Yes, the move the digitize everything and convert it is a somewhat time-consuming one. But there's some cheap software for converting them, and a fairly willing volunteer force. What about the licensing though? Would PBS or the CPB support or brand their own version of a P2P alternative? It could be a decent solution since most of PBS's "customers" seem to be in the higher income brackets, and therefore more likely to have good servers. It's a different twist on the "move to digital" but I think it might be worth exploring. And a simpler tip-jar might help to cut down on the begging.;-) --
Does PBS an as organization support the new p2p file-sharing utilities that have popped up recently? Are there any moves to convert some of the content to types that could be distributed in such a way? You guys have great content, IMHO, but holding on to the "wait until we show it to you" paradigm is getting old. Just curious if there are movement towards this medium that you are aware of.
And who made that mirror you look at? Do you really have no compassion? I'm not saying that these feelings should override your selfishness, but to discount them totally leaves you with conclusions like your sig. Haven't you ever had a good ROI for caring? --
a less biased view of Hatch's opinion comes straight from his mouth. You can read them here.
I welcome the record labels into the online world, along with other large entertainment conglomerates, including cable companies and large online services. Indeed I have been encouraging them to catch up with consumer demand for online music for some time now. And they are beginning to do so, at least in experimental ways. But I do not think it is any benefit for artists or fans to have all the new, wide distribution channels controlled by those who have controlled the old, narrower ones. This is especially true if they achieve that control by leveraging their dominance in content or conduit space in an anticompetitive way to control the new, independent music services that are attempting to enhance the consumer's experience of music.
Emphasis mine, which I doubt is something the RIAA wants to put on their site. --
Men, be more alert and cautious when getting a drink offer from a girl. There is a drug called beer, that is essentially in liquid form. The drug is now being used by female sexual predators at parties to convince their male victims to have sex with them.
The shocking statistic is that beer is available virtually anywhere! All girls have to do is buy a beer or two for almost any guy and simply ask the guy home for no-strings attached sex. Men are literally rendered helpless against such attacks.
games drive hardware sales. A 3-d accelerated gameboy that links/doubles as a PDA? Sounds pretty golden to me. Wireless internet no less. Batteries would be a problem, but that's not my department. --
just a quick note. I checked the MS update page after I saw this story. It did NOT list this as a "critical update", at least not for 5.01. Upgrading to SP2 was an option under "Recommended Updates". I don't know if this bug set off their "critical updates" program since I don't use it. It is a tough situation for them, tons of clueless users who will get abused, but it should be their responsibility on some level for damages associated with abuses for their software. Yes, I know their EULA tries to head off that argument, but the whole monopoly thing seems to be a decent counteragument. --
Although it did take Stewart a little while to realize what kind of comedy he was doing, once he caught on it has been great. What was good about the Craig years was how they would absolutely skewer guests. His interview with Carrot Top was classic. Then people found out about it and were prepared. Anyway, their election coverage was great, as was one of the pieces they did on the Rich pardon hullaballo. "What!? You mean favors for donations is common in Washington?" Anyway, I think it is better now, their writers blow away the normal networks. --
it'll be just like the artists suing the labels after the labels come up with their own payed Napster service. My biggest curiousity is the distinction drawn between this type of database and one at the public library. For those of you that like to watch movies for free, the library is a great place for it. Now we just need to get them to digitize their movie and music libraries and make them available to say, people with an internet connection but unable for whatever reason to visit the physical library. Hmmm... --
you need to stop watching ESPN too. And any broadcasts. The increasing bidding wars for the rights to broadcast is the bigger factor in player salaries (because they see how big the pie is). This won't change because while certain media choices (drama, comedy, news) are being spread out among a number of sources, sports broadcasts are special since they create their own events. They will always have a good core audience no matter how many other channels of crap are on out there. --
You may be informed on the options, I may be informed, the average slashdot reader may be informed, but I guarantee you the average Napster user *IS*NOT*.
