Aw, crap, I own most of those. But, like most music I own, I don't listen to it, or share it, or recommend it to others. (I get it because my kid thinks it might be ok...
Thank god for "buy 1 and get 11 free" (free as in $3 S&H ea, free).
Off the top of my head, back of the envelope type estimates...
$10Trillion (order of magnitude for US GNP)/365 days/24hrs day/1000000 * $1 each
Now I have seen where some ISP send "2 million spams an hour" it doesn't seem unreasable that all the ISP's could be offering up a billion spams/hour.
I don't think spam (as much as I loath it) is costing the US economy $Trillions dollars, ergo, I suspect the "true cost" is far less than $1.00 per spam.
I agree with the poster, this isn't a troll (I own very few movies and feel no compulsion to have copies of movies I don't own. Blockbuster can store them for me.)
My (non-troll) question - how is illegally duplicating a copyrighted tape or disc different than "fair use" of recording off-air broadcasts?
Seems to me if you had an analog copy of something that had ever been broadcast, you could claim fair use.
I can see the argument that those offering files are depriving the record label of potential sales, so you could estimate some sort of "loss".
However, can some legal mind comment on the general concept: An individual has illegal copyrighted material that he would otherwise not possess, what are the damages to the copyright holder?
Does it matter the reason the infringer "otherwise would not possess"?
I don't have that much money (e.g. really expensive software, facsimile of copyrighted art, etc.)
The material is not available (old TV show, old game ROM, etc)
Just because (that record sucks, but I kinda like that one song, sort of.)
Seems to me, the OS cost is in the noise on most reasonable systems (not the "$200" ones). When I buy computers, they are frequently no-OS white box PCs. For retail outlets, most people want an OS, so it is "included". Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy a system bundled with an OS you don't want. So what?
Sometimes I buy the 20 lb sack of potatoes at Costco, knowing that I will end up throwing half of them away (or give some to neighbors) - because it is still cheaper than buying them in smaller quantities.
Last time I bought a $1600 Dell notebook, it came with WinXP. First thing I did was reformat the disk and put Linux on it. Would Dell have sold the thing for less w/o the OS? I dunno, the notebook had the hardware features I wanted at a price I was willing to pay.
There is a lot of duplicated functionality, package overlap in the Linux distros, too. Pick the bits you want toss the rest. Bits don't take up much space in the landfills.
Just looking around, say dell.com and eracks.com - compare two comparable (hardware specs) laptops and I don't see the Linux OS costing any less.
Where you pay a lot is when you don't have a MSFT OS and you actually want to buy one, the retail price is much more than the small delta you pay with a new system that "just comes with" it.
I am not saying it is "right", or that there aren't "odd" agreements in place to make it so, I just don't think that it is affecting the economics of your hardware purchase that much.
I don't know about you, but once I watch a movie, I am good for 10 years at least before I want to watch it again (if ever). I own very few movies (a few "classics" at $5 on sale). I have not converted any of them to other formats. Normally I let Blockbuster or Netflix store my movies for me.
Long plane trips are perfect for reading a new novel. No batteries required.
So, where do you get this video content you want to watch on a plane? Is it legitimate, or a copyright infringment?
Nothing implied here, I am just looking for worth-watching content just as much as the next guy. Where is it? Is there a Blockbuster like place for PDA downloads?
I am sure I purchased Microsoft products during the covered period. I don't recall feeling ripped off, nor do I remember anyone making me buy the products.
Somehow, I suspect lawyers, or someone other than the alleged abused, are getting real money out of this deal and not silly coupons.
Master calendar of "stupid patents" expiry dates?
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Overture To A Patent War?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Ok, who has a link to a website that shows what patent expires when, so some OSS project can implement it?
Slashdot Mirror
Somehow, most of the good stuff survives.
Most lost information probably wasn't worth having anyhow. I'll stand corrected if the aliens come back and ask us why who lost their technology.
Thank god for "buy 1 and get 11 free" (free as in $3 S&H ea, free).
Does the 5th only apply to knowledge in your head?
