The courts are insane. How can they order Napster to do something that isn't technologically possible...even for a well-funded group like SDMI?
You seem to be missing out on one key point. The courts are simply telling napster that they need to stop breaking the law. If Napster is unable to stop breaking the law, (which the courts have decided that it is doing) than it must shut down. Think of this analogy. I run a company that exchanges cars. People have cars, and advertise on my site that these cars are for sale. In fact, they are incrediably cheap. Everyone decides to use my store, and cars are being sent all over the place. The mafia than starts using the store to move stolen cars. I know that 90% of the cars that go through my car lot are stolen. The courts than say that I can no longer have stolen cars on my lot. If I can't find a way to comply with a owner who says "That car was stolen from me last week." than I will be shut down. It is easy with cars, hard with music, but the principle remains the same.
As I was reading, I came over an interesting fact that would most likely be especially noteworthy for/. readers..
"Sony's Urabe set a target of a 10,000-hour life for the screens and expressed confidence that manufacturing processes would pose no insurmountable problems."
10,000 hours is not a long time at all. In fact, it is only 417 days of consecutive running, or, 3.4 years of running the screen 8 hours a day. I know that my Sony G200 monitor stays on at least 12 hours a day, and I would perfer not to spend $1k+ on a monitor that dies only 2.28 years. Sounds like a rip-off to me.
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"Yes, this wonderful flat screen display has 1600x1200 resolution, no need for back-lighting, and is as thin as a credit card. It only comes with a 400 day warrentee."
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The courts are insane. How can they order Napster to do something that isn't technologically possible...even for a well-funded group like SDMI?
You seem to be missing out on one key point. The courts are simply telling napster that they need to stop breaking the law. If Napster is unable to stop breaking the law, (which the courts have decided that it is doing) than it must shut down. Think of this analogy.
I run a company that exchanges cars. People have cars, and advertise on my site that these cars are for sale. In fact, they are incrediably cheap. Everyone decides to use my store, and cars are being sent all over the place. The mafia than starts using the store to move stolen cars. I know that 90% of the cars that go through my car lot are stolen. The courts than say that I can no longer have stolen cars on my lot. If I can't find a way to comply with a owner who says "That car was stolen from me last week." than I will be shut down. It is easy with cars, hard with music, but the principle remains the same.
ZBB
"Home is where the bong is."
As I was reading, I came over an interesting fact that would most likely be especially noteworthy for /. readers..
"Sony's Urabe set a target of a 10,000-hour life for the screens and expressed confidence that manufacturing processes would pose no insurmountable problems."
10,000 hours is not a long time at all. In fact, it is only 417 days of consecutive running, or, 3.4 years of running the screen 8 hours a day. I know that my Sony G200 monitor stays on at least 12 hours a day, and I would perfer not to spend $1k+ on a monitor that dies only 2.28 years. Sounds like a rip-off to me.
ZBB
"Yes, this wonderful flat screen display has 1600x1200 resolution, no need for back-lighting, and is as thin as a credit card. It only comes with a 400 day warrentee."