[but now that they have migrated most of their base to digital cable, you need a box for every TV again, and they can bump up the revenue stream]
See, the thing is, I only get cable TV becuase I want cable internet and they wont sell me a net connection unless I pay for basic cable. (The claimed reason is that they could not stop me watching the cable so I have to pay. At least that is what I hear.)
If they go all digital, there goes my need to buy TV to get internet and my bill should be dropping. And..... I should be getting a bit more of my life back. {GRIN}
[By uploading the content to their server, they could argue that you are granting them a seperate specific license (their terms of service) and thus do not have to abide by the license you offer to the general public.]
Yes, but unless your work was first generation (all original to you) then you may not have the rights to give them this seperate license. Say for instance you released a Creative Commons BY-SA licensed video containing CC BY-SA licensed music in the sound track.
[Regardless; Think for yourself. Don't register as any party, register independant. Read about the issues, form your own opinions and vote with your head, not with your emotions.]
Couldn't you ignore this part [Don't register as any party, register independant] of your advice and it not make any difference?
[But congress has abdicated their responsibility to declare war, so the president has engaged in an unprecedented, extraconstitutional, and arguably illegal consolidation of executive power.]
When was the last time congress declared war? I am not so sure that this is unprecedented. Would you care to back that part up?
[Nope, there is currently two models for the "cleaned" up movie going on.]
Nope. I got that part. Someone claims the big guns also have suits against the model that uses the special player.
(I am a bit fuzzy, basically the claim is that even an EDL is a derivative and an infringement. I think someone may have mentioned that there is a special exemption for video like this but someone definately pointed out that there was a suit going on against the special dvd people.)
(Not that I think this should not be legal, just that it may indeed not be. Any facts to the contrary gladly received.)
[This raises a good question: what if the MST3K folk were to release their commentary as a file that, when combined with the correct DVD player, would place their overlayed silhouettes over the movie. BAM! All the advantages of MST3K, no copyright worries over the movie.]
If only, but from comments and discussions re the "cleaned up movie" ruling the other day, this still may be a copyright violation. Go figure.
"I was really hoping for more of this thread, it could have been one of the greats, but no, the best/. could come up with was 3 child posts, stopping at 1959, not even 50 years ago. Pathetic."
"Go back to making general sets as well as your special kits and you'll see interest in Hot Wheels perk back up I'll bet."
Indeed, so their revenue maximizing model is self defeating at least in my case as I am not going to buy my son any more of these special purpose sets.
As I point out, another issue I have with the special purpose sets is that they often don't work well.
I wonder if they are listening... (I hope for thier sake and for my son's that they are.)
(Be sure to make the track sections without the tongues and then have those seperate little tongoes to join them.)
all the best,
drew (da idea man)
Re:Why does everything need to be tech based?
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Re-Inventing Hotwheels
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[[Context: I was born in 1976.]]
[Context: I was born in 1962. (Yes, people really are that old.)]
Context: I was born in 1959. ~;-)
I am not so sure about the hot wheels all being "tricked out" or "hot rodded" but I now have a 5 year old who just got a hot wheels pack with a 3 d figure 8 track with jumps and a launcher. These new deals might be cool if they worked consistently, but more often than not, the car does not make it around the track. It is a waste of time. Give me the clip on to the coffee table two tracks side by side for racing with a loop in the middle of each side. Gravity powered so pretty much nothing to break. Bring it back or tell me how to get it for my boy if it is still produced.
Now, as to the british stuff, matchbox was fine, but corgi cars were a bit bigger and they were top.
[I object to this in the same way as I object a bit to homeschooling - sure the kid will learn stuff, but they won't learn to be around other people their own age, how to work with others, or how to be a member of society in general.]
Family, neighbourhood, religious group, sports team, band...
I enjoyed many of the social aspects of my schooling, but before I moved out into the bush mid way through, I had lots of interaction on my street. I also had lots of cousins. School is not the only place where these sorts of things can happen.
[Will Neal Armstrong be the Lief Ericson of the 26th century, and some one from the Chinese, Indian or Nigerian space program get all the credit, because they kept thir records?]
Dude! You got it wrong from the break. The Bahamians already went there (the moon) in 4321 B.C. but we didn't manage to get it into the permanent record and so it is our great exploits that are being passed over even as we speak!
Well, what I do is use something like cfdisk to remove the windows partitions and then repartition. That way, when I install linux, windows is replaced. ~;-)
Honestly, I know thta is not really what you are asking, but that really is the answer.
Look. I have been linux only on my desktops since the late 90s sometime. I have not looked back.