... so what?
$10Trillion (order of magnitude for US GNP)/365 days/24hrs day/1000000 * $1 each
Now I have seen where some ISP send "2 million spams an hour" it doesn't seem unreasable that all the ISP's could be offering up a billion spams/hour.
I don't think spam (as much as I loath it) is costing the US economy $Trillions dollars, ergo, I suspect the "true cost" is far less than $1.00 per spam.
I sent out a spam offering to break the legs of spamers. The response was tremendous!
Shit, I'd give my left nut to still being "studied" almost 60 years after being nuked.
In the long run, the sun is going to nuke the whole planet, but good.
Think about it.
oh. never mind.
If I have a sure-fire algorithm to pick the next power ball number, but it takes a lot of CPU cylcels to find it... will y'all help me out?
Title says it all. Just sell it before it falls.
I have a donor card that says feed my organs to the zoo animals on kids-waiting-for-a-transplant day.
Eyes roll up to the right as I wistle, past smoking wreck of downed commuter flight...
My (non-troll) question - how is illegally duplicating a copyrighted tape or disc different than "fair use" of recording off-air broadcasts?
Seems to me if you had an analog copy of something that had ever been broadcast, you could claim fair use.
However, can some legal mind comment on the general concept: An individual has illegal copyrighted material that he would otherwise not possess, what are the damages to the copyright holder?
Does it matter the reason the infringer "otherwise would not possess"?
I don't have that much money (e.g. really expensive software, facsimile of copyrighted art, etc.)
The material is not available (old TV show, old game ROM, etc)
Just because (that record sucks, but I kinda like that one song, sort of.)
We have a job for you at the Soylent Green Factory. We take everyone who has nothing better to do!
We've never had a disgruntled applicant yet.
When I was a young'un we had to use accoustic phone couplers to send email. 110 baud. And find rolls of paper for the Teletype. Sending and Receiving.
a) 1 unit at the grocery store = $6
b) 1 unit (+ extra "free" potatoes) at Costco = $5
More or less. The same thing with the bundle; "one unit";
If [(a) $all parts individually] > [ (b)$comprable parts + OS you don't want], then NOT buying "b" to Spite MSFT is not efficient use of your money.
This came up again. See what does the os really cost.
In the future, either both numbers will go UP, or, both numbers will go down (depending on how far in the future...)
Eventually all computer media becomes an obsolete format.
Although my paper tape seems to be holding up rather nicely. Anyone have a working Teletype? It Think it might be some really good ASCII porn!
Sometimes I buy the 20 lb sack of potatoes at Costco, knowing that I will end up throwing half of them away (or give some to neighbors) - because it is still cheaper than buying them in smaller quantities.
Last time I bought a $1600 Dell notebook, it came with WinXP. First thing I did was reformat the disk and put Linux on it. Would Dell have sold the thing for less w/o the OS? I dunno, the notebook had the hardware features I wanted at a price I was willing to pay.
There is a lot of duplicated functionality, package overlap in the Linux distros, too. Pick the bits you want toss the rest. Bits don't take up much space in the landfills.
Just looking around, say dell.com and eracks.com - compare two comparable (hardware specs) laptops and I don't see the Linux OS costing any less.
Where you pay a lot is when you don't have a MSFT OS and you actually want to buy one, the retail price is much more than the small delta you pay with a new system that "just comes with" it.
I am not saying it is "right", or that there aren't "odd" agreements in place to make it so, I just don't think that it is affecting the economics of your hardware purchase that much.
Not a troll, just a calm observation.
Oh wait, now I do remember. That stinks!
lol
Long plane trips are perfect for reading a new novel. No batteries required.
So, where do you get this video content you want to watch on a plane? Is it legitimate, or a copyright infringment?
Nothing implied here, I am just looking for worth-watching content just as much as the next guy. Where is it? Is there a Blockbuster like place for PDA downloads?
Somehow, I suspect lawyers, or someone other than the alleged abused, are getting real money out of this deal and not silly coupons.
Gifs are "free" now, right?