Don't you know? Thanks to piracy and the Internet and SMS messages warning people off suck movies, we need to raise prices in order to turn a profit these days! I mean what good is making a product if people can tell each other that it isn't worth the price beforehand?
We will be proposing new legislation to Congress later this week which make it illegal to discuss the plot of a movie, as reproducing it verbally will be considered copyright infringment.
Kinda not really. Agree with our moves lately or not, many outside our borders do not agree with what we are doing. Call them wrong, but it does not change their opinion. That was my only point in that statement.
If you wanna argue about IF we needed to do what we are doing, well that's a whole other thread;-)
It *is* illegal to watch DVDs on an unlicensed player, because it's illegal. That's not circular reasoning, that's just stating the obvious! It speaks nothing of the reasons for it's illegality.
Specifically, Valenti knows that the MPAA is using piracy as an excuse for losses in a poor economy so they can loby for restrictive laws which will allow them to control not only who can copy and sell movies, but who can create players for those movies. If they control that, [MPAA] members will get royalties from licensing DVD code for players, plus the movie profits. When the economy gets good, he'll rake in even more.
He doesn't make any money from people using a free Linux DVD player, except on movie sales. Apparently the MPAA members want more than to sell movies these days, they want their hands in movie viewing equipment as well, as it is quite a lucrative market.
In Japan, stuff like animae and manga is wildly popular, it features intricate storylines, often times fantasy based. That's one thing the Japaneese get that I've noticed western audiences never seem to notice: You can do ANYTHING with games, movies, stories, or art...so why stick to simulating real life?
The western world, on the other hand, has Hollywood fever, we like car chases and action, we like sports events watched by millions, we like reality. Kind of depressing if you think about it, almost like we're so fed up with REAL reality we find it amusing to play in a pretend-yet-realistic world. Either that or I've also noticed that some Americans, especially the current generation of teens, seem to feel like they're "retarded" or immature for using their imagination. A shame, to say the least.
I won't speculate on what this means culture-wise anymore than I have done at the risk of trolling, but if game-makers want to sell well internationally, they need to realize they'll either need to rely on seperate product lines tailored to the specific culture of the region, or (and this I'd like to see) start to bridge a cultural gap and create a game with elements of both cultures' preferences, and see how well that sells.
I think Japan would enjoy some more excitement action-wise in their games, and the western world needs to learn to explore their imagination more and do some problem-solving/puzzle type stuff. A nice healthy blend.
Trying to stop dissemination of a
tool that permits legal licensees of songs from iTunes to play them on
non Apple-authorized hardware is purely a business loss prevention
strategy from Apple and must be deplored.
...limiting use of copyrighted materials to that which the original authors agreed to let it be used is pretty much required by law to prorect the copyrights.
Then again, I suppose I can buy lockpick kits, can't I?
Shouldn't they not be issued a patent on this if they allowed people to use their filesystem method? It seems like it's in such common use by many devices now...
Some other posts have indicated that the patent only covers the storage of long filenames associated with the FAT filenames for use by Windows...if this is true, isn't that an obvious invention (i.e. database relating short names to long names)? You can't patent a relational database based on purpose, can you? If so, I will be submitting my patent for databases that store telephone numbers in relation to adressee names within a matter of days, and get rich of the phone companies alone...
I wonder if HFS could be considered prior art...each file as I understand it, is given a unique ID with which is can be referenced by, regardless of path. This (as I am to understand) is how Mac apps can still save to any file if it is moved while opened. Could the ID number be considered a short name? Then again, FAT came before HFS, but HFS came before long Windows filenames...
IAONAL, anyone with definitive answers is more than welcome to correct me.
There is no impact when you pull over, so the device keeps recording. If an officer where to read the information, he would see pretty much what happened between the time he walked from his car to yours, namely nothing.
<sarcasm>Now you can get busted in the movies for indecent exposure or lewd conduct if you're making out or something in the back, because the projectionist could see you with his night-vision goggles, and he'd be an injured party to see that.</sarcasm>
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Don't you know? Thanks to piracy and the Internet and SMS messages warning people off suck movies, we need to raise prices in order to turn a profit these days! I mean what good is making a product if people can tell each other that it isn't worth the price beforehand?