I suggest that you install something like ubuntu and see if you can't find more than enough things to do on your computer to fill up more time than you have in a day. You may miss some things but you gain other things. It can be done.
I have suggested a similar EDL based solution as well. It seems even that may not be legal though. Other people have pointed out that the company making that special dvd player is also currently in court over it.
Hey, even if they had to make the for TV and airline versions available on dvd it would be a start for those who want it.
This is a situation that could be helped by more compulsory licenses. I don't think that would be the best solution, but it would help. (I think.)
[We need both patent laws and copyright laws, but in their current state they no longer fulfil their purpose.]
We may or may not need them, I am not making that point. I do agree with you that they are broken as they stand and need to be fixed if we are to keep them.
My point is more that we should not make free market arguments with respect to "goods" protected by copyrights and patents as there are no free markets in those goods.
Government intervention in the market is deep in the heart of those markets and so discussion of further government intervention in said markets to fix problems that are hurting the public should not be met by those benefitting from those government interventions in the first place with cries of "let the market decide!"
A fairly simple point really. (I have deeper ones, I am just not making them now.)
"No, this decision forbids making copies, removing content from those copies, and then selling the altered copies."
So, if they find ways to blot out those bits on the original, this is all OK?
Like they could do if the movies were on tape and not on dvd? (Cut and splice as it were.)
Would you think it was OK and legal if they provided it as an actual service? Imagine I design a machine that works something like this...
Pop in a dvd, load up a control file, pop in a blank dvd in the other drive. The machine reads the original dvd and writes a copy under the control of the control file which results in the copy having certain parts removed or re-arranged.
So, I bring my machine by your house and make cleaned up versions of your DVDs for you. Using DVDs and blanks you supply.
You still get and original and a cleaned up copy. I still get some money.
I am astounded to find that I can buy a book. Make notes in it while reading for my own purposes and then legally be guilty of a crime if I decide later to pass it on when I no longer want or need it. (At least an infringement.)
I think this is one reason why I don't feel the warm fuzzies for the statutory damages and criminal aspects of modern copyright laws.
The problem with fair use as I think you (or someone else) in one of my postings follow ups pointed out is that it is first infringement and then must be defended. Who wants to go to court? Not me.
Would you care to address this question I asked above?
"Do you really mean this? Think about it for a second. If I do happen to modify my book, do I then not longer have the right to sell or give away that modified copy when I no longer want it?"
This is talking about a situation where I mark up a book which I own. (Say a college textbook.) Let's say I added margin notes and also, the situation put forth above, say I marked out certain parts with a black marker for whatever reasons.
Would I be allowed to sell or give away my copy of the book when I no longer wanted it?
[So if one were to create a DVD player that accepted a DVD, and then a flash card that contained an EDL telling it how to play the movie, that'd be just fine legally.]
So basically, some new tech and those who want someone else to "censor" their movies can have them. And "artistic" integrity is out the window.
So, honestly, why make the fuss in the first place?
Let's imagine that it is legal for me to hire someone to come into my home and make an edited movie for me as long as I buy the original.
So, I end up with an original and an edited version and I pay an employee a wage so I don't have to spend my time.
And yet it is illegal for someone to buy originals and sell original and edited versions in the same case.
In each instance, the "copyright entity" get's paid for one copy. In each case, the "end buyer" pays for an original copy and an edited copy.
In each case, a third party makes some money for making an edited copy.
And yet one situation is legal and one illegal. (I am not saying this is currently the case, I am asking you to imagine that it is the case.) Situations like this bother me. While this particular example may not hold up, I have seen situations time and again that make me think that this is precicely the sort of thing that goes on.
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[but now that they have migrated most of their base to digital cable, you need a box for every TV again, and they can bump up the revenue stream]
See, the thing is, I only get cable TV becuase I want cable internet and they wont sell me a net connection unless I pay for basic cable. (The claimed reason is that they could not stop me watching the cable so I have to pay. At least that is what I hear.)
If they go all digital, there goes my need to buy TV to get internet and my bill should be dropping. And..... I should be getting a bit more of my life back. {GRIN}
all the best,
drew
[The slingbox and its ilk attach to the cable box outputs so you could use a single cable box to broadcast video to all computers in your house.]
I plan to use strategically placed mirrors and speaking tubes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_tube
How will they try to outlaw that??? [GRIN] [WINK]
all the best,
drew
[By uploading the content to their server, they could argue that you are granting them a seperate specific license (their terms of service) and thus do not have to abide by the license you offer to the general public.]
