As to your final question, while there certainly is a right to fair use, it is not a violation of that right to make products that cannot be copied. Although such features may prove unpopular to some, ultimately it is for the marketplace to decide the viability of those products.
And if said product is produced by what is effectively a cartel, what then?
Music is our culture. And as such, the though that a cartel of greedy motherfuckers want to capitalize on it to the detriment of society sickens me.
I'm not making the argument for pure capitalism, nor am I pretending it exists. Rather, I'm miffed that politicians who espouse those ideals can by so twofaced and cave in to the interests of a small group. When our culture gets appropriated EVERYONE loses.
Agreed wholeheartedly, and that is the point. I know I am breaking the letter of the law sometimes. I'm a music lover at heart though, and I still buy as much music as my means allow me. If I have to break the law to find out about a new band I can justify that morally, and I would imagine that many artists would agree.
I can see why the recording/movie industry is scared though. While there are plenty of people out there that would gladly pay for music, there are million of people on Kazaa, many of whom don't share the same scruples. But from my experience, small groups of p2p users (like on soulseek) tend to bring out more of the positive aspects of p2p. While using soulseek I learned about tons of artists I had never heard of, many of whom were just popular local artists in other countries. THAT is what p2p is about.
Your analogy has no place here. I'm not going to debate the semantics of whether it is "theft" or "infringment", but comparing it to going into a store and stealing a CD is childish.
Under the AHRA I'm allowed to make a backup copy for personal use. How is it any different if I get a backup copy from a friend? How is it any different if I get a lossy, compressed mp3 from someone on the internet? Again, it is a murky issue.
Regardless, there are albums I've replaced just because I loved them so much I NEEDED a lossless copy of to keep forever. It is easy for you to say I should have covered my ass, and I'm tempted to flame back but I'll restrain myself.
There is a reason this is such a hot button with people though, especially myself. Those CDs were my LIFE. Hearing some of those songs brings back memories of days gone by, old friends, events in my life, crazy nights, so on. This is our culture that the recording industry is dealing in, so it is easy to understand why people lash out when they try to tighten their grip.
And consequently, it's not MY fault the record industry can't protect itself from becoming fucking irrelevant.
Could you give some examples of exceptions? Curious myself...
That said, I couldn't agree with you more. And as I said in another post, I think another contributing factor is that we've all been branded criminals. Once you are a theif, what's one more crime?
And yet another complaint of mine is that laws like this fly in the face of pure capitalism (not something that I'm necessarily for). Market forces should be deciding the fate of the music industry, not Congress. I'll buy my mp3s when I can buy anything for 25 cents. I'll pay more when I get a loseless copy and an unfettered file.
A little thing called due process, innocent until proven guilty, etc. I resent the implication that we are all theives by default, and if anything I think that that is why file sharers have such a laissez faire attitude about copyright violation.
Futhermore, the whole p2p debacle is such a grey area to begin with, ethically and legally. I've had upwards of 100 CDs stolen from me, with no way to recoup that expense. If I download an mp3 of an album I used to have to listen to once am I just as much a thief as the guy who has 50 camrips shares on Kazaa?
At least we agree that more draconian laws arent the answer.
No, we need to stop teaching them at an early age that America is a bastion of freedom and liberty in the world.
Quoth the article: "We're giving notice that this is something we want specific attention paid to," said the aide. "The current law is very general."
What, pray tell, is wrong with current copyright law? It is illegal to copy something without permission. Period. Why we need to make draconian laws that just futher extend the reach of the copyright cartel is beyond me.
Virtual PC emulates an x86 processor. VMware, as the name implies, creates a virtual machine. Two completely different tasks. Emulating, as you would imagine, has much greater overhead, so VPC is going to be much slower.
It seems to me you can't read. He said the guns weren't to blame in and of themselves, but rather, the irresponsible gun owner. Doesn't seem wishy washy to me.
Uh, can they even sue anyone for downloading? My understanding was that the act of sharing music was the copyright infringment part, not the downloading.
I just happened across an old Macintosh 7200 one day, a coworker heard I dug old Macs and thought I might have a use for it. This particular Mac has a 120MHz PPC processor, had a 16 MB memory chip of sorts in it, and a 1GB SCSI hard drive. It is PCI based, so I was able to just throw some 3Com NICs in it. Cost-wise I couldn't tell you, since all this stuff was free or laying around. It is very quiet though, only a small power supply fan. 120MHz and 16MB of RAM has no problem routing/filtering 2Mbps while doing DNS and DHCP. I used Yellow Dog 2.something that I had laying around.
