The computer industry took this one by the horns and said "Look, asshats, you can sell music like this and people will buy it." The music industry, however, is trying to scare us with gestapo crap instead of giving us what we want: Which happens to be what Apple is giving us. If they had thought of it, they'd be making ALL the iTMS profit. You snooze you lose.
I wonder if their point was to say that you could buy music from an online store that charged "0.99whatevercurrency" and actually end up paying only $0.65 or something.
However, most online stores only allow you to sign up in that specific country (most notable being iTunes as US only...hopefully just for now), which sues that particular theory right off Kazaa...
Is my cel phone going to start playing ads before I can place a call? Will my PDA pick up ads from Bluetooth and pop them over my schedule as I walk past a store? Will the f**king toilet tell me to "Drink Pepsi" when I flush?
Make instrusive ads for new media. Observe backlash.
Make MORE intrusive ads for said media.
Profit!
How are they ever convinced that this will work? Thank God I have a Mac without WMP installed...
You could always replace the power lines with shielded versions, but this is costly and probably prohibitively so.
I thought that it was bad enough that line noise keeps the power from arriving at my house with a steady 60Hz sine wave, so if we introduce purposeful signal degradation into the power, will that cause more problems? Many a cheap power supply or motherboard has been fried by voltage spikes, but with this, some kid's Kazaa download could potantially do it? I dunno...
First of all Apple's attempt of DRM is ridiculous. It is trivial to circumvent.
That's the beauty of it: It's not so intrusive that it prevents you from doing anything. If you need to make a backup for your own purposes, you can. Burn a CD.
If you take that CD and rip it back to MP3 and share with the world and get caught, you face the DMCA as it was intended to be: You purposely circumvented a program/technology designed specifically to keep you from being able to violate a copyright and you then violated said copyright (a crucial point is that last step: the DMCA got it wrong when they decided it was illegal to even attempt to break the DRM, even if no actual copyrights where violated in the process).
Fair use and harsh punishment for offenders all in one deal.
It prevents filesharing programs from becomming saturated with AAC files from the iTMS, as people could just buy the music and stick it right online...hell you could set your Uploads folder to be your iTunes Music folder and viola. Thanks to the DRM, you can't just do that, you have to burn CDs. Suddenly it costs you money to pirate music...which in turn makes it less likely to happen. It doesn't solve every problem with the situation but honestly, I haven't seen anyone strike a more reasonable balance this whole time.
If there is demand for it, Wal-Mart will carry it. You can make inroads without Wal-Mart (Internet sales, game-specific shops, etc) but it would be on the list of goals to get them to carry your product.
Problem is Wal-Mart wants to buy in massive bulk for extra cheap, so you need the established production line before that will ever happen, anyway.
Exactly. There are enough geeks in the world, and I'm sure there are enough gamers who code to simply start an uprising when this happens. Hell, if Microsoft can put together an overheating PC in a box and call it a video game console what's to stop some enterprising case modder from doing the same? Then pretty much all the game companies are screwed...
Yes, while we're at it, if the Statue of Liberty begins to fall apart, no worries, we'll just let it fall over.
Effiel Tower? Nah, France surrenders.
Big Ben? I already have a watch!
Taj Mahal? Whatever, we can just visit it virtually since they scanned it with 3D lasers or whatever...
</sarcasm>
What's with all the "who cares" posts? If you don't care, don't donate to fix the rocket. Go feed the hungry or whatever. Jeez, I've said this twice before in the last 24 hours, but geeks/engeneers really will find a way to disagree with anything just for the sake of argument. It's the god damned Saturn V! This ain't just America's history, this machine brought the first MAN to the moon. I say preserve it at all costs!
Which is exactly what Disney did, they fired the guys with paintbrushes and now the computer people are all that's left. You'll still see 2D cartoons, but no one will be drawing them anymore, they'll be dragging Bezier curve points like every Flash animator on Newgrounds.
Not that I don't enjoy Newgrounds, but Walt must be spinning in his cryo-tube.
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- RIAA: Litigation
- Apple: Successful product
The computer industry took this one by the horns and said "Look, asshats, you can sell music like this and people will buy it." The music industry, however, is trying to scare us with gestapo crap instead of giving us what we want: Which happens to be what Apple is giving us. If they had thought of it, they'd be making ALL the iTMS profit. You snooze you lose.I believe the logic behind that is:Since they wont' tell us what is their IP so that it can be fixed, this is an obvious move to deter Open Source as a whole.
McBride, Gates...you've become obsolete. Goodbye.
Perhaps Apple's patent is specific enough as to differentiate between that design and what Apple has done?
