Ok...10 burnable tracks for 18 fucking dollars? You've got the be fucking kidding me. I can even buy a crappy CD with 15 tracks for less than that. You can buy a compilation CD of tracks you like for 15 bucks for 20 tracks. These people are nuts. You want to sell online music...it's so god damned simple. Streaming all tracks are free, Twentyfive cents for all tracks at 64kbps encoding, $1 for all tracks at 128kbps encoding, and $2 for all tracks at 256kbps. Simple, and people would buy it. I imagine most people here would pay 2 lousy dollars for a quality mpeg. Oh, and no DRM. That shit blows.
If they really want to make sure you don't trade their MP3s after you pay for one, just make them only burnable (but playable on any computer) on the computer they are downloaded onto. Or if they really really want copy protection, only bother protecting the 128 and 256 mp3s.
Honestly, I can't believe they haven't done this shit already. Oh, that's right, the Recording industry is a bunch of greedy whores.
Actually I'm a straight white male and I feel I'm being oppressed. But seriously...I won't get into how the "Diversity Police" have really screwed the average everyday white guy.
I posted the article above, but for some reason..the formatting didn't cut and paste along with the article...I'm an HTML moron, and I apologize.
Because we all know what is about to happen.....
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New bills aim to protect consumers' use of digital media
By Heather Fleming Phillips
Mercury News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - The battle being waged in Washington over copyright in the digital age ratchets up a notch this week as new legislation is introduced aimed at clarifying consumer rights.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, plans today to introduce the ``Digital Choice and Freedom Act,'' Silicon Valley's response to a host of Hollywood-backed bills tilted in favor of copyright holders.
Lofgren's bill would ensure consumers can copy CDs, DVDs and other digital works for personal use, just as they now do with TV shows and audio tapes.
``This would not authorize someone taking their digital content and sharing it with a million of their best friends,'' Lofgren said in an interview Tuesday. Instead of creating new rights for consumers, she said, her bill would ensure that ``the rights they have in the analog world, they have in digital.''
Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., plans to introduce similar legislation Thursday.
Lawmakers are wrapping up their business for the year within weeks, and neither measure has any chance of making it through Congress by then. Rather, the bills are aimed at staking out the technology industry's position in a festering dispute that could result in congressional action next year.
The bills also would amend a 1998 law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that makes it a crime to circumvent technological protections built in to copyrighted works. Instead, consumers would be allowed to bypass the technology if the intent is to make a copy for personal use.
The legislation will vie with Hollywood-backed proposals, filed by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., and Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Los Angeles, that would embed copy protection into PCs and an array of consumer devices, and allow the music and film industry to use aggressive anti-piracy technologies to thwart unauthorized downloading over the Internet.
``The laws that have passed in recent years have imbalanced the historical balance between owners of copyrighted works and users of copyrighted works,'' Boucher said in an interview Tuesday. ``The balance has been tilted dramatically in favor of owners at the expense of users.''
The film and music industries cast the debate in terms of piracy, arguing that copy protections are needed to ensure people don't download movies and music without compensation to the copyright holders.
The tech industry counters that free-flowing downloads of movies, music and other digital works could drive demand for broadband Internet connections, which it hopes would in turn spur innovation and increase sales of new technologies.
``If this bill were to pass, it would render ineffective, worthless and useless any protection measure we would have in place to protect a $100 million movie,'' Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, said of the Lofgren bill. ``You could download a million movies a day, and no penalty for it.''
Caught in the middle of the debate are consumers, whose ``fair use'' rights are in limbo. The courts have long upheld consumers' rights to make personal copies of songs, TV shows and other copyrighted works. But the move to digital raises the question of where to draw the line, when near-perfect copies can be easily shared over the Internet with large numbers of other users.
``Lofgren's bill aims to restore what Congress thought it was doing -- preserving fair use for people who have lawful rights to use stuff,'' said Paula Samuelson, a law professor at University of California-Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. ``The Lofgren bill offers meaningful protections for a number of ordinary activities by consumers that should be lawful under copyright law but about which the law is presently ambiguous.''
Contact Heather Phillips at hphillips@krwashington.com or (202) 383-6020.
