... like this about sites wanting to publish bad reviews of Dikatana? Isn't this type of action bad for/everyone/ involved, as it skews the products image favorably, when there probably is a better performing product available?
That some people out there just can't seperate reality from fantasy. These are the people or types of people Bush and Gore are probably refering to when they say "the 'Net turned them" or whatever...
There is a certain percentage of the people that don't know how to seperate what they read as fiction from reality, and the 'Net isn't the best place for them to be running around free.
I don't agree that kids under 16 should be lurking on the 'Net free either, but that responsibility lies in the parents hands, not the politicians.
I cannot vote for Gore, and even if Bush misunderstands some topics, at least he is for smaller government so that means he's for more "people power"...
Gore has already showed weakness for money, as he bowed his stance against the MPAA when they dropped a few million into his campaign fund...
I agree the younger generation is going to change the political process, but it won't be this time, or even next, it is down the road tho.
How about actually reading a story before writing a summary about it next time? But, if someone at/. did that, then it wouldn't be a/. post now would it?
Kinda like that proofreading story a few days ago...
Wow, sounds like you wanted a useful program to utilize that damn Cat... = ]
Well, to defend my earlier post, this use of the:Cue:Cat programming isn't/hurting/ the company. With the Linux programs that were sending info to:Cue:Cat's servers, I can see why they wouldn't like this, but this isn't sending data to them, or even sending false data. This just uses the:Cue:Cat to scan it's own database.
Next, DC is going to change the EULA again to state that you can only use the:Cue:Cat to scan:Cues, and not UPC codes...
Personally, I don't know where this is going, but I'd like to see the EFF back UPCdatabase.com and let this go to court... I think his usage has fair use written all over it... It's not harming DC, and it's not utilizing any of thier programs or server resources...
What exactly is DC looking to accomplish here? UPCs are Universal Product Codes, I don't recall them having a patent or copyright or anything on these... so why is it hurting them for a site having an online database? Frankly, this would be about the only thing I might use my CueCat for, if someone developed an app to read this database and make a database of all my CDs or DVDs, then that stupid Cat thing on my desk might get some use other than a red keyboard light.
Maybe this will open someone's eyes up in Washington and they will start picking at DC's business practices...
Actually, they will release the first single, "Original Prankster" and only that single. Sony threatened suit, and they worked out an agreement to continue the promotional giveaway, and Sony agreed to allow one.mp3 to be authorized on the Offspring's site.
So, if the said scan takes place, don't they have to exclude all copies of Original Prankster.mp3 since it's authorized by Sony for distribution on the 'net?
Didn't we learn that people with money don't loose cases... no matter how much evidence is stacked up against them?
Microsoft most likely has someone on the court that is in their pocket, and they convinced them to deny it and send it to the Appealete Court first, thus allowing them more time (and the possibility of more friends to be elected into Washington).
If this is resolved by 2010 I think we all should be happy... by then maybe the market shift will have occoured and all this fight over "desktop icons" and "os contracts" will be so outdated it will baffle us how it continued this long.
Personally, I think the current case is missing out on a lot of points that are taking place now (i.e. Microsoft breaking standards to further domanance) but, this won't be entered into the case...
I actually had enough of EFnet during the last round of splits (around the time of the Yahoo! DoS), and I moved to a smaller network which I had been on for a while. I do feel for the admins, as I ran a server for a while linked to BYXnet (www.byxnet.net) which is about 7 servers big. Even with that small amount of servers, links die, drop, and just generally do weird things for no reason. Toss in the script kiddies on top, and you've got a mess that doesn't always have a clear solution that is causing the problem.
For me, EFnet is to troubled to even bother trying to do much more than pop on to occasionally see what is new in the MP3 scene. EFnet will probably never die due to the amount of traffic there just in MP3s and warez... else, a WarezNet may develop just for those DCC-only channels...
Just my opinoin, I could be wrong...
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It is copy protection when they want it played on players that they approve only (ala DVDs). DVDs force player manufactures to disable RGB output directly to a digital capture device, but there are players that "ignore" this if special codes are used...
