I remember when the news first broke, all sort of measures went into effect to "protect citizens," including requiring packages over two pounds to be shipped only from local post office (ironically after all the mayhem Unabomber has created over nearly two decades long terror attacks, post office never for once does this.) Prior to that event it was possible to drop packages of any weight into mail boxes (provided it fits.)
Later AFTER FAA declared the incident as accidental (true or not still appears to be a matter of debate, but I digress,) guess what? The package shipping restriction remains in effect. My own conclusion about this is that once something like this went into effect, it's never going away. Keep that in mind whenever government put more measures into effect to "protect citizens."
Watching for RIAA to pay off... contribute to their congress critters in exchange for law(s) banning tune uploading software for cellphones. Then the only way to get music into a cellphone is through inband download from these stores.
I'm sure Amazon & their team of lawyers has covered their backs. Shouldn't he be suing the people who posted the comments? But then he couldn't milk a mulit-million dollar cash cow then, could he?
That has never stopped a lawyer froms suing before. More precisely the sort of crackpot that would write this kind of book is exactly the sort that would sue, in the face of any common sense.
It's their "rootkit," our "DRM enforcement agent." The same sort of nonsense about their "terrorist," our "freedom fighter." that were promoted by the whitehouse in 80's.
Not necessarily; profit is one of those microeconomics things that is a curve. If you're on the top half of the curve for a specific product, lowering the price of a product will increase profits because volume goes up faster than unit-profit goes down.
The basic problem with that theory is that human greed knows no bound. If the record companies can get away with charging say $2 a song, do you really think they would settle for $1.50?
Case in point: CD prices. I think it's safe to assume the COST of pressed CDs in the volume record companies deal in is around 50 cents. Given the prevalence of CD in this day and age, by your logic CDs should cost no more than... say, $5. The very fact that to this day consumers are still charged $15 a CD would disprove your theory...
How about fixing the problem they're running away from (through temporary diversion like illicit drugs or (gasp) game playing?) Of course, knowing our congress critters (for that matter, most government officials on the planet) they do just outlaw "it" and declare the problem fixed.
In absence of more solid information, I speculate the following --
a. Low Quality; episodes would be distributed in such laughable quality so as not to eat into their DVD sales revenue. b. Proprietary Format; ridden with bizarre DRM schemes that requires their proprietary player and phone home on your viewing habits, showers you with "targeted" ads that you can't skip. c. Embedded in fine print (think 2 point font) of EULA that permits them to use your bandwidth to launch DDoS attack against targets of their choosing. d. When the whole affair blows up in their face, declare "legal" (i.e. "THEIR") P2P can't possibily work and blame the failure on pirates, and push legal establishment for more laws to "enforce" their rights.
Something about their latest toy... ahm, ship that had to be towed back to port because Windows NT they used to run everything on the ship keep blue screening.
And is anyone keeping track of the number of people that switched BACK after discovering that they have to re...invest substantial amount of money into Mac version of software titles they already own for the x86?
Raising a whole new generation of script kiddies. My own opinion of the world has always been that "anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong." This venture is no exception.
All Apple has to do is start suing people. Stranger things have happened before (RIAA and MPAA comes to mind,) so don't be so quick to dismiss this possibility.
How about a full exchange of that CD for a new one without the DRM and the rootkit?
Dream on. To do so would be admitting having made a mistake, thus immediately opened itself to liablity claims. Any landshark worth its salt would advice against that. Sony, the multi-national, multi-billion dollar company admitting having made a mistake? Dream on.
I am under the impression that most EULA prohibits disassembly of the software binaries. Whether or not the EULA is enforceable however is another matter..
The fact Microsoft compelled to even comment about the departure suggests they're more important than Microsoft is willing to admit?
Ironically, it was Hermann Göring that said..
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"Why of course the people don't want war... (snip) That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
The nonsense perpetuated in old Soviet Union where maps were either wrong or nonexistence, INTENTIONALLY. Accurate map was considered a "State Secret." Ironically that is also where United States seems to be heading (Ever tried to look up satellite map of Washington DC?)
