I have been a real happy user with Rhapsody. Can anyone tell me if it's worth switching to Yahoo?
The Yahoo client is in beta and looks it. It is nowhere near as integrated and polished as Rhapsody. Pages take eternity and a day to load. You'll find no mention of classical music and other genres seem to have have been short-sheeted as well. The files are probably in there somewhere, but good luck finding them.
I'd be more than happy to pay 10 or 20 a month for a Yahoo like deal. But not under the current conditions. I want to own the music, not rent it (meaning if I decide to quit paying, I can still play my files). And I want it in a no DRM format (MP3 is fine).
It isn't going to happen. Not at $60 a year from Yahoo.
When downloads are portable, playlists everywhere, and the backlist continues to grow, who needs ownership?
And the second lesson a band learns is that it is very, very hard to get the A&R folks to look at you seriously if you have a reputation as too much of a cover band, no?
I wish they had made the producers of the Doom movie consult with Id Software for the script
Doom remains the prototypical first person shooters. But iD doesn't seem able to carry the ball any further. Story has always been iD's greatest weakness. Carmack never seemed to think it was important.
At that point only the 'big boys' will be able to play..
since when has it been any different?
if business wants drm they will get it from apple or red hat, no matter how loud rms can be heard screaming in the background.
in the american home market/soho market, there is no chance of a distro, an oem install, gaining traction unless, like apple, it can make its peace with drm.
Microsoft has a *lot* of money in the bank, and can afford to be very patient on regaining their domination..
Read this as not insightful, but lazy, if you can't think beyond bribery as an explanation, you have nothing useful to contribute to the discussion.
Politicians voice the economic interests of their constituencies. The record industry is important where it counts. In the financial and cultural capitals of New York and Los Angeles, for example.
Politicians voice the cultural fears of their constituencies. Canada sets quotas on American broadcast content to maintain a platform for native talent.
In the US, property taxes are usually a substantial amount, often several thousand dollars for a modest house.
The property tax supports local community services. You are not paying a annual fee over and above that simply to maintain ownership of your house, your land.
I am willing to bet that as building machines from components has gotten easier, lots more people have been doing it to get more bang for the buck.
Dell recently committed to buying 300,000 wide-screen 14" laptops a month from a single Chinese supplier. That is one model for one segment of its laptop product line. The hobbyist market doesn't count for much against numbers like these.
Speaking as a mac user I've got to say 16% sounds high, but your 1.5% sounds quite low.
I wouldn't be too confident here. The cable guy who installs the service probably does have a good handle on the numbers. It would be worthwile to look at stats for cable-branded music services, anti-virus, etc.
I think we can safely ignore the Geek who feels secure enough to lie about his system when talking to tech support.
On a motion for summary judgement, the law is traditionally supposed to be read in the light most favorable to the party oppossed to the motion. The argument doesn't have to be rock-solid, just plausible enough to keep your case alive.
name them all things like "Avril Lavinge - Happy Ending.mp3". 3. Put them up on kazaa. 4. Wait to be sued by the RIAA. 5. When sued demonstrate that the RIAA has -- in fact -- downloaded copies of your friend's novel. 6. Get your friend to sue the RIAA for illegally downloading his novel.
Congratulations. You and your friend are now booked for an extended engagement at Club Fed. The charges will include conspiracy and wire fraud. Song titles are copyrighted. Duh. Using them to seed a scam of the rights' holders is beyond stupid.
this ruling says that they didn't do anything illegal just by sharing it
on a motion for summary judgement, the judge ruled that for Napster to host an offer to distribute was not distribution as the copyright statutes define it. but when you can show actual traffic in files, all bets are off.
Do those verdicts have any influence on International laws? or it's just slashdot becoming US centric again.
It is not a verdict. It may not even survive appeal. It is simply a ruling in a preliminary proceeding that an offer to distribute is not distribution as defined in the statutes. Whatever victory has been won here is likely to be short-lived. Congress has been quick to close such loopholes before.
right because public protests have never ever worked. I mean Vietnam protests accomplished nothing. And don't lets get started on just how pointless all those Civil Rights and women's movement protests were
Social movements need a critical mass of quite ordinary people who believe that something fundamental is at stake. Patent Reform doesn't draw workers or the middle class to the barricades. Least of all when the driving force is a technocratic elite with whom they share little in common.
Any Joe Programmer can pick up a cheap $200 bare bones PC and a copy of Linux and be programming the next great thing. He doesn't need management to do this.
He does needs three hots and a flop, food on the table a place to sleep. Contact with his peers, access to research, access to tools and services beyond the basics.
Tell me why I want this instead of sattelite radio, digital am/fm broadcast, or a a WiFi or cellular Internet link to my Y! Unlimited or Rhapsody playlists?
