Its worse than that, imagine your children having to pay to learn about their country's culture. It would a bit like still having shakespeare copyrighted.
We have many cars that do much better than 25 mpg. However, our government does not mandate the use of these vehicles and our short-sightedness and cheap, subsidized, fuel does not propel many people to buy these vehicles.
Yep, as I said we are going backwards, thanks for explaining one of the reasons.
All of them, a new version seems to disable all extensions whether they work with that version or not. Most of the time I end up having to reinstall the extension, time comsuming if you have a lot of them.
You make some good points, I think I addressed them in my original post though. In particular I said that it will take a long time for digital media to stop being fought over, when I say a long time I was thinking decades.
You make the point that the if the vast majority of people don't care about the broadcast flag then it could be easily introduced. Your absolutely right, and however much I may dislike this restriction if I am not in the majority then I will have to live with it.
But I think there will be a public uproar. People like being able to record telly, whether its VHS, DVR or recordable DVD, they not only like it but expect to be able to. The best possible situation for the anti broadcast flag people would be to have it introduced straight away and watch the general public go apeshit when they find out that they can't record the latest episode of Desperate Housewives or a fve year old movie because the people who made them think their intellectual property is too valuable.
You never know though, people might not care all that much, if they can't time shift then they will probably watch less telly. This doesn't really make sense for the media companies. I guess my point is that the RIAA and MPAA need to seriously review their business models, they need to find a way to give customers what they want whilst making money. I believe this is possible but they media companies won't be able to make as much money as they are now, which is why they are fighting so hard to preserve the status quo.
Do we really need their movies more than they need us to pay for them ?.
Bring it on, the broadcast prime time that was traditionally given to movies will be filled by new content. There are a lot of people who to be on TV and TV programs, not all of them are talented but this kind of subjective anyway.
Ultimately its the viewers that are in control, if they want big movie style television in the wake of the MPAA revoking its product, then someone else will make television programs to satisfy the audience.
It obvious to everyone on slashdot but the biggest mistake that the RIAA and MPAA made was to start attacking their customers. The truth is they are not really worried about being forced out of business, they worried about being undercut and having their dominant business model taken away.
They are powerful and the whole argument about digital media will take a long time to play out. But I am confident that even in the lobby controlled political climate of washington the customer will end up being right.
Let me see if I get this straight, you can't afford to buy a decent MP3 player and WE'RE losers?
I could probably afford an ipod or similar tpye device but I want an mp3 player that I can take anywhere. I don't feel comfortable taking a device that costs 250 pounds (british) whereas my 50 pound flash player I will happily carry with me and leave it in my jacket (where I wouldn't an Ipod). Plus flash devices are more durable than hd ones.
The only real format that the ipod doesn't support is WMA, I don't count ogg as a real format because so few people use it, except for their own personal music. I'm not aware of any sites other than allofmp3.com that allows user to purchase music in ogg format....
Yeah ?, well I do count ogg vorbis which is why I won't be buying an Ipod unless they start supporting it.
Ipods are definitely for Lusers (it surprises me that so many slashdotters rave about them). I don't have a HD based mp3 player yet but there are ones out there that are much more geek friendly than the apple offering. When I do buy one (when the prices fall a bit) I will definitely try and make sure I get one that plays ogg vorbis (this is one of the tests for geekiness).
To be fair to the Ipod its just DRM'ed music you can't transfer off it, files and such can go both ways AFAIK although you do need the apple software installed. Not like my flash based muvo nx, any relatively recent operating system will see it as a removable hard drive, yes its a lot smaller than a HD based mp3 player but even so it amazes me how useful it can be.
Nothing wrong Ipod/Itunes, very user friendly which isn't a bad thing, but I don't want to lock myself into such a service, I have a feeling that eventually downloadable music (the legal stuff) will converge into one simple DRM format that all the stores use.
Wouldn't this make the computer slower though ?, is this different to the normal type of flash that can't handle more than a certain amount of writes making it unusable for a page file.
I think the answer to this is "not yet". I have completely stopped watching tv in favor of downloading off of bittorrent. Now that most TV related BT sites are down, I'm hunting around for a tuner card so I can start up MythTV. Granted, that won't get me shows that come on SkyOne or BBC, but it'll do for shows I can get here in the US.
I am in a similar situation except I live in the UK so its the US shows like the daily show that I am missing.
The most important factor is do people who download television programs stop watching broadcast TV ?.
I would say that at the moment the answer to this is no. Most people would prefer to watch programs on their TV because it probably more comfortable (larger screen, comfy couch, etc.) than watching a program on your PC. Remember geeks who have their PC hooked up to a large flatpanel and 5.1 sound are a minority (even of those who download telly shows).
If the current filesharing activity is helping increase ratings the issue for the MPAA should be will this always be so ?. Difficult to call, I am not sure the PC will move out of the sudy and into the lounge. There are precedents though, Tivo for example and the next generation consoles who might be offering email and web surfing.
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Its worse than that, imagine your children having to pay to learn about their country's culture. It would a bit like still having shakespeare copyrighted.
We have many cars that do much better than 25 mpg. However, our government does not mandate the use of these vehicles and our short-sightedness and cheap, subsidized, fuel does not propel many people to buy these vehicles.
Yep, as I said we are going backwards, thanks for explaining one of the reasons.
Hopefully this starts a global trend
I hope so because at the moment we are going backwards, the model T ford 100 years ago is more fuel efficient than the average car today.
He used to eat puppies and bunny rabbits for breakfast too.
Someone should create a slash google site.