You know, E-music has a FANTASTIC idea. 10 bucks a month for unlimited downloads of great quality (192k in my opinion) is a great business model. Unfortunately, they have one major problem. I did a search for Conjure One (Rhys Fulber's new solo project, which is a fantastic disc) and it turned up no results. If you have ever searched for it on Kazaa, you know as well as I do, that only a few tracks seem to be out there (I'll be damned if I share mine, this is a great disc, everyone should buy it). So even if you signed up for e-music, you still need to go buy the actual CD, which isn't something people want to do if they are paying to download their music. So, E-music does have the right idea, just not enough to catch my intrest yet. Until a service with Napster like variety, CD perfect quality, and Incredible available bandwidth comes along at a good price, E-music probably won't see many customers. However, I will give them this...$9.95 a month (The one year upfront is kinda lame) is a very reasonable price, if they had everything.
actually...all those people being detained in cuba that have been apprehended aren't american citizens, so they technically have no right to Habeus Corpus. However, if you look at John Walk Lindh (Scum) he has already had hearings, and the trial starts soon. So, actually...everything is fine and dandy, as long as American citizens aren't being held without trial.
they have figured out a way to effectively "letterbox" the gmaes to fit the gameboy screen properly. Head over to www.IGN.com and scout around and you'll find the article which explains it.
This movie would come off perfect if they gave it to one man....Guy Ritchie. No...really...think about it....Lock Stock and Snatch were TERRIFIC movies, with a style and humor similar to HHGTTG. I want Jason Statham as Arthur Dent. All the man needs is some hair and he's perfect. The type of droll wit neccesary to carry the role. And, I actually like the idea said before about Pixar providing the special effects.
Pepsi is better than coke in my opinion. Coke just leaves (to be scientific) an ikky aftertaste. And, I saw it mentioned somewhere else...Aquafina is owned by Pepsi, not coke. Which is far better bottle water than Dasani, the coke brand. I mean, Dasani puts Sodium Bicarbonate in their water...I just want water damnit!
Keaton was a fantastic Batman, and if they make another taking place after the last 2 crappy ones, it better be him as Bats. As far as Superman goes, Dean Cain looked the part...but was just kinda...well...eh...I guess I really can't think of a good Supes...open casting call is the best way to go in my opinion. Surely someone will come along. If you ask me, an unknown would work best. As long as they don't get a hayden whatsisname kinda guy. But I kinda like Ratner...I personally think the two rush hour movies were well worth the 7 bucks.
Basically...don't get all in a huff over this people...I don't think it'll turn out that bad. But we won't know till it's done I guess will we?
screenshots are very important...I mean..as soon as I saw the screenies for the new robotech game I went nuts...it's cell shaded, so it looks like you are playing the anime...now that's art!
actually, I'm in college, being exploited for slightly higher than minimum wage, and start law school after this year. God Willing, I can start doing some exploiting (kidding kidding, I really don't mean that...I'm actually going to school for constitutional and copyright law (ANTI DMCA)....I'm going to exploit people who can afford it)
Classic for me, born 4/17/79 is quite different than classic for someone else. I find NES and Sega Master system to be the Classics (although atari was first) simply becuase the games made the video game industry what it is today. In my opinion, they were more influential than atari, and far more ground breaking than PS2 or Gamcube. (I consider Xbox a pc with less functionality)
So, call me what you will I guess, but in my opinion, classic starts with NES.
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And hey, I'm graduating college this year, and am in good shape. However, I tried to be a RIO for the Navy, and they wouldn't let me for childhood asthma, so as far as I'm concerned, screw the government. (at least until I'm elected supreme chancellor for life) [I'm a PoliSci major!]
I want a politics Category damnit!
Many pirates won't see the actual movie you twit. I knew a few guys in my dorm that downloaded every movie that came out last year, and didn't see a single one in the theater. And I would really like to know where it's $15 dollars to see a movie. At the nicest theater by my school(which is quite nice, actually) tickets are $8 for general admission and $6 for students like me. At home in chicago, I can see a movie at an Excellent AMC theater for $6.50. You claims are baseless, and you are probably just another person looking for a free ride. If you enjoy something that much, pay for it, regardless of how much it costs. Where as I don't advocate purchasing a $15 album for one song, and I agree downloading it is ok, if you are downloading an entire album that you listen to regularly, you should pay for it. Same thing for a movie, if it's something you normally you would pay to see, downloading it isn't right if you haven't seen the movie. And I'm sorry, most pirates WILL NOT pay to see the movie.
I don't know about the yellow one though...damn thing won't shut up...
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Actually...it says "indestructable poly-carbonate tube". Whereas this doesn't mean you can lop of hands, arms, heads, and any other extremity, it does mean you can look like a true dork fighting with your buddy while camping out for episode III.
um..yeah...I forgot to say where to get said mats and game at that price...the answer is, of course, EBAY, and they are brandnew and easy to find. KevinK8 is one of the leading sellers of DDR stuff, and I got my stuff through him. Very good experience.
