We do Internet for hotels. (In room WiFi) We have about 75 hotels under monitoring. All of them hit bit torrent hard every single night and max out the pipe. We have only ever received 1 MPAA letter. And for the record, the majority of our hotel feeds are from ATT business class DSL or Comcast business Internet. (Also ATT MIS, Logix, Covad, CBeyond, Embarq, and a few others)
A $20,000 reward for anyone who can handle over 100 days of cramped conditions with other humans, no sex or booze, and lack if information from the rest of the world?
And they only give released prisoners a mere $200.
Given what passes for news lately, the "lack of information" is actually part of the compensation package.
What really need to happen is something similar to what happened to the GIF file format. In that case it was decided to develop a new image file format called PNG. There is room for doing the same thing with the file system. Although FAT is common, if everyone could agree an open alternative, and then encourage hardware manufacturers to provide the necessary drivers to Windows users, then we could finally move forward.
You are a fucking idiot. The problem is not "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teen-age girls are going to get their pictures taken". The problem is "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teenage girls are being forced to have their pictures taken". Like I said, you are a fucking idiot.
Did you also take "A Modest Proposal" at face value?
Sure the FTC may be better than the old RTC approach but you don't break backwards compatible APIs every day for no serious reason despite what people do these days.
What does the Resolution Trust Corporation have to do with Linux drivers? (Actually, I would not be surprised to see them come back!)
They're getting to the point they don't need the litigation anymore. They're setting it up so either everyone is forced to pay into their welfare system for a failed industry through a tax on all internet connectivity or they can, without proof or recourse, have you disconnected from the internet.
Your recourse is a libel suit. Now thay have to prove you are a pirate, or pay you off.
No doubt... Wiretapping is easier to beat that censorship as well. Encryption is fast, easy, and totally controlled by each end. Proxies relay on trust of a third party. But if you have trust, why is wiretapping such a problem?:)
Assuming the firewall is at the network edge, you can't just turn it off for one application. And when you enable scripting, you can not enable scripting by site. (NoScript isn't on IE...) You use a condom every time you have sex. You don't take it off for the girls that look clean.
My girlfriend uses blackboard for all her courses. She mostly uses the Ubuntu system in the living room with the big screen. Easier to study the rock pictures. (Geology) No problems so far.
A computer in the living room is nice too... Vacation pictures on the big screen. (Remember to pull out those private ones...) All your movies and TV shows over the network. Hulu. Youtube. DVDs using a real remote. Pause the movie to fact check that obscure Start Trek reference. Go to the link they are talking about in CSI. Stream that good inet radio station in 5.1... Of course, *you* may still need a computer in the back room for the sticky keyboard thing...
PC homebrew can't easily run on a big screen. The PC and TV need to be in the same room, and either the TV needs to be an HDTV or there needs to be a $50 scan converter between the PC's VGA out and the SDTV's composite in.
Most TVs sold in the last year are HDTV and most of those have VGA or DVI inputs. But if not, most high end video cards have s-video out. If you can't even do s-video with your TV, shouldn't you invest $300 and upgrade? Cheaper than a console...
Somehow, I don't think writing a bad review of a game is the same as taking a copy w/o paying for it, but Slashdot is notorious for bad analogies. Maybe you could work in car theft?
Sure... If I steal your car, do you still have a car? If I infringe on your cars copyright, do you still have a car?
Having a copy isn't a problem at all, as long as you purchased it.
Think about it... game developer spends $10 million creating a game, first person buys one copy for $50, uploads it, everyone else gets theirs for free, game company is out $9,999,950. You really think you aren't stealing when you just grab a copy w/o paying for it?
Yep. Just like you aren't stealing when you shoot someone in the head, or drive drunk, or piss in a policeman's hat. You are committing a crime, but it ain't stealing.
To continue your analogy, if game developer spends $10 million creating a game, first person buys one copy for $50, and writes a review saying it is utter crap, and has draconian DRM, so no one else buys it, and the company is out 9 mill, it still isn't stealing. And in this case, so far, it is still legal. But they are working on it.
But they don't sell it to you, they "license" it. And if they keep saying it, it will be true. Just like me having a replica of something you also still have is "stealing" it from you when you still have it.
Then perhaps it is time to stop licensing and start selling. And a "friend" as big as Amazon might be just the thing to stop the nonsense. going further and further.
I agree. That is why I don't "rent" software. It does, however, limit my choices considerably.
It's already legal (and always was). Only the stopping of people doing this is on the rather grey moral ground.
What? I would think forcing people to dispose of games as opposed to recycling would be the moral bad guy. Or is CarMax the devil? (Aside from the pricing practices)
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We do Internet for hotels. (In room WiFi) We have about 75 hotels under monitoring. All of them hit bit torrent hard every single night and max out the pipe. We have only ever received 1 MPAA letter. And for the record, the majority of our hotel feeds are from ATT business class DSL or Comcast business Internet. (Also ATT MIS, Logix, Covad, CBeyond, Embarq, and a few others)
A $20,000 reward for anyone who can handle over 100 days of cramped conditions with other humans, no sex or booze, and lack if information from the rest of the world?
And they only give released prisoners a mere $200.
Given what passes for news lately, the "lack of information" is actually part of the compensation package.
Or they make $73,000 a year. Not amazing money in some places, but a fortune in others. Also it is in a lump sum after no expenses.
What really need to happen is something similar to what happened to the GIF file format. In that case it was decided to develop a new image file format called PNG. There is room for doing the same thing with the file system. Although FAT is common, if everyone could agree an open alternative, and then encourage hardware manufacturers to provide the necessary drivers to Windows users, then we could finally move forward.
