1) Fair Use. Sharing is not Fair Use - never has been. Consult a lawyer if you need convincing, or read up on it.
2) You do have rights over the physical media but not the contents. You claim you don't have rights over the media because you are prevented from using the contents as you wish! Why distinguish between media and contents if you don't see a difference.
3) Fair use DOES cover making a personal backup copy. So if your media fails you have still got the music.
Except for Open Source Software, versions don't get upgraded so often
Yes but OSS tends to make small changes often whereas proprietary software is bigger changes less frequently. That's why OSS tends to have more continuity.
There's a word for moving a object from one location to another whilst maintaining the continuing existence of that object - it's called transportation.
dictionary.com defines teleportation on the other hand as "A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another."
I'm deeply suspicious of an argument that claims that the quality of music in general has declined. It's too subjective, quality's too hard to measure and it's too difficult to compare like with like - what are reasonable criteria to compare say 20's Jazz with 00's Trance or 50's Rock'n'roll with 80's synth-pop?
But as long as we're making generalisations - here's one of mine -
90% of anything creative is crap.
90% of books are not worth reading. 90% of movies are boring. 90% of music is unoriginal and uninspiring. 90% of the music in Mozart's day was like that, 90% of music today is like that, 90% of music will be like that in the future.
The trick is finding the 10%. Also realize that bits of my 10% are in your 90% of crap. I love some movies that you'll hate and you'll adore some books I can't stand.
So any economic model for making money out of music which depends on raising overall quality is doomed.
Cox isn't saying the MPAA is evil, he never uses the word.
He's merely putting the claims of lost millions in perspective.
His argument in a nutshell
- the studios are crying wolf over money lost to piracy
- they already make millions whilst independent film-makers struggle to get finances to get movies made
- the measures they want to put in place to counter piracy will hurt the independents even more. In effect they'll be barriers to entry in the market.
I thought it was a well-written thoughtful article.
What Cox is effectively saying - but he doesn't use this terminology because his background is film not computers - is that 35mm is an open standard whilst digital shows all the signs of becoming a proprietary one controlled by a Hollywood cartel (a la DVD).
Think Microsoft's domination of the desktop applied to cinema projection.
Whilst one reason Cox is against digital projection is because he doesn't think it's currently as good aesthetically. The reason he's expounding here is Open Standards versus Proprietary ones - something I would have thought most Slashdotters could understand and agree with.
Still, while this paints a picture in which the majority will always go back to a few sources, ignoring the rest, at least in the digital age, those of us who do want to go discover an unheard of musician, writer or artist from remote locations have a much easier time doing so.
Whilst I don't necessarily disagree I question the 'much easier' part. They still have to have some way of letting you know that their site exists and that it contains something you might like. That'll mean advertising in some form.
One of the things we hear a lot on Slashdot is how evil RIAA/MPAA and the media companies behind them are. And what's often brought up is the fact that these companies are screwing the artists, that these artists would do better to establish a direct relationship with their audience, and that the internet is perfect for that.
I've always been sceptical of this argument because I think the effect of promotion is a lot greater than people generally believe. A musician playing live can generate a little local word of mouth - but how do you translate that into a wider appeal?
This adds another reason to be sceptical. So maybe getting onto Amazon's stocklist/recommendations will become more important than getting on a radio playlist?
I can easily imagine that by the time 120Tb is available it will be 'fillable'.
Video editting will be done at higher resolutions because it'll be possible and with HDTV and digital projection it'll be needed.
Maybe by that time (10-15 years? I didn't read the article) we'll have 3D displays or movies. That's a whole new dimension of information to store - it could easily account for a couple of orders of magnitude of increase.
I can also imagine that some people will become "information hoarders" - never throwing anything away, automatically downloading and keeping anything that might be of use or interest later. That'll happen more if people use software/filesystems that allow for easier organisation/searching.
And software may bloat up even more that it has at present. I can imagine software packages coming with built-in instructional videos to supplement or replace help files. I've seen this on a small scale with some things already.
It's easy to imagine Evil Linus with a goatee, but what would Evil RMS look like?
RMS already looks evil - look at the beard for goodness sake!;)
I imagine that in this universe Bill Gates is a Luke-Skywalker kind of figure at the head of the rebel Microsoft organization, trying to take down the Orwellianly-named Free Software Foundation.
Yeah Bill would be this rebel programmer fighting against the massive control-freak (MCF)that wants to take over all the software on your computer. Hmmm sounds familiar
You seem to be under the impression that Slashdot is some kind of crusade or political pressure group. It's not, it's a forum, a site where people submit things that others might be interested in and then comment on them.
Guess what? Some of those people are interested in Warcraft III. Some of them don't care or even agree with Blizzard's actions over Bnetd.
You assumed that the posting of a previous story was some sort of editorial stand, when in fact it was just another story.
If you want to give money to a 'cause' give it to the EFF or GNU or someone like that.
Slashdot Mirror
So in the end Linux in your opinion should be about Free as in beer?
Where do you live where they teach patent law in kindergarten? I'm impressed!
You're right - my bad - pesky percentage sign confused me!
9 hours (8.76) is only 3 9's
99.999% availability
Equates to about 9 hours downtime a year.
How did this get modded +5 Insightful?
1) Fair Use. Sharing is not Fair Use - never has been. Consult a lawyer if you need convincing, or read up on it.
2) You do have rights over the physical media but not the contents. You claim you don't have rights over the media because you are prevented from using the contents as you wish! Why distinguish between media and contents if you don't see a difference.
3) Fair use DOES cover making a personal backup copy. So if your media fails you have still got the music.
