Sure, I agree with most of that. but their business model doesn't include a COMPETITOR shipping a patch which alters Apple's own software to work with their competitor's drives.
Apple is not entitled to make a profit. But is their competitor allowed to make a profit by hijacking Apple's work?
If I have the moral right to back up my CD-ROMs and DVDs using my home computer, I have the same moral right to patch my DVD-burning software to run on any hardware I happen to own.
Unless the EULA you have to agree to to install the program says that you aren't allowed to do that, which it most likely does.
Beyond that, everyone seems to be missing the point here... As far as I understand it, it's not against the DMCA for _you_ to patch your iDVD. However, it is against the DMCA for Other World Computing to distribute the patch (which they include with the DVD burners they sell, coincidentally).
the system requirements list an apple with a superdrive but I don't think it's illegal to buy software and try an make it work with your computer if it does not meet the stated requirements.
But it IS illegal for Other World to distribute tools to do this.
In many countries there are laws to prevent this kind of abuse: You must sell your different products independently. If you want to sell DVD playing software you must sell it to ANYONE who is interested.
1. iDVD isn't DVD playing software, it's DVD creation software.
2. You're saying it's abuse to package software with a DVD-Burner that lets a customer actually USE it? That sounds pretty stupid to me.
Okay, here's a scenario. You make hard drives. You develop a bad ass new disk defragmentor (or whatnot), you package it for your drives. It's designed to only work with YOUR hard drives. A competitor comes along, decompiles your sofware and adds in support for their drives, then they start distributing their version of YOUR software (not open source) with their drives. Doesn't that sound a bit like they have hijacked your work?
There's an easy way to control it : don't buy your kid the game. If you don't buy if for them, they most likely won't play it very much (only at friend's houses) until they are old enough to figure out how to get access to it without you.
This counts double if the home computer is in the family room, not their room.
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I know you can troll better than this. The last line was too over the top.
It's my opinion, and I'm no expert, that crime went down as the economy got better from the 80s to the late 90s. It makes sense to me but, as I said, I am no expert.
As for why you'd want non-region 1 DVDs: the UK Trainspotting has extra scenes the US release doesn't, you can get the un-edited Eyes Wide Shut, and I got to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in my home before it was released in the theaters in the US (and oddly enough, the DVD I have is almost the same as the final US release DVD).
I have had one of the first-gen Apex players since they came out 3 or 4 years ago. I have moved 3 or 4 times since then, once cross-country. My player is fine.
However, it IS ugly as sin and the remote is poorly laid out.
They don't claim they own the airwaves, though they do act like it at times. The people own the airwaves. They are community property.
However, if no one regulated them, then they would be useless because of all the conflicting signals. In fact, this _is_ what was happening before the government stepped in and started regulating the airwaves many, many decades ago.
Perhaps you should read up on the topic a little, it's all there in the history books.
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Sure, I agree with most of that. but their business model doesn't include a COMPETITOR shipping a patch which alters Apple's own software to work with their competitor's drives.
Apple is not entitled to make a profit. But is their competitor allowed to make a profit by hijacking Apple's work?
No, it's really not the same thing at all.
One is an end user making a patch to software they have bought, on their machine.
The other is a company distributing tools to alter the software of one of their competitors, in order to sell more of their competing product.
If I have the moral right to back up my CD-ROMs and DVDs using my home computer, I have the same moral right to patch my DVD-burning software to run on any hardware I happen to own.
Unless the EULA you have to agree to to install the program says that you aren't allowed to do that, which it most likely does.
Beyond that, everyone seems to be missing the point here... As far as I understand it, it's not against the DMCA for _you_ to patch your iDVD. However, it is against the DMCA for Other World Computing to distribute the patch (which they include with the DVD burners they sell, coincidentally).
the system requirements list an apple with a superdrive but I don't think it's illegal to buy software and try an make it work with your computer if it does not meet the stated requirements.
But it IS illegal for Other World to distribute tools to do this.
While you're at it, what's "sence"?
In many countries there are laws to prevent this kind of abuse: You must sell your different products independently. If you want to sell DVD playing software you must sell it to ANYONE who is interested.
1. iDVD isn't DVD playing software, it's DVD creation software.
2. You're saying it's abuse to package software with a DVD-Burner that lets a customer actually USE it? That sounds pretty stupid to me.
Okay, here's a scenario. You make hard drives. You develop a bad ass new disk defragmentor (or whatnot), you package it for your drives. It's designed to only work with YOUR hard drives. A competitor comes along, decompiles your sofware and adds in support for their drives, then they start distributing their version of YOUR software (not open source) with their drives. Doesn't that sound a bit like they have hijacked your work?
That's pretty much what's going on here.
I believe it's legal for YOU to do this, just not for you to distribute the patch that makes it possible, as Other World Computing was doing...
Again, web sites get hacked all the time. Why does it "matter"? Who cares?
So? Why is this news?
Web sites get hacked all the time.
Regardless, violent movies and videogames haven't made violence go up.
There's an easy way to control it : don't buy your kid the game. If you don't buy if for them, they most likely won't play it very much (only at friend's houses) until they are old enough to figure out how to get access to it without you.
This counts double if the home computer is in the family room, not their room.
I know you can troll better than this. The last line was too over the top.
Hey troll, check the FBI.gov site. Youth violence in the USA has been going DOWN, not up.
here is a related link.
It's my opinion, and I'm no expert, that crime went down as the economy got better from the 80s to the late 90s. It makes sense to me but, as I said, I am no expert.
I think the problem (if you want to call it that) is that, generally, any time talent emerges from the community, they get hired by a games company.
This is fine with me, since that talented individual gets to make games and gets paid.
They've already released the Doom and Q1/2 engines, so why do you think they won't eventualy do the same with Q3?
If they are smart they will publish those they think aren't very good under a different name.
If they don't think they are good, they probably won't publish them.
Why don't you get a clue - Half-Life is based on Quake 1, not 2. And they rewrote MOST of it.
That's only $1,000,000.
If you honestly think that Microsoft is evil and awful, then how can you justify fundamental betrayal of your position?
Maybe the poster's family needs a steady income? There are more jobs working with MS products than not, especially entry-level.
He's saying the same thing you are. Read what he wrote again, and note his use of quotes.
It's not _that_ outlandish of a question. USB NICs work with the PS2 (with THPS3, at least - because they wrote the support into the game).
Angelina Jolie was quite famous before Tomb Raider. She was in Gia, Bone Collector, Girl Interrupted and several other films.
As for why you'd want non-region 1 DVDs: the UK Trainspotting has extra scenes the US release doesn't, you can get the un-edited Eyes Wide Shut, and I got to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in my home before it was released in the theaters in the US (and oddly enough, the DVD I have is almost the same as the final US release DVD).
I'm sure there other examples that aren't anime.
I have had one of the first-gen Apex players since they came out 3 or 4 years ago. I have moved 3 or 4 times since then, once cross-country. My player is fine.
However, it IS ugly as sin and the remote is poorly laid out.
They don't claim they own the airwaves, though they do act like it at times. The people own the airwaves. They are community property.
However, if no one regulated them, then they would be useless because of all the conflicting signals. In fact, this _is_ what was happening before the government stepped in and started regulating the airwaves many, many decades ago.
Perhaps you should read up on the topic a little, it's all there in the history books.