You mean like? http://www.fs-driver.org/ Now just go and convince everyone to use it. :)
You are a fucking idiot. The problem is not "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teen-age girls are going to get their pictures taken". The problem is "people will pay for naked pictures of teen-age girls, teenage girls are being forced to have their pictures taken". Like I said, you are a fucking idiot.
Did you also take "A Modest Proposal" at face value?
Sure the FTC may be better than the old RTC approach but you don't break backwards compatible APIs every day for no serious reason despite what people do these days.
What does the Resolution Trust Corporation have to do with Linux drivers? (Actually, I would not be surprised to see them come back!)
And no recourse.
Well... A libel suit against the RIAA for telling your ISP that you are a pirate. Expensive unless someone makes it a business model.
Or a class action suit... can you have a class action libel case?
Ask a lawyer. If he suddenly looks happy in his pants, there is a good chance!
Any suggestions if both of the ISPs in your area are doing this?
Get a business account. Much more expensive, but also much more support. (Comcast has never filtered or throttled business class service for us)
The RIAA, as per that other article, isn't disclosing which ISPs it has in its pocket.
Oh, and furthermore it'll be all of 'em any day now anyway, won't it? Little ISPs that don't play ball will be broken like champagne flutes.
Or growing very fast. I would spend a few dollars more to support a known independent.
They're getting to the point they don't need the litigation anymore. They're setting it up so either everyone is forced to pay into their welfare system for a failed industry through a tax on all internet connectivity or they can, without proof or recourse, have you disconnected from the internet.
Your recourse is a libel suit. Now thay have to prove you are a pirate, or pay you off.
And no recourse.
Well... A libel suit against the RIAA for telling your ISP that you are a pirate. Expensive unless someone makes it a business model.
As long as They don't screw with my traffic, I can accept this.
I would consider disconnection with no burden of proof "screwing with my traffic" but I am funny that way.
That's like saying CiCi's Pizza is the best dining experience of all time. It's not really pizza, but it is edible...
Sex is like pizza... Even when it is bad, it's still pizza.
No doubt... Wiretapping is easier to beat that censorship as well. Encryption is fast, easy, and totally controlled by each end. Proxies relay on trust of a third party. But if you have trust, why is wiretapping such a problem? :)
Assuming the firewall is at the network edge, you can't just turn it off for one application. And when you enable scripting, you can not enable scripting by site. (NoScript isn't on IE...) You use a condom every time you have sex. You don't take it off for the girls that look clean.
My girlfriend uses blackboard for all her courses. She mostly uses the Ubuntu system in the living room with the big screen. Easier to study the rock pictures. (Geology) No problems so far.
Let's ban all american gun shops, because those are the places where people buy guns to kill other people or rob banks & such.
Sadly, many people will miss the sarcasm and mod you up as a serious proposal.
Yeah mods, mod him down as flamebait because you don't agree with him, well done:/
Do you understand what the word "flamebait" means?
A computer in the living room is nice too... Vacation pictures on the big screen. (Remember to pull out those private ones...) All your movies and TV shows over the network. Hulu. Youtube. DVDs using a real remote. Pause the movie to fact check that obscure Start Trek reference. Go to the link they are talking about in CSI. Stream that good inet radio station in 5.1... Of course, *you* may still need a computer in the back room for the sticky keyboard thing...
PC homebrew can't easily run on a big screen. The PC and TV need to be in the same room, and either the TV needs to be an HDTV or there needs to be a $50 scan converter between the PC's VGA out and the SDTV's composite in.
Most TVs sold in the last year are HDTV and most of those have VGA or DVI inputs. But if not, most high end video cards have s-video out. If you can't even do s-video with your TV, shouldn't you invest $300 and upgrade? Cheaper than a console...
Yes, and so it is not theft. It is trespass. Still a crime, but not theft.
Somehow, I don't think writing a bad review of a game is the same as taking a copy w/o paying for it, but Slashdot is notorious for bad analogies. Maybe you could work in car theft?
Sure... If I steal your car, do you still have a car? If I infringe on your cars copyright, do you still have a car?
Feel better now?
Having a copy isn't a problem at all, as long as you purchased it.
Think about it... game developer spends $10 million creating a game, first person buys one copy for $50, uploads it, everyone else gets theirs for free, game company is out $9,999,950. You really think you aren't stealing when you just grab a copy w/o paying for it?
Yep. Just like you aren't stealing when you shoot someone in the head, or drive drunk, or piss in a policeman's hat. You are committing a crime, but it ain't stealing.
To continue your analogy, if game developer spends $10 million creating a game, first person buys one copy for $50, and writes a review saying it is utter crap, and has draconian DRM, so no one else buys it, and the company is out 9 mill, it still isn't stealing. And in this case, so far, it is still legal. But they are working on it.
But they don't sell it to you, they "license" it. And if they keep saying it, it will be true. Just like me having a replica of something you also still have is "stealing" it from you when you still have it.
Then perhaps it is time to stop licensing and start selling. And a "friend" as big as Amazon might be just the thing to stop the nonsense. going further and further.
I agree. That is why I don't "rent" software. It does, however, limit my choices considerably.
It's already legal (and always was). Only the stopping of people doing this is on the rather grey moral ground.
What? I would think forcing people to dispose of games as opposed to recycling would be the moral bad guy. Or is CarMax the devil? (Aside from the pricing practices)