When they reported this on CNN, they had the Bearshare homepage on the screen in the back. And I think they even mentioned Limewire, which our linking AC overlooked. People aren't as dumb as you believe, they might not figure it out immediately, but it's not that difficult. Of course, then there's people like Martha Stewart, who was so amazed by a Real Player demonstration, she was paraphrased to have said, "Oh, that's neat. I'll bet one day you'll be able to find any type of music with a click of a button. Wonderful." --
The schools gain for every kid that takes a voucher to opt out, but lose for every kid that already WAS out of the existing system. This is a net gain of resources for the schools if enough kids leave.
This would only work if the numbers you quoted were accurate. And I'm gonna need more than word for convincing. This does combat one of the major problems with public school, large class sizes, but I don't think it is a good one.
Your next paragraph needs some serious backing up, because my experience is pretty much completely opposite. How can lower class kids gain by having less funds for their school? And your private school data, and profile of typical students is totally contrary to what I have observed.
because the local public school is a scary violent place where little learning occurs.
And taking away another slice of the social class and their school taxes is going to help this how? Or do you wish public education to be written off as a lost cause? --
you missed my point. The kids won't be leaving public school, they already have and attend private school. What will be leaving next is their money, which their parents have already decided to pay above and beyond what they pay for public school taxes. Now they can get those back. It looks to me like a pretty clear cut upper vs. lower (money) class question, and while I fall in the upper, I'd rather not have even more idiots running around. I don't think this is the proper solution and I think it would contribute to an extended widening of incomes and opportunities for U.S. families. --
The problem with your argument is you fail to show how school voucher programs would prove to be detrimental to schools outside the set of "poorly funded inner city schools."
Because it directly takes away money from the entire public school system. Currently, even parents who decide to send their kids to private schools must pay school taxes. In my understanding of Bush's proposal, they would get this money in the form of vouchers to put wherever they want, in this case the private school. So in the end it becomes a tax cut for the rich to the detriment of public education everywhere.
The larger problem you face is, how are you going to prove that social-welfare is not maximized when competitive markets prevail?
Sorry, I'd rather keep corporate competitive behaviour out of my public schools. You've asked a larger question than can answered with a couple quick quips, so I'll leave it at that. --
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he just can't understand the / code. It actually does everything for you, each space is replaced with a "-". Not surprising that he hasn't figured this out yet.
Ontopic: C.S.I. pulled me in one episode, but I have no idea when it's on (or care) so watching it again is hit or miss. I did like the way it was shot and the story was decent. --
Would you, however, go into books a million and photocopy every book in the place and make copies of that to give to anyone who wanted one?
Now the question isn't whether or not anyone would do this, but whether or not one should be legally able to do so? I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. If I can use my own resources to provide to you something that I have taken joy from, why is that wrong? (with the "profit motive" totally removed from my actions)
Just to head off your software developer example, if someone uses the code you write to make money, you should be compensated. And you also (like many musicians) get paid while you write or perform.
Producing the music isn't a problem, there is already much more music produced than any one person can every listen to (and that's in only their own country). The problem is one of distribution. That used to be a huge problem and a huge business sprung up to solve it. Now it isn't much of a problem, except that the distribution industry has totally taken over the music one (and become one in the same, it was a huge problem). Extricated them will be a difficult and painful process, mostly for that industry.
but even in that sense it was still people who wished to profit from the activity. There never has been a word for someone who wanders through the landscape passing out copies of sounds recordings, free of charge. With that criteria missing, it is an often mis-used word. I share music files, I'm not a pirate. --
well, one part of the problem is there is very little of the thing known as public domain music, nor will there be in the future. There should be, and the idea of copyright is usually one of limited protections, but our business run government has destroyed that idea. --
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Yes, the move the digitize everything and convert it is a somewhat time-consuming one. But there's some cheap software for converting them, and a fairly willing volunteer force. What about the licensing though? Would PBS or the CPB support or brand their own version of a P2P alternative? It could be a decent solution since most of PBS's "customers" seem to be in the higher income brackets, and therefore more likely to have good servers. It's a different twist on the "move to digital" but I think it might be worth exploring. And a simpler tip-jar might help to cut down on the begging. ;-)
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Does PBS an as organization support the new p2p file-sharing utilities that have popped up recently? Are there any moves to convert some of the content to types that could be distributed in such a way? You guys have great content, IMHO, but holding on to the "wait until we show it to you" paradigm is getting old. Just curious if there are movement towards this medium that you are aware of.