It is, in my opinion, a similar situation as police officers, and that is why it is such a shame and why the stereotype of asshole lawyers persist. My experiences with the police were usually friendly enough, but the couple of times I got dicked around by some police officer with a grudge was enough to make me distrust cops in general.
In short, I think both professions tend to attract more assholes than most other professions, because both offer a considerable amount of power, albeit in different manners. And this attracts the assholes with personality disorders, or maybe just small dicks.
However, I have good buddy who is a lawyer, and he is one of the kindest, most altruistic people I have ever met. He is a public defender, and despite the fact that most of his clients hate him, he is underpaid, and works his ass off, he continues to do it because of an underlying belief that everyone is entitled to legal counsel in their defense.
So yea, I buy your statement that there are assholes in every profession, and it is wrong to place all the blame for our joke of a legal system on lawyers, but you are way off base.
It may be oriented towards teens, but the 3650 has a camera, Bluetooth, IrDA, GPRS, MMS, SMS, everything that I want in a phone (well, Bluetooth and GPRS mostly). And it runs Symbian so I've been able to find a range of software for it.
They've been subsidized by the government for years, and they have right of way on public lands to lay their fiber and copper. I'd say the networks are just as much ours as they are the phone companies. That was the arguement for the open access provisions of the Telecommunications Act.
And yea, if you want to be a player in telecom you have to make that investment, but do you really think that even the Bells have the clout to purchase all the right of way and coordinate with thousands of different buyers to lay the networks by themselves? That was why the government stepped in and helped, and that is why we demand a return on OUR (the taxpayer's) investment, namely, a competative market for the consumer.
An old PowerMac 7200 cost me 20 bucks, and is doing a fine job of playing router/firewall/DNS/mail server for me and my roomies. It's PCI too, so I just threw a couple of 3Com 10/100 NICs in there and use the onboard (mace) ethernet for my WAN link.
Frankly I think the "two sides" on this issue should just agree to disagree, and shut up. The only truth I've seen come out of this is that we're all criminals, and that's fine with me, I've been a criminal in more ways than one for a long time.
And once you hear good hiphop, you'll realize what the point is. Well maybe, I did at least. The breakbeat is secondary to the lyrics, and a good hiphop artist makes words sound like music, at least to me =). I might also add I'm into jungle too, which is basically a breakbeat times two, and that taught me rhythm alone can be as musical as a classical symphony =).
But it comes right down to opinion, and maybe hiphop just isn't "you". Just give the good stuff a chance, you can't generalize. Blackstar are sort of mainstream, but these days there is a TON of good underground hiphop out there.
but it behaves in a consistent manner on supported hardware
I'm a little late in the game commenting on this, but that has got to be the most laughably untrue thing I've ever heard attributed to Windows. I'm not a zealot by any means - my shop is mixed Win2k/Solaris/Linux - but if there is one thing that Windows ISN'T it is consistent.
Windows is great, when it works. When it doesn't, it can often be as much, if not more, of a pain in the ass to fix as Linux. This applies to servers more than desktops, where Windows shines, but still...
Same way on mine, Latitude C810 with GeForce2Go. You have to dig around in the Advanced part of the Display Properties to enable nView, then change the resolution to 640X480. Too cumbersome, except when I have a large file on my laptop and nothing else to play it.
Thanks to XBMP 2.3, this is no longer a problem =).
Fantasy world? When did I say Clinton had anything to do with the economy?
And care to explain how Bush's tax cut helped the economy at all? It's still in the shitter, teachers are getting laid off, the VA system is losing a ton of funding next year, all so Cheney doesn't have to pay dividend taxes?
Who's the fucking idiot? Try replying non-AC and maybe I'll give a fuck about your opinion.
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And I just got my Ultra 5 yeaterday =D.
No seriously, got one from a friend. Nice little workstation. How does Xfree compare to Solaris' native X?
And if said product is produced by what is effectively a cartel, what then?
Music is our culture. And as such, the though that a cartel of greedy motherfuckers want to capitalize on it to the detriment of society sickens me.
ABC in Florida carries the line of beers BBM mentioned. Maudite is killer, killer stuff!
