anything, to pay over and over, and to have no say or control over anything.
You're assuming someone buys something. They don't. They license rights to display content. That has been upheld in various courts around the world already.
Consumers have no rights enshrined in law what so ever when discussing media.
The Internet isn't what it used to be. It has been taken over and changed. Maybe should be called the commercialnet, or spynet or something of the sort.
The irony of your comment is that the Web has become dominated by ads and privacy intrusions in large part because people using it weren't willing to pay for stuff but still wanted the stuff. It turns out that people who make good stuff still have rent to pay, and that equivalent content and services don't always magically appear from within the community if no-one pays for them.
I'm sure that has nothing to do with a discussion about copyright, infringement, and alternative business models that become practical with DRM, though. Nope, no parallels there at all.
The thing is, when I was first on the net, everything was free because people created things that they wanted to share. Then others came to this place where people shared their creations, and said "Nice place you have here, but I don't want to share my stuff for free, so I need you to change it for me so it will suit my needs. Your software will need changes. Your hardware will need changes. You will lose rights. You will lose privacy. You will lose security, and we'll probably sue anyone who points out that we put you at risk. It is okay though, it is just the price you have to pay to accommodate us."
If it was your house, you'd slam the door in their face.
Content makers have no right to take over my computer.
No they don't, but they will. Even the hardware has been going that way. I hate the thought of the wasted silicon. It
Is like buying a truck and finding out that big content that you aren't even going to use will take up one seat and 200 horsepower, and some space in the back too.
PS I tried to look up horsepower for trucks, and chose two that sounded like they could tell me, but they both just wanted to sell me trucks. Wanted my zip code. I don't have one.
Don't be such a drama queen, the freedoms you speak of don't come from violating copyrights nor is EME a tool for censorship.
Don't be so naive. A car isn't a getaway tool, a gun isn't a murder tool. If it can be used or abused, it will be. This won't be the end, merely the beginning. It will creep and grow.
The Internet isn't what it used to be. It has been taken over and changed. Maybe should be called the commercialnet, or spynet or something of the sort. Do a search for stuff these days and more often than not I get sites trying to sell me stuff. Just yesterday I was searching for a how to on taking my laptop apart to clean the fans, and most links were for buying fans. I found what I needed, but it was way down the list.
The net wasn't created for online sales, yet it must be rebuilt at everyone's expense, so a few rich may ensure profit.
When you have human workers, they pay taxes. I fail to see why the robots should not have to pay their share.
The out of work people won't be buying too many products either. The system will break down if it is not at least tweaked a little.
Slashdot Mirror
If not small nukes.
When slicing through a man, you get that personal feedback. Nuclear weapons... ehh, it goes off, big bang, but you don't get any feedback.
Vertical Video Syndrome
Probably thinking about access any laptop they want. Great for a little bonus for laptop theives. Maybe make some extra money from the FBI putting child porn on laptops. Extra cash rewards from installing three letter agency malware.
All joking about the TSA being incompetent aside, I would never have imagined that they would ever have said something so blatantly stupid.
(When I was typing "aside" in the first line, autosuggest said "assholes".)
Also, what ever happened to "batteries in checked bags is bad"?
due to rising programming costs and consumers switching from traditional TV subscriptions to online video streaming.
Media producers overvalue their content and want too much for it. They'd probably make more selling it for less, as more people would be willing to pay.
I can't stand watching commercials any more. I rarely watch our cable. I'd get rid of it, but a combination of other family members wanting it, and the "bundling" with internet, etc means they jack the price up on my internet if I ditch cable. Go somewhere else? Yeah right, I have one choice for broadband, and that is it.
Love to ditch all the sports and other crap we don't watch too. Would be nice to reduce the contents of the guide to channels we actually watch, instead of scrolling through a sea of crap.
"For those about to hack, we salute you."
Sony's version will be great. "In the last 24 hours, I have detected 18 songs and a movie belonging to Sony. I have no record of your license for this media. You may authorize me to charge your account for these licenses now, or perhaps you would prefer to wait and pay the infringement fee of $2000 later? You have 20 seconds to decide. If you have a physical copy off all of the detected media, please be advised that when the IP enforcement agent arrives to verify them, ensure that you have your original store receipt to confirm license ownership. I can also Google Hari Kari for you."
... when a phone or maybe a tablet is glued to my hand or within a meter pretty much all time? And it has a mic.
...and it is probably listening all the time anyway.
So if someone offered cash rewards for killing someone, that's okay right? It sounds like the same logic to me. Getting someone else to do your dirty work puts you in the clear? No it does not.
but they can't change the English language where the word engineer has already meant something for centuries.
Which I think we all know, means you can drive a train.
