Yeah, I've bought more CD's now than before not because of iTunes, but because of Pandora.com. Points 1, 2, and 3 are very valid. Also, you're unable to resell your iTunes music collection if you wish.
I find it odd how I'm so anti-iTunes due to the stated reasons, but I'm more than willing to buy games on Xbox Live Arcade, seeing as they fit within similar restrictions. Well, only if they're original and not repackaged retro-games I've played to death.
It probably has to do with the fact that Xbox Live Arcade games are only available through a restricted medium, where I can bypass iTunes and buy a non-DRMed CD and Vorbis it.
Some users will find the feature objectionable because it could give the bossman a new way to check up on employees
It does stink when you can be held accountable for your actions, doesn't it?
In all reality, most legitimate companies aren't wasting their time "policing" employees. Rather, their IT department has locked things down to a manageable state, which has had versioning enabled for some time now on file shares.
If the music/music-player industry wishes to create interoperability, it
should be done by the free markets, not by Congress. Betamax was a closed
standard, so companies unified and created VHS, essentially killing off Sony's
market dominance in the home market (betamax remained very successful for years
in the movie/tv/commercial production world for quite some time).
Forcing Apple to open up its trade secrets/patents essentially gives the message
to companies that if you create a highly successful product that lots of people
like, we're going to do as we please with it. This will deter
entrepreneurs/investors from creating/funding new technologies, and will
essentially shoot our country in the foot.
Another reason why government should stay out of the free markets.
Micro-management never works, especially if it's not even the business your in.
The guy who made Tempest 2000 (Jeff Minter) is working on a new game for the Nintendo Gamecube called Unity (ETA 2004-2005). Visit the Llamasoft forums here:
What's that? A wireless router? 256-bit encryption? I don't need the universities network to share music files any more? Sweet.
By the way, I won't buy any online music until:
A: It's cheaper than buying CD's at the store, including used CD's.
B: The quality is at least that of CD's (such as 100% lossless FLAC compression)
C: Has no DRM technology in it in any way shape or form.
D: I can resell songs after I don't want them any more (commission free), just like I can resell used CD's.
First, Owners and investors of corporations (Napster was incorporated) are not liable for that companies actions. The company is. This is basic Business Finance.
Second, "The record labels are seeking punitive damages of no less than $150,000 per violation of copyright, among other awards." They are trying to sue an organization that did not actually copy and distribute illegal material. In fact, they simply acted as a gateway (like a search engine or a LAN file sharing utility like Windows Network Neighborhood). The record companies can only sue those who were directly involved in the copying of their works.
If this lawsuit is plausible, then murder victim families should be able to sue credit card companies for loaning money to a criminal to buy a gun, which was used illegally. This is obviously unconstitutional.
I can't find the original write up about it, but Tetrisphere on Nintendo 64
wasn't really a sphere at all, but a doughnut. I found an old article
about it on Google, but it doesn't go into as much depth as the original one
did:
I doubt that. They sound much better than MP3's at lower file sizes. Although I highly doubt that MP3's will dissapear entirely for some time, I think you'll start seeing vorbis living among them in large numbers in the near future. Many software programs are starting to add vorbis support with no signs of slowing down, and Apple will soon have an iPod with Vorbis support. It's just the beginning of large things to come...
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Yeah, I've bought more CD's now than before not because of iTunes, but because of Pandora.com. Points 1, 2, and 3 are very valid. Also, you're unable to resell your iTunes music collection if you wish.
I find it odd how I'm so anti-iTunes due to the stated reasons, but I'm more than willing to buy games on Xbox Live Arcade, seeing as they fit within similar restrictions. Well, only if they're original and not repackaged retro-games I've played to death.
It probably has to do with the fact that Xbox Live Arcade games are only available through a restricted medium, where I can bypass iTunes and buy a non-DRMed CD and Vorbis it.
Does that include retail laptop sales as well?
Sounds like we're going back to the days of "It's a crime to remove this tag off of your mattress."
If the music/music-player industry wishes to create interoperability, it should be done by the free markets, not by Congress. Betamax was a closed standard, so companies unified and created VHS, essentially killing off Sony's market dominance in the home market (betamax remained very successful for years in the movie/tv/commercial production world for quite some time).
Forcing Apple to open up its trade secrets/patents essentially gives the message to companies that if you create a highly successful product that lots of people like, we're going to do as we please with it. This will deter entrepreneurs/investors from creating/funding new technologies, and will essentially shoot our country in the foot.
Another reason why government should stay out of the free markets. Micro-management never works, especially if it's not even the business your in.
His book is obviously an unimaginative rip-off of Halo. ;)
(nt)
Don't forget Battlesphere: http://www.battlesphere.com/
That is, if you can get your hands on it.
The guy who made Tempest 2000 (Jeff Minter) is working on a new game for the Nintendo Gamecube called Unity (ETA 2004-2005). Visit the Llamasoft forums here:
http://www.yakyak.org/
Bingo. Though a problem does exist if someone Photoshops the serial numbers out of the film.
Bingo! I'm not worried about all this, just critical of it.
What's that? A wireless router? 256-bit encryption? I don't need the universities network to share music files any more? Sweet. By the way, I won't buy any online music until: A: It's cheaper than buying CD's at the store, including used CD's. B: The quality is at least that of CD's (such as 100% lossless FLAC compression) C: Has no DRM technology in it in any way shape or form. D: I can resell songs after I don't want them any more (commission free), just like I can resell used CD's.
First, Owners and investors of corporations (Napster was incorporated) are not liable for that companies actions. The company is. This is basic Business Finance.
Second, "The record labels are seeking punitive damages of no less than $150,000 per violation of copyright, among other awards." They are trying to sue an organization that did not actually copy and distribute illegal material. In fact, they simply acted as a gateway (like a search engine or a LAN file sharing utility like Windows Network Neighborhood). The record companies can only sue those who were directly involved in the copying of their works.
If this lawsuit is plausible, then murder victim families should be able to sue credit card companies for loaning money to a criminal to buy a gun, which was used illegally. This is obviously unconstitutional.
I can't find the original write up about it, but Tetrisphere on Nintendo 64 wasn't really a sphere at all, but a doughnut. I found an old article about it on Google, but it doesn't go into as much depth as the original one did:
http://www.n64cc.com/CCTET.HTM#Fun%20Glitch
The original article was on Nintendojo.com if anyone can find it...
I would refuse to buy such a thing, and so would millions of others. Such a threat would cripple the music industry.
I doubt that. They sound much better than MP3's at lower file sizes. Although I highly doubt that MP3's will dissapear entirely for some time, I think you'll start seeing vorbis living among them in large numbers in the near future. Many software programs are starting to add vorbis support with no signs of slowing down, and Apple will soon have an iPod with Vorbis support. It's just the beginning of large things to come...
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