Computer hardware is still priced much better online than it is in local stores. That might be because I live in a smaller city, with no large cities nearby, I don't know. Not only is it cheaper, but I can find any parts I need, unlike the local stores, which carry only pre-assembled crap from Compaq and the like. I don't know what I'd do without NewEgg.
Eventually they will simply have to go after individual users if they want to stop illegal sharing. I know that if word got around on perhaps a college campus that students were being kicked out of the dorms that it would cause the casual pirates to think twice.
The fear of this happening is spreading. I recently had a few people come to me to ask about encrypting their hard drive contents. This will help for now, but I'm expecting the US to pass an equivalent law to the UK RIP Act, which requires people to turn over passwords if the government asks for them.
This country used to be about freedom for the people. What have we let happen?
I fear that the government (who is supposed to decide these matters) will side with the industry on this one either by makin a law prohibiting copies or washing their hangds of the matter by saying "let the market decide". Of course, either option means the distributors (not the creators or consumers) win.
There is a very good point here. What we need is a legal and fair system that lets both the creators and the consumers win. However, this won't happen until the distributors either A die(not likely) or B change (also not too likely).
My solution for the moment is to purchase and share only independent music. It gives no money to the RIAA, and I get better music as a result. The problem is getting everybody else to do this too!
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Computer hardware is still priced much better online than it is in local stores. That might be because I live in a smaller city, with no large cities nearby, I don't know. Not only is it cheaper, but I can find any parts I need, unlike the local stores, which carry only pre-assembled crap from Compaq and the like. I don't know what I'd do without NewEgg.
Where do these college students get all this time to hack on the kernel? Don't they have to study at all?
Actually you can get mp3s higher than 128kbps. In regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Morpheus or Kazaa, change LimitBitrate to 0 and reboot!
The fear of this happening is spreading. I recently had a few people come to me to ask about encrypting their hard drive contents. This will help for now, but I'm expecting the US to pass an equivalent law to the UK RIP Act, which requires people to turn over passwords if the government asks for them.
This country used to be about freedom for the people. What have we let happen?
Can you imagine millions of geeks' cell phones with this chip? "First Post" echoing throughout the world...
Since when do corporations care about the Constitution?