Of course he's not worried about the independant film makers. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for the equipment to properly make and edit a quality looking movie.
Ok, it used to. But we can have that again if only we get some DRM controls and force those damned independants to buy a license so they can distribute movies.
It's Canada and it's legal. It was added as section 8 of the copyright act and it's the reason we pay 21 cents on CDRs. Not exactly fair for those who buy CDRs for purposes other than copying music.
We have Rogers as our provider. They have a very odd situation with one of the channels. There's an analog and a digital version of the channel Treehouse (kids programming). Either 63 or 64 is the analog version, 103 or so is the digital version. There is a very noticable difference between the two.
In Ontario, our last municipal election was done entirely by an automated phone system. You could vote a few days ahead of time if you wished.
The biggest problem with this system is of course that they didn't have enough phone lines when everyone was trying to vote. I'm not totally sure, but I think some people didn't get a chance to vote because the lines were all busy.
Personally, I would have preferred they went back to the way we do other elections. You mark an X in a circle next to the name of the person you want to vote for.
It's not the levy that would make it legal. It's the law that came with the levy. Oh, and if you ripped those off a friend's legit CD, it's legal. If you downloaded them from a P2P network, they might not be.
5 days? Ouch. I've been amazed at how fast the mail can be where I live (Ontario). For example, this afternoon a box set of DVDs came to me. When I checked amazon.ca's website, it hadn't been updated to say that the DVDs had shipped yet.
What this means is Canada Post somehow physically delivered those DVDs faster than amazon.ca was able to update their database. Considering that the DVDs are showing a release date of Sept 24, I'm amazed.
Yet my ISP in Ontario (Rogers) has recently cut speeds in half (3Mbit/400 to 1.5Mbit/192) and are planning on bringing in monthly limits, probably the same as Sympatico's 5gig up and 5 gig down.
And if you live in Canada (like most Hip fans), there was a legal way to make that copy. If the person who's getting the copy is the one who burns it (possibly just hitting the burn button), it's legal. That's why we pay a 21 cent levy on CDRs.
No, *you* are paying attention to the ads. I'm channel surfing, looking for something to watch for the 2-5 minutes ads last. Sometimes I find something, other times I flip through 100 channels and check to see if the show is back on.
In Canada you can make a copy and give someone else the original. Or you can lend the copy to them, they can make a copy of it, and give it back. All perfectly legal and the reason we pay a levy on CDRs and CDRWs.
You have to remember that most Canadian Universities are publically funded. Waterloo happens to be *the* place to go for Computer and Math studies in Ontario (if not Canada). Think of it as MIT, but cheaper.
If you live in Canada and want a computer degree with a good reputation, you go to Waterloo.
I think piracy is just as rampant as the MPAA says it is.
In Malaysia, yes. It's a different culture there. You won't find those duplicates in stores here. If you do, the store will be shut down quickly. There, it's not a big deal.
People in the western world tend to buy from large stores like Walmart, Best Buy, or (in Canada) Futureshop. The guy on the street is selling the movie for $2, Walmart is selling it for say $12. Is that $10 worth the risks to the average consumer?
Hello Canadian-imported contraband hardware. Imagine the amount of business computer hardware dealers in border cities will be able to do. Yay for our economy! (at least until they bribe enough of our MPs)
I live in Canada where companies can't advertise perscription drugs on TV. Certain stations that feed from the US (TBS, TNN, TLC, and the networks) have those ads on them. My cable company (Rogers) replaces those ads with their own (Satellite is bad: stay with us, our cable internet is good: get it, watch our community access station).
Of course they have the right to pray, as long as it's not while they're supposed to be learning.
Muslims have to pray towards Mecca a few times per day (I forget the exact number). They don't interrupt class to do it. There's recess (or between classes in high school) and lunch breaks for that.
If a kid wants to pray to their god, gods, sacred beans shaped like "The Leader", they can do that all they want, as long as they do it on their own time and don't bother the other kids.
Except for sacred beans shaped like "The Leader". We must all bow down and worship the Leader.
Ah, but that tariff is very simple to get around. It only applies to mediums on which a musical work has never been recorded on. So all that the manufacturer has to do is put a sample song on the player. It doesn't even have to stay on the player, they can erase it right after.
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I think that's the "do as I say, not as I do" law.
Of course he's not worried about the independant film makers. It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars for the equipment to properly make and edit a quality looking movie.
Ok, it used to. But we can have that again if only we get some DRM controls and force those damned independants to buy a license so they can distribute movies.
That is vhat he is vanting you to think...
