Maybe someone already posted this, but this http://www.vcdhelper.com/dvdplayers.htm great place to go to find which dvd players are compatible with what.
Ken
It is illegal to post DeCSS on the web. Is it illegal to post it in "real life"?
Today at work I went and found the source simply by searching for css.descramble.c on Google, forced it to fit onto a single sheet of paper (it is still legible), made 300 copies, and tonight I'm going to post them all around Boston.
Could I get in trouble for this? What if just 10 other people in every major US city started doing the same? The police have better things to do around here than read flyers that people are hanging up.
I've noticed that some people have been posting about how this issue has been brought for the past 100 years, but I don't see this as a valid argument on why it should not be discussed. 1. It cannot be denied that corporatism has branched into almost all aspects of our lives, more than at any other time in history, so it seems to me that these discussion have MORE reason to be in a forum then ever before. 2. Yes, people have been TALKING about them for a while, however still little is being done to stop or slow them down. So, maybe that means that either people are talking enough, or maybe it means that talking doesn't do anything. I guess what I'm trying to point out is that it is time to take ACTION rather than talk about it. Most of us already know that corporatism is wrong, we need to discuss how to eliminate it. Racket
Anyone who has ever seen the way that the music industry works (just watch Behind the Music enough times and you'll get the idea) knows that artists make little money through record sales (percentage-wise compared to the other places that they make their money)- They make their money through merchandising. So, I guess it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for a band like Limp Biskit to promote napster because in doing so many people would be exposed to thier music, go to their shows, buy t-shirts, stickers, etc. Most of the time it is just the record label, not the artist, that suffers from the loss of pirated music and because Dre runs his own label, that's probably why he's pissed. I think that I agree with Chuck-D when he mentioned that with Digital Music becoming so readily availible and relatively easy to make, that the record companies are scared that they are not going to be able to PROFIT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE'S ART (insert irony here). They will not be able to pimp the bands on the street, because now the bands can pimp themselves. Racket
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Maybe someone already posted this, but this http://www.vcdhelper.com/dvdplayers.htm great place to go to find which dvd players are compatible with what. Ken
Today at work I went and found the source simply by searching for css.descramble.c on Google, forced it to fit onto a single sheet of paper (it is still legible), made 300 copies, and tonight I'm going to post them all around Boston.
Could I get in trouble for this? What if just 10 other people in every major US city started doing the same? The police have better things to do around here than read flyers that people are hanging up.
Racket
I've noticed that some people have been posting about how this issue has been brought for the past 100 years, but I don't see this as a valid argument on why it should not be discussed. 1. It cannot be denied that corporatism has branched into almost all aspects of our lives, more than at any other time in history, so it seems to me that these discussion have MORE reason to be in a forum then ever before. 2. Yes, people have been TALKING about them for a while, however still little is being done to stop or slow them down. So, maybe that means that either people are talking enough, or maybe it means that talking doesn't do anything. I guess what I'm trying to point out is that it is time to take ACTION rather than talk about it. Most of us already know that corporatism is wrong, we need to discuss how to eliminate it. Racket
Anyone who has ever seen the way that the music industry works (just watch Behind the Music enough times and you'll get the idea) knows that artists make little money through record sales (percentage-wise compared to the other places that they make their money)- They make their money through merchandising. So, I guess it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for a band like Limp Biskit to promote napster because in doing so many people would be exposed to thier music, go to their shows, buy t-shirts, stickers, etc. Most of the time it is just the record label, not the artist, that suffers from the loss of pirated music and because Dre runs his own label, that's probably why he's pissed. I think that I agree with Chuck-D when he mentioned that with Digital Music becoming so readily availible and relatively easy to make, that the record companies are scared that they are not going to be able to PROFIT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE'S ART (insert irony here). They will not be able to pimp the bands on the street, because now the bands can pimp themselves. Racket