That's where that nice little thing called the "implied warranty of merchantability" kicks in. And it helps quite a bit when Universal has essentially admitted their product is defective in their publications. The chargeback would stand.
Without hitting them in the wallet, taking those actions will just make fair use supporters look like a vocal minority. Returns cost money and get the attention of suits, which is what it will take to get this misguided policy rescinded.
Dispute the charge on your credit card, using a printed copy of Universal's web page (which states that Universal has authorized retailers to accept returns on opened copy protected CD's--have a printed copy ready before you buy the CD, in case Universal pulls a "Ministry of Truth") as ammunition in the chargeback process. Either they'll change their policy or it'll cost them a whole heck of a lot of money. Either is good. And you'll get your money back.
Whatever it is, it'll send a message to record companies that fair use restrictions will not be tolerated in the marketplace. What would be best is for people to simply buy them and return them. The ripping part is optional, but is an acknowledgement of what will probably happen. (And it's a catchy little play on Apple's ads:>.)
That's good to know--I didn't realize any version of Windows allowed the user to change the MAC address, even if the driver supported it. So one could set up the VM while disconnnected from the network, change the MAC address, then bring up the VM while connected to the network never having broacast a MAC address with the VMware OUI onto the wire. Neat!
That's cool. Now if only VMware would tell us or someone would figure out how to change the first three bytes (OUI) of the Ethernet hardware address so that it isn't shouting out over the wires "I'm a VMware VM! I'm a VMware VM!" then I'd be set.
That's the lesson learned by Sprint ION. ION provided four telephone lines, 8MB down/1MB up DSL (bandwidth shared with voice), and a bucketload of free long distance.
What, besides lack of marketing killed it? Bundling all that together made customers realize they were paying two hundred bucks for telecommunications! Guess what'll happen when AOL/TW tries the same thing?
Failure to innovate to the customer's needs will eventually be what leaves them looking around asking, "Oh no, where did our market share go? What did we do wrong?" Many of us will just look at them and shake our heads.
Naw, they'll just blame the lower sales on rampant "piracy.":)
Realistically, any system that requires ion-beam implanters to hack is one that will be realtively effective at deterring "piracy".
But only if you can get enough of the market to throw away their non-digital rights managed hardware and buy this gee-whiz-bang stuff with copy control (i.e. fair use disablement). This stuff is already as dead as Divx.
A replacement of or enhancement to SMTP to require secure, unforgeable authentication of an email's sender in order to make this enforceable. Otherwise it is for naught.
I think the biggest thing that could be done for open source software would be an enforcement of piracy law. Think about it - how many people would keep using Word at home if they had to pay for it?
And you can bet Bill knows this. This is why it will never be all that hard for those so inclined to copy Microsoft software.
How are you going to use ID cards to tell the terrorists from the non-terrorist? Will the terrorist ID cards have "TERRORIST" across the picture diagonally, like some states do with "MINOR" on driver's licenses?
It tells you that using copy protection is a great way to create buzz for otherwise mediocre music. Have we considered that that might really be primarily what they're up to?
The current Interactive Digital Software Association member list
Remember their actions when doing your holiday shopping.
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It won't resolve backup issues:
What happens when Sony goes out of business (unlikely, I admit) as other software companies that used this as an excuse for intrusive copy protection have? (For instance, I have several copy protected Commodore and Atari 8-bit games that come with generous offers to replace the protected diskette for a $5.00 handling fee.)
What happens to the hapless user that scratches a CD in ten years, long after Sony has retired this service? The license has no expiration, right?
Placing the word backup in quotes as you did looks like it is meant to indirectly accuse anyone who makes backup copies of programs or games they have purchased of copyright infringement. While you may see no legitimate reason for a backup copy, others who worry more may. Sure, certain individuals may use such technology to avoid paying for games, but that's just a cost of doing business in the real world, unfortunately for Sony.
I'm sure Microsoft would never think to check to see if they're running in an emulated or virtual environment (both major commercial products in this space, VMware and VirtualPC, have trivial ways--even specific hooks--for checking this). It works now, but I don't imagine it'll continue to work.