Of course, there is a German restaurant down the road from me that has 8 delicious beers on tap =) Maybe I need to start walking down there instead!
I'm not making the argument for pure capitalism, nor am I pretending it exists. Rather, I'm miffed that politicians who espouse those ideals can by so twofaced and cave in to the interests of a small group. When our culture gets appropriated EVERYONE loses.
Agreed wholeheartedly, and that is the point. I know I am breaking the letter of the law sometimes. I'm a music lover at heart though, and I still buy as much music as my means allow me. If I have to break the law to find out about a new band I can justify that morally, and I would imagine that many artists would agree.
I can see why the recording/movie industry is scared though. While there are plenty of people out there that would gladly pay for music, there are million of people on Kazaa, many of whom don't share the same scruples. But from my experience, small groups of p2p users (like on soulseek) tend to bring out more of the positive aspects of p2p. While using soulseek I learned about tons of artists I had never heard of, many of whom were just popular local artists in other countries. THAT is what p2p is about.
Your analogy has no place here. I'm not going to debate the semantics of whether it is "theft" or "infringment", but comparing it to going into a store and stealing a CD is childish.
Under the AHRA I'm allowed to make a backup copy for personal use. How is it any different if I get a backup copy from a friend? How is it any different if I get a lossy, compressed mp3 from someone on the internet? Again, it is a murky issue.
Regardless, there are albums I've replaced just because I loved them so much I NEEDED a lossless copy of to keep forever. It is easy for you to say I should have covered my ass, and I'm tempted to flame back but I'll restrain myself.
There is a reason this is such a hot button with people though, especially myself. Those CDs were my LIFE. Hearing some of those songs brings back memories of days gone by, old friends, events in my life, crazy nights, so on. This is our culture that the recording industry is dealing in, so it is easy to understand why people lash out when they try to tighten their grip.
And consequently, it's not MY fault the record industry can't protect itself from becoming fucking irrelevant.
Could you give some examples of exceptions? Curious myself...
That said, I couldn't agree with you more. And as I said in another post, I think another contributing factor is that we've all been branded criminals. Once you are a theif, what's one more crime?
And yet another complaint of mine is that laws like this fly in the face of pure capitalism (not something that I'm necessarily for). Market forces should be deciding the fate of the music industry, not Congress. I'll buy my mp3s when I can buy anything for 25 cents. I'll pay more when I get a loseless copy and an unfettered file.
A little thing called due process, innocent until proven guilty, etc. I resent the implication that we are all theives by default, and if anything I think that that is why file sharers have such a laissez faire attitude about copyright violation.
Futhermore, the whole p2p debacle is such a grey area to begin with, ethically and legally. I've had upwards of 100 CDs stolen from me, with no way to recoup that expense. If I download an mp3 of an album I used to have to listen to once am I just as much a thief as the guy who has 50 camrips shares on Kazaa?
At least we agree that more draconian laws arent the answer.
No, we need to stop teaching them at an early age that America is a bastion of freedom and liberty in the world.
Quoth the article: "We're giving notice that this is something we want specific attention paid to," said the aide. "The current law is very general."
What, pray tell, is wrong with current copyright law? It is illegal to copy something without permission. Period. Why we need to make draconian laws that just futher extend the reach of the copyright cartel is beyond me.
Much different product, and not just MHO.
Virtual PC emulates an x86 processor. VMware, as the name implies, creates a virtual machine. Two completely different tasks. Emulating, as you would imagine, has much greater overhead, so VPC is going to be much slower.
It seems to me you can't read. He said the guns weren't to blame in and of themselves, but rather, the irresponsible gun owner. Doesn't seem wishy washy to me.
Uh, can they even sue anyone for downloading? My understanding was that the act of sharing music was the copyright infringment part, not the downloading.
Yes, excellent analogy. And I'm sure it will fare about as well as the War on Drugs® has.
Thanks for playing!
Signed into law with an anonymous vote by a Republican controlled congress. Not that it matters, because it was a silent majority.
I just happened across an old Macintosh 7200 one day, a coworker heard I dug old Macs and thought I might have a use for it. This particular Mac has a 120MHz PPC processor, had a 16 MB memory chip of sorts in it, and a 1GB SCSI hard drive. It is PCI based, so I was able to just throw some 3Com NICs in it. Cost-wise I couldn't tell you, since all this stuff was free or laying around. It is very quiet though, only a small power supply fan. 120MHz and 16MB of RAM has no problem routing/filtering 2Mbps while doing DNS and DHCP. I used Yellow Dog 2.something that I had laying around.
