But the Y2K charlatans and Henny Pennys win either way:
If all hell breaks loose: "We told you so."
If all is well: "Thank goodness we warned everyone and acted in time."
Nice work if you can get it.
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It's their domain; they have a right to ask $1,000,000 for it. Judging from eToys change in market capitalization, it would have been cheaper for them to pay it.
If our society is going to allow intellectual "property" rights, they have to apply to artists at least as much as to corporate predators.
If indeed FAFSA on the web refuses to allow all 4.x versions of Netscape for Linux, I suggest writing to the U.S. Department of Education through the web form at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/contact.htm.
The Department of Education, along with other Federal agencies, is putting a great deal of effort into electronic access to government services. You can see the education piece of this at http://www.students.gov, the Access America for students page. There are links from there to other agencies including the IRS and the Department of State.
Given this situation, I think the Department of Education will be value and act upon suggestions for improvement from technically savvy Linux users who happen to be up and coming college students (and thus, customers).
I remember reading about the MP3 file format in Wired a couple of years ago when the record industry first clamped down on a few college kids exchanging songs. I'd never heard of it, and now I imagine people in similar situations have each collected a few GB of MP3 files.
Later, I'd never heard of Napster. The RIAA sabre rattled about suing. Tried it out. Discovered the protocol has been reverse engineered, there's a Linux client, and if the lights went out at Napster, independent servers with similar function would spring up.
Before today, I'd never heard of Streambox ripper. Real sues. Slashdot picks up the story. Grab it from a mirror. Resolve to continue to not buy any Real Networks products, as if the TRUST-E warning label fiasco wasn't enough. Happily grabbing streaming audio at will.
This is absolutely true. A direct connection is established to actually transfer the MP3 file, which can be seen in netstat, among other things, as you said.
Transferring MP3s through a central file server would likely open Napster to more liability for potential copyright violations than they would like to assume.
Perhaps the Internet will degenerate to the point where the intelligent people flee to store and forward systems like Fidonet or uucp. Only the Internet would be used as a transport, avoiding the toll charges.
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But the Y2K charlatans and Henny Pennys win either way:
If all hell breaks loose: "We told you so."
If all is well: "Thank goodness we warned everyone and acted in time."
Nice work if you can get it.
It's their domain; they have a right to ask $1,000,000 for it. Judging from eToys change in market capitalization, it would have been cheaper for them to pay it.
If our society is going to allow intellectual "property" rights, they have to apply to artists at least as much as to corporate predators.
If indeed FAFSA on the web refuses to allow all 4.x versions of Netscape for Linux, I suggest writing to the U.S. Department of Education through the web form at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/contact.htm.
The Department of Education, along with other Federal agencies, is putting a great deal of effort into electronic access to government services. You can see the education piece of this at http://www.students.gov, the Access America for students page. There are links from there to other agencies including the IRS and the Department of State.
Given this situation, I think the Department of Education will be value and act upon suggestions for improvement from technically savvy Linux users who happen to be up and coming college students (and thus, customers).
I remember reading about the MP3 file format in Wired a couple of years ago when the record industry first clamped down on a few college kids exchanging songs. I'd never heard of it, and now I imagine people in similar situations have each collected a few GB of MP3 files.
Later, I'd never heard of Napster. The RIAA sabre rattled about suing. Tried it out. Discovered the protocol has been reverse engineered, there's a Linux client, and if the lights went out at Napster, independent servers with similar function would spring up.
Before today, I'd never heard of Streambox ripper. Real sues. Slashdot picks up the story. Grab it from a mirror. Resolve to continue to not buy any Real Networks products, as if the TRUST-E warning label fiasco wasn't enough. Happily grabbing streaming audio at will.
You'd think they'd learn.
Precisely. From where I sit, 78% of the population has a mental illness :>.
This is absolutely true. A direct connection is established to actually transfer the MP3 file, which can be seen in netstat, among other things, as you said.
Transferring MP3s through a central file server would likely open Napster to more liability for potential copyright violations than they would like to assume.
Perhaps the Internet will degenerate to the point where the intelligent people flee to store and forward systems like Fidonet or uucp. Only the Internet would be used as a transport, avoiding the toll charges.