Well, I've got one even fscking better...I went to a gas station, and decided to use the ATM there. Same state, same bank. But the damn thing charged Me, a customer of that bank to get money out using that ATM. Bank One sucks badly.
Um, no I never read anything like that here. Only things about how out-of-control it's gotten. Remember, when copyrights first started, they lasted 14 years, with the possibility of extending it another 14 years. Now after Disney got through buying the congresscritters, it's now 95 years, and all the existing copyrights were given the extention, and more than likely will be extended when time is about to run out..IMNSHO the extention laws should be thrown out due to the fact that it stiffles growth and creativity. Like when was the last *new* thing that came from Disney? (And, no stuff from pixlar, etc. doesn't count, I mean from Disney themselves) Yea, right, all of the past several major animation films done by Disney were taken from stories In The Public Domain, or in one case, their old stock(and the one major character in that story would be in the public domain if it wasn't for the past two extentions of the copyright law), and they won't give *anything* back. That's greed plain and simple, and something needs to be done about it.
The laws were created to make sure that someone could profit from a creation, and create more. Not to sit on their ass and think, I made one good thing, and now I can be supported for the rest of time.
Almost has to make you wonder...The last extention law was named after a famous hollywood congresscritter, that died before the law was passed...Wonder if someone knew that it wasn't going to pass and...Then since the law was named after him, and everyone felt bad that he died, so they passed it for him.
I've got a question. How can they complain about DeCSS violating any copyrights? I mean, did the DVDCCA copyright, or pantent the CSS decoding method? As far as I can tell, the answer to that is no, so the DeCSS code can't be violating *any* copyrights. Ok, we *can* go further and say when that code is run, it *could* decode the encrpytion that the DVDCCA puts in so that you can't import foregin films(Funny, I thought that import/export restrictions like that was illegal in most contries, including the USA), but the code by itself violates no laws.
And that is why I don't buy Sony mp3 players. Best bet: Creative Nomad II - Yea, you can't transfer a Mp3 from the player with the Creative software, but you can take the media out and put it in a reader, and copy the file that way:)
Now if they would release the USB info so a driver for Linux could be written.
Well, I don't remember signing any agreement saying that because I bought this DVD player, I gave up my rights to copy any DVD I owned.
For that matter, I didn't also see any click-through agreement on the software either. So, I guess that sums it up. I can make a copy for myself legaly.
If you really have to play your DVDs on your silly little Linux box, tell your Linux vendor to license it like real companies do. Hopefully, Yon-boy and the theives who support him will get what they deserve, a good stiff sentence.
It's been tried, and they won't license it to anyone in the Linux community...And if you were able to read the post I made, it did state that I would buy a copy of a player if one existed....Geez, learn to read, and how to get an account on/.
The V in DVD stands for Versatile. There are legitimate uses for having a DVD drive in a computer other than playing DVD movies. There are more and more data disks with the huge volume that DVD affords. The legitimate way to play DVD movies in a PC is to acquire a player, also known as either a hardware or a software decoder. The DVD drive by itself is most assuredly not a DVD movie player.
I will grant you this point, there are uses other than playing movies with a DVD drive.
A Linux user who wants to play DVDs on his/her computer has the option of buying a set top box to watch the DVD movies, so is not blocked out from the content of the movie disks.
No, wrong, I bought a DVD drive and decoder card in order to play movies on my computer. I don't feel that I should have to boot into Windows, or buy anotherhardware DVD player to watch the DVDs I have bought. Note: I would buy a Linux version of a DVD player software, no wait, no major company is willing to make one.
Who would want to watch an entire movie hunched over a keyboard and/or on a little postage-stamp in the middle of their screen in the first place?
Well, for your information, I've got a very comfortable chair, and a 21 inch monitor on my computer...
So here comes some people who "decrypt" the CSS technology, and make it available as an interoperability tool. Perfectly legal, and definitely good for the computer community. The MPAA, though, sees this, perhaps, as a threat that now anyone can make DVD console players able to play CSS-encrypted discs, without paying a fee for it, and have computers all over the world play DVDs without licensing the software or technology that so many others have invested money and time in developing and licensing.
Here's something...They could have patened it, then charged royalities to use it...Then they would have a legal leg to stand on against DeCSS...But they decided that they wanted their cake and eat it to...*BUZZ* Sorry, don't work that way folks.
But is that really a "good thing" though? If I just up and quit due to something little I didn't like, I'd be hard pressed to convince my potential new employer that I'm a "stable" employee, and would be realiable for the long haul.
And getting fired for no good reason also doesn't look good to potential employers...
To me, it looks like a lose-lose deal for the workers.
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Well, I've got one even fscking better...I went to a gas station, and decided to use the ATM there. Same state, same bank. But the damn thing charged Me, a customer of that bank to get money out using that ATM. Bank One sucks badly.
The laws were created to make sure that someone could profit from a creation, and create more. Not to sit on their ass and think, I made one good thing, and now I can be supported for the rest of time.
Almost has to make you wonder...The last extention law was named after a famous hollywood congresscritter, that died before the law was passed...Wonder if someone knew that it wasn't going to pass and...Then since the law was named after him, and everyone felt bad that he died, so they passed it for him.
--Ben
--Ben
Now if they would release the USB info so a driver for Linux could be written.
For that matter, I didn't also see any click-through agreement on the software either. So, I guess that sums it up. I can make a copy for myself legaly.
--Ben
It's been tried, and they won't license it to anyone in the Linux community...And if you were able to read the post I made, it did state that I would buy a copy of a player if one existed....Geez, learn to read, and how to get an account on /.
--Ben
Sig error #42 - What was the question?
I will grant you this point, there are uses other than playing movies with a DVD drive.
A Linux user who wants to play DVDs on his/her computer has the option of buying a set top box to watch the DVD movies, so is not blocked out from the content of the movie disks.
No, wrong, I bought a DVD drive and decoder card in order to play movies on my computer. I don't feel that I should have to boot into Windows, or buy another hardware DVD player to watch the DVDs I have bought. Note: I would buy a Linux version of a DVD player software, no wait, no major company is willing to make one.
Who would want to watch an entire movie hunched over a keyboard and/or on a little postage-stamp in the middle of their screen in the first place?
Well, for your information, I've got a very comfortable chair, and a 21 inch monitor on my computer...
--Ben
Sig error #666 - The devil made me do it.
Here's something...They could have patened it, then charged royalities to use it...Then they would have a legal leg to stand on against DeCSS...But they decided that they wanted their cake and eat it to...*BUZZ* Sorry, don't work that way folks.
--Ben
Sig error #666 -- The devil made me do it.
Though so.
--Ben
Trendy?
Ok, everyone here raise you hand if you think Linux is trendy. Ah, though so.
--Ben
And getting fired for no good reason also doesn't look good to potential employers...
To me, it looks like a lose-lose deal for the workers.
Ben Konosky
Sig Error #42 - Don't know the question.
--Ben
Sig Error #666 -- The Devil made me do it.
Q: What's the difference between a dead snake in the middle of the road, and a dead lawyer?
A: There's skid marks in front of the snake.
--Ben
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