All of them, a new version seems to disable all extensions whether they work with that version or not. Most of the time I end up having to reinstall the extension, time comsuming if you have a lot of them.
Nemesis was good, it ripped off star trek 2 quite a bit but even so.
This is bizzare, it seems to be suggesting that if you pirate copyrighted material you are a terrorist.
Terrorists also breathe air as well, lets put a stop to that too.
You make some good points, I think I addressed them in my original post though. In particular I said that it will take a long time for digital media to stop being fought over, when I say a long time I was thinking decades.
You make the point that the if the vast majority of people don't care about the broadcast flag then it could be easily introduced. Your absolutely right, and however much I may dislike this restriction if I am not in the majority then I will have to live with it.
But I think there will be a public uproar. People like being able to record telly, whether its VHS, DVR or recordable DVD, they not only like it but expect to be able to. The best possible situation for the anti broadcast flag people would be to have it introduced straight away and watch the general public go apeshit when they find out that they can't record the latest episode of Desperate Housewives or a fve year old movie because the people who made them think their intellectual property is too valuable.
You never know though, people might not care all that much, if they can't time shift then they will probably watch less telly. This doesn't really make sense for the media companies. I guess my point is that the RIAA and MPAA need to seriously review their business models, they need to find a way to give customers what they want whilst making money. I believe this is possible but they media companies won't be able to make as much money as they are now, which is why they are fighting so hard to preserve the status quo.
Do we really need their movies more than they need us to pay for them ?.
Bring it on, the broadcast prime time that was traditionally given to movies will be filled by new content. There are a lot of people who to be on TV and TV programs, not all of them are talented but this kind of subjective anyway.
Ultimately its the viewers that are in control, if they want big movie style television in the wake of the MPAA revoking its product, then someone else will make television programs to satisfy the audience.
It obvious to everyone on slashdot but the biggest mistake that the RIAA and MPAA made was to start attacking their customers. The truth is they are not really worried about being forced out of business, they worried about being undercut and having their dominant business model taken away.
They are powerful and the whole argument about digital media will take a long time to play out. But I am confident that even in the lobby controlled political climate of washington the customer will end up being right.
What makes the price in the UK so high, the VAT?
Fuck knows mate, prices in dollars tend to get converted to straight into pounds. Look up "rip off britain".
Let me see if I get this straight, you can't afford to buy a decent MP3 player and WE'RE losers?
I could probably afford an ipod or similar tpye device but I want an mp3 player that I can take anywhere. I don't feel comfortable taking a device that costs 250 pounds (british) whereas my 50 pound flash player I will happily carry with me and leave it in my jacket (where I wouldn't an Ipod). Plus flash devices are more durable than hd ones.
The only real format that the ipod doesn't support is WMA, I don't count ogg as a real format because so few people use it, except for their own personal music. I'm not aware of any sites other than allofmp3.com that allows user to purchase music in ogg format....
Yeah ?, well I do count ogg vorbis which is why I won't be buying an Ipod unless they start supporting it.
It's hardly rocket science
um.. no... or there would have to be a rocket involved, not ?
And perhaps some science too.
Ipods are definitely for Lusers (it surprises me that so many slashdotters rave about them). I don't have a HD based mp3 player yet but there are ones out there that are much more geek friendly than the apple offering. When I do buy one (when the prices fall a bit) I will definitely try and make sure I get one that plays ogg vorbis (this is one of the tests for geekiness).
To be fair to the Ipod its just DRM'ed music you can't transfer off it, files and such can go both ways AFAIK although you do need the apple software installed. Not like my flash based muvo nx, any relatively recent operating system will see it as a removable hard drive, yes its a lot smaller than a HD based mp3 player but even so it amazes me how useful it can be.
Nothing wrong Ipod/Itunes, very user friendly which isn't a bad thing, but I don't want to lock myself into such a service, I have a feeling that eventually downloadable music (the legal stuff) will converge into one simple DRM format that all the stores use.
Wouldn't this make the computer slower though ?, is this different to the normal type of flash that can't handle more than a certain amount of writes making it unusable for a page file.
I always choose the one with go faster stripes on the side.
Girls can't direct.
I haven't watched it, just a few samples here and there, as I do plan on going to see it saturday with my g/f
No one likes a gloater.
A good idea from the MS guys is a really rare thing.
And as such, it is certainly worth the praise.
No its not, from a company that has a 50 billion dollar warchest and can afford to hire the best and brightest, you should expect only good ideas.
She is goning say no.
I think the answer to this is "not yet". I have completely stopped watching tv in favor of downloading off of bittorrent. Now that most TV related BT sites are down, I'm hunting around for a tuner card so I can start up MythTV. Granted, that won't get me shows that come on SkyOne or BBC, but it'll do for shows I can get here in the US.
I am in a similar situation except I live in the
UK so its the US shows like the daily show that I am missing.
The most important factor is do people who download television programs stop watching broadcast TV ?.
I would say that at the moment the answer to this is no. Most people would prefer to watch programs on their TV because it probably more comfortable (larger screen, comfy couch, etc.) than watching a program on your PC. Remember geeks who have their PC hooked up to a large flatpanel and 5.1 sound are a minority (even of those who download telly shows).
If the current filesharing activity is helping increase ratings the issue for the MPAA should be will this always be so ?. Difficult to call, I am not sure the PC will move out of the sudy and into the lounge. There are precedents though, Tivo for example and the next generation consoles who might be offering email and web surfing.
Is the PS£ definitely going to be backwards compatible ?
Quiet and quick startup time? Wow, that sounds like nearly every other game console in history.
Apart from my plastation 2.