just put a filter on the word 'Metallica'. wouldn't be all that effective. however, i'm not making the argument that it would be effective. i'm just tired of seeing all the comments that napster can't remove all the files. no, they can't. but, if they're not indexed, they can't be found.
yes, it could easily be circumvented. however, it would show some cooperation from napster. the riaa would shut up. the average idiot might lose the ability to download on napster, but i wouldn't, and you wouldn't. so, most people would be fairly happy.
it likely won't fly in court to just shut down napster, as it does have a legitimate use. so, napster could implement a policy to 'filter' the index and remove any word that matches the artist name of an riaa member.
absolutely. however, i am just sick of hearing the argument that napster can't do anything. there are things that can be done. i'm not saying it would be effective. just something to pacify the riaa.
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Napster keeps an index of all the files in its system. This is how they could stop these files from being transferred. If files the RIAA specifies were no longer indexed, no one could download them with a Napster client because they could not find them. So, in a way, Napster CAN 'remove them from their servers'.
Of course, I can name a file Metallica, Metallika, Mettallica, Metalica, or whatever I want. Filtering like this would become very tedious.
No, they can't go take the songs off of the machines around the world that are hosting them, but they could filter their index. If they did this, no one would be able to find them, and therefore no one would be able to 'steal' copyrighted information.
I'd be happy to quit using Napster if the record labels would start selling CDs for less than $10. $18 - who are they kidding? It's 40-60 minutes of music. So, $1 gets you about 3 minutes of music. What a rip-off.
This is something that that record labels control. Yes, economic inflation has a little to do with it. However, the record labels set minimum advertised prices for CDs, preventing most stores from 'competing' pricewise. Therefore, the price of CDs keeps artificially inflating independent of economic inflation.
I try to make it a point to not use 'integrated' apps. I like the idea of having a familiar interface between applications, I don't like applications that 'integrate'. StarOffice is one of the worst for this. Please, just let me open the word processor and not the entire StarOffice beast! Opera people: offer them if you want, but keep them separate! It won't be small and light if it does 200 things that can be done with other apps.
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just put a filter on the word 'Metallica'. wouldn't be all that effective. however, i'm not making the argument that it would be effective. i'm just tired of seeing all the comments that napster can't remove all the files. no, they can't. but, if they're not indexed, they can't be found.
yes, it could easily be circumvented. however, it would show some cooperation from napster. the riaa would shut up. the average idiot might lose the ability to download on napster, but i wouldn't, and you wouldn't. so, most people would be fairly happy.
it likely won't fly in court to just shut down napster, as it does have a legitimate use. so, napster could implement a policy to 'filter' the index and remove any word that matches the artist name of an riaa member.
absolutely. however, i am just sick of hearing the argument that napster can't do anything. there are things that can be done. i'm not saying it would be effective. just something to pacify the riaa.
Napster keeps an index of all the files in its system. This is how they could stop these files from being transferred. If files the RIAA specifies were no longer indexed, no one could download them with a Napster client because they could not find them. So, in a way, Napster CAN 'remove them from their servers'.
Of course, I can name a file Metallica, Metallika, Mettallica, Metalica, or whatever I want. Filtering like this would become very tedious.
No, they can't go take the songs off of the machines around the world that are hosting them, but they could filter their index. If they did this, no one would be able to find them, and therefore no one would be able to 'steal' copyrighted information.
I'd be happy to quit using Napster if the record labels would start selling CDs for less than $10. $18 - who are they kidding? It's 40-60 minutes of music. So, $1 gets you about 3 minutes of music. What a rip-off.
This is something that that record labels control. Yes, economic inflation has a little to do with it. However, the record labels set minimum advertised prices for CDs, preventing most stores from 'competing' pricewise. Therefore, the price of CDs keeps artificially inflating independent of economic inflation.
I try to make it a point to not use 'integrated' apps. I like the idea of having a familiar interface between applications, I don't like applications that 'integrate'. StarOffice is one of the worst for this. Please, just let me open the word processor and not the entire StarOffice beast! Opera people: offer them if you want, but keep them separate! It won't be small and light if it does 200 things that can be done with other apps.