Zaphod's briefcase had an entire simulated galaxy in it.
Yes but OSS tends to make small changes often whereas proprietary software is bigger changes less frequently. That's why OSS tends to have more continuity.
Interesting choice of quote since those were the droids they were looking for - they just managed to fool them they weren't.
Or maybe that's what you intended to imply?
There's a word for moving a object from one location to another whilst maintaining the continuing existence of that object - it's called transportation.
dictionary.com defines teleportation on the other hand as "A hypothetical method of transportation in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another."
I'm deeply suspicious of an argument that claims that the quality of music in general has declined. It's too subjective, quality's too hard to measure and it's too difficult to compare like with like - what are reasonable criteria to compare say 20's Jazz with 00's Trance or 50's Rock'n'roll with 80's synth-pop?
But as long as we're making generalisations - here's one of mine -
90% of anything creative is crap.
90% of books are not worth reading. 90% of movies are boring. 90% of music is unoriginal and uninspiring. 90% of the music in Mozart's day was like that, 90% of music today is like that, 90% of music will be like that in the future.
The trick is finding the 10%. Also realize that bits of my 10% are in your 90% of crap. I love some movies that you'll hate and you'll adore some books I can't stand.
So any economic model for making money out of music which depends on raising overall quality is doomed.
Software patents?
1. I think you mean uninterested
2. Who told you we were dis/un-interested? It hasn't even been released here yet!
Cox isn't saying the MPAA is evil, he never uses the word.
He's merely putting the claims of lost millions in perspective.
His argument in a nutshell
- the studios are crying wolf over money lost to piracy
- they already make millions whilst independent film-makers struggle to get finances to get movies made
- the measures they want to put in place to counter piracy will hurt the independents even more. In effect they'll be barriers to entry in the market.
I thought it was a well-written thoughtful article.
What Cox is effectively saying - but he doesn't use this terminology because his background is film not computers - is that 35mm is an open standard whilst digital shows all the signs of becoming a proprietary one controlled by a Hollywood cartel (a la DVD).
Think Microsoft's domination of the desktop applied to cinema projection.
Whilst one reason Cox is against digital projection is because he doesn't think it's currently as good aesthetically. The reason he's expounding here is Open Standards versus Proprietary ones - something I would have thought most Slashdotters could understand and agree with.
Alan Cox = Linux Kernel Hacker
Alex Cox = Independant Film Director and subject of this article
This wasn't developed to defeat Carnivore, it was developed as a research project, funded by IBM to make use of their 4758 cryptographic coprocessor.
I wasn't saying it wasn't happening, I was saying it will happen more.
The kinds of people who hoard mp3s will maybe hoard movies or TV programs they've downloaded - (this is starting to happen as well)
If you're a hoarder the more space you've got, the more you'll hoard. And the more likely you are to hoard bigger files.
Whilst I don't necessarily disagree I question the 'much easier' part. They still have to have some way of letting you know that their site exists and that it contains something you might like. That'll mean advertising in some form.
One of the things we hear a lot on Slashdot is how evil RIAA/MPAA and the media companies behind them are. And what's often brought up is the fact that these companies are screwing the artists, that these artists would do better to establish a direct relationship with their audience, and that the internet is perfect for that.
I've always been sceptical of this argument because I think the effect of promotion is a lot greater than people generally believe. A musician playing live can generate a little local word of mouth - but how do you translate that into a wider appeal?
This adds another reason to be sceptical. So maybe getting onto Amazon's stocklist/recommendations will become more important than getting on a radio playlist?
I can easily imagine that by the time 120Tb is available it will be 'fillable'.
Video editting will be done at higher resolutions because it'll be possible and with HDTV and digital projection it'll be needed.
Maybe by that time (10-15 years? I didn't read the article) we'll have 3D displays or movies. That's a whole new dimension of information to store - it could easily account for a couple of orders of magnitude of increase.
I can also imagine that some people will become "information hoarders" - never throwing anything away, automatically downloading and keeping anything that might be of use or interest later. That'll happen more if people use software/filesystems that allow for easier organisation/searching.
And software may bloat up even more that it has at present. I can imagine software packages coming with built-in instructional videos to supplement or replace help files. I've seen this on a small scale with some things already.
Will everyone fill 120Tb? No. But some will.
It's easy to imagine Evil Linus with a goatee, but what would Evil RMS look like?
RMS already looks evil - look at the beard for goodness sake! ;)
I imagine that in this universe Bill Gates is a Luke-Skywalker kind of figure at the head of the rebel Microsoft organization, trying to take down the Orwellianly-named Free Software Foundation.
Yeah Bill would be this rebel programmer fighting against the massive control-freak (MCF)that wants to take over all the software on your computer. Hmmm sounds familiar
You seem to be under the impression that Slashdot is some kind of crusade or political pressure group. It's not, it's a forum, a site where people submit things that others might be interested in and then comment on them.
Guess what? Some of those people are interested in Warcraft III. Some of them don't care or even agree with Blizzard's actions over Bnetd.
You assumed that the posting of a previous story was some sort of editorial stand, when in fact it was just another story.
If you want to give money to a 'cause' give it to the EFF or GNU or someone like that.
I'm on yahoo.co.uk and I haven't been told about this either.
The article quite clearly says 500 million billion tonnes.
Using the figures you quote (I haven't read the article yet, and I don't know the density of ice)
The amount is ~2.16e14 kg or 216 million billion kg (US billion)
I'm guessing you either divided by the density when you should have multiplied, or you forgot that 1 Km sq = 1,000,000 m sq not 1,000 m sq