So it's perfectly fine for a Lindows product to be less-than-good in the first release, but if it was a Microsoft product you'd be demanding heads roll...
Why the hell should Microsoft alone be forced to open their APIs and file formats? "Rational Pricing" is subjective and is something that should be left as a decision to the consumer.
While those laws to protect our heritage or something seem pretty lame to lots of people, it doesn't really affect the "consumer". I get lots of American "content" even with those Canadian laws. American TV channels, for instance, don't comply with those laws but are still viewable from Canada
Wouldn't that only work if you choose to store your login info for next time? If that's the case, then it's the more the fault of lazy users than Microsoft.
If you photocopy a page out of a book to use for a report or something, are you "separating" the content of that page from the rest of the book? I don't think so, Universal:)
Actually not. The article simply discussed how the Passport system uses cookies to store users' information and how you could possibly get the cookies from a user that still has them. It doesn't detail anything about accessing some magical databse, nor does it mention credit cards.
Something really weird I thought someone mentioned was that for air shipments, brokerage fees get absorbed (somewhere...). I was warned about the brokerage fees before having something shipped to me ground, but I had no idea that (when added to the duty, taxes, etc.) it would end up costing $60!
First, no one ever downloaded a song *from* Napster. The software let you find a song and download it from another independant computer. Second, why does this sound like propaganda aimed at little kids to me? "Don't download music from the internet or no one will ever love you!!"
And another thing!:)
I don't recall it ever being proved that Napster directly caused CD sales to go down.
How does the FBI (United States Government) think it has the right to monitor the communications of those people *not* in the U.S.? I, for instance, am a Canadian citizen, but connect to American-hosted servers every day. Will I be able to haul them into court for eavesdropping?
But where is the music actually entering Napster? They don't actually host the files, so the only way this would work is if the files trying to be shared were prevented from entering it's 'locator database' or however it says where the songs are.
Oh well, I sent the RIAA a few reasons why some of their plans won't really work..
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They have to take special precautions since there's some conference? What about the rest of the year?
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Right...
So it's perfectly fine for a Lindows product to be less-than-good in the first release, but if it was a Microsoft product you'd be demanding heads roll...
Why the hell should Microsoft alone be forced to open their APIs and file formats? "Rational Pricing" is subjective and is something that should be left as a decision to the consumer.
The only reason I can think of is that it's not a Microsoft product... *sigh*
Stop it >:O
If you're trying to freak people out, you're failing :) You tried too hard :)
While those laws to protect our heritage or something seem pretty lame to lots of people, it doesn't really affect the "consumer". I get lots of American "content" even with those Canadian laws. American TV channels, for instance, don't comply with those laws but are still viewable from Canada
Wouldn't that only work if you choose to store your login info for next time? If that's the case, then it's the more the fault of lazy users than Microsoft.
I just went to http://com.com and it redirected to a CNet thing.
Hmm...
:)
If you photocopy a page out of a book to use for a report or something, are you "separating" the content of that page from the rest of the book? I don't think so, Universal
How exactly is it illegal to exercise fair use rights? As long as you're not distributing the music, you can hear it in any format you want...
Actually not. The article simply discussed how the Passport system uses cookies to store users' information and how you could possibly get the cookies from a user that still has them. It doesn't detail anything about accessing some magical databse, nor does it mention credit cards.
What about the people that can't (or don't know how to) change their nameserver?
Something really weird I thought someone mentioned was that for air shipments, brokerage fees get absorbed (somewhere...). I was warned about the brokerage fees before having something shipped to me ground, but I had no idea that (when added to the duty, taxes, etc.) it would end up costing $60!
First, no one ever downloaded a song *from* Napster. The software let you find a song and download it from another independant computer. Second, why does this sound like propaganda aimed at little kids to me? "Don't download music from the internet or no one will ever love you!!"
:)
And another thing!
I don't recall it ever being proved that Napster directly caused CD sales to go down.
How does the FBI (United States Government) think it has the right to monitor the communications of those people *not* in the U.S.? I, for instance, am a Canadian citizen, but connect to American-hosted servers every day. Will I be able to haul them into court for eavesdropping?
I really, really like this idea. Now, if only we could get it to be tried out in "the wild" :)
Uhh... there are lots of other editors, etc. than are not made by Microsoft... what *ARE* you talking about?
Wonder what'll happen to the first person that gets hauled into court over this... ;)
But wouldn't that cause more stress as everyone would be using water/electricity at the same time? Oh well... they might not think about it too hard ;)
I seem to recall something about pipe bombs... Sue the manufacturer of those pipes for making them so easy to turn into bombs!!!! Idiots...
But where is the music actually entering Napster? They don't actually host the files, so the only way this would work is if the files trying to be shared were prevented from entering it's 'locator database' or however it says where the songs are. Oh well, I sent the RIAA a few reasons why some of their plans won't really work..