Feel free to email me if you want more details.
It worked the same way in Ferris Bueller...
It is, in my opinion, a similar situation as police officers, and that is why it is such a shame and why the stereotype of asshole lawyers persist. My experiences with the police were usually friendly enough, but the couple of times I got dicked around by some police officer with a grudge was enough to make me distrust cops in general.
In short, I think both professions tend to attract more assholes than most other professions, because both offer a considerable amount of power, albeit in different manners. And this attracts the assholes with personality disorders, or maybe just small dicks.
However, I have good buddy who is a lawyer, and he is one of the kindest, most altruistic people I have ever met. He is a public defender, and despite the fact that most of his clients hate him, he is underpaid, and works his ass off, he continues to do it because of an underlying belief that everyone is entitled to legal counsel in their defense.
So yea, I buy your statement that there are assholes in every profession, and it is wrong to place all the blame for our joke of a legal system on lawyers, but you are way off base.
It may be oriented towards teens, but the 3650 has a camera, Bluetooth, IrDA, GPRS, MMS, SMS, everything that I want in a phone (well, Bluetooth and GPRS mostly). And it runs Symbian so I've been able to find a range of software for it.
Well the linked site links to the original Linux traffic shaping web page, located here: http://lartc.org/. That would be a good start =).
They've been subsidized by the government for years, and they have right of way on public lands to lay their fiber and copper. I'd say the networks are just as much ours as they are the phone companies. That was the arguement for the open access provisions of the Telecommunications Act.
And yea, if you want to be a player in telecom you have to make that investment, but do you really think that even the Bells have the clout to purchase all the right of way and coordinate with thousands of different buyers to lay the networks by themselves? That was why the government stepped in and helped, and that is why we demand a return on OUR (the taxpayer's) investment, namely, a competative market for the consumer.
An old PowerMac 7200 cost me 20 bucks, and is doing a fine job of playing router/firewall/DNS/mail server for me and my roomies. It's PCI too, so I just threw a couple of 3Com 10/100 NICs in there and use the onboard (mace) ethernet for my WAN link.
Frankly I think the "two sides" on this issue should just agree to disagree, and shut up. The only truth I've seen come out of this is that we're all criminals, and that's fine with me, I've been a criminal in more ways than one for a long time.
You're listening to the wrong "rap". Pick up a Blackstar album, it will open your eyes, believe me. This is an AMAZING CD: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067CLT/ qid=1052430069/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/002-7159973-04880 34. Anything Talib Kweli or Mos Def touch is pretty much gold =D. And until you've listened to that album you can NOT tell me rap isn't music.
And once you hear good hiphop, you'll realize what the point is. Well maybe, I did at least. The breakbeat is secondary to the lyrics, and a good hiphop artist makes words sound like music, at least to me =). I might also add I'm into jungle too, which is basically a breakbeat times two, and that taught me rhythm alone can be as musical as a classical symphony =).
But it comes right down to opinion, and maybe hiphop just isn't "you". Just give the good stuff a chance, you can't generalize. Blackstar are sort of mainstream, but these days there is a TON of good underground hiphop out there.
I'm a little late in the game commenting on this, but that has got to be the most laughably untrue thing I've ever heard attributed to Windows. I'm not a zealot by any means - my shop is mixed Win2k/Solaris/Linux - but if there is one thing that Windows ISN'T it is consistent.
Windows is great, when it works. When it doesn't, it can often be as much, if not more, of a pain in the ass to fix as Linux. This applies to servers more than desktops, where Windows shines, but still...
Same way on mine, Latitude C810 with GeForce2Go. You have to dig around in the Advanced part of the Display Properties to enable nView, then change the resolution to 640X480. Too cumbersome, except when I have a large file on my laptop and nothing else to play it.
Thanks to XBMP 2.3, this is no longer a problem =).
Fantasy world? When did I say Clinton had anything to do with the economy?
And care to explain how Bush's tax cut helped the economy at all? It's still in the shitter, teachers are getting laid off, the VA system is losing a ton of funding next year, all so Cheney doesn't have to pay dividend taxes?
Who's the fucking idiot? Try replying non-AC and maybe I'll give a fuck about your opinion.