Say Lady Gaga covers Jonathan Coulton, and Coulton himself was there, got Gaga's permission to record and distribute the performance, recorded the incident, and threw it up on YouTube.
By your example, UMG (Gaga's label) would be able to claim copyright.
And we already know it does NOT really work that way.
Also keep in mind that lawyers do have the right to screen jurors. If they feel a juror won't be impartial, they *can* dismiss him or her, even without stating a cause. So your scenario will likely never come to pass, as the prosecution would likely discount the majority of those jurors.
The defense also has this right.
The result is a jury that BOTH sides can feel confident will reach a fair and impartial decision.
We all know that China make very good (cosmetic) fakes. We see them demo'd on YouTube all the time. This point was brought up in the comments in El Reg too with this story. How do we know it's a REAL iPhone? Some of the fakes are indistinguishable unless they're turned on.
We have Kung Fu Panda (Pandaren), Drunken Fighting (Brewmaster-specced Monks), and Pokemon (Pet Battle system)....
I admit I'm interested in how the Creepy Crate fights.
That's your list price because of the price controls you have over there regarding medications, with insurance that anyone is allowed to have.
Do you have any idea how much Albuterol would cost for an uninsured American? I brought up some prices on Google, and they were all between $50-$75 for a single inhaler! Progressive Medical: $65.50, VpxlStore: $74.27, Life-assist.com: $57.75 (shall I go on?). Compare to about $12 for Primatene (and about $10 for the generic equivalent). Sure, insured Americans pay less than $10 for Albuterol, but as I'm sure you know, getting insurance in the USA is not always easy, especially if you're too poor to buy private insurance (or are ineligible for private insurance because you broke your arm when you were 6 or some other "pre-existing condition"), can't get a job that offers insurance, but still not poor enough to get subsidized insurance from the government, and a LOT of people fall into that void over here.
So who is screwing us? Hint: It's not the makers of the OTC Medication.
Which means the CFCs we had banned already have already given the desired effect. Why ban additional ones? Why not at least let the athsmatics among the poor and uninsured have their Primatene? Obviously it's negligible enough, since the ozone hole has shrunk so much already with the current bans in place!
When I was going through major allergy-related athsma attacks a few years back and had no insurance, Primatene was my savior!
He didn't leave last time, he was fired in the 80s by a CEO who didn't understand how to run a tech company. This time around, he's stepping down and passing on his role to someone he's been working closely with for years, and that someone has actually had a major role in Apple's success. The stockholders apparently aren't *too* worried, as Apple shares are still at $371.
Exactly. To be fair though, if Windows was priced like MacOS X ($30 for Ultimate with bundled Server with no DRM), then Linux' aspirations would go up in smoke. Think about it. How many Macs do you know are running Linux? The only ones I know that are are doing it in dual-boot. I know no one who runs Linux on a Mac as the sole OS.
MS's greatest profits came during the time Windows was being rampantly pirated (Win3.1 through XPsp2). You can't argue that.
Notice all the mega-draconian DRM for Windows came after Gates left, and their profits started dwindling. Gates apparently know what he was doing. Ballmer does not.
At some point, there is the greed factor too. I can see DRMing Office, hell, even Apple DRMs iWork (but not iLife, interestingly enough, probably because iLife is supposed to be included on every Mac now by default, like MacOS X). The question MS should be asking is: "how low can we sell Windows for and still make enough money to survive comfortably"? instead of worrying about the bottom line and nothing more. At this rate, they will DRM and price themselves out of the OS market.
When Apple put out Snow Leopard, they made a big deal out of the fact that there was only one edition of it that could do maximum ability for a home system. With Lion, they upped the ante by bundling in the SERVER software as well! And despite popular belief, it can also serve as a full install version by simply copying the.iso onto a DVD or thumb drive (I know from experience. My partner and I have done this. We like to have a tangible media installer in case of catastrophic disk failure).
Even Windows 7 Ultimate ($319 for a full install version last I saw) can't boast included server software. They still have WinServer 2008 for that, for far more money.
Actually, in the newest line of MacBooks and iMacs, they tied the thermal sensors to the hard drive via an additional connection to the hard drive, so yeah the drives in those Macs *are* proprietary now:(
As much of an Apple fan as I am, I have to agree that since the abbreviation "App" has been around for decades to refer to applications, Apple overreached their bounds here.
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See here's the issue....
Say Lady Gaga covers Jonathan Coulton, and Coulton himself was there, got Gaga's permission to record and distribute the performance, recorded the incident, and threw it up on YouTube.
By your example, UMG (Gaga's label) would be able to claim copyright.
And we already know it does NOT really work that way.
Also keep in mind that lawyers do have the right to screen jurors. If they feel a juror won't be impartial, they *can* dismiss him or her, even without stating a cause. So your scenario will likely never come to pass, as the prosecution would likely discount the majority of those jurors.
The defense also has this right.
The result is a jury that BOTH sides can feel confident will reach a fair and impartial decision.
