Well, he's a Senator now. Since the Senate's one of two houses of Congress, and Congress makes the laws, it might be good to ask what Kerry's done -- if anything -- in Congress to change or even "examine" the DMCA.
It's a myth that an unregulated market is good for the small guy trying to break in. The reason this is not the case is the concept of scale effects
I believe this. However, I don't believe the music industry is anything close to an unregulated market.
In fact, the major labels -- throught the lobbying efforts of the RIAA -- have been increasingly successful at getting Congress to enact laws that make it more difficult for the small guy to break in.
Recording technology: new media formats and home computers make it cheaper for the small guy to create music and compete with the major labels; Congress enacts law giving percentage of money from blank media sales to the major labels -- threatens to do the same with computers. Webcasting makes it easier for the small guy to get "airplay" (since anyone could set up a webstream for minimal cost -- bypassing barriers to entry of FCC making starting a new over-the-air station difficult and very expensive ( not to mention the major labels -- through independent promoters -- having already independently blocked access to radio airplay via loopholes in anti-"payola" laws -- part of the issue Spitzer's addressing); Congress passes laws requiring webcasters to pay the major labels. Low-power FM makes it easier to start an independent radio station? Guess what, Congress blocks that, too. Peer-to-peer networks make indie distribution easier? We know what happened there...
Basically what happens: the small guy trying to enter the market is taxed and the proceeds go to keep the big guys in business -- to shore up monopolies.
That would apply on a public terminal even without the Google app installed. And to any browser keeping the history, story cached copies of visited pages...
... and can "terrorists" be minors, and -- if so -- is it okay to execute them?... and would Kerry also say it's okay to torture "terrorists"? Hold them indefinitely without charge or trial?
was coached by US officials... in perfecting his delivery of the speech
Not a big deal, except -- if true -- very foolish -- politically. Guaranteed with the election coming up somebody would seize on this. Perhaps some career person in the State Department should have helped "perfect" the delivery instead of folks subject to accusations of campaign stunts.
Initial post: "And with its full 35mm CMOS it is the first camera to effectively reproduce the image quality of 35mm film."
At first I read that significant "and" as signifying: 16.7MP + full-size sensor = effective reproduction of 35mm film.
From dpreview.com: "For the first time, medium format image quality combines with access to the world's most extensive range of professional lenses, spanning from 14mm to 1200mm."
Looks like they're saying:
16.7MP + full (35mm)-size sensor = effective reproduction of medium format (bigger than 35mm) film.
If you RTFM, the manufacturers were sued because their licenses prohibited them from selling their chips to non-CSS licensed buyers.
Might the MPAA's own actions be in violation of anti-trust laws?
Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal.
When the senator checked in at the counter, airline employees told him they could not issue him a boarding pass because he appeared on the list
Given that the contents of the "no-fly" list are secret, would the airline employees even have told him why they could not issue the boarding pass if he hadn't been a US Senator (and somebody they recognized).
Wouldn't the deployment of closed systems be equally screwed up by the patent situation? In other words, if Munich had decided to migrate to Windows, wouldn't they still have to do an investigation on the possible impact of software patents? It's not like Microsoft has been clear of claims that it's infringed patents.
I suppose the difference is that Microsoft has a lot of cash in a single basket, which makes it a target for lawsuits and whatnot, whereas there is no central money basket to go after for "linux" -- lawyers would go after wealthy because that's where the money is; legally, though, would there be anything to keep them from going after Windows users with a claim to the effect that those users are knowingly collaborating in patent infringement (or are using a system they aren't sure doesn't infringe upon others' patents)?
If you have done nothing wrong, why not keep a record of what you have done? You only destroy evidence when you are guilty, right?
It costs money to make and keep recordings of broadcasts. In practice, a lot of stations do make and keep recordings to protect themselves, but I think it's pretty unusual for smaller (i.e. low-budget) broadcasters to do that. (I worked for a while for a family-owned commercial broadcaster that did keep tapes -- two-weeks worth of 8-hour VHS taps of audio; and I currently do a show on a noncommercial station that doesn't currently have the means to make and keep recordings of its broadcasts.)
Q7. What about the copies of sound recordings that must be made in the webcaster's server to transmit the sound recordings? Does a webcaster have to pay separately for those copies?
A.These copies are sometimes referred to as "ephemeral recordings." The new law grants an exemption for one ephemeral recording if (1) the webcasting service making that recording is licensed to transmit it (e.g., it has a statutory license to transmit the recordings), and (2) meets the conditions of the exemption, such as that the copies may only be used by the webcaster and must be destroyed within six months.
So the FCC wants stations to keep recordings (which cost money to make, keep), the RIAA and webcasting rules don't want recording to be kept too long, and extra fees may go into effect for keeping more than one copy for more than a certain period. ??
If they do in fact routinely close down accounts after a single complaint without investigating, I find it hard to imagine that hotmail users aren't already being effectively DOS'd. I get so much e-mail spoofing hotmail "From" headers (839 of these messages so far this month at one account), that I'd imagine a significant number of complaints about these spams must be going to hotmail and not to the actual originating ISPs.
