Typical DVD on sale in EU will have additional audio tracks in regional languages. If you try to do it for whole of EU it will be over 10 of them. Also additional subtitle tracks. So no space for extra features...
Of course they could issue versions for each country, with only local audio addition and then extras would fit, but it's too much work, logistical problem, people will buy anyway (US publisher's version: those ROW heathens should be happy to get it at all even if it's two years later).
It would be better that way, of course. Problem is with the budget - if you want to write about new stuff, it will cost a lot to buy it. And then you're left with a pile of expensive stuff that you may not really need. Possible for some established magazine, much less for website (well, maybe for Tom's Hardware or similar well-established and profitable one it would be OK).
Not to mention that some small sites are in the business to get freebies.
I've seen the process from the inside. Not in US, but I think it's mostly the same. It goes something like this...
The reviewer gets some software or hardware, plays with it and finally writes review, quote: "It's a piece of shit", giving full explanation and listing numerous failures of the product. Readers are happy as they are warned of bad stuff.
The marketing scum at the manufacturer says "Why should we buy ads in that magazine/on that site/etc, they said our glorious product is bad and their readers won't buy it anyway".
Some time later, the CFO at the magazine says "We publish too much too negative reviews and lose ad revenue".
Care to think what happens next?
I've seen it happen, dishonest reviews getting more ads for the publisher, honest magazines struggling and going bankrupt. I've lost my first job this way... Then later I've seen it done from the other end, like marketing manager negotiating with publisher to pay some extra to get "sponsored article" headers removed from their "independent review" piece.
The other way is that when you point out too much flaws in the reviewed products, thaey will not offer you stuff to review. Instead they will give it to someone who writes "nice" reviews. Unless you're THE site/magazine, you'll end with nothing to publish...
Also don't forget remote-controlled injector of stimulant+painkiller+adrenaline, so that, at the press of the button, they would rise, dripping blood and shredded guts, and attack the enemy without mercy. Then we'll only need a fluffy white cat to be delivered to the commander of such Legions of Doom.
Now seriously, some of what you propose could probably be done. I doubt that it would be really efficient, as these tubes aren't big enough to hold a significant amount of whatever substance inside.
I bet it'll be 20/20 to the head-end/access router/whatever it's called, then one not-so-big uplink. Few users downloading stuff will saturate it, and then the fun will start.
Such equipment has been available for years. You probably didn't hear about it, because it costs on the order od 100x the price of regular burner and is not offered in the regular places. It's called DVD-Authoring recorder - the ones you buy for $29.95 at Walmart are DVD-General. Example: Pioneer DVR-S201. DVD-A gear can prepare masters for pressing, including full 9GB capacity and CSS key block. If you use common DVD-G, it won't be able to do so - but of course it can prepare masters less than 8.5GB and CSS-less.
They had problem paying the settlement in one other case...
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To be corny- nobody's ever died from OD'ing on religion. (Except maybe that Jesus guy.)
You know, there is that story about some guys who, like, hijacked some planes and crashed them into some office building. Because "big daddy in the sky" called Allah told them they'll finally get laid if they do this job. There are also those guys that wear dynamite jackets and blow up busses in Israel. Must be because of the rising ticket prices since you say religion is so harmless.
Been there, done that, got the security threatening to kick me out (got internet access revoked in the end)...
Use stunnel or OpenVPN on port 443. SSH is different protocol and can be recognized (from packet headers etc - your pr0n is safe but they'll know it's SSH), while one SSL session looks just like any other (so they can't detect directly if it's https://something/ or SSL tunnel/VPN - traffic analysis is still possible though).
movies in poland are normally dubbed with ONE guy translating all the roles in the movie.
Now, my American friends, imagine some movie, where a really hot chick is saying something like "Come, make love to me!" in a very seductive voice. Done with drooling?;-) Now imagine these words being read by some bored guy as the scene is shown...
So many of us will take original language with subtitles to avoid the dissonance.
As for the guys this whole article is about, well of course their translated subs are used mostly to watch movies downloaded off the net. So yes, this may be illegal to provide them. On the other hand, this police action is a part of recent crackdown on p2p, under orders from several mediacorp shill organizations. Cops like this - it's so much easier to arrest a nerdy geek than to mess with the mob or even regular bandits.
Since they weren't charging money, most probably they're going to get the case shelved in the court, due to "insignificant damage to society" rule. This will however keep cops and judges from dealing with thieves, murderers and rapists - but it is sooooo important to go after the real criminals, isn't it?
If I go and deface the entry for some leading Polish politicians could they be arrested if they fixed the page?
