Because people stop purchasing their music just because P2P exist and is used? Well, in that case, Britney Spears ought to be living on the streets by now, right?
Yeah, but the subtle details that differ is where I like the Norwegian suggestion more. I still believe copyrights are important, and using samples commercially should of course make one have to pay for it IMO. Personally, I feel the Swedish PP is a bit too radical even for me, although on a philosophical level, maybe they do know better. *shrug* It's really hard to tell for me, because the society they suggest is so radically different.
Someone willing to write an online takedown letter generator? Sure, besides perhaps aiding the "MAFIAA", it would perhaps illustrate the problems with the DMCA better if these things came into wider use.:-p
Hmm... They're actually deprecating a lot of things both in XHTML vs HTML, and cleaning things up further in HTML 5.
You make it sound like they only keep adding stuff. Little could be further from the truth. Actually, the HTML 3.2 standard -- now that's something that's messy, cluttering structural elements with visuals, for one thing.
Wanna bet that with movie exec logic, they will now try to shut down the Doom9 boards for supporting DMCA-infringing activities, and hope for the problem to go away for a while?:-p
When will the DRM devs learn that it's generally a poor idea to encrypt stuff, and then send the encryption keys along?
Sure, it's hard to do otherwise in case they don't want to require an Internet connection to play pretty much anything, but that's when you should start realising that pumping R&D money in DRM techs is just a big waste of money.
I would personally be far more eager to see Diablo 3, if the Blizzard North devs hadn't formed a new company and was gearing up for the Hellgate London beta test, with a planned summer 2007 release.;-) Sure, not the same setting, but I only see that as refreshing.
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It's actually not new for Vista. XP also just places it on a timer, and when that runs out, shows the reminder again. And if you don't do anything and then go home from work, it auto-reboots. So XP share this behavior. Actually, the only thing Vista does is improve things a little, because it at least let you set the timer to 4 hours, which is far more than XP's 15 minutes or whatever it might be. (not configurable from an UI at least)
To resolve this auto-reboot behavior which is a very strange default, given it can cause dataloss, simply (in XP and Vista alike) set the Windows Update client to only auto-download updates, not install them. The problem with forced reboots after a while only happens if the updates have already been installed.
The only thing the whole Xbox360+Windows PC setup has over AppleTV+iTunes is the movie rental. But even so I'm not buying a Windows PC and paying a monthly fee to do that.
Just a thought.. Maybe this is really a case where you (!) get what you pay for?
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Ouch, don't put all those domain names in one list all at once like that. :-(
Now I'll have nightmares of dancing Bonzi buddies again.
You may need to go remind yourself of how the software market still looks like again...
Why aren't they going to get paid?
Because people stop purchasing their music just because P2P exist and is used?
Well, in that case, Britney Spears ought to be living on the streets by now, right?
If DRM is outlawed so the operating systems' protective features won't even have to kick in, does it really matter practically?
I mean, a copy of Vista playing mp3's or DVD's from Pirate Bay won't begin starting up its DRM junk.
Yeah, but the subtle details that differ is where I like the Norwegian suggestion more. I still believe copyrights are important, and using samples commercially should of course make one have to pay for it IMO. Personally, I feel the Swedish PP is a bit too radical even for me, although on a philosophical level, maybe they do know better. *shrug* It's really hard to tell for me, because the society they suggest is so radically different.
Seriously, we need this party in Sweden like... Now! :-)
We have the Pirate Party, but it would be awesome for a party to stand behind a clear language like this.
Wow, even shortened copyright times from the currently ridiculous ones? And pay to use samples commercially?
One's mind boggles!
Someone willing to write an online takedown letter generator? Sure, besides perhaps aiding the "MAFIAA", it would perhaps illustrate the problems with the DMCA better if these things came into wider use. :-p
I have to thank that kid for his act. Because YouTube/Google usually is *far* too zealous in removing content someone complains about.
They really, really, need to think more about the legal support and verification before they do these things.
So -- thanks to this kid for illustrating the problem so well.
Wow... At least Hitler would have liked them.
WTF! You capitalist pig!! ;-)
The More they add, the less I like
Hmm... They're actually deprecating a lot of things both in XHTML vs HTML, and cleaning things up further in HTML 5.
You make it sound like they only keep adding stuff. Little could be further from the truth. Actually, the HTML 3.2 standard -- now that's something that's messy, cluttering structural elements with visuals, for one thing.
Wanna bet that with movie exec logic, they will now try to shut down the Doom9 boards for supporting DMCA-infringing activities, and hope for the problem to go away for a while? :-p
When will the DRM devs learn that it's generally a poor idea to encrypt stuff, and then send the encryption keys along?
Sure, it's hard to do otherwise in case they don't want to require an Internet connection to play pretty much anything, but that's when you should start realising that pumping R&D money in DRM techs is just a big waste of money.
I would personally be far more eager to see Diablo 3, if the Blizzard North devs hadn't formed a new company and was gearing up for the Hellgate London beta test, with a planned summer 2007 release. ;-) Sure, not the same setting, but I only see that as refreshing.
What are you, working for an insurance company??
:-(
You need to start thinking like a scientist, and look for the BIG badabooms!
OK, so I'm really just a bored programmer expressing my urge for more excitement here...
The problem with scientists is that they need to adjust to the fact that Albert Einstein was an incarnation of God.
Umm, I read it as sarcasm...
It's actually not new for Vista. XP also just places it on a timer, and when that runs out, shows the reminder again. And if you don't do anything and then go home from work, it auto-reboots. So XP share this behavior. Actually, the only thing Vista does is improve things a little, because it at least let you set the timer to 4 hours, which is far more than XP's 15 minutes or whatever it might be. (not configurable from an UI at least)
To resolve this auto-reboot behavior which is a very strange default, given it can cause dataloss, simply (in XP and Vista alike) set the Windows Update client to only auto-download updates, not install them. The problem with forced reboots after a while only happens if the updates have already been installed.
Maybe they store the key on a different memory address!
See also... FairPlay... PlaysForSure...
The only thing the whole Xbox360+Windows PC setup has over AppleTV+iTunes is the movie rental. But even so I'm not buying a Windows PC and paying a monthly fee to do that.
Just a thought.. Maybe this is really a case where you (!) get what you pay for?
Nah, DVD isn't good enough, at least not for the coming larger displays. There can be a huge difference. However, price is the limiting factor here.
That article seem to be about "Googlezon". Is it just me, or is Business Week a few years behind the rest of us?
... of why Microsoft at one point wanted "Fritz chips" in the computers running Vista.
;-)
And that was of course also flamed.
It must be hard being Microsoft these days.
Wow, interesting news indeed! This, combined with the theories we may have fluid water not too far below the surface, is very interesting.