Loren Jan Wilson carefully defines (pop-up window from overview "popular music":
For the purposes of this project, "popular music" is an all-encompassing term that includes rock, hip-hop, dance, country, folk, and experimental noise music, plus a bunch of other things too. My review database includes some jazz and classical music reviews as well. It's common for popular music magazines to include music that "crosses over" to many different genres; pop reviews are usually written with a certain age demographic in mind rather than a certain genre, and the average music listener touches upon a number of different genres in the search for the perfect life soundtrack.
Note that his second goal is to write "pop songs."
advertising ain't cheap! when you buy a major-lable cd, they're using (I would guess a big chunk of) the money you spend to pay for that "advertising."
or does it sound like the "recording industry" spends an inordinate amount of time and money on unworkable copy protection schemes as compared to the effort they put in on actually releasing desirable recordings?
Since they found out they actually can control webcasting. That was a crucial slide down the slippery slop, and the RIAA will see how far down they can push us.
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... just introduce their own .post.ch ?
http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/: "Use the included AV cable to connect iPod Photo to a projector or TV."
Well, he's a Senator now. Since the Senate's one of two houses of Congress, and Congress makes the laws, it might be good to ask what Kerry's done -- if anything -- in Congress to change or even "examine" the DMCA.
I believe this. However, I don't believe the music industry is anything close to an unregulated market.
In fact, the major labels -- throught the lobbying efforts of the RIAA -- have been increasingly successful at getting Congress to enact laws that make it more difficult for the small guy to break in.
Recording technology: new media formats and home computers make it cheaper for the small guy to create music and compete with the major labels; Congress enacts law giving percentage of money from blank media sales to the major labels -- threatens to do the same with computers. Webcasting makes it easier for the small guy to get "airplay" (since anyone could set up a webstream for minimal cost -- bypassing barriers to entry of FCC making starting a new over-the-air station difficult and very expensive ( not to mention the major labels -- through independent promoters -- having already independently blocked access to radio airplay via loopholes in anti-"payola" laws -- part of the issue Spitzer's addressing); Congress passes laws requiring webcasters to pay the major labels. Low-power FM makes it easier to start an independent radio station? Guess what, Congress blocks that, too. Peer-to-peer networks make indie distribution easier? We know what happened there...
Basically what happens: the small guy trying to enter the market is taxed and the proceeds go to keep the big guys in business -- to shore up monopolies.
That would apply on a public terminal even without the Google app installed. And to any browser keeping the history, story cached copies of visited pages...
yeah, certainly not "spyware" in any usual sense of the word if the information isn't being made available or transmitted off the box.
Now the dangerous likes of Ted Kennedy and Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens won't be able to do anything!
... and can "terrorists" be minors, and -- if so -- is it okay to execute them? ... and would Kerry also say it's okay to torture "terrorists"? Hold them indefinitely without charge or trial?
Initial post: "And with its full 35mm CMOS it is the first camera to effectively reproduce the image quality of 35mm film."
At first I read that significant "and" as signifying:
16.7MP + full-size sensor = effective reproduction of 35mm film.
From dpreview.com: "For the first time, medium format image quality combines with access to the world's most extensive range of professional lenses, spanning from 14mm to 1200mm."
Looks like they're saying:
16.7MP + full (35mm)-size sensor = effective reproduction of medium format (bigger than 35mm) film.
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Perhaps there should be a penalty for knowingly or carelessly making a false accusation?
Might the MPAA's own actions be in violation of anti-trust laws?
Given that the contents of the "no-fly" list are secret, would the airline employees even have told him why they could not issue the boarding pass if he hadn't been a US Senator (and somebody they recognized).
I suppose the difference is that Microsoft has a lot of cash in a single basket, which makes it a target for lawsuits and whatnot, whereas there is no central money basket to go after for "linux" -- lawyers would go after wealthy because that's where the money is; legally, though, would there be anything to keep them from going after Windows users with a claim to the effect that those users are knowingly collaborating in patent infringement (or are using a system they aren't sure doesn't infringe upon others' patents)?
Investor's Business Daily reports, "Adobe Gets Sales Lift Without New Releases."
On a side-note (this may be nothing), the RIAA-interpretation of webcasting rules (RIAA Webcasting FAQ, Q7):
So the FCC wants stations to keep recordings (which cost money to make, keep), the RIAA and webcasting rules don't want recording to be kept too long, and extra fees may go into effect for keeping more than one copy for more than a certain period. ??If they do in fact routinely close down accounts after a single complaint without investigating, I find it hard to imagine that hotmail users aren't already being effectively DOS'd. I get so much e-mail spoofing hotmail "From" headers (839 of these messages so far this month at one account), that I'd imagine a significant number of complaints about these spams must be going to hotmail and not to the actual originating ISPs.
Travelocity was "Born of leading travel innovator Sabre (the world's largest travel agent reservation system)." (In fact, recently spun off from?)
Loren Jan Wilson carefully defines (pop-up window from overview "popular music":
Note that his second goal is to write "pop songs."I'm not convinced there's a problem there. I think he's viewing "rock" as a type of music within the bigger category of "pop."
Now that I've installed 0.9, I'm no longer getting sites' favicon.ico files showing up in my location bar.
advertising ain't cheap! when you buy a major-lable cd, they're using (I would guess a big chunk of) the money you spend to pay for that "advertising."
or does it sound like the "recording industry" spends an inordinate amount of time and money on unworkable copy protection schemes as compared to the effort they put in on actually releasing desirable recordings?
See, e.g.: Freedom to Photograph site, discussion: "Street photography - stopped by the police?"