Rambus' problem is that all their lawyer's behavior switch is set to evil, the defualt setting. Leaving things on their default setting is such a common problem, right CmdrTaco?
Hope this isn't too offtopic (Hey Napster was mentioned in this slashback).
What if a "free library" model was used on music. What if there was a site that had legal copies of music online and allowed only 1 person to hear (borrow but not copy) the music at once without royalties being paid to the labels? What do you think RIAA would think about that?
This is different from current web broadcast since I mention that royalties would not be paid. Also, this is strictly hypothetical since I don't think the idea makes a good business model.
I would like to see a artist community web site where artists set the prices for their work. A system of micropayments can be setup for each work and/or users can downloaded unlimited music in certain music classes that they pay for access to.
Hopefully such a system will result in lower costs. Artists will have more direct access to users, and users will be able to purchase individual tracks.
There is nothing stopping someone from going out and sharing a paid for work with other for free. However, since the cost of a legitimate copy of the music will be lower many people would download officially since they know that most of the download charge will go to the artist.
How much hardware support will you contribute to? What I mean is, I have a Microsoft force-feedback joystick. Will I be able to use it with your unit? How about other force feedback devices from other manufacturers? Many of these devices are USB; USB is just starting to gain ground with Linux. What effort will you be putting in to help support such devices.
What cookies are they checking? Do you know? Does anyone? What if Amazone determines typical buying habits/web surfing habits of a user and price accordingly based on theirparticular, age, sex, race, etc.? Wouldn't this be illegal?
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Hopefully not. How would one use it in an environment that wasn't conducive to noise? Yes, it's great while driving, but how about during a particular boring wedding (or whatever occasion)? How about in a crowded cube-farm?
Voice activation will be widely used in the future , but I don't think that it will be the only interface.
Beyond browsers, the content in the cookies will also be used. So what if I am someone who buys many things that a stereo-typical ethnic/race person buys. Amazon can detect this type of person, single them out, and implement a price policy based on that. What if cookies reveal buying habits of a typical elderly person? A company using Amazon's method could fix a price based on their belief that the buyer is old. That's bordering on illegal, IMO.
There was an episode of the simpsons where Homer said that he only pays the "Homer Tax".
You see, the MPAA was "preparing" our minds with messages in our favorite programs to prepare us for content taxes.
What would happen if you set up a large forwarding ring then put a few emails in it? Would the emails continually be forwarded? If enough emails get in would they bring down the system? Could this be a method to protest the setup of such a system without adequate anti-spam laws?
Just start your trip at the top of a hill. Push the car down it, wind is built up, generator kicks in, and generated electricity powers the car. No need for stored energy! Streamline the car and you can get hundreds of miles! Hmmm, now how to get the car back up the hill??? Didn't Lisa on the Simpsons have some type of generator that could be adapted for this?
You misunderstood me (actually I was too blunt to make myself clear). I agree with your post, I don't want to see ANY file sharing means made illegal simply because there is some type of file sharing that is potentially (if not mainly) used for trading music illegally.
My point was merely to illustrate the problem where people say that people who use Napster often go out and buy the CD if they like it. While this may be true, it may be a result of users not having the combination of a CD burner and broadband. When these become more popular (as the current trend) will there be more people taking copyrighted music and making illegal CDs? I think yes, will it be significant to reduce total CD profit for RIAA companies? Don't know. I believe that it would be in RIAA's interest to not wait and see if this becomes true. Obviously they will try and ban any means of file sharing. I would hate to see the day when this happens.
As for another users comment that RIAA is non-profit... yes I know I was just generalizing RIAA as a representation of the member music labels.
RIAA (and MPAA) is scared about their future profits too. CDR drives are becoming more and more popular, and so is broadband. The future will only make it easier to download music (and movies/TV shows) and burn them to a CD. The future will only make it easier for people unless something is done now to stop/hinder the current trend.
