I always hated those ads. Not because I ever clicked on one. But they made me think, if my mom saw one of those, she'd think it was a Windows message and click the Ok button.
If you're a taxi driver, be sure to roll up the windows, too. You never know when your riders might be exposed to unauthorized sound. And I would add sound-proofing material for good measure.
Also, you need to put curtains over the windows, since the passengers might catch a glimpse of a sculpture or piece of art. Beware especially in Paris, where the Eiffel Tower at night is copyrighted. I would also suggest doing a search of the passengers to make sure they're not carrying any CD-R's.
Important: do not put on any deodorant or other products that have a fragrance, as these may also be subject to fees. If you wear clothes, make sure you made them yourself. Do not talk to the passengers, as you never know when you might mention something that is trademarked or owned by someone. Vigilance is the key word here.
OK, so what are the odds that you put in a CD whose artist doesn't care where you play it? Actually pretty high, especially if you don't want to pay the fee. And how do they make sure all relevant artists get reimbursed? answer: they don't.
The Finnish equivalent of RIAA gets a certain fee from each sale of a recordable media
The same happens in the United States and much of the world--sad, but true. On the other hand, when you copy a friend's CD, you don't have to worry that the RIAA didn't get paid. The artist is another story, though.
but it seems there should be a distinction drawn between these:
1) Profiting from a work as if it were my own, thus diminishing its value by making it more common and probably undercutting the price of the original.
2) Including a work as part of a criticism of that person's activities. If I was protesting someone's painting of a religious figure, would I have the right to show a photo of that painting?
Bingo. Much better to communicate the sounds and let the person draw conclusions. Otherwise it's a game of "Did they really say that? If not, what words sound like the ones I'm seeing spelled out." Speech to text really sucks, especially over the phone.
It's interesting that not only do the model's lips move, but there are visual cues in the cheeks, nose, and throat.
I think this will be especially useful to people who are partially deaf. For instance, if someone can hear limited frequencies, then sounds like "s" might not be audible. Looking at someone's mouth provides a way to compensate.
Anyway, back to my question though, how SHOULD people make money from their websites?
Ads? Absolutely. Please do, as long as they don't flash and move and are not deceptive.
Or should thousands of people in the world just work their butts off to give YOU stuff for free? Yes! But only people who want to. Is your site worth it to you? Keep it up. Don't know what it is, but thanks for doing it. Are you tired of not being rewarded enough? Maybe something else would be more worth your time. It's your choice.
If theft means avoiding pop-ups, then call me a happy thief.
I would never respond to a pop-up ad. I usually keep blocking turned on. There is a reason for this. My window space is mine. I give 'you', the web site, no authority to pop up windows that force me to make a mouse click to ignore an ad.
Feel free to put ads in your page, as long as they don't move and distract me while I'm reading. That means Flash is out, of course. I will never respond to such an ad.
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Oh, and you have to design the bridge too...
God bless Australia.
We Americans apologize for our backward ways. You see, our congresscritters have been temporarily rented out by the Walt Disney company.
I think this is what the poster was alluding to here:
"(the biggest problem with the Public Domain versions of these books)"
WWJR?
Believe me, by the time it gets through the jury, judge, and attorneys, it will be about 2 cents.
Hurry and click on one, and get your 2 cents worth :)
Just because you find something annoying doesn't mean it should be against the law.
Let's argue that one another day. But these ads are not just annoying, they're deceptive. That's a serious issue.
I always hated those ads. Not because I ever clicked on one. But they made me think, if my mom saw one of those, she'd think it was a Windows message and click the Ok button.
If you're a taxi driver, be sure to roll up the windows, too. You never know when your riders might be exposed to unauthorized sound. And I would add sound-proofing material for good measure.
Also, you need to put curtains over the windows, since the passengers might catch a glimpse of a sculpture or piece of art. Beware especially in Paris, where the Eiffel Tower at night is copyrighted. I would also suggest doing a search of the passengers to make sure they're not carrying any CD-R's.
Important: do not put on any deodorant or other products that have a fragrance, as these may also be subject to fees. If you wear clothes, make sure you made them yourself. Do not talk to the passengers, as you never know when you might mention something that is trademarked or owned by someone. Vigilance is the key word here.
OK, so what are the odds that you put in a CD whose artist doesn't care where you play it? Actually pretty high, especially if you don't want to pay the fee. And how do they make sure all relevant artists get reimbursed? answer: they don't.
The Finnish equivalent of RIAA gets a certain fee from each sale of a recordable media
The same happens in the United States and much of the world--sad, but true. On the other hand, when you copy a friend's CD, you don't have to worry that the RIAA didn't get paid. The artist is another story, though.
It's kind of hard to enforce a notice given after the fact.
This is not at all a legal argument--
but it seems there should be a distinction drawn between these:
1) Profiting from a work as if it were my own, thus diminishing its value by making it more common and probably undercutting the price of the original.
2) Including a work as part of a criticism of that person's activities. If I was protesting someone's painting of a religious figure, would I have the right to show a photo of that painting?
get one.
Who's going to make money selling burned CDs of lossy-compressed music? Now that kind of genius deserves to be making money.
Bingo. Much better to communicate the sounds and let the person draw conclusions. Otherwise it's a game of "Did they really say that? If not, what words sound like the ones I'm seeing spelled out." Speech to text really sucks, especially over the phone.
It's interesting that not only do the model's lips move, but there are visual cues in the cheeks, nose, and throat.
I think this will be especially useful to people who are partially deaf. For instance, if someone can hear limited frequencies, then sounds like "s" might not be audible. Looking at someone's mouth provides a way to compensate.
Hmmm. There's always the Blackberry or relay services.
But yeah, with just a minute effort... It's slightly surprising that there hasn't been anything mandated by law on this front.
I don't know how many years it's been since I looked at any Time Warner publication online. Oh, how I'll miss it.
This goes too far. Ads on web pages are a good thing, as long as they are tame. I see this as a legitimate source of revenue, which pop-ups are not.
Evidence of strange quark matter...
Once again, you saw it here, on Slashdot.
Anyway, back to my question though, how SHOULD people make money from their websites?
Ads? Absolutely. Please do, as long as they don't flash and move and are not deceptive.
Or should thousands of people in the world just work their butts off to give YOU stuff for free?
Yes! But only people who want to. Is your site worth it to you? Keep it up. Don't know what it is, but thanks for doing it. Are you tired of not being rewarded enough? Maybe something else would be more worth your time. It's your choice.
If theft means avoiding pop-ups, then call me a happy thief.
I would never respond to a pop-up ad. I usually keep blocking turned on. There is a reason for this. My window space is mine. I give 'you', the web site, no authority to pop up windows that force me to make a mouse click to ignore an ad.
Feel free to put ads in your page, as long as they don't move and distract me while I'm reading. That means Flash is out, of course. I will never respond to such an ad.
I'd take a photo of my monitor screen running 1600x1200
That's really nice if you have a super high end monitor, but otherwise your refresh rate goes to pot, and it's even worse on the eyes.
Anti-aliasing is a very good thing. Smoothing on an LCD is even better.
Reminds me of the Duck Tales criminals...
"You can take that from us. We stole it fair and square"