>> Since when do judges in the U.S. define the >> meaning of words in a language?
Judges anywhere can tell lawyers to stop using one term to describe another. If I call a person who was shoplifting a murderer, that can influence the audience, media, and jury, any anyone else involved in a case. I imagine most people see a huge difference between shoplifting and killing, but I'm not alone in seeing a huge difference between piracy and file sharing.
>>no, they are saying "I don't trust that a non- >>commercial entity can provide ongoing support >>nor do I trust a product without several names >>I can immediately call to get my request routed >>to the correct division for support"
Do you of many non-commercial entities that trade publically? Going open source doesn't mean you're going non-commercial. It means you have the option to go this route, or not go this route.
Devastation is a pretty simple but cool FPS game. No major cheats, basically run around and kill things. It gets a bit brutal so it's not for the younger crowd, but I do love the remote controlled rat which you can pick up and control (first person) and then explode him when you're near a target.
First time I saw a rat come up to me I had no idea it was about to explode...:)
Agreed it will take time, but they lost 15 million but spent over 25 mill, that means there is some revenue there that will hopefully be made up over time.
That they spent about 25 million in marketing.. business take time to make money, Napster is only 6 months old... not many business make money in 6 months.
As for all the people worried about losing their purchased songs, it is as simple as burning them to CD and ripping them back in whatever format you like.
>> Why would I complain if MY corner cutting >> resulted in my problems?
It may stop you, but it doesn't seem to stop everyone else. Applogies for jumping to conclusions, I used to repair Epson printers and exploding/leaking refills caused about 50% of warranty issues.
>> Your comment then gets bumped up to "+5, via >> Warranty."
If the person changes their online identity, then they'd automatically be back to +5. It would more sense for that person to increase to +5 via moderation, that would give people incentive to keep the same indentity.
>> 500,000 songs, 4MB a song, that's... 2TB of >> storage? Are you sure that they're kept on a >> local server? I
2TB isn't a huge number anymore for a server, my home gaming machine has 1TB. Remember these are the servers previously owned by MP3.com
Regardless of how many T1 lines, the school also likely pays for traffic on those lines, additionl traffic = additional bandwidth costs.
Also PenState has their own server on campus, for those users at the school they can connect to Napster and do a netstat/a to see the following connection:
dloadx.napster.psu.edu
Downloading from Napster doesn't count against the students internet bandwidth for this reason. This is a good thing since they get a measely 1.5gb a week.
>>download locally an unlimitted amount of songs >>though, so maybe they just can't burn or >>transfer them, but there are ways around that.
Correct, they can download an unlimited number of tracks but can't burn or transfer those tracks, these are identical to the songs that are paid for in terms of quality because they are the same files.
>> The University should not be spending the >> money on this
Have you looked at the big picture? Napster servers for these schools are located on campus and owned by Napster. When accessing the Napster service, students are not pulling songs over the net, they're pulling them from a local server saving oodles of bandwidth.
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>>I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that
>>it's pretty likely that the p2p users the RIAA
>>chose to sue were actually violating the law.
I wouldn't jump very hard on that limb...
Do you remember the grandmother who thought Kazaa was the name of a clown, or Ross Plank who was accused of downloading Spanish language songs but doesn't speak spanish?.
>> Since when do judges in the U.S. define the
>> meaning of words in a language?
Judges anywhere can tell lawyers to stop using one term to describe another. If I call a person who was shoplifting a murderer, that can influence the audience, media, and jury, any anyone else involved in a case. I imagine most people see a huge difference between shoplifting and killing, but I'm not alone in seeing a huge difference between piracy and file sharing.
>> across 10 or more companies I've worked at -- were ethical
No, they were just good at lying.
Until you find out that the internet connection is in your name and you're getting your ass dragged in to court.
>>no, they are saying "I don't trust that a non-
>>commercial entity can provide ongoing support
>>nor do I trust a product without several names >>I can immediately call to get my request routed
>>to the correct division for support"
Do you of many non-commercial entities that trade publically? Going open source doesn't mean you're going non-commercial. It means you have the option to go this route, or not go this route.
Devastation is a pretty simple but cool FPS game. No major cheats, basically run around and kill things. It gets a bit brutal so it's not for the younger crowd, but I do love the remote controlled rat which you can pick up and control (first person) and then explode him when you're near a target.
:)
First time I saw a rat come up to me I had no idea it was about to explode...
Agreed it will take time, but they lost 15 million but spent over 25 mill, that means there is some revenue there that will hopefully be made up over time.
>> What do you do with your unsupported AAC files
>> when iTunes dies?
Again..
1) Burn them to audio cd
2) Rip them back with your application of choice in your format of choice
>> But the question is, can you back up your DRM
>> WMA files to a cd
Burn them as a music CD which removes the DRM and then rip them back in the format of your choice.
That they spent about 25 million in marketing.. business take time to make money, Napster is only 6 months old... not many business make money in 6 months.
As for all the people worried about losing their purchased songs, it is as simple as burning them to CD and ripping them back in whatever format you like.
>> Washington Post is switching to a more
:(
>> annoying registration system.
"We do look at the data to see how many 90210 [Zip codes] are in there, but by and large we feel pretty confident that it's very good information,"
I thought I was the only one who used 90210
>> Or get him IPod accessories, like the dock
>> that doubles as a set of speakers.
Yes, he'll love iPod accessories when he opens them and then looks for the other box which doesn't exist but should contain an iPod..
SCO files for temporary restraining order against reality
>> Why would I complain if MY corner cutting
>> resulted in my problems?
It may stop you, but it doesn't seem to stop everyone else. Applogies for jumping to conclusions, I used to repair Epson printers and exploding/leaking refills caused about 50% of warranty issues.
>> Your comment then gets bumped up to "+5, via
>> Warranty."
If the person changes their online identity, then they'd automatically be back to +5. It would more sense for that person to increase to +5 via moderation, that would give people incentive to keep the same indentity.
stop using ink refills then.
roflmao
>> 500,000 songs, 4MB a song, that's... 2TB of
>> storage? Are you sure that they're kept on a
>> local server? I
2TB isn't a huge number anymore for a server, my home gaming machine has 1TB. Remember these are the servers previously owned by MP3.com
Regardless of how many T1 lines, the school also likely pays for traffic on those lines, additionl traffic = additional bandwidth costs.
Also PenState has their own server on campus, for those users at the school they can connect to Napster and do a netstat/a to see the following connection:
dloadx.napster.psu.edu
Downloading from Napster doesn't count against the students internet bandwidth for this reason. This is a good thing since they get a measely 1.5gb a week.
>>I do wonder though if there are legitimate
>>cases of where people run sites where it's best
>>to not know the identity. Much in the same way
I run a game site and personally I just don't want n00bs phoning me at home or using my non-gaming e-mail address to ask for the latest wallhack.
I think people forget about the problems that can happen when you uncap.
>>download locally an unlimitted amount of songs
>>though, so maybe they just can't burn or
>>transfer them, but there are ways around that.
Correct, they can download an unlimited number of tracks but can't burn or transfer those tracks, these are identical to the songs that are paid for in terms of quality because they are the same files.
>> The University should not be spending the
>> money on this
Have you looked at the big picture? Napster servers for these schools are located on campus and owned by Napster. When accessing the Napster service, students are not pulling songs over the net, they're pulling them from a local server saving oodles of bandwidth.
step 3: profit
well you can go to your local computer store and purchase it, then use nero or alcohol and make an image file of your very own.
Yahoo may however be leaving google..
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http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/15/1073
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