You'll also want to have godlike abilities to control the weather so that you can get rid of those fucking clouds that blocked out the Leonids.
It's Canada and it's legal. It was added as section 8 of the copyright act and it's the reason we pay 21 cents on CDRs. Not exactly fair for those who buy CDRs for purposes other than copying music.
Not in my country it isn't. If a friend buys a CD and I make a copy of it for my personal use, that's legal.
We have Rogers as our provider. They have a very odd situation with one of the channels. There's an analog and a digital version of the channel Treehouse (kids programming). Either 63 or 64 is the analog version, 103 or so is the digital version. There is a very noticable difference between the two.
Sounds better than our current candidates. CowboyNeal, we need you!
In Ontario, our last municipal election was done entirely by an automated phone system. You could vote a few days ahead of time if you wished.
The biggest problem with this system is of course that they didn't have enough phone lines when everyone was trying to vote. I'm not totally sure, but I think some people didn't get a chance to vote because the lines were all busy.
Personally, I would have preferred they went back to the way we do other elections. You mark an X in a circle next to the name of the person you want to vote for.
It's not the levy that would make it legal. It's the law that came with the levy. Oh, and if you ripped those off a friend's legit CD, it's legal. If you downloaded them from a P2P network, they might not be.
Do I want to know what warwanking is?
There are good managers?
5 days? Ouch. I've been amazed at how fast the mail can be where I live (Ontario). For example, this afternoon a box set of DVDs came to me. When I checked amazon.ca's website, it hadn't been updated to say that the DVDs had shipped yet.
What this means is Canada Post somehow physically delivered those DVDs faster than amazon.ca was able to update their database. Considering that the DVDs are showing a release date of Sept 24, I'm amazed.
Yet my ISP in Ontario (Rogers) has recently cut speeds in half (3Mbit/400 to 1.5Mbit/192) and are planning on bringing in monthly limits, probably the same as Sympatico's 5gig up and 5 gig down.
Screw it, I'm moving to Nova Scotia.
And if you live in Canada (like most Hip fans), there was a legal way to make that copy. If the person who's getting the copy is the one who burns it (possibly just hitting the burn button), it's legal. That's why we pay a 21 cent levy on CDRs.
There's also a 4 disc SVCD (mpeg2) version of the screener which adds up to about 2.8 gigs.
No, *you* are paying attention to the ads. I'm channel surfing, looking for something to watch for the 2-5 minutes ads last. Sometimes I find something, other times I flip through 100 channels and check to see if the show is back on.
In Canada you can make a copy and give someone else the original. Or you can lend the copy to them, they can make a copy of it, and give it back. All perfectly legal and the reason we pay a levy on CDRs and CDRWs.
You have to remember that most Canadian Universities are publically funded. Waterloo happens to be *the* place to go for Computer and Math studies in Ontario (if not Canada). Think of it as MIT, but cheaper.
If you live in Canada and want a computer degree with a good reputation, you go to Waterloo.
But it has commentary. Even IMAX doesn't have commentary.
I think piracy is just as rampant as the MPAA says it is.
In Malaysia, yes. It's a different culture there. You won't find those duplicates in stores here. If you do, the store will be shut down quickly. There, it's not a big deal.
People in the western world tend to buy from large stores like Walmart, Best Buy, or (in Canada) Futureshop. The guy on the street is selling the movie for $2, Walmart is selling it for say $12. Is that $10 worth the risks to the average consumer?
Hello Canadian-imported contraband hardware. Imagine the amount of business computer hardware dealers in border cities will be able to do. Yay for our economy! (at least until they bribe enough of our MPs)
My cable company does this. Legally.
I live in Canada where companies can't advertise perscription drugs on TV. Certain stations that feed from the US (TBS, TNN, TLC, and the networks) have those ads on them. My cable company (Rogers) replaces those ads with their own (Satellite is bad: stay with us, our cable internet is good: get it, watch our community access station).
The CRTC (like the FCC) says they can do this.
Of course they have the right to pray, as long as it's not while they're supposed to be learning.
Muslims have to pray towards Mecca a few times per day (I forget the exact number). They don't interrupt class to do it. There's recess (or between classes in high school) and lunch breaks for that.
If a kid wants to pray to their god, gods, sacred beans shaped like "The Leader", they can do that all they want, as long as they do it on their own time and don't bother the other kids.
Except for sacred beans shaped like "The Leader". We must all bow down and worship the Leader.
Ah, but that tariff is very simple to get around. It only applies to mediums on which a musical work has never been recorded on. So all that the manufacturer has to do is put a sample song on the player. It doesn't even have to stay on the player, they can erase it right after.