What if the cab drivers started charging for the "ears" of the passenger?
How about charging the radio stations for allowing them to advertise to the passengers? Say, $20 per year, per cab?
I mean, if the radio station can charge the advertiser for the ear of the listener, why can't the cabbie charge the radio station for the ear of the passenger (and the driver!!)?
During my stint @ AOL, I wrote the software delivery system that was used by AOL from the Windows 3.0 client thru 8.0 client. It delivers any type of software (and was used up until 8.0 to deliver new AOL clients) in a componentized manner, ensuring that only the minimum set was delivered.
As it's a huge undertaking, there's just too much to post here about it. Did you have specific questions?
My Prediction:
Since Replay doesn't actually MODIFY the content of the program (which is completely intact on the hard drive), this copyright infringement suit will be lost by the networks.
The courts will ask why the networks haven't pursued similar lawsuits against VCR manufacturers that provide the ability to fast forward past commercials, and then throw it out.
This is just another example of how corporate bozos think inside their tiny little boxes, and don't think about how they could HARNESS the power of the technology to further their evil little (and I do mean LITTLE) deeds.
See.. if I was a TVLand exec, I'd got to SonicBlue (Replay's owner) and say.. "Hey.. what if we ADDED functionality to allow people to rate and even comment on commercials by providing identifying information in the vertical blanking interval of the video feed, and you send that back to us over the internet?" (the units have ethernet connections...)
Just a thought.
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What if the cab drivers started charging for the "ears" of the passenger?
How about charging the radio stations for allowing them to advertise to the passengers? Say, $20 per year, per cab?
I mean, if the radio station can charge the advertiser for the ear of the listener, why can't the cabbie charge the radio station for the ear of the passenger (and the driver!!)?
Any takers?
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During my stint @ AOL, I wrote the software delivery system that was used by AOL from the Windows 3.0 client thru 8.0 client. It delivers any type of software (and was used up until 8.0 to deliver new AOL clients) in a componentized manner, ensuring that only the minimum set was delivered.
As it's a huge undertaking, there's just too much to post here about it. Did you have specific questions?
Randy
My Prediction: Since Replay doesn't actually MODIFY the content of the program (which is completely intact on the hard drive), this copyright infringement suit will be lost by the networks. The courts will ask why the networks haven't pursued similar lawsuits against VCR manufacturers that provide the ability to fast forward past commercials, and then throw it out. This is just another example of how corporate bozos think inside their tiny little boxes, and don't think about how they could HARNESS the power of the technology to further their evil little (and I do mean LITTLE) deeds. See.. if I was a TVLand exec, I'd got to SonicBlue (Replay's owner) and say.. "Hey.. what if we ADDED functionality to allow people to rate and even comment on commercials by providing identifying information in the vertical blanking interval of the video feed, and you send that back to us over the internet?" (the units have ethernet connections...) Just a thought.