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Rambus' problem is that all their lawyer's behavior switch is set to evil, the defualt setting. Leaving things on their default setting is such a common problem, right CmdrTaco?
You mentioning RIAA and MPAA made me think that maybe we should have an annual poll rating companies in different categories like:
Hope this isn't too offtopic (Hey Napster was mentioned in this slashback).
What if a "free library" model was used on music. What if there was a site that had legal copies of music online and allowed only 1 person to hear (borrow but not copy) the music at once without royalties being paid to the labels? What do you think RIAA would think about that?
This is different from current web broadcast since I mention that royalties would not be paid. Also, this is strictly hypothetical since I don't think the idea makes a good business model.
I would like to see a artist community web site where artists set the prices for their work. A system of micropayments can be setup for each work and/or users can downloaded unlimited music in certain music classes that they pay for access to.
Hopefully such a system will result in lower costs. Artists will have more direct access to users, and users will be able to purchase individual tracks.
There is nothing stopping someone from going out and sharing a paid for work with other for free. However, since the cost of a legitimate copy of the music will be lower many people would download officially since they know that most of the download charge will go to the artist.
How much hardware support will you contribute to? What I mean is, I have a Microsoft force-feedback joystick. Will I be able to use it with your unit? How about other force feedback devices from other manufacturers? Many of these devices are USB; USB is just starting to gain ground with Linux. What effort will you be putting in to help support such devices.
How about someone putting up a transcript? Any plans on doing this?
What cookies are they checking? Do you know? Does anyone? What if Amazone determines typical buying habits/web surfing habits of a user and price accordingly based on theirparticular, age, sex, race, etc.? Wouldn't this be illegal?
Hopefully not. How would one use it in an environment that wasn't conducive to noise? Yes, it's great while driving, but how about during a particular boring wedding (or whatever occasion)? How about in a crowded cube-farm?
Voice activation will be widely used in the future , but I don't think that it will be the only interface.
Beyond browsers, the content in the cookies will also be used. So what if I am someone who buys many things that a stereo-typical ethnic/race person buys. Amazon can detect this type of person, single them out, and implement a price policy based on that. What if cookies reveal buying habits of a typical elderly person? A company using Amazon's method could fix a price based on their belief that the buyer is old. That's bordering on illegal, IMO.
There was an episode of the simpsons where Homer said that he only pays the "Homer Tax". You see, the MPAA was "preparing" our minds with messages in our favorite programs to prepare us for content taxes.
What would happen if you set up a large forwarding ring then put a few emails in it? Would the emails continually be forwarded? If enough emails get in would they bring down the system? Could this be a method to protest the setup of such a system without adequate anti-spam laws?
Just start your trip at the top of a hill. Push the car down it, wind is built up, generator kicks in, and generated electricity powers the car. No need for stored energy! Streamline the car and you can get hundreds of miles! Hmmm, now how to get the car back up the hill??? Didn't Lisa on the Simpsons have some type of generator that could be adapted for this?
You misunderstood me (actually I was too blunt to make myself clear). I agree with your post, I don't want to see ANY file sharing means made illegal simply because there is some type of file sharing that is potentially (if not mainly) used for trading music illegally.
My point was merely to illustrate the problem where people say that people who use Napster often go out and buy the CD if they like it. While this may be true, it may be a result of users not having the combination of a CD burner and broadband. When these become more popular (as the current trend) will there be more people taking copyrighted music and making illegal CDs? I think yes, will it be significant to reduce total CD profit for RIAA companies? Don't know. I believe that it would be in RIAA's interest to not wait and see if this becomes true. Obviously they will try and ban any means of file sharing. I would hate to see the day when this happens.
As for another users comment that RIAA is non-profit... yes I know I was just generalizing RIAA as a representation of the member music labels.
RIAA (and MPAA) is scared about their future profits too. CDR drives are becoming more and more popular, and so is broadband. The future will only make it easier to download music (and movies/TV shows) and burn them to a CD. The future will only make it easier for people unless something is done now to stop/hinder the current trend.