I think this is the major thing the SDMI is attempting to accomplish with the watermark.
I currently use OE for my email, but I am one of these people that as soon as I reinstall or upgrade OE I check to make sure that it's still sending in Plain Text, I hate sending HTMLmail...
But, an alternative would be to develop (or use a currently developed) third party alternative to Outlook (my personal opinion on Outlook is it's just a email client on steroids with all the calender and extra crap it does), or just become used to the habit of manually checking your mail sending settings each and every time you upgrade/reinstall your software...
I know it's a pain, but you only have to do it once...;)
Music always has to go to analoug at some point. Any watermark/copy protection they implement can simply be bypassed by a $2.00 patch cable from Radio Shack, a simple loop back into your soundcards line in, and possibly a noise gate in the loop to filter out some of that dreaded hiss...
The fact of the matter is music copyprotection methods are mute, the music has to be converted to an analoug signal at some point in the chain, at which point it can be captured and repackaged into.MP3 or whatever...
I think the RIAA/SDMI should be trying to promote the very artists they are claiming to "protect" instead of trying to find ways to ensure the cash keeps flowing in.
With promotion they will get revenue return through CD sales, tour sales, merchendise, whatever... but alienating the people from the music, or what they choose to do with the music is going to cause the cash flow to dry up quicker than anything.
People are fed up with the amount of control corporations have now, and I'm sure it won't stand much longer without a revolt or revolution...
Haven't we all posted this same type of information over and over and over? Isn't it obvious when the Recording Industry had a record year in 2000 with release after release debuting at #1 on billboard and breaking the previous week's SoundScan records?
Any RIAA member who continues to label Napster users as pirates will continue to alienate customers. It's that simple, the revolution has started and will not be stopped.
But, alas, this information is to little to late I'm afraid, as Napster's widespread free service is facing impending doom with the subscription based service... I'll just go back to getting my mp3s old school... off IRC.
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... imagine a BEWOLF of these! You clould play Asteroids on the MOON!
... like this about sites wanting to publish bad reviews of Dikatana? Isn't this type of action bad for /everyone/ involved, as it skews the products image favorably, when there probably is a better performing product available?
That some people out there just can't seperate reality from fantasy. These are the people or types of people Bush and Gore are probably refering to when they say "the 'Net turned them" or whatever...
There is a certain percentage of the people that don't know how to seperate what they read as fiction from reality, and the 'Net isn't the best place for them to be running around free.
I don't agree that kids under 16 should be lurking on the 'Net free either, but that responsibility lies in the parents hands, not the politicians.
I cannot vote for Gore, and even if Bush misunderstands some topics, at least he is for smaller government so that means he's for more "people power"...
Gore has already showed weakness for money, as he bowed his stance against the MPAA when they dropped a few million into his campaign fund...
I agree the younger generation is going to change the political process, but it won't be this time, or even next, it is down the road tho.
How about actually reading a story before writing a summary about it next time? But, if someone at /. did that, then it wouldn't be a /. post now would it?
Kinda like that proofreading story a few days ago...
Wow, sounds like you wanted a useful program to utilize that damn Cat... = ]
:Cue:Cat programming isn't /hurting/ the company. With the Linux programs that were sending info to :Cue:Cat's servers, I can see why they wouldn't like this, but this isn't sending data to them, or even sending false data. This just uses the :Cue:Cat to scan it's own database.
:Cue:Cat to scan :Cues, and not UPC codes...
Well, to defend my earlier post, this use of the
Next, DC is going to change the EULA again to state that you can only use the
Personally, I don't know where this is going, but I'd like to see the EFF back UPCdatabase.com and let this go to court... I think his usage has fair use written all over it... It's not harming DC, and it's not utilizing any of thier programs or server resources...
I may be wrong, but this is my opionion...