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That's where that nice little thing called the "implied warranty of merchantability" kicks in. And it helps quite a bit when Universal has essentially admitted their product is defective in their publications. The chargeback would stand.
Go ahead, mod it down again. But at least don't be a wuss and use "Overrated" so you don't have to take your lumps in M2.
Without hitting them in the wallet, taking those actions will just make fair use supporters look like a vocal minority. Returns cost money and get the attention of suits, which is what it will take to get this misguided policy rescinded.
Dispute the charge on your credit card, using a printed copy of Universal's web page (which states that Universal has authorized retailers to accept returns on opened copy protected CD's--have a printed copy ready before you buy the CD, in case Universal pulls a "Ministry of Truth") as ammunition in the chargeback process. Either they'll change their policy or it'll cost them a whole heck of a lot of money. Either is good. And you'll get your money back.
Whatever it is, it'll send a message to record companies that fair use restrictions will not be tolerated in the marketplace. What would be best is for people to simply buy them and return them. The ripping part is optional, but is an acknowledgement of what will probably happen. (And it's a catchy little play on Apple's ads :>.)
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That's good to know--I didn't realize any version of Windows allowed the user to change the MAC address, even if the driver supported it. So one could set up the VM while disconnnected from the network, change the MAC address, then bring up the VM while connected to the network never having broacast a MAC address with the VMware OUI onto the wire. Neat!
That's cool. Now if only VMware would tell us or someone would figure out how to change the first three bytes (OUI) of the Ethernet hardware address so that it isn't shouting out over the wires "I'm a VMware VM! I'm a VMware VM!" then I'd be set.
Does VMWare's performance suffer much this way? If I read correctly, you're storing the virtual disk files on the loopback device.
What, besides lack of marketing killed it? Bundling all that together made customers realize they were paying two hundred bucks for telecommunications! Guess what'll happen when AOL/TW tries the same thing?
That's OK, even respectable AMD uses "comparison" PR-like deception to sell its chips now :).
Naw, they'll just blame the lower sales on rampant "piracy." :)
But only if you can get enough of the market to throw away their non-digital rights managed hardware and buy this gee-whiz-bang stuff with copy control (i.e. fair use disablement). This stuff is already as dead as Divx.
How does one see the archives for this listserv? Or does that take an FOIA request?
A replacement of or enhancement to SMTP to require secure, unforgeable authentication of an email's sender in order to make this enforceable. Otherwise it is for naught.
I'm hoping to make it to the rollover to the year 100000000000 in 101010 years.
And you can bet Bill knows this. This is why it will never be all that hard for those so inclined to copy Microsoft software.
That was an interesting read--thanks!
How are you going to use ID cards to tell the terrorists from the non-terrorist? Will the terrorist ID cards have "TERRORIST" across the picture diagonally, like some states do with "MINOR" on driver's licenses?
It tells you that using copy protection is a great way to create buzz for otherwise mediocre music. Have we considered that that might really be primarily what they're up to?
Remember their actions when doing your holiday shopping.
What happens when Sony goes out of business (unlikely, I admit) as other software companies that used this as an excuse for intrusive copy protection have? (For instance, I have several copy protected Commodore and Atari 8-bit games that come with generous offers to replace the protected diskette for a $5.00 handling fee.)
What happens to the hapless user that scratches a CD in ten years, long after Sony has retired this service? The license has no expiration, right?
Placing the word backup in quotes as you did looks like it is meant to indirectly accuse anyone who makes backup copies of programs or games they have purchased of copyright infringement. While you may see no legitimate reason for a backup copy, others who worry more may. Sure, certain individuals may use such technology to avoid paying for games, but that's just a cost of doing business in the real world, unfortunately for Sony.
For every critic, there are probably a thousand happy readers of atariage.com. Keep up the good work!
I'm sure Microsoft would never think to check to see if they're running in an emulated or virtual environment (both major commercial products in this space, VMware and VirtualPC, have trivial ways--even specific hooks--for checking this). It works now, but I don't imagine it'll continue to work.
The sooner, the better. The temple that was the Internet didn't need these moneychangers then, and doesn't need them now.