These are really two different industries. Unfortunately the same companies, who are part of the same cartel, control both.
Moviemaking is not technologically threatened. I can not make Star Wars in my back yard, even if my neighbour is a better actor than Hayden Christianson. However, movie studios only make money on their movies because copyright gives them control over distribution.
Movie distribution is technologically threatened. I don't believe there's a compelling public interest in keeping the existing distribution system in place for its own sake, particularly if more efficient methods are being made possible by the application of new technology.
The question is, can we find a way to support the movie making industry without propping up its outdated monopoly on distribution?
Maybe we could get a mainstream news source to report that terrorists are using spam to communicate with each other. That would get it banned instantly.
Food is still in demand, yet farming is horribly unprofitable, except for a few corporate mega-farms. So the government steps in, and sets up subsidies and price controls. Unfortunately, most of these end up increasing the profits of the already-profitable farms, without enabling the smaller farmers to actually make a living. Likewise steel, and any other "protected" industry.
I suppose we should be grateful that they're not banning sharing food, or growing your own food, or mandating Food Rights Management on all refridgerators.
There are still blacksmiths. There just aren't as many as there were before. Many do it as a hobby rather than a job. Likewise farmers. If there's a market for movies, people will make movies. But you shouldn't expect the movie industry to be as big or as profitable as it is now, and that's what upsets the people who currently run that industry.
It amazes me that people will pay $20,000 for a product that regularly crashes, doesn't detect all intrusions, and can only be kept up by constant, expensive intervention from the vendor, when for $20,000 less you can have a similar product that doesn't crash, detects just as many intrusions (though not all of them) and can be maintained either by the vendor, or by anyone else with the wit to understand it.
IDS are complex systems. Anyone pretending they have a packaged solution should rot in jail.
Your definition is correct, but your assertion is not.
There is no law against being a monopoly. There are, however, several laws (Sherman, Tunney, etc.) that govern how you must behave if you are found to have a monopoly.
I have Road Runner here in Minnesota, and they don't seem concerned about me running mta/sshd/httpd/nntpd*. In fact, they just emailed me to let me know that my current version of sendmail is vulnerable to the percent hack. Good for them.
* if you're running sshd, why are you exposing your vncserver rather than ssh-ing in and port forwarding?
Lots of people haven't read tAoCP. I'm one of them. I don't consider it something to be ashamed of. As you say, it's hard core. But if you've never/heard/ of it, or never heard of Donald Knuth, you may be reading the wrong website.
Try going to englishlitereature.com and saying you've never heard of this Shakespeare guy, but based on Amazon reviews it sounds like he's pretty deep.
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This guy reconstructed a metropolis over a month ago!
No. Patents cannot be bypassed by a clean room implementation.
These are really two different industries. Unfortunately the same companies, who are part of the same cartel, control both.
Moviemaking is not technologically threatened. I can not make Star Wars in my back yard, even if my neighbour is a better actor than Hayden Christianson. However, movie studios only make money on their movies because copyright gives them control over distribution.
Movie distribution is technologically threatened. I don't believe there's a compelling public interest in keeping the existing distribution system in place for its own sake, particularly if more efficient methods are being made possible by the application of new technology.
The question is, can we find a way to support the movie making industry without propping up its outdated monopoly on distribution?
Maybe we could get a mainstream news source to report that terrorists are using spam to communicate with each other. That would get it banned instantly.
Food is still in demand, yet farming is horribly unprofitable, except for a few corporate mega-farms. So the government steps in, and sets up subsidies and price controls. Unfortunately, most of these end up increasing the profits of the already-profitable farms, without enabling the smaller farmers to actually make a living. Likewise steel, and any other "protected" industry.
I suppose we should be grateful that they're not banning sharing food, or growing your own food, or mandating Food Rights Management on all refridgerators.
There are still blacksmiths. There just aren't as many as there were before. Many do it as a hobby rather than a job. Likewise farmers. If there's a market for movies, people will make movies. But you shouldn't expect the movie industry to be as big or as profitable as it is now, and that's what upsets the people who currently run that industry.
Why do the laws need to change? Copyright law (pre DMCA) already had these situations covered.
Just because something that used to be profitable is no longer profitable is no reason to change the law. It is a reason to go do something else.
I give up. What does it say?
What kind of pathetic individual goes around modding stuff Offtopic two days after the fact?
Oh, wait, this is Slashdot...
It amazes me that people will pay $20,000 for a product that regularly crashes, doesn't detect all intrusions, and can only be kept up by constant, expensive intervention from the vendor, when for $20,000 less you can have a similar product that doesn't crash, detects just as many intrusions (though not all of them) and can be maintained either by the vendor, or by anyone else with the wit to understand it.
IDS are complex systems. Anyone pretending they have a packaged solution should rot in jail.
I don't know what this is a euphemism for yet, but it will be for something before the day is out.
So who do you give (or rather, sell) mtv.tm to? The MTV from the US, the MTV from Italy, or the MTV from Brazil?
The MTV in Turkmenistan, obviously.
Your definition is correct, but your assertion is not.
There is no law against being a monopoly. There are, however, several laws (Sherman, Tunney, etc.) that govern how you must behave if you are found to have a monopoly.
Microsoft is a legal monopoly that has been found to act illegally in some areas. If they were an illegal monopoly they'd be in a lot more trouble.
I have Road Runner here in Minnesota, and they don't seem concerned about me running mta/sshd/httpd/nntpd*. In fact, they just emailed me to let me know that my current version of sendmail is vulnerable to the percent hack. Good for them.
* if you're running sshd, why are you exposing your vncserver rather than ssh-ing in and port forwarding?
> Which one?
Any god. We don't care, just don't be an atheist.
> How about Satan? Can I be a Satanist?
No. Satan is a fallen angel, not a god. Try again.
> Can I be a Jedi?
No. No god, you see. There may be a church, but there isn't a god.
> How about Hinduism? They've got lots of gods.
That's fine. Just don't be going to the US. They only allow one.
There was a kid a year or so ago who got hold of billg's credit card number and ordered a case of Viagra to be delivered to the great man's house.
An SUV in space? You Americans.
Right, like all those dual CPU desktops I see.
Lots of people haven't read tAoCP. I'm one of them. I don't consider it something to be ashamed of. As you say, it's hard core. But if you've never /heard/ of it, or never heard of Donald Knuth, you may be reading the wrong website.
Try going to englishlitereature.com and saying you've never heard of this Shakespeare guy, but based on Amazon reviews it sounds like he's pretty deep.
"indivisible, except over this pledge," etc.
Maybe we could suggest to the Thais that they just assassinate the US senators from both Carolinas?
This would be the same Vivendi that is paying their ex CEO $18 million as a reward for getting their stock suspended four times?
I think they have bigger problems than individual song swappers.
under Linus, indivisible.
Just because a repressive regime hates you does not mean you are not a religious nutcase.
Falun Gong is a cult every bit as bad as the Scientologists, with an emphasis on physical exercises rather than mental.
Oddly, there is a town in Wisconsin called Falun. I keep meaning to go there to see if they have a gong.
Wanna come over to my place and see my 14' lego stegosaurus?
Yeah, there's a reason why my dining table is on the front lawn.