If they lose, it means that being on the Internet holds you liable to *any* countries' commercial laws (this is a commercial case) if one of their residents buys one of your businesses' products.
Don't forget the Yahoo case, in which France is suing Yahoo because the U.S. site is selling Nazi memorabilia, a violation of French law. Criminal charges are being brought against the former CEO.
Apple puts this slogan in all of their music-related ads, and I think they also put this sticker on their iPods. I guess no one told Eisner about that...
It doesn't matter, really, since the RIAA/MPAA's new take is that beacuse of rampant piracy, fair use must be eliminated. There goes the doctrine of "substantial non-infringing uses."
We get to the crux of issue. Copyright owners want exclusive rights to control the distribution of their products. Hence:
If a ReplayTV customer can simply type 'The X-Files' or 'James Bond' and have every episode of 'The X-Files' and every James Bond film recorded in perfect digital form and organized, compiled and stored on the hard drive of his or her ReplayTV 4000 device, it will cause substantial harm to the market for prerecorded DVD, videocassette and other copies of those episodes and films," the lawsuit states.
Hence, if I could easily store a season's worth of the X-Files, why in the world would I buy the DVD compilation for $100? Everybody on Slashdot has been screaming that copyright holders, via the DMCA, want to institute a pay-per-use model. Finally, here's the proof.
Prediction: after the lawsuits clear, the studios will offer their own PVR technology solution, one that allow users to record shows, but will only store them for a certain set period of time. That way, we can't save the programs long term. They will attempt to kill the market in much the same way the RIAA killed DAT, by saddling it with options no one wants.
He doesn't have to "make it up to them," because he already signed a three-picture deal. If they fire him because they don't like his opinions, it's their loss, not his. Plus, as many Sar Wars actors have pointed out, the pay scale for Star Wars is much lower than other big-budget productions. I'll bet Ewan made more money on Black Hawk Down then he did on Episode I. Plus, it's not like he's Mark Hamill, with no future beyond Star Wars.
All I'm trying to say here is that here's a vocal Ep. I critic, and he's not that happy with the title eaither, yet from the very beginning, he's saying that the script for Episode II is far better than the last movie. And he's not the only one.
Even if this script isn't the real one, pretty much everyone involved in Episode II has remarked that this one has the potential for greatness. Ewan McGregor, not exactly silent on how bad Episode I was, remarked early on that this script was great. In fact, last week on the Today show, while promoting Black Hawk Down, Ewan again remarked how good he thought Episode II was going to be. There was genuine sincerity in his voice, not the usual Hollywood bullshit.
If you really want to see the promise in Episode II, you'll need to view the "Mystery" trailer. Yeah yeah, I know, only available to Phantom Menace DVD owners, only available to Windows users, whatever. It's a good trailer, and shows the sense of adventure much better than the "Forbidden Love" trailer.
While I pretty much agree with everything ElcomSoft established in its brief (DMCA violates free speech, fair use, etc.), I can't help but thinking that we're headed down the same road, and that a federal judge will take one look at the complaint and dismiss it. The Felton case look like a perfect challenge, and look how far that trial got.
I fear that, short of repealing the DMCA, there's not much we can but stop and wait for the pendulum to swing back to the fair use camp. After all, the courts aren't backing us, and with a few notable exceptions, we have very few supporters in Congress. We shouldn't give up, but can we really compete with the lobbying dollars from the RIAA and the MPAA? One thing we do know is that absolute power corrupts, and eventually, the organizations representing copyright holders will go way to far, and a backlash will ensue.
Just to point out the obvious: even though The Phantom Menace is Episode I, it's the fourth Star Wars Movie ever made. Yikes!
Double Yikes: Lucas is likely to have some involvement in the next Indiana Jones movie, as he produced the first three and is good friends with Spielberg.
That a lot of bad luck to overcome, and they haven't even begun filming it!
For all the discussion about whether this would be good or bad for RedHat, linux, open source software, etc. an important point has been neglected. RedHat is a public company. It has an obligation to its shareholders.
Not really true. First, AOL won't offer money; they will buy Red Had with stock. What usually happens is that Red Hat shareholders will get x shares of AOL/Time Warner for each share of Red Hat stock they own.
Shareholders then have to look at the acquiring company and see if it is a good fit. Just because an offer is made doesn't mean they have to accept, even if the acquiring company is offering above-market prices. What Red Hat has to do is consider the offer. Failure to consider the offer may be a breach of fiduciary duty.
I've been losing interest in the X-Files for the last two seasons. The kicker was this year's season premiere, and how they "explained" Mulder's disappearance. Skinner (or someone else, I forget) asked Scully about Mulder's disappearance. Scully just deadpanned, "He's... just gone." After a few seconds of pondering this excuse, all the other characters just picked up where they left off and moved on. How pathetic.