My brother worked at intel back in the early 90's. At the time, intel's internal pricing for 486DX2-66's was around $120 for employee "private use," and $20 for "department use." I kind of figure the $20 price tag is probably their cost.
The key can also be used to transfer things like driving instructions or music to the car's hard drive.
So when the drive crashes, what happens? Are the vehicles owner permitted to make "archival" copies of the drive content? What sort of information are kept on these hard drives? Can the content of the drive be used against the owner in some way? Questions, so many questions...
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I remember when the news first broke, all sort of measures went into effect to "protect citizens," including requiring packages over two pounds to be shipped only from local post office (ironically after all the mayhem Unabomber has created over nearly two decades long terror attacks, post office never for once does this.) Prior to that event it was possible to drop packages of any weight into mail boxes (provided it fits.)
Later AFTER FAA declared the incident as accidental (true or not still appears to be a matter of debate, but I digress,) guess what? The package shipping restriction remains in effect. My own conclusion about this is that once something like this went into effect, it's never going away. Keep that in mind whenever government put more measures into effect to "protect citizens."
"Lifting it about half an inch to an inch off the table top, then drop it?" For the non-antique, that's a reference to Apple III...
Watching for RIAA to pay off... contribute to their congress critters in exchange for law(s) banning tune uploading software for cellphones. Then the only way to get music into a cellphone is through inband download from these stores.
It's their "rootkit," our "DRM enforcement agent." The same sort of nonsense about their "terrorist," our "freedom fighter." that were promoted by the whitehouse in 80's.
Case in point: CD prices. I think it's safe to assume the COST of pressed CDs in the volume record companies deal in is around 50 cents. Given the prevalence of CD in this day and age, by your logic CDs should cost no more than... say, $5. The very fact that to this day consumers are still charged $15 a CD would disprove your theory...
How about fixing the problem they're running away from (through temporary diversion like illicit drugs or (gasp) game playing?) Of course, knowing our congress critters (for that matter, most government officials on the planet) they do just outlaw "it" and declare the problem fixed.
"Pay (or manufacture) big names to repeat the same lies often enough, people will believe it."
In absence of more solid information, I speculate the following --
a. Low Quality; episodes would be distributed in such laughable quality so as not to eat into their DVD sales revenue.
b. Proprietary Format; ridden with bizarre DRM schemes that requires their proprietary player and phone home on your viewing habits, showers you with "targeted" ads that you can't skip.
c. Embedded in fine print (think 2 point font) of EULA that permits them to use your bandwidth to launch DDoS attack against targets of their choosing.
d. When the whole affair blows up in their face, declare "legal" (i.e. "THEIR") P2P can't possibily work and blame the failure on pirates, and push legal establishment for more laws to "enforce" their rights.
We're so busy celebrating this, what of other states?
Something about their latest toy... ahm, ship that had to be towed back to port because Windows NT they used to run everything on the ship keep blue screening.
And is anyone keeping track of the number of people that switched BACK after discovering that they have to re...invest substantial amount of money into Mac version of software titles they already own for the x86?
Actually, 90% of zero surviver is still zero.
Raising a whole new generation of script kiddies. My own opinion of the world has always been that "anything that can go wrong WILL go wrong." This venture is no exception.
All Apple has to do is start suing people. Stranger things have happened before (RIAA and MPAA comes to mind,) so don't be so quick to dismiss this possibility.
I am under the impression that most EULA prohibits disassembly of the software binaries. Whether or not the EULA is enforceable however is another matter..
The fact Microsoft compelled to even comment about the departure suggests they're more important than Microsoft is willing to admit?
"Why of course the people don't want war... (snip) That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
The nonsense perpetuated in old Soviet Union where maps were either wrong or nonexistence, INTENTIONALLY. Accurate map was considered a "State Secret." Ironically that is also where United States seems to be heading (Ever tried to look up satellite map of Washington DC?)
Perhaps because the PC platform coupled with Linux is eating their lunch (and then some?)
My brother worked at intel back in the early 90's. At the time, intel's internal pricing for 486DX2-66's was around $120 for employee "private use," and $20 for "department use." I kind of figure the $20 price tag is probably their cost.
So what if the hardware malfunctions (or firmware has a bug) the cause the player to think that it has been modified?