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Ok...10 burnable tracks for 18 fucking dollars? You've got the be fucking kidding me. I can even buy a crappy CD with 15 tracks for less than that. You can buy a compilation CD of tracks you like for 15 bucks for 20 tracks. These people are nuts. You want to sell online music...it's so god damned simple. Streaming all tracks are free, Twentyfive cents for all tracks at 64kbps encoding, $1 for all tracks at 128kbps encoding, and $2 for all tracks at 256kbps. Simple, and people would buy it. I imagine most people here would pay 2 lousy dollars for a quality mpeg. Oh, and no DRM. That shit blows. If they really want to make sure you don't trade their MP3s after you pay for one, just make them only burnable (but playable on any computer) on the computer they are downloaded onto. Or if they really really want copy protection, only bother protecting the 128 and 256 mp3s. Honestly, I can't believe they haven't done this shit already. Oh, that's right, the Recording industry is a bunch of greedy whores.
That's gotta be a record
Actually I'm a straight white male and I feel I'm being oppressed. But seriously...I won't get into how the "Diversity Police" have really screwed the average everyday white guy.
I may just be stupid, but where is the release date for this thing....and where is the price? I couldn't find that info anywhere....
I'm a he. And thanks for sticking up for me...the newbie.
I posted the article above, but for some reason..the formatting didn't cut and paste along with the article...I'm an HTML moron, and I apologize.
New bills aim to protect consumers' use of digital media By Heather Fleming Phillips Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The battle being waged in Washington over copyright in the digital age ratchets up a notch this week as new legislation is introduced aimed at clarifying consumer rights. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, plans today to introduce the ``Digital Choice and Freedom Act,'' Silicon Valley's response to a host of Hollywood-backed bills tilted in favor of copyright holders. Lofgren's bill would ensure consumers can copy CDs, DVDs and other digital works for personal use, just as they now do with TV shows and audio tapes. ``This would not authorize someone taking their digital content and sharing it with a million of their best friends,'' Lofgren said in an interview Tuesday. Instead of creating new rights for consumers, she said, her bill would ensure that ``the rights they have in the analog world, they have in digital.'' Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., plans to introduce similar legislation Thursday. Lawmakers are wrapping up their business for the year within weeks, and neither measure has any chance of making it through Congress by then. Rather, the bills are aimed at staking out the technology industry's position in a festering dispute that could result in congressional action next year. The bills also would amend a 1998 law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, that makes it a crime to circumvent technological protections built in to copyrighted works. Instead, consumers would be allowed to bypass the technology if the intent is to make a copy for personal use. The legislation will vie with Hollywood-backed proposals, filed by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., and Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Los Angeles, that would embed copy protection into PCs and an array of consumer devices, and allow the music and film industry to use aggressive anti-piracy technologies to thwart unauthorized downloading over the Internet. ``The laws that have passed in recent years have imbalanced the historical balance between owners of copyrighted works and users of copyrighted works,'' Boucher said in an interview Tuesday. ``The balance has been tilted dramatically in favor of owners at the expense of users.'' The film and music industries cast the debate in terms of piracy, arguing that copy protections are needed to ensure people don't download movies and music without compensation to the copyright holders. The tech industry counters that free-flowing downloads of movies, music and other digital works could drive demand for broadband Internet connections, which it hopes would in turn spur innovation and increase sales of new technologies. ``If this bill were to pass, it would render ineffective, worthless and useless any protection measure we would have in place to protect a $100 million movie,'' Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, said of the Lofgren bill. ``You could download a million movies a day, and no penalty for it.'' Caught in the middle of the debate are consumers, whose ``fair use'' rights are in limbo. The courts have long upheld consumers' rights to make personal copies of songs, TV shows and other copyrighted works. But the move to digital raises the question of where to draw the line, when near-perfect copies can be easily shared over the Internet with large numbers of other users. ``Lofgren's bill aims to restore what Congress thought it was doing -- preserving fair use for people who have lawful rights to use stuff,'' said Paula Samuelson, a law professor at University of California-Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law. ``The Lofgren bill offers meaningful protections for a number of ordinary activities by consumers that should be lawful under copyright law but about which the law is presently ambiguous.'' Contact Heather Phillips at hphillips@krwashington.com or (202) 383-6020.
actually...dude..that was fucking funny as hell. I think the trolls didn't quite get it.
You know, E-music has a FANTASTIC idea. 10 bucks a month for unlimited downloads of great quality (192k in my opinion) is a great business model. Unfortunately, they have one major problem. I did a search for Conjure One (Rhys Fulber's new solo project, which is a fantastic disc) and it turned up no results. If you have ever searched for it on Kazaa, you know as well as I do, that only a few tracks seem to be out there (I'll be damned if I share mine, this is a great disc, everyone should buy it). So even if you signed up for e-music, you still need to go buy the actual CD, which isn't something people want to do if they are paying to download their music. So, E-music does have the right idea, just not enough to catch my intrest yet. Until a service with Napster like variety, CD perfect quality, and Incredible available bandwidth comes along at a good price, E-music probably won't see many customers.
