Those available in Germany have draconian protection, a slightly weaker system is used on the US disk and there is no protection on the UK version.
So, if pirated copies do show up they can just say "Oh, the copy protection worked. This must be from the insecure UK version." Just like the Australian version of the Charley Pride CD. Clever.
It sucks, but on some level the classroom isn't about cooperation, but about individual achievment (or at least meeting of standards). The best schools to my mind, give course credit for work study programs and internships where you not only get to hone your skills, but might also get some exposure to how you're eventually going to deal with people in the real world.
i just cannot fathom WHY the RIAA would think that restrictive practices like this would actually INCREASE their profits.
My (rather ill-formed) opinion is this: to the RIAA (and its ilk)proprietary standards=control and control=security. If you're secure and in control, then you must be financially viable. Leaving the customer with lots of choices and flexibility might mean more profits, but it also means a loss of control.
This is barroom/armchair psychology and logic of course, but it does answer a question or two in my mind.
...Microsoft itself seems less than absolutely bullish on the efficacy of copy-protected CDs. Committed pirates will eventually find a way around any digital protections, even if it is simply "holding a microphone up to the speakers," said Jonathan Usher, group product manager for Microsoft's Digital Media Division.
Now, I could have sworn that the internet came to be the world-altering sucess it is today due to open standards and a lack of control.
Well, sure, yeah, but you know, that was then: now that there's a real audience of non-geek people out there it's time to start the wallet harvest in earnest. Control what we see, how we see it, etc. Guess it's time to start that community wireless intranet for wacky uncontrolled fun...
Hold on there cowboy! All this seems to say is that EU countries won't be countenancing spam production in their own countries. People in the EU can still get Spam from around the globe.
David Duchovny does an uncredited walk-on as a conspiratorial ex-model whose face is never shown...
As a matter of fact you do see his face,through most of his major scene. I hadn't realized it was him until then.
Q: Do you believe that copy-protection schemes violate fair-use rights?
A:Ours is the only copy-protection scheme that doesn't violate fair-use rights...We allow (people) to make copies for their own personal use: for their computer, for their compilation disc and for their MP3 player, so they can have portable use of their music. The only fair use that's left--and it's not fair use at all--is the "fair use" of sending thousands of copies to file-sharing services to be copied hundreds of thousands or millions of times. That's the only use we've limited and so that's not fair use; it's certainly not fair to the artist.
I'm confused: I can play this on a PC, I can rip it, I can make MP3s. How does the protection scheme actually stop copying? Did I miss something?
Also two theatrical releases in the 60s, with Peter Cushing as the Doctor.
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Now our unconditional support of Israel has dragged us into the war zone--we are on the fringe of a state of siege. I say pull the plug on our support.
Best way to do this is threaten the Israelis with complete withdrawl of all support if Sharon doesn't try to make peace, something he has shown no interest in doing (hard to blame him, but that's another matter). U.S. conscience clear, and we're less of a target.
I started reading Slashdot a couple months ago as a non-geek trying not to be so completely ignorant (it's working a bit, too: thanks everybody). Yesterday when I was at work and this all started to hit, this was the only site I could get to come up reliably for a good couple of hours. In turn, there were some great links to still functioning sites and some very useful grabs.
So all in all I was very impressed both with the site and the community
P.S.- This close to having my home desktop setup to dual boot Win98 and linux. I'm sure you're all very impressed...
Time and time again throughout history oppressive empires have been toppled by the downtrodden masses. Yes, true, but supporters of a repressive theocratic belief system are not a downtrodden mass. They are not representing underpaid/overworked children in Asian sweatshops or migrant workers or any other group that has been seriously fscked by the US over the years. IMHO, the excesses/abuses of an Islamic Fundamentalist country as powerful as the U.S. would be as bad or worse as the excesses/abuses of the U.S.
Nope. Tags don't work. They're a deterrent to casual thieves (known in the trade as "those punk kids"). Same thing with the big sensor gates at the door. A professional shoplifter knows how to beat tags in books, CD and video keepers (those plastic clamp thingies), etc.
The privacy issues are pretty much insurmountable unfortunately, because this system would be a good way to catch habitual/pro thieves. Anyone with a record anyway.
Yes, but this is AIDS. Among other things, AIDS is a highly visible "hot-button" disease. If Brazil was making their own generic Claratin for poor allergy sufferers, or Viagra, or a treatment for a less visible, less "popular" disease (chronic fatigue syndrome or lupus for instance), they would have gotten slapped down immediately. Or they wouldn't even have tried in the first place.