I wonder if their point was to say that you could buy music from an online store that charged "0.99whatevercurrency" and actually end up paying only $0.65 or something.
However, most online stores only allow you to sign up in that specific country (most notable being iTunes as US only...hopefully just for now), which sues that particular theory right off Kazaa...
+1 Obvious
Is my cel phone going to start playing ads before I can place a call? Will my PDA pick up ads from Bluetooth and pop them over my schedule as I walk past a store? Will the f**king toilet tell me to "Drink Pepsi" when I flush?
- Make instrusive ads for new media. Observe backlash.
- Make MORE intrusive ads for said media.
- Profit!
How are they ever convinced that this will work? Thank God I have a Mac without WMP installed...You could always replace the power lines with shielded versions, but this is costly and probably prohibitively so.
I thought that it was bad enough that line noise keeps the power from arriving at my house with a steady 60Hz sine wave, so if we introduce purposeful signal degradation into the power, will that cause more problems? Many a cheap power supply or motherboard has been fried by voltage spikes, but with this, some kid's Kazaa download could potantially do it? I dunno...
Neat idea, but it sure looks like something K-Mart would sell. if i had to guess it'd say it's about as quality as a Casio.
- Drive past building with open WiFi network.
- Download all their MP3s.
- Profit.
Warsharing?If you take that CD and rip it back to MP3 and share with the world and get caught, you face the DMCA as it was intended to be: You purposely circumvented a program/technology designed specifically to keep you from being able to violate a copyright and you then violated said copyright (a crucial point is that last step: the DMCA got it wrong when they decided it was illegal to even attempt to break the DRM, even if no actual copyrights where violated in the process).
Fair use and harsh punishment for offenders all in one deal.
It prevents filesharing programs from becomming saturated with AAC files from the iTMS, as people could just buy the music and stick it right online...hell you could set your Uploads folder to be your iTunes Music folder and viola. Thanks to the DRM, you can't just do that, you have to burn CDs. Suddenly it costs you money to pirate music...which in turn makes it less likely to happen. It doesn't solve every problem with the situation but honestly, I haven't seen anyone strike a more reasonable balance this whole time.
A friend of mine has his this phone, and let me tell you, I'd sacrifice a phone cam for the convinience. Thumbs up.
Most. Insightful. Comment. Ever.
I'd Hit It.
If there is demand for it, Wal-Mart will carry it. You can make inroads without Wal-Mart (Internet sales, game-specific shops, etc) but it would be on the list of goals to get them to carry your product.
Problem is Wal-Mart wants to buy in massive bulk for extra cheap, so you need the established production line before that will ever happen, anyway.
Exactly. There are enough geeks in the world, and I'm sure there are enough gamers who code to simply start an uprising when this happens. Hell, if Microsoft can put together an overheating PC in a box and call it a video game console what's to stop some enterprising case modder from doing the same? Then pretty much all the game companies are screwed...
Uhhhh my watch has a lil beeper in it. I think it rings G.
/me meant the bell tower with the clock, stupid yank
Even though that was obvious, congrats on being the first
Yes, while we're at it, if the Statue of Liberty begins to fall apart, no worries, we'll just let it fall over.
Effiel Tower? Nah, France surrenders.
Big Ben? I already have a watch!
Taj Mahal? Whatever, we can just visit it virtually since they scanned it with 3D lasers or whatever...
</sarcasm>
What's with all the "who cares" posts? If you don't care, don't donate to fix the rocket. Go feed the hungry or whatever. Jeez, I've said this twice before in the last 24 hours, but geeks/engeneers really will find a way to disagree with anything just for the sake of argument. It's the god damned Saturn V! This ain't just America's history, this machine brought the first MAN to the moon. I say preserve it at all costs!
...our only hope is YOU?
Most common line at the Microsoft bar: "Hey baby, you wanna Plug-N-Play my backdoor? We'll have a real MSBlast!"
Isnt' this whole thread pointless because the author of the article SPECIFIED that he wasn't trying to argue one was better than the other?
Man, geeks will argue about anything
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According to the list of things this rant is not, it isn't "why he is god and you should worship him."
Which is exactly what Disney did, they fired the guys with paintbrushes and now the computer people are all that's left. You'll still see 2D cartoons, but no one will be drawing them anymore, they'll be dragging Bezier curve points like every Flash animator on Newgrounds.
Not that I don't enjoy Newgrounds, but Walt must be spinning in his cryo-tube.
Considering how easy it is to loose change, I wouldn't even want a $5 coin, let alone $100!
For continuing to be groundbreaking in everything you do.