...it was actually written by lawyers for the the media industry, not by congressmen. it is a clear example of a bill bought and paid for by special interests.
go down to best buy and spend $100 on a cheap 5-disk CD changer - you can even get one with shuffle. it's much cheaper than a PC, and doesn't run you afoul of any copyright laws.
if you want it and don't to pay for it, lock yourself in a room for 3 years and write your own.
there are thousands of small developers trying to make a living at programming. scum like you are ensuring that only companies like MS can afford to stay in the game. is that what you want?
of course there isn't. and i don't think the parent was implying that.
i think the parent was saying: how do you feel that the editors here at/. have elevated you to some kind of uber-cool-hero-of-the-day, while in reality you're just a fucking common thief?
...i'd have to say: Yes, people will still steal music, even if the RIAA was totally out of the picture. enough people have zero regard for copyright laws (regardless of who holds that copyright) that unless severe technological measures are forced on all of us, music and video pirating will still exist.
for example: crackers spend a lot of time making sure small software companies can't make money on any general market application (as opposed to big-iron stuff). they apparently think it's some kind of game, where the software company spends hundreds of hours of time and money making something purely for them to crack and redistribute.
without going into wether software should be free (beer) or not, note the parallel: independent content producer sell directly to customers. children (and those with childish minds) feel it's a wonderful thing to pass this content around. content producer suffers from loss of sales. and yes, there is a loss becuase there is a non-zero percentage of people who will get the free version if possible, and not pay. and, the point here isn't even really about sales: it's about the fact that people don't give a shit about IP laws.
(yes, i feel a little sick using the word "content" so often)
all of this complaining about the evil RIAA is just hot moist air.
While starry-eyed/. folk get uptight for a few minutes when they read about new technologies, the people who make the laws don't care about our complaints - we're not a big enough lobby or voting block.
Even more important, stricter copyright laws help the media corps sell more product, and GWB is in favor of anything that helps US corps sell more stuff.
i have the choice of TimeWarner or AOL using TimeWarner or EarthLink using TimeWarner. BellSouth won't bring DSL to my neighborhood and MCI's sphere of influence doesn't come this far east. so, i have TimeWarner.
i guess it's better than no choice at all. but i sickens me to give them yet another $50 every month.
It doesn't matter what you can afford. Having a CD is not a Right, nor a Necessity. If you can't afford what the market demands for a product, you don't automatically gain the right to steal it. Breaking the law is breaking the law. If you don't like IP laws, get them changed.
After being laid off then suffering through a miserable contract job, i find that implementing the random nonsense that shoots out of the minds of marketing people is no longer even morbidly amusing. I'm 60% seriously considering applying as an AM book shelver at my local Borders. The trick is convincing the wife that a 60% pay cut is a good idea.
you should expect political candidates to try to use checkout records to stir up controvesry over their rivals.
you should expect this information to be used against you if you are ever on trial, if for nothing else than to attempt to discredit your "character".
you should expect the govt to use it to determine the appropriate benefit amount for various programs (the same way insurance companies rate your lifestyle before determining policy rates).
you should expect the govt to track your every move, if you check out books that fall on their List.
if you're a minor, you should expect your parents to be notified if you are checking out books that aren't approved.
it's a rare occassion where the govt does not seek to excercise as much power as it can get.
Unisys will happily sell you a one year license for $5000, to cover you in case you end up using software that itself is not LZW licensed. kind of like insurance.
...someone comes out with a public-domain, cross platform library that supports all of the format options (ala, LibJPEG). there's nothing really good out there now - yes, i've seen Jasper.
They want to make it ok to take the law into your own hands, well, their hands anyway.
Isn't it the job of the local,state and federal law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws? Deputizing the RIAA doesn't really sound like a good idea.
Gilligan had this same problem; a coconut hit him on the head and his fillings started picking up radio signals. Much mayhem ensued, as the other castaways wanted him to be their own personal radio, but he could only hold a particular station by keeping his head still - and everyone knows Gilligan couldn't do that for long!
i bought 8 CDs last week. five of them based on MP3s i downloaded. there's no way i'll ever hear any of those bands on the radio, since Clear Channel only plays 6 songs. and i won't hear them on college radio, since all *they* play is nu-metal and rap-metal. so, after reading good things about a bunch of bands, i went to AG, grabbed a couple of songs each and ordered CDs (from Parasol) of the bands that I liked.
so, the RIAA has just hurt Parasol, a fine independent label/CD store. this shouldn't surprise anyone, because Parasol doesn't carry many RIAA label acts, mostly just carry indies. of course it's in the RIAA's best interest to wipe out this kind of competition.
remember, IBM didn't think that Compaq's reverse engineering of the BIOS was legal, and even took Compaq to court to prove it. of course IBM, lost, but that perobably wasn't in their business plan, either.
he author's description of IBM's "success" in commoditizing the PC makes NO sense whatsoever
no, it makes perfect sense, if you read it. he's describing how IBM published the specs to the interfaces so that 3rd party vendors could create plug-in cards. with cards, PCs can do more, making them more valuable in more situations, causing demand for them to increase.
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-c
go down to best buy and spend $100 on a cheap 5-disk CD changer - you can even get one with shuffle. it's much cheaper than a PC, and doesn't run you afoul of any copyright laws.
-c
Use a comma to set off parenthetical elements, as in "The Founders Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River, is falling down."
Amatuers.
- the grammar fascist
" They Shall Never Take Our Remaining Freedom Away! Terrorists shall never deprive Americans of their essential liberties.