We will be proposing new legislation to Congress later this week which make it illegal to discuss the plot of a movie, as reproducing it verbally will be considered copyright infringment.
Sincerely,
The MPAA
How can
*glass raised*
Firebert?
Kinda not really. Agree with our moves lately or not, many outside our borders do not agree with what we are doing. Call them wrong, but it does not change their opinion. That was my only point in that statement.
If you wanna argue about IF we needed to do what we are doing, well that's a whole other thread
Microsoft sues the US DOJ , Nigeria sues the Better Business Bureau, and the US sues the rest of the world, all for defamation of character.
He doesn't make any money from people using a free Linux DVD player, except on movie sales. Apparently the MPAA members want more than to sell movies these days, they want their hands in movie viewing equipment as well, as it is quite a lucrative market.
In Japan, stuff like animae and manga is wildly popular, it features intricate storylines, often times fantasy based. That's one thing the Japaneese get that I've noticed western audiences never seem to notice: You can do ANYTHING with games, movies, stories, or art...so why stick to simulating real life?
The western world, on the other hand, has Hollywood fever, we like car chases and action, we like sports events watched by millions, we like reality. Kind of depressing if you think about it, almost like we're so fed up with REAL reality we find it amusing to play in a pretend-yet-realistic world. Either that or I've also noticed that some Americans, especially the current generation of teens, seem to feel like they're "retarded" or immature for using their imagination. A shame, to say the least.
I won't speculate on what this means culture-wise anymore than I have done at the risk of trolling, but if game-makers want to sell well internationally, they need to realize they'll either need to rely on seperate product lines tailored to the specific culture of the region, or (and this I'd like to see) start to bridge a cultural gap and create a game with elements of both cultures' preferences, and see how well that sells.
I think Japan would enjoy some more excitement action-wise in their games, and the western world needs to learn to explore their imagination more and do some problem-solving/puzzle type stuff. A nice healthy blend.
...don't be suprised when someone takes it.
...because they're the ones who can afford to have someone sit on hold for 3 days waiting for a real person.
*rimshot*
The average user has a heart attack when their computer suddenly reboots.
....scary thought: I wonder if anyone has actually died from this?
Then again, I suppose I can buy lockpick kits, can't I?
Parents, grandparents and college students alike are actually STILL installing BonzaiBuddy. WHY hasn't anyone caught on to this by now??
...except #3, which would probably have to be a big "yes"
...I didn't get a parking cone, but I did get alot of Sharpie on my face. That was a real hit at work. *blush*
...if you don't exist
/cliche'd
Shouldn't they not be issued a patent on this if they allowed people to use their filesystem method? It seems like it's in such common use by many devices now...
Some other posts have indicated that the patent only covers the storage of long filenames associated with the FAT filenames for use by Windows...if this is true, isn't that an obvious invention (i.e. database relating short names to long names)? You can't patent a relational database based on purpose, can you? If so, I will be submitting my patent for databases that store telephone numbers in relation to adressee names within a matter of days, and get rich of the phone companies alone...
I wonder if HFS could be considered prior art...each file as I understand it, is given a unique ID with which is can be referenced by, regardless of path. This (as I am to understand) is how Mac apps can still save to any file if it is moved while opened. Could the ID number be considered a short name? Then again, FAT came before HFS, but HFS came before long Windows filenames...
IAONAL, anyone with definitive answers is more than welcome to correct me.
There is no impact when you pull over, so the device keeps recording. If an officer where to read the information, he would see pretty much what happened between the time he walked from his car to yours, namely nothing.
<sarcasm>Now you can get busted in the movies for indecent exposure or lewd conduct if you're making out or something in the back, because the projectionist could see you with his night-vision goggles, and he'd be an injured party to see that.</sarcasm>
Blurry, low-res screen caps with people's heads in the way are piracy too!
Bunch of MPAA wankers.
MARS - Martian insurgents have taken Europe's Beagle 2 lander hostage, MartianTV reported, in retaliation for the United States' refusal to leave the region unoccupied...
...yea, it's time for bed...
The same can be said about Windows, and look how popular THAT is!
*slinks back under the bridge, tail between legs*
Kind of ironic that the latest in special effects was invented before motion picture cameras...