This is not really a form of encryption at all, it's really just obfuscation of the data itself.
This argument is really and truly bogus. It doesn't matter how the data is stored, the end result is a filesystem(albeit a complicated one). There argument is made that since the data is non-contiguous that it is somehow is free from standard copyright. It is the work itself that is copyrighted, not the digital representation of the work.
You could think of an infinite ways to store a digital work and there could be no way to account for each and every digital representation.
2k is not that much to spend for a business. It's a write-off and you will get a lot more support than rolling your own. There are linux based solutions out there, its just going to be a lot more work to set up.
Well this throws off the whole supply and demand model. How does that model change when there is limitless supply? I kind of like the idea of charging for the amount of data transferred, like most Russian MP3 sites do. It seems to make the most sense. Otherwise, shouldn't MP3's cost less the more people demand them? If everyone has the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers album you can just wait to burn it from one of your friends, but maybe you'd be willing to pay $2 to get it right now online. That would probably lower the amount of music piracy since you are more likely to pay $0.10 cents for a song just for the immediate gratification.
I think I saw some study that confirmed this somewhere, but I couldn't remember where I saw it. I did a google search or two and then just...Oh look a birdie!
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This is not really a form of encryption at all, it's really just obfuscation of the data itself.
This argument is really and truly bogus. It doesn't matter how the data is stored, the end result is a filesystem(albeit a complicated one). There argument is made that since the data is non-contiguous that it is somehow is free from standard copyright. It is the work itself that is copyrighted, not the digital representation of the work.
You could think of an infinite ways to store a digital work and there could be no way to account for each and every digital representation.
2k is not that much to spend for a business. It's a write-off and you will get a lot more support than rolling your own. There are linux based solutions out there, its just going to be a lot more work to set up.
Well this throws off the whole supply and demand model. How does that model change when there is limitless supply? I kind of like the idea of charging for the amount of data transferred, like most Russian MP3 sites do. It seems to make the most sense. Otherwise, shouldn't MP3's cost less the more people demand them? If everyone has the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers album you can just wait to burn it from one of your friends, but maybe you'd be willing to pay $2 to get it right now online. That would probably lower the amount of music piracy since you are more likely to pay $0.10 cents for a song just for the immediate gratification.
Hey could you write me a beautiful poem about quicksort in c++ and get it to me before 5:00 pm tomorrow?
I think I saw some study that confirmed this somewhere, but I couldn't remember where I saw it. I did a google search or two and then just ...Oh look a birdie!
Fewer dates? Not if you're a banker from boston who can succesfully navigate the oregon trail!!
They aren't paranoid, they are businessmen. They want you to pay $1 a minute to use those verizon airphones, not you cellphones.