or it could be that most people didn't care (or know) enough to spend hours downloading a different browser when M$ was already kind enough to provide one with just about everything it sold
Not only that - but how about the simple bandwidth necessary for her to be one of the top suppliers (and RIAA is supposed to be going after them)... how likely is it that a family on public assistance has a T1 line vs. a 56k or cable line?
Is piracy as much of an issue as the studios say? (let's ignore current download times for right now - assume we'll all have big fat pipes in the future)
I love reloaded, went to see it a couple times already, going to see the IMAX version - all in all, I've shelled out WAY more than the cost of a brand spanking new DVD. Why? Because it's a great flick and for the theater experience (so I can eat the $8 popcorn and $4 sodas;) That works fine for good movies... but guess what? I don't go to see that many movies, frankly because most of them aren't even worth the $3.99 to rent when they hit the stores!
The studios aren't losing any box office revenue if I were to download the film, because I sure as hell wasn't going to see it in the theater. Blockbuster might have a legitimate gripe, losing my $3.99, but all they (or the studio) has to do is offer a legitimate download service with some bandwidth and I'd be more likely to pay to download from them. Save them some production costs on physical media, warehousing, distribution, etc... saves me from slow downloads and having to return films. Hey Apple - how about iMovies?
Trying to blame downloading for taking away sales on crappy films is crazy, for me it all boils down to the movie itself...
(Oh, and yes, I'll be buying the dvd when it comes out...)
sure the RIAA has deep pockets, but what if they suddenly have dozens and dozens of targets? It definitely costs them money to find, target and threaten people who create p2p systems (which in and of themselves aren't illegal)... we just need more people to develop / expand the codebases with their own flavor of p2p (make them interoperable please:) so that when one gets threatened they can comply (much as I'd regret caving in, most individuals or companies for that matter don't have the resources to take on RIAA) but two more applications would pop up to replace the fallen...
i don't know about developing countries, but think about how much good it would do to get the overweight sedentary people here in the US off their asses and on a bike. Aside from energy savings, think of the savings from improving health
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or it could be that most people didn't care (or know) enough to spend hours downloading a different browser when M$ was already kind enough to provide one with just about everything it sold
Not only that - but how about the simple bandwidth necessary for her to be one of the top suppliers (and RIAA is supposed to be going after them)... how likely is it that a family on public assistance has a T1 line vs. a 56k or cable line?
I have to second this... I was experiencing all sorts of lockups with my CDRW under 2.4.x until I turned off DMA. Can't wait for 2.6 :)
Is piracy as much of an issue as the studios say? (let's ignore current download times for right now - assume we'll all have big fat pipes in the future)
;) That works fine for good movies... but guess what? I don't go to see that many movies, frankly because most of them aren't even worth the $3.99 to rent when they hit the stores!
I love reloaded, went to see it a couple times already, going to see the IMAX version - all in all, I've shelled out WAY more than the cost of a brand spanking new DVD. Why? Because it's a great flick and for the theater experience (so I can eat the $8 popcorn and $4 sodas
The studios aren't losing any box office revenue if I were to download the film, because I sure as hell wasn't going to see it in the theater. Blockbuster might have a legitimate gripe, losing my $3.99, but all they (or the studio) has to do is offer a legitimate download service with some bandwidth and I'd be more likely to pay to download from them. Save them some production costs on physical media, warehousing, distribution, etc... saves me from slow downloads and having to return films. Hey Apple - how about iMovies?
Trying to blame downloading for taking away sales on crappy films is crazy, for me it all boils down to the movie itself...
(Oh, and yes, I'll be buying the dvd when it comes out...)
wouldn't it be fitting if someone were to take and open mine - only to discover it was a virus ;)
caveat emptor (or in this case - "borrower" beware)
sure the RIAA has deep pockets, but what if they suddenly have dozens and dozens of targets? It definitely costs them money to find, target and threaten people who create p2p systems (which in and of themselves aren't illegal)... :) so that when one gets threatened they can comply (much as I'd regret caving in, most individuals or companies for that matter don't have the resources to take on RIAA) but two more applications would pop up to replace the fallen...
we just need more people to develop / expand the codebases with their own flavor of p2p (make them interoperable please
i don't know about developing countries, but think about how much good it would do to get the overweight sedentary people here in the US off their asses and on a bike. Aside from energy savings, think of the savings from improving health