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do the divx ;-) codecs still work? I figure they would since they were RE'ed from the gorilla itself, but uh, do you know?
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Yea, I noticed that too. Surely you (as a young conservative) have a great resource to back up your YELLING.
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Check out some of Bush's other priorities.
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And who made that mirror you look at? Do you really have no compassion? I'm not saying that these feelings should override your selfishness, but to discount them totally leaves you with conclusions like your sig. Haven't you ever had a good ROI for caring?
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I welcome the record labels into the online world, along with other large entertainment conglomerates, including cable companies and large online services. Indeed I have been encouraging them to catch up with consumer demand for online music for some time now. And they are beginning to do so, at least in experimental ways. But I do not think it is any benefit for artists or fans to have all the new, wide distribution channels controlled by those who have controlled the old, narrower ones. This is especially true if they achieve that control by leveraging their dominance in content or conduit space in an anticompetitive way to control the new, independent music services that are attempting to enhance the consumer's experience of music.
Emphasis mine, which I doubt is something the RIAA wants to put on their site.
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Men, be more alert and cautious when getting a drink offer from a girl. There is a drug called beer, that is essentially in liquid form. The drug is now being used by female sexual predators at parties to convince their male victims to have sex with them.
The shocking statistic is that beer is available virtually anywhere! All girls have to do is buy a beer or two for almost any guy and simply ask the guy home for no-strings attached sex. Men are literally rendered helpless against such attacks.
Please! Forward this to everyone you know!!!
(I'm a cowboy, baby)
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games drive hardware sales. A 3-d accelerated gameboy that links/doubles as a PDA? Sounds pretty golden to me. Wireless internet no less. Batteries would be a problem, but that's not my department.
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just a quick note. I checked the MS update page after I saw this story. It did NOT list this as a "critical update", at least not for 5.01. Upgrading to SP2 was an option under "Recommended Updates". I don't know if this bug set off their "critical updates" program since I don't use it. It is a tough situation for them, tons of clueless users who will get abused, but it should be their responsibility on some level for damages associated with abuses for their software. Yes, I know their EULA tries to head off that argument, but the whole monopoly thing seems to be a decent counteragument.
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no way.
Although it did take Stewart a little while to realize what kind of comedy he was doing, once he caught on it has been great. What was good about the Craig years was how they would absolutely skewer guests. His interview with Carrot Top was classic. Then people found out about it and were prepared. Anyway, their election coverage was great, as was one of the pieces they did on the Rich pardon hullaballo. "What!? You mean favors for donations is common in Washington?" Anyway, I think it is better now, their writers blow away the normal networks.
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it'll be just like the artists suing the labels after the labels come up with their own payed Napster service. My biggest curiousity is the distinction drawn between this type of database and one at the public library. For those of you that like to watch movies for free, the library is a great place for it. Now we just need to get them to digitize their movie and music libraries and make them available to say, people with an internet connection but unable for whatever reason to visit the physical library. Hmmm...
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you need to stop watching ESPN too. And any broadcasts. The increasing bidding wars for the rights to broadcast is the bigger factor in player salaries (because they see how big the pie is). This won't change because while certain media choices (drama, comedy, news) are being spread out among a number of sources, sports broadcasts are special since they create their own events. They will always have a good core audience no matter how many other channels of crap are on out there.
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at least that particular story.
