My iPod's battery died. Rather than get a new iPod, I got a Zen with a user replaceable battery that works just as well. I understand that this sort of thing is par for the course for Apple (see http://www.igeek.com/articles/Opinion/PowerBookRep air.txt.) This experience has not convinced my to buy any more Apple products.
They are taxed just like mail order/telephone goods and services: if the buyer and seller are in the state (or even if the seller has a "nexus" (warehouse, etc) in the state), they are taxed, if not, no tax. Why should Internet shopping be treated differently than mail order or phone shopping?
I don't suppose there are any plans to allow users to put songs on MP3 players other than the iPod. Because I used to have an iPod, but then there was some problem with the battery (it wouldn't hold a charge), and I had to send the iPod to Apple to replace a fricken battery. I sold the iPod and bought a Zen. I will not buy another iPod, or any other piece of Apple hardware, until Apple changes their draconian support policies (these issues aren't limited to just the iPod, see http://www.igeek.com/articles/Opinion/PowerBookRep air.txt).
Does anyone know Judge Nottingham's phone number? Because I think we should call him tonight during dinner and tell him what we think of his ruling. He shouldn't mind. After all, we have a Constitutional right to free speach, right?!
This is going to blow up in the RIAA's face.
Look at who they're suing-a 12 year old girl who lives in public housing (just now settled), a grandfather, soccer moms, college kids-pretty much every segment of the population. With the exception of the 12 year old, all these people vote. More people downloaded songs than voted for Bush. Trust me-lawmakers will not stand by while their constituency gets sued into bankruptcy. Either:
-The DMCA will be repealed (so it will be harder to subpoena people)
-The damages that one could sue for would go down from the current $150,000/song (I think that's more than what you'd get for shoplifting a CD!) to an amount that would be the civil law equivalent of a speeding ticket.
-One would not be able to sue for nonprofit copyright infringement
-One would not be liable for a lawsuit if one's net worth is below, say, $1 million.
-A combination of the above.
My cable modem connection via Comcast was down from at least the time I got home from the movies (4:50) to 7:50. I don't know if this is related to the outage or not. My electricity and cable TV worked.
I don't this will be too large of a problem for the publishing industry. I would much rather read a novel on paper rather than on a computer screen. And who wants to print out 870 pages?! No, I will not be downloading books anytime soon. The reason that movies and music are pirated extensively is that they are designed to be put onto a digital format (burn to CD or DVD). A burned CD of pirated music is the same as a legit CD. This is not the case with books.
Are you talking about Movielink? Unless they let people burn the movies to DVD to watch on their TV as opposed to their computer monitor (like Apple does with burning music to CD), I don't think it will really take off.
MPEG has pretty much saturated the market. Existing DVD players are not compatable with AVS. AVS will not only have to be cheaper and better, it will have to be cheaper and better enough to justify its being different.
How is this different from what Verizon is doing? Can courts throw out redundent lawsuits? If so, Pac Bell might lose before the case even gets started...
I see some major potential for abuse with this. What if a compant decides it does not want to sell to people of certain ethnic backgrounds (French and Arabs, for instance), and raises its prices for those people to a million dollars?
I sent the RIAA a complaint too. The address to send it to is cdreward@riaa.com. Let's see if they act or of copyright infringement is only an offence that college kids, soccer moms, and grandparents can commit!
As you can see, the subpoenas were files WITH A COURT. Therefor the RIAA was asking the court to enforce the subpaenos, as happens whenever someone wants to issue a subpoena!
No! The RIAA went through a clerk of the court. When anyone else wants to get a subpoena for any other reason, they need to go through a JUDGE and show actual proof, not just make an accusation. If the subpoenas were issued be a judge with the same standard of proof required for any other civil subpoena, I would have no problem with them.
Graham Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University, wants colleges to license songs and charge students to listen to them online. He has proposed that schools increase each student's tuition or fees by perhaps a few dollars in exchange for unlimited listening, though the ability to burn songs onto a CD might cost extra.
So, he wants listening to music off a CD to be a pay-extra thing, not included in the standard fee? He wants to rent the music, basically. Great idea, I mean, it's working great for Pressplay et al, right?
Maybe this means that websites will stop using pop-ups. Oh, and I think I devised a way to turn off the pop-up audio: 1. Press the power button on your computer's speakers. 2. When you're done with the site, press the power button again. Gee, maybe I should patent this.
I think the better question is, when is video coming? I mean imagine a 120GB drive and a 3 inch color screen all in an almost iPod sized device - that you could use to play MPEG4 video...
Or, even better-what you suggested, plus TV-Out connectors so you can watch the MPEG4 video on your TV rather than on a 3 inch screen.
They are also used to play games that are not released in one's country. For example, games are often released in Japan before they are released in the US. With a mod chip, one can import the games from Japan and play them on US consoles.
How, exactly, are Microsoft's rights violated by someone modding their X-Box to play games that have not yet been, and may never be, released in their country? Is Microsoft's right to life being violated? No. Is Microsoft's right to liberty being violated? No. Is Microsoft's right to property being violated? No. So now we must ask why, in the so-called "land of the free", a man must have his life ruined, and spend five months getting his shit packed, for "dareing" to sell devices that allow people to modify hardware that they bought and paid for?!
The RIAA moved today to sue college students for lending CDs to their friends. "It's not fair that these freeloaders should get to try our music before they buy it!", the cartel's spokesman said. "If they want to try it, they need to buy it. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot-all sales final, no returns!"