The government elected not to try Snowden in absentia, so he hasn't been convicted of anything. No conviction -> no pardon.
This is simply not true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon#United_States
"A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime." - Duker, William F. (1976). "The President's Power to Pardon: A Constitutional History". Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 18: 501–502.
Programmers get so focused on making things work
Except for DRM programmers, who get so focused on making things not work.
It's pretty obvious to everyone that MS eventually wants a cut of every application sold.
They haven't been able to make an OS that anyone would want to pay for in a long time, so the obvious solution is to make money from someone else's work instead.
There is no way humans were living in California 130,000 years ago without draconian intellectual property laws and copyright. They would never have survived.
No windows. Just screens showing ads.
It's 32C. Would you like to order air conditioning?
The vehicle has arrived at the destination earlier than expected. Doors will open in ten minutes. Pay now to open them early?
A shady looking person is hailing the vehicle. Pick them up or for just $25 keep going?
The vehicle is stopped in a bad part of town. Would you like to lock the doors for only $20?
The vehicle has detected that an accident is imminent. For $100, safety features can be activated. Do you accept the charge?
Other than this article I haven't seen any indication of such a level of control or oversight by Assange on his sources.
Do not forget that we are now in the Age of Alternate Facts.
Every item expensive enough to have a warranty should have a prominently displayed tag stating how long the manufacturer expects their product to last, and the warranty should be at least that long, with all costs of repair within that time covered by the warranty.
I had a hard drive that the MTBF was listed by the manufacturer as something like 45 years, but the warranty on it was only three years, and it only lasted three months past that.
Perhaps an ATDT bust rather than dot com.
ATDP for me.
"this is a big change, consumers don't always love change, and there's a lot of education we have to provide to make sure that people understand... We're trying to do something pretty big in terms of moving the industry forward for console gaming into the digital world.
Imagine a future where people play games on a digital console, instead of today's crappy analog consoles.
Sheesh! I think we know who needs some education.
The education that they seem to think we need is their plan for us to never own anything, to pay over and over, and to have no say or control over anything.
Stupid phone. I said preview not submit.
You're assuming someone buys something. They don't. They license rights to display content.
That's why all the commercials always said "Own it now on DVD!"
The rights of buyers
You're assuming someone buys something. They don't. They license rights to display content. That has been upheld in various courts around the world already.
Consumers have no rights enshrined in law what so ever when discussing media.
The Internet isn't what it used to be. It has been taken over and changed. Maybe should be called the commercialnet, or spynet or something of the sort.
The irony of your comment is that the Web has become dominated by ads and privacy intrusions in large part because people using it weren't willing to pay for stuff but still wanted the stuff. It turns out that people who make good stuff still have rent to pay, and that equivalent content and services don't always magically appear from within the community if no-one pays for them.
I'm sure that has nothing to do with a discussion about copyright, infringement, and alternative business models that become practical with DRM, though. Nope, no parallels there at all.
The thing is, when I was first on the net, everything was free because people created things that they wanted to share. Then others came to this place where people shared their creations, and said "Nice place you have here, but I don't want to share my stuff for free, so I need you to change it for me so it will suit my needs. Your software will need changes. Your hardware will need changes. You will lose rights. You will lose privacy. You will lose security, and we'll probably sue anyone who points out that we put you at risk. It is okay though, it is just the price you have to pay to accommodate us."
If it was your house, you'd slam the door in their face.
Content makers have no right to take over my computer.
No they don't, but they will. Even the hardware has been going that way. I hate the thought of the wasted silicon. It Is like buying a truck and finding out that big content that you aren't even going to use will take up one seat and 200 horsepower, and some space in the back too.
PS I tried to look up horsepower for trucks, and chose two that sounded like they could tell me, but they both just wanted to sell me trucks. Wanted my zip code. I don't have one.
Don't be such a drama queen, the freedoms you speak of don't come from violating copyrights nor is EME a tool for censorship.
Don't be so naive. A car isn't a getaway tool, a gun isn't a murder tool. If it can be used or abused, it will be. This won't be the end, merely the beginning. It will creep and grow.
The Internet isn't what it used to be. It has been taken over and changed. Maybe should be called the commercialnet, or spynet or something of the sort. Do a search for stuff these days and more often than not I get sites trying to sell me stuff. Just yesterday I was searching for a how to on taking my laptop apart to clean the fans, and most links were for buying fans. I found what I needed, but it was way down the list.
The net wasn't created for online sales, yet it must be rebuilt at everyone's expense, so a few rich may ensure profit.
It was good while it lasted.
When you have human workers, they pay taxes. I fail to see why the robots should not have to pay their share. The out of work people won't be buying too many products either. The system will break down if it is not at least tweaked a little.