Yes, but unless your work was first generation (all original to you) then you may not have the rights to give them this seperate license. Say for instance you released a Creative Commons BY-SA licensed video containing CC BY-SA licensed music in the sound track.
So it may not be possible and so not moot.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[Regardless; Think for yourself. Don't register as any party, register independant. Read about the issues, form your own opinions and vote with your head, not with your emotions.]
Couldn't you ignore this part [Don't register as any party, register independant] of your advice and it not make any difference?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[This article is only about the progress of the MEDIUM, not about the progress of human thought or some kind of intellectual literary breakthrough..]
Surely you jest! We have all known since the 60s that "The Medium is the Massage."
http://www.marshallmcluhan.com/main.html
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[When was the last time congress declared war?
Easy, December 8, 1941. Here's a pic. Also see Declarations of war by the United States. ]
That's kind of like what I figured which is why I took issue with calling this "issue" unprecedented.
A fairly simple point really.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[But congress has abdicated their responsibility to declare war, so the president has engaged in an unprecedented, extraconstitutional, and arguably illegal consolidation of executive power.]
When was the last time congress declared war? I am not so sure that this is unprecedented. Would you care to back that part up?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[Nope, there is currently two models for the "cleaned" up movie going on.]
Nope. I got that part. Someone claims the big guns also have suits against the model that uses the special player.
(I am a bit fuzzy, basically the claim is that even an EDL is a derivative and an infringement. I think someone may have mentioned that there is a special exemption for video like this but someone definately pointed out that there was a suit going on against the special dvd people.)
(Not that I think this should not be legal, just that it may indeed not be. Any facts to the contrary gladly received.)
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[This raises a good question: what if the MST3K folk were to release their commentary as a file that, when combined with the correct DVD player, would place their overlayed silhouettes over the movie. BAM! All the advantages of MST3K, no copyright worries over the movie.]
If only, but from comments and discussions re the "cleaned up movie" ruling the other day, this still may be a copyright violation. Go figure.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
"I was really hoping for more of this thread, it could have been one of the greats, but no, the best /. could come up with was 3 child posts, stopping at 1959, not even 50 years ago. Pathetic."
Weeny, Weedy, Weaky.
Does that make you any happier?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
In keeping with you post and the parent post: Hear! Hear! You have hit the nail on the head.
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See my post here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=191458&thresh
"Go back to making general sets as well as your special kits and you'll see interest in Hot Wheels perk back up I'll bet."
Indeed, so their revenue maximizing model is self defeating at least in my case as I am not going to buy my son any more of these special purpose sets.
As I point out, another issue I have with the special purpose sets is that they often don't work well.
I wonder if they are listening... (I hope for thier sake and for my son's that they are.)
(Be sure to make the track sections without the tongues and then have those seperate little tongoes to join them.)
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[[Context: I was born in 1976.]]
[Context: I was born in 1962. (Yes, people really are that old.)]
Context: I was born in 1959. ~;-)
I am not so sure about the hot wheels all being "tricked out" or "hot rodded" but I now have a 5 year old who just got a hot wheels pack with a 3 d figure 8 track with jumps and a launcher. These new deals might be cool if they worked consistently, but more often than not, the car does not make it around the track. It is a waste of time. Give me the clip on to the coffee table two tracks side by side for racing with a loop in the middle of each side. Gravity powered so pretty much nothing to break. Bring it back or tell me how to get it for my boy if it is still produced.
Now, as to the british stuff, matchbox was fine, but corgi cars were a bit bigger and they were top.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
From you sig:
"How many Schroedinger's cats does it take to change a heisenbulb?"
I'm not certain, sorry.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[I object to this in the same way as I object a bit to homeschooling - sure the kid will learn stuff, but they won't learn to be around other people their own age, how to work with others, or how to be a member of society in general.]
Family, neighbourhood, religious group, sports team, band...
I enjoyed many of the social aspects of my schooling, but before I moved out into the bush mid way through, I had lots of interaction on my street. I also had lots of cousins. School is not the only place where these sorts of things can happen.
all the best,
drew
(da ida man)
[Will Neal Armstrong be the Lief Ericson of the 26th century, and some one from the Chinese, Indian or Nigerian space program get all the credit, because they kept thir records?]
Dude! You got it wrong from the break. The Bahamians already went there (the moon) in 4321 B.C. but we didn't manage to get it into the permanent record and so it is our great exploits that are being passed over even as we speak!
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[Maybe I'm just way out in left field, but I typically read the comments, not the article.]
I don't know if it is left field or right field, but welcome to the outfield. ~;-)
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
Well, what I do is use something like cfdisk to remove the windows partitions and then repartition. That way, when I install linux, windows is replaced. ~;-)
Honestly, I know thta is not really what you are asking, but that really is the answer.
