The ideal situation from RIAA's standpoint is to make EVERYTHING pay-per-view. Every time you hear RIAA material - kaching - another monetary sum goes into the account. Gonna put that CD in the player again? Kaching! more money from you to RIAA. Tune to a station on the radio that's playing a song? Kaching! Only listened to 10 seconds of the song? Metered Kaching!
Wherever MP3 files come from, someone bought the original copy to make an MP3. The pound of flesh was paid. Connection-wise, MP3 files are not a viable option for the 56k and lower crowd. Yes I can download an MP3, but it takes over 2 hours, if I do nothing else but download.
I use a combination of VNC and ICQ in my organization. With 6 different sites to admin, VNC has allowed me to work on any machine in the organization from one location. Of course, some problems just cannot be solved by remote administration....but when they can be taken care of by connecting and taking remote control of the workstation, it saves a lot of leg work.
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The ideal situation from RIAA's standpoint is to make EVERYTHING pay-per-view. Every time you hear RIAA material - kaching - another monetary sum goes into the account. Gonna put that CD in the player again? Kaching! more money from you to RIAA. Tune to a station on the radio that's playing a song? Kaching! Only listened to 10 seconds of the song? Metered Kaching! Wherever MP3 files come from, someone bought the original copy to make an MP3. The pound of flesh was paid. Connection-wise, MP3 files are not a viable option for the 56k and lower crowd. Yes I can download an MP3, but it takes over 2 hours, if I do nothing else but download.
I use a combination of VNC and ICQ in my organization. With 6 different sites to admin, VNC has allowed me to work on any machine in the organization from one location. Of course, some problems just cannot be solved by remote administration....but when they can be taken care of by connecting and taking remote control of the workstation, it saves a lot of leg work.