The Bush Administration's strategy for ensuring this, apparently, is to leave us with none left to lose. "
-c
if you want it and don't to pay for it, lock yourself in a room for 3 years and write your own.
there are thousands of small developers trying to make a living at programming. scum like you are ensuring that only companies like MS can afford to stay in the game. is that what you want?
-c
of course there isn't. and i don't think the parent was implying that.
/. have elevated you to some kind of uber-cool-hero-of-the-day, while in reality you're just a fucking common thief?
i think the parent was saying: how do you feel that the editors here at
which, IMO, is a brilliant thing to ask.
-c
...i'd have to say: Yes, people will still steal music, even if the RIAA was totally out of the picture. enough people have zero regard for copyright laws (regardless of who holds that copyright) that unless severe technological measures are forced on all of us, music and video pirating will still exist.
for example: crackers spend a lot of time making sure small software companies can't make money on any general market application (as opposed to big-iron stuff). they apparently think it's some kind of game, where the software company spends hundreds of hours of time and money making something purely for them to crack and redistribute.
without going into wether software should be free (beer) or not, note the parallel: independent content producer sell directly to customers. children (and those with childish minds) feel it's a wonderful thing to pass this content around. content producer suffers from loss of sales. and yes, there is a loss becuase there is a non-zero percentage of people who will get the free version if possible, and not pay. and, the point here isn't even really about sales: it's about the fact that people don't give a shit about IP laws.
(yes, i feel a little sick using the word "content" so often)
all of this complaining about the evil RIAA is just hot moist air.
-c
While starry-eyed /. folk get uptight for a few minutes when they read about new technologies, the people who make the laws don't care about our complaints - we're not a big enough lobby or voting block.
Even more important, stricter copyright laws help the media corps sell more product, and GWB is in favor of anything that helps US corps sell more stuff.
-c
(north raleigh, that is)
i have the choice of TimeWarner or AOL using TimeWarner or EarthLink using TimeWarner. BellSouth won't bring DSL to my neighborhood and MCI's sphere of influence doesn't come this far east. so, i have TimeWarner.
i guess it's better than no choice at all. but i sickens me to give them yet another $50 every month.
-c
but without the S
-c
It doesn't matter what you can afford. Having a CD is not a Right, nor a Necessity. If you can't afford what the market demands for a product, you don't automatically gain the right to steal it. Breaking the law is breaking the law. If you don't like IP laws, get them changed.
-c
sadly, the stock market rewards growth, not stability.
-c
it's nice to use big words, but it's even nicer to use them correctly.
-c
After being laid off then suffering through a miserable contract job, i find that implementing the random nonsense that shoots out of the minds of marketing people is no longer even morbidly amusing. I'm 60% seriously considering applying as an AM book shelver at my local Borders. The trick is convincing the wife that a 60% pay cut is a good idea.
-c
yes, it does matter.
you should expect political candidates to try to use checkout records to stir up controvesry over their rivals.
you should expect this information to be used against you if you are ever on trial, if for nothing else than to attempt to discredit your "character".
you should expect the govt to use it to determine the appropriate benefit amount for various programs (the same way insurance companies rate your lifestyle before determining policy rates).
you should expect the govt to track your every move, if you check out books that fall on their List.
if you're a minor, you should expect your parents to be notified if you are checking out books that aren't approved.
it's a rare occassion where the govt does not seek to excercise as much power as it can get.
-c
http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/lzw/lzw__licen se__english.htm
Unisys will happily sell you a one year license for $5000, to cover you in case you end up using software that itself is not LZW licensed. kind of like insurance.
-c
...someone comes out with a public-domain, cross platform library that supports all of the format options (ala, LibJPEG). there's nothing really good out there now - yes, i've seen Jasper.
-c
...games were actually really 3-D. like, you know, kids went outside to play?
-c
They want to make it ok to take the law into your own hands, well, their hands anyway.
Isn't it the job of the local,state and federal law enforcement agencies to enforce the laws? Deputizing the RIAA doesn't really sound like a good idea.
-c
...like a credit card receipt. i'd be tearing them up and throwing them away. :(
-c
Gilligan had this same problem; a coconut hit him on the head and his fillings started picking up radio signals. Much mayhem ensued, as the other castaways wanted him to be their own personal radio, but he could only hold a particular station by keeping his head still - and everyone knows Gilligan couldn't do that for long!
-c
now there's something i'd like to see. maybe it could enforce algorithms, understand design specs and anticipate customer mind-changes, too.
i think the next version of C# is suppoed to do all of this, with some kind of XML voodoo scheisse.
-c
i bought 8 CDs last week. five of them based on MP3s i downloaded. there's no way i'll ever hear any of those bands on the radio, since Clear Channel only plays 6 songs. and i won't hear them on college radio, since all *they* play is nu-metal and rap-metal. so, after reading good things about a bunch of bands, i went to AG, grabbed a couple of songs each and ordered CDs (from Parasol) of the bands that I liked.
so, the RIAA has just hurt Parasol, a fine independent label/CD store. this shouldn't surprise anyone, because Parasol doesn't carry many RIAA label acts, mostly just carry indies. of course it's in the RIAA's best interest to wipe out this kind of competition.
-c
remember, IBM didn't think that Compaq's reverse engineering of the BIOS was legal, and even took Compaq to court to prove it. of course IBM, lost, but that perobably wasn't in their business plan, either.
-c
no, it makes perfect sense, if you read it. he's describing how IBM published the specs to the interfaces so that 3rd party vendors could create plug-in cards. with cards, PCs can do more, making them more valuable in more situations, causing demand for them to increase.
-c