Universal told retailers that it would honor refunds on all returned discs -- even for CDs that have been opened.
This is great news. If you believe copy-protected discs are wrong, just buy one, open it, and return. In fact, buy 50 of them, open them all, then return them. If enough people do this, maybe Universal will get the message.
If you want to be even more eeeeeeeeevil, you could open it, rip it via line out, post the ripped tracks to newsgroups, then return it.
Did I miss a previous story on this? Do you get a special key or something when you buy episode one so that you can view future trailers before they're allowed out to the general public?
Episode I owners have access to exclusive content on dvd.starwars.com. When you insert the Ep.1 DVD into a computer (Mac/Windows omly) it installs an Intervideo player. This player allows access to the exclusive content.
They have already posted a still photo Episode II montage called "Choices."
It's possible that this is what's available on Gnutella. Its a quicktime video, but, like I said, is comprised of still photos and some background music.
Why does everyone here get all worked up about the governement watching us if they truely have nothing to hide?
Because we have something called The Bill of Rights that was designed two centries ago to limit the power of the federal government. See Amendment no. 4. [findlaw.com]
How would you like if if the Police stopped by every day and searched your house without a warrant? You have nothing to hide, right, so what's the worry?
I'll tell you the worry: Where is it going to end? Can they listen to my phone conversations? Make me take a lie detector test? Force me to turn over my PGP keys to some type of gov't clearinghouse?
I made this offer not because the government can't afford to pay for the software, but because I shut up the critics who were saying, `Gee, Larry Ellison wants to build a national database because he wants to sell more databases,' which is pretty cynical and bizarre.
A little higher up in the article is this little tidbit:
Ellison said that if he does donate the software, maintenance and upgrades won't be free.
Anyone who buys from Orcales knows that most of the cost of software is the maintenance and upgrades. [www.cio.com] Which kind of negates any benefit from the initial donation. In other words, Larry Ellison is doing this to sell more databases. Around $3 billion's worth, if the numbers stated in the article are correct. That's one sweet gov't contract.
We cannot fight terrorists by making more rules, restrictions and regulation. It just won't work. They don't play by the rules. They never will.
And, might I remind Mr. Ashcroft, you cannot preserve freedom by eliminating it.
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If they lose, it means that being on the Internet holds you liable to *any* countries' commercial laws (this is a commercial case) if one of their residents buys one of your businesses' products.
Don't forget the Yahoo case, in which France is suing Yahoo because the U.S. site is selling Nazi memorabilia, a violation of French law. Criminal charges are being brought against the former CEO.
Apple puts this slogan in all of their music-related ads, and I think they also put this sticker on their iPods. I guess no one told Eisner about that...
It doesn't matter, really, since the RIAA/MPAA's new take is that beacuse of rampant piracy, fair use must be eliminated. There goes the doctrine of "substantial non-infringing uses."
CNN Entertainment has an article describing Lucas Arts' disappointment at the lack of digital screens available for Attack of the Clones.
Could someone please read the story before posting it. Lucas Arts makes video games. Lucasfilm makes Star Wars movies.
Thank you for your support. And be sure to wear it.
We get to the crux of issue. Copyright owners want exclusive rights to control the distribution of their products. Hence:
Hence, if I could easily store a season's worth of the X-Files, why in the world would I buy the DVD compilation for $100? Everybody on Slashdot has been screaming that copyright holders, via the DMCA, want to institute a pay-per-use model. Finally, here's the proof.
Prediction: after the lawsuits clear, the studios will offer their own PVR technology solution, one that allow users to record shows, but will only store them for a certain set period of time. That way, we can't save the programs long term. They will attempt to kill the market in much the same way the RIAA killed DAT, by saddling it with options no one wants.
He doesn't have to "make it up to them," because he already signed a three-picture deal. If they fire him because they don't like his opinions, it's their loss, not his. Plus, as many Sar Wars actors have pointed out, the pay scale for Star Wars is much lower than other big-budget productions. I'll bet Ewan made more money on Black Hawk Down then he did on Episode I. Plus, it's not like he's Mark Hamill, with no future beyond Star Wars.
All I'm trying to say here is that here's a vocal Ep. I critic, and he's not that happy with the title eaither, yet from the very beginning, he's saying that the script for Episode II is far better than the last movie. And he's not the only one.
Even if this script isn't the real one, pretty much everyone involved in Episode II has remarked that this one has the potential for greatness. Ewan McGregor, not exactly silent on how bad Episode I was, remarked early on that this script was great. In fact, last week on the Today show, while promoting Black Hawk Down, Ewan again remarked how good he thought Episode II was going to be. There was genuine sincerity in his voice, not the usual Hollywood bullshit.
