I am pretty sure that fair use does not extend to others. Look at the mp3.com case for starters.
Being in the digital music distribution business, I just recently was told by counsel that we need to be able to prove 2 things if we are ever audited by the RIAA and/or the copyright holder: 1) that my firm has to be able to prove that *we* have appropriate permission to distribute the work in all ways we offer, and, 2) that the *customer* has the rights to access the files (we are talking about something roughly synonymous with the original mp3.com). Since the only content the user is allowed to keep in their storage are files they have purchased from us, we can fairly easily control it. Mp3.com got in trouble because they made no attempt to verify that the person storing the song on their servers had the legal rights to do so... in fact, the court suggested that mp3.com have users mail them the original CD as proof... ha ha ha.
Who's going to download P2P software, or use a network with this type of filtering in place? Only people who wouldn't have stolen stuff in the first place.
That sound you just heard was the point whooshing passed your head.
The point is to scare the copyright thieves into *not* providing content. The average joe user has already been scared by the lawsuits, so the RIAA/MPAA/others need to now go after the people who are illegally distributing the content.
Traditional / Classical Chinese was written top to bottom, but the script that everyone uses in their daily lives is left to right.
That's true... for the most part. But there are certainly occassions (particularly with advertisements) where the characters are either vertical or right-to-left. Or, at least I assume so with Chinese... I know that is the case with Japanese.
Why do people continually say things like this? Yes, the cost of producing a single copy of a piece of software is tiny. The cost to creating the software itself is not so tiny. Companies need to recoup their labor and marketing costs somehow.
If you don't agree with a company making money, then don't buy from said companies. But don't come up with asinine suggestions like MS charge.50 a copy for XP.
Until you chance upon me while I'm listening to KMFDM and you realize that there are some things you never wanted to hear. Then you spend the next hour trying to forget the experience.
Especially if you're listening to Adios. Ah... the putrid stench of losing half your band.
I asked why and she said....what if they called it Nazi drive Jew drive....and immediately I understood.
But they didn't. Nor did they call it a white drive/black drive. They called it master/slave, where master means "One that has control over another or others" and slave means "one who serves". Is master/slave not a good term for master/slave drives?
My wife is one clever lady.
Listen, man, I don't know your wife... I'm sure she is a smart lady... but saying what she said was not "clever"... it's the same kneejerk PC crap that almost everyone in the US is saying now. I mean, imagine what could happen if someonee used the word
'niggardly'?
Should they be forced to resign? Or, do you think that the asswipes behind the controversy would realize they were jackasses?
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No...it is not propaganda. Apple pays the labels.65/track. That leaves them.34. Out of that.34 come expenses such as infrastructure, advertising, employees, etc, etc, etc. They would be very lucky to be making a few cents per song.
As Nonki said, iTunes still has to pay the labels for the tracks. They might have negotiated for a slightly lower cost for promotions, but they still have to pay. Just because it is digital does not mean it is free.
As someone involved in such a venture, let me clarify the above. Not only are we required to have deals with each label we carry, but most of those deals are very restrictive. For example, they might specify the one, and only one, format we are allowed to carrry (usually WMA). That being said, there are several labels that don't care and we will be offering WMA/MP3/OGG for those labels.
I am by no means a GPL apologist, but did it ever occur to you that the reason "GPL" came before "MIT" was the simple fact that, well, "GPL" comes before "MIT" in the sort order?
1m songs x.99 = $990,000 - $650,000 (label royalties) = $340,000. Subtract HR, bandwidth costs, etc, etc... and they are not making much at all. But, and it's a very important but, they do get to book a million dollars of revenue in a 3 day period which is pretty impressive.
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Being in the digital music distribution business, I just recently was told by counsel that we need to be able to prove 2 things if we are ever audited by the RIAA and/or the copyright holder: 1) that my firm has to be able to prove that *we* have appropriate permission to distribute the work in all ways we offer, and, 2) that the *customer* has the rights to access the files (we are talking about something roughly synonymous with the original mp3.com). Since the only content the user is allowed to keep in their storage are files they have purchased from us, we can fairly easily control it. Mp3.com got in trouble because they made no attempt to verify that the person storing the song on their servers had the legal rights to do so... in fact, the court suggested that mp3.com have users mail them the original CD as proof... ha ha ha.
That sound you just heard was the point whooshing passed your head.
The point is to scare the copyright thieves into *not* providing content. The average joe user has already been scared by the lawsuits, so the RIAA/MPAA/others need to now go after the people who are illegally distributing the content.
BillG: Great! It looks like we have another winner on our hands. People sure do want that Unix stuff. Oh, wait...
SFU PM: erm...
BillG: You're fired.
God help me, since they are a competitor of mine, but MusicRebellion uses Peppercoin. And, we are also looking at Peppercoin for the same reason.
That's true... for the most part. But there are certainly occassions (particularly with advertisements) where the characters are either vertical or right-to-left. Or, at least I assume so with Chinese... I know that is the case with Japanese.
Thanks for the heads up. I am basically Mac illiterate, but know some people at SoftRAID, which is the only reason I know of the product.
Um... SoftRaid.
If you don't agree with a company making money, then don't buy from said companies. But don't come up with asinine suggestions like MS charge .50 a copy for XP.
Stupid me, I forgot the smiley.
*You*, my friend, are about to end up in county general.
No, no, no... Parrot is to be the native IL of the Hurd. It should be interesting to see which if finished first.
Especially if you're listening to Adios. Ah... the putrid stench of losing half your band.
I think you confused Linux with the Hurd. On top of that, unless the Hurd acquired two more users in the last year, your user count is off.
But they didn't. Nor did they call it a white drive/black drive. They called it master/slave, where master means "One that has control over another or others" and slave means "one who serves". Is master/slave not a good term for master/slave drives?
My wife is one clever lady.
Listen, man, I don't know your wife... I'm sure she is a smart lady... but saying what she said was not "clever"... it's the same kneejerk PC crap that almost everyone in the US is saying now. I mean, imagine what could happen if someonee used the word 'niggardly'? Should they be forced to resign? Or, do you think that the asswipes behind the controversy would realize they were jackasses?
I wonder if they provide the studs, or if you have to go to your local gay bar. Either way, I'll stick to my convential house.
Like anyone who had to write JCL for 23 years...
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No...it is not propaganda. Apple pays the labels .65/track. That leaves them .34. Out of that .34 come expenses such as infrastructure, advertising, employees, etc, etc, etc. They would be very lucky to be making a few cents per song.
As Nonki said, iTunes still has to pay the labels for the tracks. They might have negotiated for a slightly lower cost for promotions, but they still have to pay. Just because it is digital does not mean it is free.
As someone involved in such a venture, let me clarify the above. Not only are we required to have deals with each label we carry, but most of those deals are very restrictive. For example, they might specify the one, and only one, format we are allowed to carrry (usually WMA). That being said, there are several labels that don't care and we will be offering WMA/MP3/OGG for those labels.
How ironic that in a thread about stalking, you did a little stalking yourself...;-)
Jesus christ... just read the fucking manual, would you? It's in info format.
I am by no means a GPL apologist, but did it ever occur to you that the reason "GPL" came before "MIT" was the simple fact that, well, "GPL" comes before "MIT" in the sort order?
Long live the *BSDs!
1m songs x .99 = $990,000 - $650,000 (label royalties) = $340,000. Subtract HR, bandwidth costs, etc, etc... and they are not making much at all. But, and it's a very important but, they do get to book a million dollars of revenue in a 3 day period which is pretty impressive.