No, but you would become a criminal w/regards to Polish law. You see, we can't openly call these [censored] [censored] [free speech? what's that?] what they really are. Sincere expression of our feelings carries 2 year prison sentence as a price tag.
Of course, if you just never visited our country later, you should be safe.
while the movie was about tearing it apart by pointing out everything that could go wrong with his society.
To this end, the movie contained no scenes about wrongs of that society. Obviously the social construction created by Heinlein is sooooo evil that mere mentioning, that rights are gained by service, we should know it is TEH WRONGNESS. Afterwards there's mediocre action flick, barely saved by big budget fx.
Driver like this will never be signed. For normal work lack of signature will be just an annoyance at installation time, but DRM players will check signatures and refuse to work if there's unsigned driver. AKA Protected Video Path (c)Microsoft...
They you don't know it far enough. Most jurisdictions are not based on precedent system and therefore had to create fair use as a right. Typically as a part of copyright law.
The problem with cost/profit center categorization is indeed that any monkey with MBA can see which division of the company is which, but it requires some serious thinking to recognize which costs are excessive or unnecessay and which are foundation for the profits.
If DRM was just upholding the copyright, I wouldn't mind it so much. However, it is used to extend copyright and deny users many rights that they should otherwise have.
Microsoft's software is nothing more than an enabler. To actually _do_ anything, it requires DRM restrictions be set on the content by the copyright holder.
The _only_ place where blame should be placed, for DRM-encumbered content, is in the hands of the copyright holder
You're wrong here. While most of the blame should be placed on those, who ship DRM-tainted content, Microsoft is clearly guilty of "aiding and abetting" this scheme. Much like someone lending a gun or a car to person clearly saying they need it to rob a bank. And for a share of the loot. So Microsoft is not the only party to blame, not even the party that should get most of the blame - but certainly they don't come out clean.
Pretty simple. Keep work at work and home at home.
Why can't people understand that? It's not like 30 years ago, when a computer was extremely expensive thing and you couldn't afford to buy one and install it at home. Want to have private data? Buy private computer and that's it.
Besides, employees not having legal standing regarding search or whatever of the workplace computers - it's logical, as the owner of these computers is the employer and as such only employer has real right on them.
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For those people that got their configuration completely fucked up by *.10 update, it is.
In case of R2 it's mostly laziness.
Typical DVD on sale in EU will have additional audio tracks in regional languages. If you try to do it for whole of EU it will be over 10 of them. Also additional subtitle tracks. So no space for extra features...
Of course they could issue versions for each country, with only local audio addition and then extras would fit, but it's too much work, logistical problem, people will buy anyway (US publisher's version: those ROW heathens should be happy to get it at all even if it's two years later).
It would be better that way, of course. Problem is with the budget - if you want to write about new stuff, it will cost a lot to buy it. And then you're left with a pile of expensive stuff that you may not really need. Possible for some established magazine, much less for website (well, maybe for Tom's Hardware or similar well-established and profitable one it would be OK).
Not to mention that some small sites are in the business to get freebies.
Who are you kidding?
I've seen the process from the inside. Not in US, but I think it's mostly the same. It goes something like this...
The reviewer gets some software or hardware, plays with it and finally writes review, quote: "It's a piece of shit", giving full explanation and listing numerous failures of the product. Readers are happy as they are warned of bad stuff.
The marketing scum at the manufacturer says "Why should we buy ads in that magazine/on that site/etc, they said our glorious product is bad and their readers won't buy it anyway".
Some time later, the CFO at the magazine says "We publish too much too negative reviews and lose ad revenue".
Care to think what happens next?
I've seen it happen, dishonest reviews getting more ads for the publisher, honest magazines struggling and going bankrupt. I've lost my first job this way... Then later I've seen it done from the other end, like marketing manager negotiating with publisher to pay some extra to get "sponsored article" headers removed from their "independent review" piece.
The other way is that when you point out too much flaws in the reviewed products, thaey will not offer you stuff to review. Instead they will give it to someone who writes "nice" reviews. Unless you're THE site/magazine, you'll end with nothing to publish...
So...
New evil laws - check.
Being passed in secrecy - check.
Motions to disarm citizens - check.
Another fine country on it's way to slavery^Wfreedom.
Also don't forget remote-controlled injector of stimulant+painkiller+adrenaline, so that, at the press of the button, they would rise, dripping blood and shredded guts, and attack the enemy without mercy. Then we'll only need a fluffy white cat to be delivered to the commander of such Legions of Doom.
Now seriously, some of what you propose could probably be done. I doubt that it would be really efficient, as these tubes aren't big enough to hold a significant amount of whatever substance inside.
And, are those extra RST packets free?