If you really want to see the promise in Episode II, you'll need to view the "Mystery" trailer. Yeah yeah, I know, only available to Phantom Menace DVD owners, only available to Windows users, whatever. It's a good trailer, and shows the sense of adventure much better than the "Forbidden Love" trailer.
While I pretty much agree with everything ElcomSoft established in its brief (DMCA violates free speech, fair use, etc.), I can't help but thinking that we're headed down the same road, and that a federal judge will take one look at the complaint and dismiss it. The Felton case look like a perfect challenge, and look how far that trial got.
I fear that, short of repealing the DMCA, there's not much we can but stop and wait for the pendulum to swing back to the fair use camp. After all, the courts aren't backing us, and with a few notable exceptions, we have very few supporters in Congress. We shouldn't give up, but can we really compete with the lobbying dollars from the RIAA and the MPAA? One thing we do know is that absolute power corrupts, and eventually, the organizations representing copyright holders will go way to far, and a backlash will ensue.
Even rarer is the IV that is any good.
Just to point out the obvious: even though The Phantom Menace is Episode I, it's the fourth Star Wars Movie ever made. Yikes!
Double Yikes: Lucas is likely to have some involvement in the next Indiana Jones movie, as he produced the first three and is good friends with Spielberg.
That a lot of bad luck to overcome, and they haven't even begun filming it!
For all the discussion about whether this would be good or bad for RedHat, linux, open source software, etc. an important point has been neglected. RedHat is a public company. It has an obligation to its shareholders.
Not really true. First, AOL won't offer money; they will buy Red Had with stock. What usually happens is that Red Hat shareholders will get x shares of AOL/Time Warner for each share of Red Hat stock they own.
Shareholders then have to look at the acquiring company and see if it is a good fit. Just because an offer is made doesn't mean they have to accept, even if the acquiring company is offering above-market prices. What Red Hat has to do is consider the offer. Failure to consider the offer may be a breach of fiduciary duty.I've been losing interest in the X-Files for the last two seasons. The kicker was this year's season premiere, and how they "explained" Mulder's disappearance. Skinner (or someone else, I forget) asked Scully about Mulder's disappearance. Scully just deadpanned, "He's ... just gone." After a few seconds of pondering this excuse, all the other characters just picked up where they left off and moved on. How pathetic.
From the article:
Universal told retailers that it would honor refunds on all returned discs -- even for CDs that have been opened.
This is great news. If you believe copy-protected discs are wrong, just buy one, open it, and return. In fact, buy 50 of them, open them all, then return them. If enough people do this, maybe Universal will get the message.
If you want to be even more eeeeeeeeevil, you could open it, rip it via line out, post the ripped tracks to newsgroups, then return it.
They asked for it.
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Did I miss a previous story on this? Do you get a special key or something when you buy episode one so that you can view future trailers before they're allowed out to the general public?
Episode I owners have access to exclusive content on dvd.starwars.com. When you insert the Ep.1 DVD into a computer (Mac/Windows omly) it installs an Intervideo player. This player allows access to the exclusive content.
They have already posted a still photo Episode II montage called "Choices."
It's possible that this is what's available on Gnutella. Its a quicktime video, but, like I said, is comprised of still photos and some background music.--
Why does everyone here get all worked up about the governement watching us if they truely have nothing to hide?
Because we have something called The Bill of Rights that was designed two centries ago to limit the power of the federal government. See Amendment no. 4. [findlaw.com]
How would you like if if the Police stopped by every day and searched your house without a warrant? You have nothing to hide, right, so what's the worry?
I'll tell you the worry: Where is it going to end? Can they listen to my phone conversations? Make me take a lie detector test? Force me to turn over my PGP keys to some type of gov't clearinghouse?
--
From the San Mercury News article:
I made this offer not because the government can't afford to pay for the software, but because I shut up the critics who were saying, `Gee, Larry Ellison wants to build a national database because he wants to sell more databases,' which is pretty cynical and bizarre.
A little higher up in the article is this little tidbit:
Ellison said that if he does donate the software, maintenance and upgrades won't be free.
Anyone who buys from Orcales knows that most of the cost of software is the maintenance and upgrades. [www.cio.com] Which kind of negates any benefit from the initial donation. In other words, Larry Ellison is doing this to sell more databases. Around $3 billion's worth, if the numbers stated in the article are correct. That's one sweet gov't contract.
We cannot fight terrorists by making more rules, restrictions and regulation. It just won't work. They don't play by the rules. They never will.
And, might I remind Mr. Ashcroft, you cannot preserve freedom by eliminating it.
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