Nobody fought the V-Chip except some television manufacturers, a comparably small piece of the electronics industry. Bill Clinton seized on it as an issue where he could "triangulate" away from the left-liberals and towards "concerned parents" who according to polls wanted a more socially conservative president. Republicans loved it. Liberals really didn't care. So it was politically a slam dunk.
DRM is a very, very different beast. The opponents are much more organized, and much fiercer in their (our) opposition. I have already decided to oppose Dianne Feinstein, my senior Senator, for no reason other than her co-sponsorship of S.2048. (Anyone want to run in the 2006 Demo primary?) I'm sure many others will do the same if necessary.
The point is not that we've won, or even that we're winning; but the battle is by no means lost at this point.
Everyone on slashdot bashes "the masses" for doing stoooopid shit with their rights. Yet:
- Nobody uses Windows Media or SDMI, MP3 is the only real digital music standard, and if iPod isn't the leading MP3 player it's close
- Nobody subscribes to pressplay or musicnet or other crippled services, while the filesharers still seem to share their happy days away
- Nobody outside the US worries one iota about DVD region coding, since region free players are readily available
And so on. We have not yet begun to see the anger from consumers who buy hardware that won't run winamp, or rip dvd's using readily available tools. If/when Microsoft and Intel/AMD are stupid enough to restrict their equipment this way, you'll see people vote with their feet.
And, by the way: S.2048 was laughed out of committee - it didn't even get a hearing. Not to say that it isn't still a threat - it is, and we must be vigilant - but the chances that our beloved Mac/Linux/*BSD/yes, even Win2K PCs will suddenly become all that will work with our media anymore are in fact very close to zero.
She's up in 2006. We really need a primary opponent as she was co-sponsor of CBDTPA (S.2048) and USA PATRIOT. I'll give you the maximum allowed to defeat her.
Not in a car! Not on a plane! Not in a bus! Not on a train! Not in a house. Not in a tree. Not with a mouse. Sam, LET ME BE! I do not like AudioGalaxy! I do not like it, Sam-Is-Me!
Ever seen bubbly flowered stereo components? And you never will.
You're wrong. People mod their crap to look like all kinds of things. And Apple recently released these funny looking iMacs that are very often used as mp3 servers. So funky looking equipment is not a surprise at all.
When I die I hope someone does that for me (probably not in an online game, as I'm not a big fan, but where I hang out, in real life or somewhere else). Kudos to whoever organized it.
Please say "bug," "feature," "complaint," "subscription," "denial of service," or "other." To be connected to a customer service representative, please say "GIVE ME A FUCKING HUMAN BEING NOW!!!" To hear this menu again, please say "Repeat."
Some airlines (American, US Airways, some United business class seats) have power outlets. You need a car adapter. They work okay though my adapter overheated on AA last month - I think you need to pull the battery so the adapter doesn't try to charge your laptop.
This is exactly correct. 802.11 should ALWAYS be used OUTSIDE firewalls, and considered standard, public, insecure internet service. Then use IPSec plus whatever additional features are required to get into the private network.
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Well, since we measure chip density in Libraries of Congress per width of a human hair, we can measure photo density in thousands of words, right?
DRM is a very, very different beast. The opponents are much more organized, and much fiercer in their (our) opposition. I have already decided to oppose Dianne Feinstein, my senior Senator, for no reason other than her co-sponsorship of S.2048. (Anyone want to run in the 2006 Demo primary?) I'm sure many others will do the same if necessary.
The point is not that we've won, or even that we're winning; but the battle is by no means lost at this point.
- Nobody uses Windows Media or SDMI, MP3 is the only real digital music standard, and if iPod isn't the leading MP3 player it's close
- Nobody subscribes to pressplay or musicnet or other crippled services, while the filesharers still seem to share their happy days away
- Nobody outside the US worries one iota about DVD region coding, since region free players are readily available
And so on. We have not yet begun to see the anger from consumers who buy hardware that won't run winamp, or rip dvd's using readily available tools. If/when Microsoft and Intel/AMD are stupid enough to restrict their equipment this way, you'll see people vote with their feet.
And, by the way: S.2048 was laughed out of committee - it didn't even get a hearing. Not to say that it isn't still a threat - it is, and we must be vigilant - but the chances that our beloved Mac/Linux/*BSD/yes, even Win2K PCs will suddenly become all that will work with our media anymore are in fact very close to zero.
She's up in 2006. We really need a primary opponent as she was co-sponsor of CBDTPA (S.2048) and USA PATRIOT. I'll give you the maximum allowed to defeat her.
Touché!
I thought both the book and the movie were excellent. And I'm a church-going Episcopalian.
Mozilla does the same thing, you know.
... let's all stand up.
Cinnamon. With strong black coffee.
Not in a car!
Not on a plane!
Not in a bus!
Not on a train!
Not in a house.
Not in a tree.
Not with a mouse.
Sam, LET ME BE!
I do not like AudioGalaxy!
I do not like it, Sam-Is-Me!
You're wrong. People mod their crap to look like all kinds of things. And Apple recently released these funny looking iMacs that are very often used as mp3 servers. So funky looking equipment is not a surprise at all.
When I die I hope someone does that for me (probably not in an online game, as I'm not a big fan, but where I hang out, in real life or somewhere else). Kudos to whoever organized it.
Just sell CDs and MP3s online. Works great!
but to do anything with this I would really need a WHYTO.
Like the moon?
Please say "bug," "feature," "complaint," "subscription," "denial of service," or "other." To be connected to a customer service representative, please say "GIVE ME A FUCKING HUMAN BEING NOW!!!" To hear this menu again, please say "Repeat."
Karma: Terrible (mostly affected by your actions in the world)
Some airlines (American, US Airways, some United business class seats) have power outlets. You need a car adapter. They work okay though my adapter overheated on AA last month - I think you need to pull the battery so the adapter doesn't try to charge your laptop.
This is exactly correct. 802.11 should ALWAYS be used OUTSIDE firewalls, and considered standard, public, insecure internet service. Then use IPSec plus whatever additional features are required to get into the private network.
Apparently so!
This is the feature I still want .. I would love to be able to select the next 20 songs to play all at once. I presume not in this release?
We're Recycling.
Move along.
If it decrypts on the disc, then it's just as rippable as any other disc. Sounds like crap to me.