I bet it'll be 20/20 to the head-end/access router/whatever it's called, then one not-so-big uplink. Few users downloading stuff will saturate it, and then the fun will start.
There's that other myth about turning the laser pointer into turbolaser cannon...
Such equipment has been available for years. You probably didn't hear about it, because it costs on the order od 100x the price of regular burner and is not offered in the regular places. It's called DVD-Authoring recorder - the ones you buy for $29.95 at Walmart are DVD-General. Example: Pioneer DVR-S201.
DVD-A gear can prepare masters for pressing, including full 9GB capacity and CSS key block. If you use common DVD-G, it won't be able to do so - but of course it can prepare masters less than 8.5GB and CSS-less.
It isn't as thought they need the money.
They had problem paying the settlement in one other case...
You know, there is that story about some guys who, like, hijacked some planes and crashed them into some office building. Because "big daddy in the sky" called Allah told them they'll finally get laid if they do this job. There are also those guys that wear dynamite jackets and blow up busses in Israel. Must be because of the rising ticket prices since you say religion is so harmless.
Been there, done that, got the security threatening to kick me out (got internet access revoked in the end)...
Use stunnel or OpenVPN on port 443. SSH is different protocol and can be recognized (from packet headers etc - your pr0n is safe but they'll know it's SSH), while one SSL session looks just like any other (so they can't detect directly if it's https://something/ or SSL tunnel/VPN - traffic analysis is still possible though).
Original page and coral cache seem to be already slashdotted, so the only way to get it is that eeeeviiil torrent thing.
Now, my American friends, imagine some movie, where a really hot chick is saying something like "Come, make love to me!" in a very seductive voice. Done with drooling?
So many of us will take original language with subtitles to avoid the dissonance.
As for the guys this whole article is about, well of course their translated subs are used mostly to watch movies downloaded off the net. So yes, this may be illegal to provide them. On the other hand, this police action is a part of recent crackdown on p2p, under orders from several mediacorp shill organizations. Cops like this - it's so much easier to arrest a nerdy geek than to mess with the mob or even regular bandits.
Since they weren't charging money, most probably they're going to get the case shelved in the court, due to "insignificant damage to society" rule. This will however keep cops and judges from dealing with thieves, murderers and rapists - but it is sooooo important to go after the real criminals, isn't it?
Germans do...
(I'm NOT joking. Apparently the rules there require the moans to be in "proper" language.)
No, but you would become a criminal w/regards to Polish law. You see, we can't openly call these [censored] [censored] [free speech? what's that?] what they really are. Sincere expression of our feelings carries 2 year prison sentence as a price tag.
Of course, if you just never visited our country later, you should be safe.
To this end, the movie contained no scenes about wrongs of that society. Obviously the social construction created by Heinlein is sooooo evil that mere mentioning, that rights are gained by service, we should know it is TEH WRONGNESS. Afterwards there's mediocre action flick, barely saved by big budget fx.
The key redeeming feature is lack of Jar-Jar.
Driver like this will never be signed. For normal work lack of signature will be just an annoyance at installation time, but DRM players will check signatures and refuse to work if there's unsigned driver. AKA Protected Video Path (c)Microsoft...
They you don't know it far enough.
Most jurisdictions are not based on precedent system and therefore had to create fair use as a right. Typically as a part of copyright law.
The parent should be +INF Insightful...
The problem with cost/profit center categorization is indeed that any monkey with MBA can see which division of the company is which, but it requires some serious thinking to recognize which costs are excessive or unnecessay and which are foundation for the profits.
If DRM was just upholding the copyright, I wouldn't mind it so much. However, it is used to extend copyright and deny users many rights that they should otherwise have.
There was, you know, a sudden drop in the price of shark fin soup, from which we can conclude that said sharks were shipped to the wrong warehouse.
Maybe next time...
This is why everyone should join the Meatarian Movement! Meat good, grass and leaves bad!
And we want our food the way it should be - dead. Possibly also grilled, fried, roasted or stewed.
Join us! We can rule the galaxy together!
(And have a medium done steak with crispy bacon on the side)
You're wrong here. While most of the blame should be placed on those, who ship DRM-tainted content, Microsoft is clearly guilty of "aiding and abetting" this scheme. Much like someone lending a gun or a car to person clearly saying they need it to rob a bank. And for a share of the loot. So Microsoft is not the only party to blame, not even the party that should get most of the blame - but certainly they don't come out clean.
Why can't people understand that? It's not like 30 years ago, when a computer was extremely expensive thing and you couldn't afford to buy one and install it at home. Want to have private data? Buy private computer and that's it.
Besides, employees not having legal standing regarding search or whatever of the workplace computers - it's logical, as the owner of these computers is the employer and as such only employer has real right on them.