However, I will give them this...$9.95 a month (The one year upfront is kinda lame) is a very reasonable price, if they had everything.
actually, I think as soon as we planted our flag on the moon, it became property of the USofA. Besides, who the hell is gonna take it from us?
actually...all those people being detained in cuba that have been apprehended aren't american citizens, so they technically have no right to Habeus Corpus. However, if you look at John Walk Lindh (Scum) he has already had hearings, and the trial starts soon. So, actually...everything is fine and dandy, as long as American citizens aren't being held without trial.
they have figured out a way to effectively "letterbox" the gmaes to fit the gameboy screen properly. Head over to www.IGN.com and scout around and you'll find the article which explains it.
This movie would come off perfect if they gave it to one man....Guy Ritchie. No...really...think about it....Lock Stock and Snatch were TERRIFIC movies, with a style and humor similar to HHGTTG. I want Jason Statham as Arthur Dent. All the man needs is some hair and he's perfect. The type of droll wit neccesary to carry the role. And, I actually like the idea said before about Pixar providing the special effects.
surely you have your towel nearby, as every one of us in this thread should!
Pepsi is better than coke in my opinion. Coke just leaves (to be scientific) an ikky aftertaste. And, I saw it mentioned somewhere else...Aquafina is owned by Pepsi, not coke. Which is far better bottle water than Dasani, the coke brand. I mean, Dasani puts Sodium Bicarbonate in their water...I just want water damnit!
this is actually quite cool...I wonder if he'd build me a transforming Veritech VF-1S if I sent him the LEGO. Nice work man!
Keaton was a fantastic Batman, and if they make another taking place after the last 2 crappy ones, it better be him as Bats. As far as Superman goes, Dean Cain looked the part...but was just kinda...well...eh...I guess I really can't think of a good Supes...open casting call is the best way to go in my opinion. Surely someone will come along. If you ask me, an unknown would work best. As long as they don't get a hayden whatsisname kinda guy. But I kinda like Ratner...I personally think the two rush hour movies were well worth the 7 bucks. Basically...don't get all in a huff over this people...I don't think it'll turn out that bad. But we won't know till it's done I guess will we?
screenshots are very important...I mean..as soon as I saw the screenies for the new robotech game I went nuts...it's cell shaded, so it looks like you are playing the anime...now that's art!
actually, I'm in college, being exploited for slightly higher than minimum wage, and start law school after this year. God Willing, I can start doing some exploiting (kidding kidding, I really don't mean that...I'm actually going to school for constitutional and copyright law (ANTI DMCA)....I'm going to exploit people who can afford it)
Classic for me, born 4/17/79 is quite different than classic for someone else. I find NES and Sega Master system to be the Classics (although atari was first) simply becuase the games made the video game industry what it is today. In my opinion, they were more influential than atari, and far more ground breaking than PS2 or Gamcube. (I consider Xbox a pc with less functionality) So, call me what you will I guess, but in my opinion, classic starts with NES.
NO NO NO NO NO NO And hey, I'm graduating college this year, and am in good shape. However, I tried to be a RIO for the Navy, and they wouldn't let me for childhood asthma, so as far as I'm concerned, screw the government. (at least until I'm elected supreme chancellor for life) [I'm a PoliSci major!] I want a politics Category damnit!
Many pirates won't see the actual movie you twit. I knew a few guys in my dorm that downloaded every movie that came out last year, and didn't see a single one in the theater. And I would really like to know where it's $15 dollars to see a movie. At the nicest theater by my school(which is quite nice, actually) tickets are $8 for general admission and $6 for students like me. At home in chicago, I can see a movie at an Excellent AMC theater for $6.50. You claims are baseless, and you are probably just another person looking for a free ride. If you enjoy something that much, pay for it, regardless of how much it costs. Where as I don't advocate purchasing a $15 album for one song, and I agree downloading it is ok, if you are downloading an entire album that you listen to regularly, you should pay for it. Same thing for a movie, if it's something you normally you would pay to see, downloading it isn't right if you haven't seen the movie. And I'm sorry, most pirates WILL NOT pay to see the movie.
I don't know about the yellow one though...damn thing won't shut up...
Actually...it says "indestructable poly-carbonate tube". Whereas this doesn't mean you can lop of hands, arms, heads, and any other extremity, it does mean you can look like a true dork fighting with your buddy while camping out for episode III.
um..yeah...I forgot to say where to get said mats and game at that price...the answer is, of course, EBAY, and they are brandnew and easy to find. KevinK8 is one of the leading sellers of DDR stuff, and I got my stuff through him. Very good experience.