Look. I have been linux only on my desktops since the late 90s sometime. I have not looked back.
I suggest that you install something like ubuntu and see if you can't find more than enough things to do on your computer to fill up more time than you have in a day. You may miss some things but you gain other things. It can be done.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[But before we all bash them too too hard -- where, again, are the usable Linux desktops that we'd like to have to replace Windows???]
On my computers?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
I have suggested a similar EDL based solution as well. It seems even that may not be legal though. Other people have pointed out that the company making that special dvd player is also currently in court over it.
Hey, even if they had to make the for TV and airline versions available on dvd it would be a start for those who want it.
This is a situation that could be helped by more compulsory licenses. I don't think that would be the best solution, but it would help. (I think.)
all the best,
drew
[We need both patent laws and copyright laws, but in their current state they no longer fulfil their purpose.]
We may or may not need them, I am not making that point. I do agree with you that they are broken as they stand and need to be fixed if we are to keep them.
My point is more that we should not make free market arguments with respect to "goods" protected by copyrights and patents as there are no free markets in those goods.
Government intervention in the market is deep in the heart of those markets and so discussion of further government intervention in said markets to fix problems that are hurting the public should not be met by those benefitting from those government interventions in the first place with cries of "let the market decide!"
A fairly simple point really. (I have deeper ones, I am just not making them now.)
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
"No, this decision forbids making copies, removing content from those copies, and then selling the altered copies."
So, if they find ways to blot out those bits on the original, this is all OK?
Like they could do if the movies were on tape and not on dvd? (Cut and splice as it were.)
Would you think it was OK and legal if they provided it as an actual service? Imagine I design a machine that works something like this...
Pop in a dvd, load up a control file, pop in a blank dvd in the other drive. The machine reads the original dvd and writes a copy under the control of the control file which results in the copy having certain parts removed or re-arranged.
So, I bring my machine by your house and make cleaned up versions of your DVDs for you. Using DVDs and blanks you supply.
You still get and original and a cleaned up copy. I still get some money.
Would this too be illegal?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
"I would think these things would be legitimate in a "totally" free-market, without legislation."
MS's market is by definition not a free market...
Just about everything I know that they sell is protected by copyrights and patents.
And what are copyrights and patents?
Government interventions in the market... Think about it.
"Your example of PC hardware is interesting."
Here again, this is not a free market. There is so much that is patented in a PC it is not even close.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
Thanks,
you know, sometimes the law amazes me.
I am astounded to find that I can buy a book. Make notes in it while reading for my own purposes and then legally be guilty of a crime if I decide later to pass it on when I no longer want or need it. (At least an infringement.)
I think this is one reason why I don't feel the warm fuzzies for the statutory damages and criminal aspects of modern copyright laws.
The problem with fair use as I think you (or someone else) in one of my postings follow ups pointed out is that it is first infringement and then must be defended. Who wants to go to court? Not me.
I hope things go well for you in t his busy time.
again, all the best,
drew
Hey cpt...
good to see you around.
Would you care to address this question I asked above?
"Do you really mean this? Think about it for a second. If I do happen to modify my book, do I then not longer have the right to sell or give away that modified copy when I no longer want it?"
This is talking about a situation where I mark up a book which I own. (Say a college textbook.) Let's say I added margin notes and also, the situation put forth above, say I marked out certain parts with a black marker for whatever reasons.
Would I be allowed to sell or give away my copy of the book when I no longer wanted it?
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)
[So if one were to create a DVD player that accepted a DVD, and then a flash card that contained an EDL telling it how to play the movie, that'd be just fine legally.]
So basically, some new tech and those who want someone else to "censor" their movies can have them. And "artistic" integrity is out the window.
So, honestly, why make the fuss in the first place?
Let's imagine that it is legal for me to hire someone to come into my home and make an edited movie for me as long as I buy the original.
So, I end up with an original and an edited version and I pay an employee a wage so I don't have to spend my time.
And yet it is illegal for someone to buy originals and sell original and edited versions in the same case.
In each instance, the "copyright entity" get's paid for one copy. In each case, the "end buyer" pays for an original copy and an edited copy.
In each case, a third party makes some money for making an edited copy.
And yet one situation is legal and one illegal. (I am not saying this is currently the case, I am asking you to imagine that it is the case.) Situations like this bother me. While this particular example may not hold up, I have seen situations time and again that make me think that this is precicely the sort of thing that goes on.
all the best,
drew
(da idea man)