We all know that China make very good (cosmetic) fakes. We see them demo'd on YouTube all the time. This point was brought up in the comments in El Reg too with this story. How do we know it's a REAL iPhone? Some of the fakes are indistinguishable unless they're turned on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9p7WvXF4Kw
We have Kung Fu Panda (Pandaren), Drunken Fighting (Brewmaster-specced Monks), and Pokemon (Pet Battle system).... I admit I'm interested in how the Creepy Crate fights.
FF11 is also older than WoW by 3 years...
That's your list price because of the price controls you have over there regarding medications, with insurance that anyone is allowed to have.
Do you have any idea how much Albuterol would cost for an uninsured American? I brought up some prices on Google, and they were all between $50-$75 for a single inhaler! Progressive Medical: $65.50, VpxlStore: $74.27, Life-assist.com: $57.75 (shall I go on?). Compare to about $12 for Primatene (and about $10 for the generic equivalent). Sure, insured Americans pay less than $10 for Albuterol, but as I'm sure you know, getting insurance in the USA is not always easy, especially if you're too poor to buy private insurance (or are ineligible for private insurance because you broke your arm when you were 6 or some other "pre-existing condition"), can't get a job that offers insurance, but still not poor enough to get subsidized insurance from the government, and a LOT of people fall into that void over here. So who is screwing us? Hint: It's not the makers of the OTC Medication.
Which means the CFCs we had banned already have already given the desired effect. Why ban additional ones? Why not at least let the athsmatics among the poor and uninsured have their Primatene? Obviously it's negligible enough, since the ozone hole has shrunk so much already with the current bans in place!
When I was going through major allergy-related athsma attacks a few years back and had no insurance, Primatene was my savior!
First, I'm female :)
:)
Second, I'm glad the K3 didn't end up being like that. My partner has the real e-ink K3
Actually, "Pepsi Perfect" was meant to be a "fortified" version of Pepsi.
And it currently exists - but they're calling it "Pepsi Max" IRL
2006? People have been doing that in Second Life since its inception in 2003!
The problem with having it be a multimedia device is: A lot of people will have kindles, but hardly anyone will actually be doing any *reading*!
"Oh! I love my e-reader! I can play games and browse the web and watch the latest videos...."
"What books do you have?"
"...books?"
"John Spartan, you are fined 1 credit for violation of the State Decency Statute..."
He didn't leave last time, he was fired in the 80s by a CEO who didn't understand how to run a tech company. This time around, he's stepping down and passing on his role to someone he's been working closely with for years, and that someone has actually had a major role in Apple's success. The stockholders apparently aren't *too* worried, as Apple shares are still at $371.
Ah there it is.... the above is my comment, btw
Not *really* -- The installer can be copied out and transferred to other Macs. Can even be burned to tangible media. I know because I've done it.
Exactly. To be fair though, if Windows was priced like MacOS X ($30 for Ultimate with bundled Server with no DRM), then Linux' aspirations would go up in smoke. Think about it. How many Macs do you know are running Linux? The only ones I know that are are doing it in dual-boot. I know no one who runs Linux on a Mac as the sole OS.
Oh, and one more thing....
MS's greatest profits came during the time Windows was being rampantly pirated (Win3.1 through XPsp2). You can't argue that.
Notice all the mega-draconian DRM for Windows came after Gates left, and their profits started dwindling. Gates apparently know what he was doing. Ballmer does not.
At some point, there is the greed factor too. I can see DRMing Office, hell, even Apple DRMs iWork (but not iLife, interestingly enough, probably because iLife is supposed to be included on every Mac now by default, like MacOS X). The question MS should be asking is: "how low can we sell Windows for and still make enough money to survive comfortably"? instead of worrying about the bottom line and nothing more. At this rate, they will DRM and price themselves out of the OS market.
You're comparing the wrong version of Windows.
.iso onto a DVD or thumb drive (I know from experience. My partner and I have done this. We like to have a tangible media installer in case of catastrophic disk failure).
When Apple put out Snow Leopard, they made a big deal out of the fact that there was only one edition of it that could do maximum ability for a home system. With Lion, they upped the ante by bundling in the SERVER software as well! And despite popular belief, it can also serve as a full install version by simply copying the
Even Windows 7 Ultimate ($319 for a full install version last I saw) can't boast included server software. They still have WinServer 2008 for that, for far more money.
Crap...I wrote a nice reply to this, and didn't notice I wasn't logged in. -.- And now the post isn't even showing up as "Anonymous Coward"
Basically, if anyone saw it, it's the post about how DRM is hurting Windows right now, and how Apple may be counting on piracy for market penetration.
I feel like such a noob right now.... **embarrassed**
Qik is available for iOS.
EDIT: Apparently someone now makes adapters that deals with this issue, and the sensors are now a standard....
Seriously? If so then cool!
Actually, in the newest line of MacBooks and iMacs, they tied the thermal sensors to the hard drive via an additional connection to the hard drive, so yeah the drives in those Macs *are* proprietary now :(
As much of an Apple fan as I am, I have to agree that since the abbreviation "App" has been around for decades to refer to applications, Apple overreached their bounds here.