There are a LOT of people who are also uninterested in the service DC provides. But these same people also can't resist the fact that the stupid things are free. So they pick one up, start playing, and create their own use for them. And hence DC goes crazy because all of a sudden they aren't making money on their free giveaway. Personally, I have no problem taking advantage of their flawed business model.
Wow, you've found a way for your ear to hear digital signals. I'm so impressed I want to buy stock in your company! Are you also the person who patented the hyper-light speed antenna?
Hey, maybe/. is really just a huge version of Eliza and you're the only real user. And the/. effect is obviously faked just to annoy you. Of course, any resemblance to a real DDOS attack is merely a coincidence. Don't you love conspiracy theorists?
In principle you're absolutely right. But the music industry has kept the price higher through some interesting marketing schemes where stores get bonuses for promising not to sell CDs under a certain price. Somebody noticed and got the music industry in trouble a few weeks ago. I can't find a slashdot story on it but I know I read it in the news fairly recently. Can anyone find a link?
So use a non-SDMI aware sound card which should be just about anything available right now. It also isn't enough to check for watermarked audio at the audio in because it is certainly legal for me to connect my CD player to the audio in of my computer and listen to the music through my computer speakers. Besides how would the sound card know that it's input is being recorded. Isn't that the software's problem? In which case, just use non-SDMI aware software which again is most anything available.
I think the music industry doesn't understand the very basic truth that if the audio can reach my ear through some means, then it can be recorded again. Yes, the quality may not be as good depending on the method used for that recording but consider this: something like 90% of the audio data is thrown away when creating an mp3 because the average ear can't hear those frequencies anyway. Has this hurt the popularity of mp3s? Not at all. If we're all happy enough to trade music at 1/10th the quality of the original there is no way the music industry can stop us.
I never saw more than 2-3% difference.
I really have to disagree with this. Each of my online purchases has been much cheaper than what I would pay at the local Best Buy or any other real store where they significantly mark up the price. Sure you're supposed to pay for shipping but if you check enough online sites, you'll always find someone who is doing a promotion where you get free shipping. Combine that with no tax on Internet purchases and you definitely come out ahead online.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Scour use a peer-to-peer system without a central server like Napster's? That way even if they get sued they can't exactly be shutdown. I'm convinced that's the reason the RIAA chose to sue Napster first even though Scour had about 10 times the content available the last time I checked.
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There are a LOT of people who are also uninterested in the service DC provides. But these same people also can't resist the fact that the stupid things are free. So they pick one up, start playing, and create their own use for them. And hence DC goes crazy because all of a sudden they aren't making money on their free giveaway. Personally, I have no problem taking advantage of their flawed business model.
Wow, you've found a way for your ear to hear digital signals. I'm so impressed I want to buy stock in your company! Are you also the person who patented the hyper-light speed antenna?
Hey, maybe /. is really just a huge version of Eliza and you're the only real user. And the /. effect is obviously faked just to annoy you. Of course, any resemblance to a real DDOS attack is merely a coincidence. Don't you love conspiracy theorists?
In principle you're absolutely right. But the music industry has kept the price higher through some interesting marketing schemes where stores get bonuses for promising not to sell CDs under a certain price. Somebody noticed and got the music industry in trouble a few weeks ago. I can't find a slashdot story on it but I know I read it in the news fairly recently. Can anyone find a link?
So use a non-SDMI aware sound card which should be just about anything available right now. It also isn't enough to check for watermarked audio at the audio in because it is certainly legal for me to connect my CD player to the audio in of my computer and listen to the music through my computer speakers. Besides how would the sound card know that it's input is being recorded. Isn't that the software's problem? In which case, just use non-SDMI aware software which again is most anything available. I think the music industry doesn't understand the very basic truth that if the audio can reach my ear through some means, then it can be recorded again. Yes, the quality may not be as good depending on the method used for that recording but consider this: something like 90% of the audio data is thrown away when creating an mp3 because the average ear can't hear those frequencies anyway. Has this hurt the popularity of mp3s? Not at all. If we're all happy enough to trade music at 1/10th the quality of the original there is no way the music industry can stop us.
I never saw more than 2-3% difference. I really have to disagree with this. Each of my online purchases has been much cheaper than what I would pay at the local Best Buy or any other real store where they significantly mark up the price. Sure you're supposed to pay for shipping but if you check enough online sites, you'll always find someone who is doing a promotion where you get free shipping. Combine that with no tax on Internet purchases and you definitely come out ahead online.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Scour use a peer-to-peer system without a central server like Napster's? That way even if they get sued they can't exactly be shutdown. I'm convinced that's the reason the RIAA chose to sue Napster first even though Scour had about 10 times the content available the last time I checked.