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You may be informed on the options, I may be informed, the average slashdot reader may be informed, but I guarantee you the average Napster user *IS*NOT*.
When they reported this on CNN, they had the Bearshare homepage on the screen in the back. And I think they even mentioned Limewire, which our linking AC overlooked. People aren't as dumb as you believe, they might not figure it out immediately, but it's not that difficult. Of course, then there's people like Martha Stewart, who was so amazed by a Real Player demonstration, she was paraphrased to have said, "Oh, that's neat. I'll bet one day you'll be able to find any type of music with a click of a button. Wonderful."
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The schools gain for every kid that takes a voucher to opt out, but lose for every kid that already WAS out of the existing system. This is a net gain of resources for the schools if enough kids leave.
This would only work if the numbers you quoted were accurate. And I'm gonna need more than word for convincing. This does combat one of the major problems with public school, large class sizes, but I don't think it is a good one.
Your next paragraph needs some serious backing up, because my experience is pretty much completely opposite. How can lower class kids gain by having less funds for their school? And your private school data, and profile of typical students is totally contrary to what I have observed.
because the local public school is a scary violent place where little learning occurs.
And taking away another slice of the social class and their school taxes is going to help this how? Or do you wish public education to be written off as a lost cause?
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you missed my point. The kids won't be leaving public school, they already have and attend private school. What will be leaving next is their money, which their parents have already decided to pay above and beyond what they pay for public school taxes. Now they can get those back. It looks to me like a pretty clear cut upper vs. lower (money) class question, and while I fall in the upper, I'd rather not have even more idiots running around. I don't think this is the proper solution and I think it would contribute to an extended widening of incomes and opportunities for U.S. families.
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Because it directly takes away money from the entire public school system. Currently, even parents who decide to send their kids to private schools must pay school taxes. In my understanding of Bush's proposal, they would get this money in the form of vouchers to put wherever they want, in this case the private school. So in the end it becomes a tax cut for the rich to the detriment of public education everywhere.
The larger problem you face is, how are you going to prove that social-welfare is not maximized when competitive markets prevail?
Sorry, I'd rather keep corporate competitive behaviour out of my public schools. You've asked a larger question than can answered with a couple quick quips, so I'll leave it at that.
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he just can't understand the / code. It actually does everything for you, each space is replaced with a "-". Not surprising that he hasn't figured this out yet.
Ontopic: C.S.I. pulled me in one episode, but I have no idea when it's on (or care) so watching it again is hit or miss. I did like the way it was shot and the story was decent.
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Would you, however, go into books a million and photocopy every book in the place and make copies of that to give to anyone who wanted one?
Now the question isn't whether or not anyone would do this, but whether or not one should be legally able to do so? I don't see any reason why they shouldn't. If I can use my own resources to provide to you something that I have taken joy from, why is that wrong? (with the "profit motive" totally removed from my actions)
Just to head off your software developer example, if someone uses the code you write to make money, you should be compensated. And you also (like many musicians) get paid while you write or perform.
Producing the music isn't a problem, there is already much more music produced than any one person can every listen to (and that's in only their own country). The problem is one of distribution. That used to be a huge problem and a huge business sprung up to solve it. Now it isn't much of a problem, except that the distribution industry has totally taken over the music one (and become one in the same, it was a huge problem). Extricated them will be a difficult and painful process, mostly for that industry.
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but even in that sense it was still people who wished to profit from the activity. There never has been a word for someone who wanders through the landscape passing out copies of sounds recordings, free of charge. With that criteria missing, it is an often mis-used word. I share music files, I'm not a pirate.
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Anonymous Coward : Spend a little less time trying to justify theft and a little more time trying to grow a fucking spine.
Got it. To grow spine, one should post inflamatory comments anonymously.
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well, one part of the problem is there is very little of the thing known as public domain music, nor will there be in the future. There should be, and the idea of copyright is usually one of limited protections, but our business run government has destroyed that idea.
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