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My iPod's battery died. Rather than get a new iPod, I got a Zen with a user replaceable battery that works just as well. I understand that this sort of thing is par for the course for Apple (see http://www.igeek.com/articles/Opinion/PowerBookRep air.txt.) This experience has not convinced my to buy any more Apple products.
They are taxed just like mail order/telephone goods and services: if the buyer and seller are in the state (or even if the seller has a "nexus" (warehouse, etc) in the state), they are taxed, if not, no tax. Why should Internet shopping be treated differently than mail order or phone shopping?
I don't suppose there are any plans to allow users to put songs on MP3 players other than the iPod. Because I used to have an iPod, but then there was some problem with the battery (it wouldn't hold a charge), and I had to send the iPod to Apple to replace a fricken battery. I sold the iPod and bought a Zen. I will not buy another iPod, or any other piece of Apple hardware, until Apple changes their draconian support policies (these issues aren't limited to just the iPod, see http://www.igeek.com/articles/Opinion/PowerBookRep air.txt).
Does anyone know Judge Nottingham's phone number? Because I think we should call him tonight during dinner and tell him what we think of his ruling. He shouldn't mind. After all, we have a Constitutional right to free speach, right?!
Try my college.
250MB a day.
'Nuff said.
This is going to blow up in the RIAA's face. Look at who they're suing-a 12 year old girl who lives in public housing (just now settled), a grandfather, soccer moms, college kids-pretty much every segment of the population. With the exception of the 12 year old, all these people vote. More people downloaded songs than voted for Bush. Trust me-lawmakers will not stand by while their constituency gets sued into bankruptcy. Either:
-The DMCA will be repealed (so it will be harder to subpoena people)
-The damages that one could sue for would go down from the current $150,000/song (I think that's more than what you'd get for shoplifting a CD!) to an amount that would be the civil law equivalent of a speeding ticket.
-One would not be able to sue for nonprofit copyright infringement
-One would not be liable for a lawsuit if one's net worth is below, say, $1 million.
-A combination of the above.
My cable modem connection via Comcast was down from at least the time I got home from the movies (4:50) to 7:50. I don't know if this is related to the outage or not. My electricity and cable TV worked.
I don't this will be too large of a problem for the publishing industry. I would much rather read a novel on paper rather than on a computer screen. And who wants to print out 870 pages?! No, I will not be downloading books anytime soon. The reason that movies and music are pirated extensively is that they are designed to be put onto a digital format (burn to CD or DVD). A burned CD of pirated music is the same as a legit CD. This is not the case with books.
Are you talking about Movielink? Unless they let people burn the movies to DVD to watch on their TV as opposed to their computer monitor (like Apple does with burning music to CD), I don't think it will really take off.
Does any site have the text of Sen. Coleman's letter?
MPEG has pretty much saturated the market. Existing DVD players are not compatable with AVS. AVS will not only have to be cheaper and better, it will have to be cheaper and better enough to justify its being different.
How is this different from what Verizon is doing? Can courts throw out redundent lawsuits? If so, Pac Bell might lose before the case even gets started...
I see some major potential for abuse with this. What if a compant decides it does not want to sell to people of certain ethnic backgrounds (French and Arabs, for instance), and raises its prices for those people to a million dollars?
I sent the RIAA a complaint too. The address to send it to is cdreward@riaa.com.
Let's see if they act or of copyright infringement is only an offence that college kids, soccer moms, and grandparents can commit!
I've used buy.com several times, and I haven't had any problems with them. I have not used buymusic.com, and, after reading this, I never will.
No! The RIAA went through a clerk of the court. When anyone else wants to get a subpoena for any other reason, they need to go through a JUDGE and show actual proof, not just make an accusation. If the subpoenas were issued be a judge with the same standard of proof required for any other civil subpoena, I would have no problem with them.
So, he wants listening to music off a CD to be a pay-extra thing, not included in the standard fee? He wants to rent the music, basically. Great idea, I mean, it's working great for Pressplay et al, right?
Maybe this means that websites will stop using pop-ups.
Oh, and I think I devised a way to turn off the pop-up audio:
1. Press the power button on your computer's speakers.
2. When you're done with the site, press the power button again.
Gee, maybe I should patent this.
Or, even better-what you suggested, plus TV-Out connectors so you can watch the MPEG4 video on your TV rather than on a 3 inch screen.
Will there be any way to upgrade exististing PS2s when the new drive comes out, or will the purchase of a new unit be necessary?
They are also used to play games that are not released in one's country. For example, games are often released in Japan before they are released in the US. With a mod chip, one can import the games from Japan and play them on US consoles.
How, exactly, are Microsoft's rights violated by someone modding their X-Box to play games that have not yet been, and may never be, released in their country?
Is Microsoft's right to life being violated? No.
Is Microsoft's right to liberty being violated? No.
Is Microsoft's right to property being violated? No.
So now we must ask why, in the so-called "land of the free", a man must have his life ruined, and spend five months getting his shit packed, for "dareing" to sell devices that allow people to modify hardware that they bought and paid for?!
The RIAA moved today to sue college students for lending CDs to their friends. "It's not fair that these freeloaders should get to try our music before they buy it!", the cartel's spokesman said. "If they want to try it, they need to buy it. Oh, yeah, I almost forgot-all sales final, no returns!"
1. Post only one or two April Fool's jokes. They get old.
2. Do not post the same joke more than once.
3. If you must post more than one or two jokes, post them under "It's Funny. Laugh."
This is obviously a hoax. Come on, people, April Fool's is over!