If they are smarter than they sound, they are protecting their DVD licensing with hardware vendors. All of this "copying is new and illegal" and possible fear of broadband mass distribution, ripping thousands of DVS is a smokescreen.
If the hardware player manufacturers don't have to kick-back anymore -- using DeCSS algos and citing this precedent -- then who loses most?
My biggest reservation about the thing is I associate AOL with extreme blandness. It would seem that this would ooze its way into the rest of TimeWarner and cause the menu of American "entertainment" that much more lame.
I had just been discussing this topic with a friend of mine. He's doing his thesis on what I guess could be called Internet Warfare.
It is worth reflecting on the fact that an Internet military power can be gained for extremely small amounts of money by countries that would otherwise not be able to attack/disrupt the more conventional military powers.
My feeling is that all of this is good. It is better than just the news itself. It is very good that the US government has the foresight (gasp) in addressing these current and future problems.
Are y'all assuming that people f*'ng sign up for XXX spam? I'd rather break a toe. I filter it, but some sneaks through, 'cause I don't want to be too restrictive.
But I imagine a sniffer could catch the stuff before my filter weeds it.
Not to sound too anti-sexed, but I used to predict how lame a day was going to be by counting the number of Hot/Teen/Live/XXX/Sex spams arrived overnight.
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If they are smarter than they sound, they are protecting their DVD licensing with hardware vendors. All of this "copying is new and illegal" and possible fear of broadband mass distribution, ripping thousands of DVS is a smokescreen.
If the hardware player manufacturers don't have to kick-back anymore -- using DeCSS algos and citing this precedent -- then who loses most?
My biggest reservation about the thing is I associate AOL with extreme blandness. It would seem that this would ooze its way into the rest of TimeWarner and cause the menu of American "entertainment" that much more lame.
It is worth reflecting on the fact that an Internet military power can be gained for extremely small amounts of money by countries that would otherwise not be able to attack/disrupt the more conventional military powers.
So now we have:
- The US military talking about it in a warfare sense [http://www.wired.com/news/p olitics/0,1283,33443,00.html]
- The US President talking about it a civil corps sense.
- And the NSA continuing to hoard its mindshare, feeds, and databases, in the spy sense.
Of course we also have the "Techies Day" [http://www.techiesday.com/ 600_press/620_clips/index.html] stuff going on in parallel with Gore touting the need to US techies and pointing out the extreme techie shortage.My feeling is that all of this is good. It is better than just the news itself. It is very good that the US government has the foresight (gasp) in addressing these current and future problems.
Finally something that makes sense.
Are y'all assuming that people f*'ng sign up for XXX spam? I'd rather break a toe. I filter it, but some sneaks through, 'cause I don't want to be too restrictive.
But I imagine a sniffer could catch the stuff before my filter weeds it.
Not to sound too anti-sexed, but I used to predict how lame a day was going to be by counting the number of Hot/Teen/Live/XXX/Sex spams arrived overnight.