What exactly is DC looking to accomplish here? UPCs are Universal Product Codes, I don't recall them having a patent or copyright or anything on these... so why is it hurting them for a site having an online database? Frankly, this would be about the only thing I might use my CueCat for, if someone developed an app to read this database and make a database of all my CDs or DVDs, then that stupid Cat thing on my desk might get some use other than a red keyboard light.
Maybe this will open someone's eyes up in Washington and they will start picking at DC's business practices...
Actually, they will release the first single, "Original Prankster" and only that single. Sony threatened suit, and they worked out an agreement to continue the promotional giveaway, and Sony agreed to allow one .mp3 to be authorized on the Offspring's site.
So, if the said scan takes place, don't they have to exclude all copies of Original Prankster.mp3 since it's authorized by Sony for distribution on the 'net?
Didn't we learn that people with money don't loose cases... no matter how much evidence is stacked up against them?
Microsoft most likely has someone on the court that is in their pocket, and they convinced them to deny it and send it to the Appealete Court first, thus allowing them more time (and the possibility of more friends to be elected into Washington).
If this is resolved by 2010 I think we all should be happy... by then maybe the market shift will have occoured and all this fight over "desktop icons" and "os contracts" will be so outdated it will baffle us how it continued this long.
Personally, I think the current case is missing out on a lot of points that are taking place now (i.e. Microsoft breaking standards to further domanance) but, this won't be entered into the case...
I actually had enough of EFnet during the last round of splits (around the time of the Yahoo! DoS), and I moved to a smaller network which I had been on for a while. I do feel for the admins, as I ran a server for a while linked to BYXnet (www.byxnet.net) which is about 7 servers big. Even with that small amount of servers, links die, drop, and just generally do weird things for no reason. Toss in the script kiddies on top, and you've got a mess that doesn't always have a clear solution that is causing the problem. For me, EFnet is to troubled to even bother trying to do much more than pop on to occasionally see what is new in the MP3 scene. EFnet will probably never die due to the amount of traffic there just in MP3s and warez... else, a WarezNet may develop just for those DCC-only channels... Just my opinoin, I could be wrong...
It is copy protection when they want it played on players that they approve only (ala DVDs). DVDs force player manufactures to disable RGB output directly to a digital capture device, but there are players that "ignore" this if special codes are used...
I think this is the major thing the SDMI is attempting to accomplish with the watermark.
I currently use OE for my email, but I am one of these people that as soon as I reinstall or upgrade OE I check to make sure that it's still sending in Plain Text, I hate sending HTMLmail...
But, an alternative would be to develop (or use a currently developed) third party alternative to Outlook (my personal opinion on Outlook is it's just a email client on steroids with all the calender and extra crap it does), or just become used to the habit of manually checking your mail sending settings each and every time you upgrade/reinstall your software...
I know it's a pain, but you only have to do it once...;)
Music always has to go to analoug at some point. Any watermark/copy protection they implement can simply be bypassed by a $2.00 patch cable from Radio Shack, a simple loop back into your soundcards line in, and possibly a noise gate in the loop to filter out some of that dreaded hiss...
.MP3 or whatever...
The fact of the matter is music copyprotection methods are mute, the music has to be converted to an analoug signal at some point in the chain, at which point it can be captured and repackaged into
I think the RIAA/SDMI should be trying to promote the very artists they are claiming to "protect" instead of trying to find ways to ensure the cash keeps flowing in.
With promotion they will get revenue return through CD sales, tour sales, merchendise, whatever... but alienating the people from the music, or what they choose to do with the music is going to cause the cash flow to dry up quicker than anything.
People are fed up with the amount of control corporations have now, and I'm sure it won't stand much longer without a revolt or revolution...
Haven't we all posted this same type of information over and over and over? Isn't it obvious when the Recording Industry had a record year in 2000 with release after release debuting at #1 on billboard and breaking the previous week's SoundScan records?
Any RIAA member who continues to label Napster users as pirates will continue to alienate customers. It's that simple, the revolution has started and will not be stopped.
But, alas, this information is to little to late I'm afraid, as Napster's widespread free service is facing impending doom with the subscription based service... I'll just go back to getting my mp3s old school... off IRC.