I just don't see this gesture bringing about the end of the pharmeceutical industry.
While there's definitely a rather large lefty bias, National Public Radio here in the states is pretty informative. They did an indepth story on the original arrest at defcon, either the day of or the day after. Haven't heard any follow ups, but I mainly listen during my commute (25 minutes in the morning, 25 in the evening).
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So, if pirated copies do show up they can just say "Oh, the copy protection worked. This must be from the insecure UK version." Just like the Australian version of the Charley Pride CD. Clever.
It's nitpicky I know, but this is a press release from the company that holds the patent, not what I consider a reliable "journalistic" source.
My (rather ill-formed) opinion is this: to the RIAA (and its ilk)proprietary standards=control and control=security. If you're secure and in control, then you must be financially viable. Leaving the customer with lots of choices and flexibility might mean more profits, but it also means a loss of control.
This is barroom/armchair psychology and logic of course, but it does answer a question or two in my mind.
To quote a famous bank robber: "Because that's where the money is."
Hmmm. Weirdly honest coming from MS.
Well, sure, yeah, but you know, that was then: now that there's a real audience of non-geek people out there it's time to start the wallet harvest in earnest. Control what we see, how we see it, etc. Guess it's time to start that community wireless intranet for wacky uncontrolled fun...
Hold on there cowboy! All this seems to say is that EU countries won't be countenancing spam production in their own countries. People in the EU can still get Spam from around the globe.
David Duchovny does an uncredited walk-on as a conspiratorial ex-model whose face is never shown...
As a matter of fact you do see his face,through most of his major scene. I hadn't realized it was him until then.
Q: Do you believe that copy-protection schemes violate fair-use rights?
A:Ours is the only copy-protection scheme that doesn't violate fair-use rights...We allow (people) to make copies for their own personal use: for their computer, for their compilation disc and for their MP3 player, so they can have portable use of their music. The only fair use that's left--and it's not fair use at all--is the "fair use" of sending thousands of copies to file-sharing services to be copied hundreds of thousands or millions of times. That's the only use we've limited and so that's not fair use; it's certainly not fair to the artist.
I'm confused: I can play this on a PC, I can rip it, I can make MP3s. How does the protection scheme actually stop copying? Did I miss something?
Also two theatrical releases in the 60s, with Peter Cushing as the Doctor.
Best way to do this is threaten the Israelis with complete withdrawl of all support if Sharon doesn't try to make peace, something he has shown no interest in doing (hard to blame him, but that's another matter). U.S. conscience clear, and we're less of a target.
So all in all I was very impressed both with the site and the community
P.S.- This close to having my home desktop setup to dual boot Win98 and linux. I'm sure you're all very impressed...
Time and time again throughout history oppressive empires have been toppled by the downtrodden masses.
Yes, true, but supporters of a repressive theocratic belief system are not a downtrodden mass. They are not representing underpaid/overworked children in Asian sweatshops or migrant workers or any other group that has been seriously fscked by the US over the years.
IMHO, the excesses/abuses of an Islamic Fundamentalist country as powerful as the U.S. would be as bad or worse as the excesses/abuses of the U.S.
Nope. Tags don't work. They're a deterrent to casual thieves (known in the trade as "those punk kids"). Same thing with the big sensor gates at the door. A professional shoplifter knows how to beat tags in books, CD and video keepers (those plastic clamp thingies), etc.
The privacy issues are pretty much insurmountable unfortunately, because this system would be a good way to catch habitual/pro thieves. Anyone with a record anyway.
Oh yeah. Full disclosure: I work for Borders.
Yes, but this is AIDS. Among other things, AIDS is a highly visible "hot-button" disease. If Brazil was making their own generic Claratin for poor allergy sufferers, or Viagra, or a treatment for a less visible, less "popular" disease (chronic fatigue syndrome or lupus for instance), they would have gotten slapped down immediately. Or they wouldn't even have tried in the first place.
I just don't see this gesture bringing about the end of the pharmeceutical industry.
Hmmm. According to the article, two (?) weeks later they still hadn't fixed the hole...
Conrad Bain. Or possibly his evil twin, Hank Bain. Last seen in the company of Guy Caballero...
While there's definitely a rather large lefty bias, National Public Radio here in the states is pretty informative. They did an indepth story on the original arrest at defcon, either the day of or the day after. Haven't heard any follow ups, but I mainly listen during my commute (25 minutes in the morning, 25 in the evening).