Personally, I am for anything that puts the squeeze on the *AA
You first. Settlement with the rights agencies will hurt only a for a moment, being named a person of interest in a kiddie porn sting will cling to you forever.
In the american legal system, settlement out of court is the norm in civil cases. You do not get to a trial if you cannot raise a minimally plausible defense, your case will be decided on the papers as a matter of law. No license to distribute? That doesn't leave your lawyer much to work with.
That's a little kid's whining cop-out. You bought a cassette because you wanted something easy to use and portable. But it was something you knew wouldn't last.
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The Yahoo client is in beta and looks it. It is nowhere near as integrated and polished as Rhapsody. Pages take eternity and a day to load. You'll find no mention of classical music and other genres seem to have have been short-sheeted as well. The files are probably in there somewhere, but good luck finding them.
It isn't going to happen. Not at $60 a year from Yahoo.
When downloads are portable, playlists everywhere, and the backlist continues to grow, who needs ownership?
only too true.
Doom remains the prototypical first person shooters. But iD doesn't seem able to carry the ball any further. Story has always been iD's greatest weakness. Carmack never seemed to think it was important.
The first lesson a band learns is that bookings come easier when you do covers.
stealth deployments bite when their maintainer departs for greener pastures.
since when has it been any different?
if business wants drm they will get it from apple or red hat, no matter how loud rms can be heard screaming in the background.
in the american home market/soho market, there is no chance of a distro, an oem install, gaining traction unless, like apple, it can make its peace with drm.
Microsoft has a *lot* of money in the bank, and can afford to be very patient on regaining their domination..
by the numbers, microsoft still rules.
Read this as not insightful, but lazy, if you can't think beyond bribery as an explanation, you have nothing useful to contribute to the discussion.
Politicians voice the economic interests of their constituencies. The record industry is important where it counts. In the financial and cultural capitals of New York and Los Angeles, for example.
Politicians voice the cultural fears of their constituencies. Canada sets quotas on American broadcast content to maintain a platform for native talent.
The property tax supports local community services. You are not paying a annual fee over and above that simply to maintain ownership of your house, your land.
Sooner or later, you have to move beyond theory and simulation to work with real systems. That becomes very expensive, very quickly.
Dell recently committed to buying 300,000 wide-screen 14" laptops a month from a single Chinese supplier. That is one model for one segment of its laptop product line. The hobbyist market doesn't count for much against numbers like these.
I wouldn't be too confident here.
The cable guy who installs the service probably does have a good handle on the numbers. It would be worthwile to look at stats for cable-branded music services, anti-virus, etc.
I think we can safely ignore the Geek who feels secure enough to lie about his system when talking to tech support.
That only matters if a significant number of users change the ID.
On a motion for summary judgement, the law is traditionally supposed to be read in the light most favorable to the party oppossed to the motion.
The argument doesn't have to be rock-solid, just plausible enough to keep your case alive.
That loophole was plugged in the The No Electronic Theft ("NET") Act of 1997.
Congratulations. You and your friend are now booked for an extended engagement at Club Fed.
The charges will include conspiracy and wire fraud. Song titles are copyrighted. Duh. Using them to seed a scam of the rights' holders is beyond stupid.
on a motion for summary judgement, the judge ruled that for Napster to host an offer to distribute was not distribution as the copyright statutes define it.
but when you can show actual traffic in files, all bets are off.
XP seems to have become the dominant platform, even among web developers. with W2K fast fading. OS Platform Stats March 2003-April 2005
It is not a verdict. It may not even survive appeal. It is simply a ruling in a preliminary proceeding that an offer to distribute is not distribution as defined in the statutes. Whatever victory has been won here is likely to be short-lived. Congress has been quick to close such loopholes before.
Social movements need a critical mass of quite ordinary people who believe that something fundamental is at stake. Patent Reform doesn't draw workers or the middle class to the barricades. Least of all when the driving force is a technocratic elite with whom they share little in common.
He does needs three hots and a flop, food on the table a place to sleep. Contact with his peers, access to research, access to tools and services beyond the basics.
Tell me why I want this instead of sattelite radio, digital am/fm broadcast, or a a WiFi or cellular Internet link to my Y! Unlimited or Rhapsody playlists?
You first. Settlement with the rights agencies will hurt only a for a moment, being named a person of interest in a kiddie porn sting will cling to you forever.
In the american legal system, settlement out of court is the norm in civil cases. You do not get to a trial if you cannot raise a minimally plausible defense, your case will be decided on the papers as a matter of law. No license to distribute? That doesn't leave your lawyer much to work with.
That's a little kid's whining cop-out. You bought a cassette because you wanted something easy to use and portable. But it was something you knew wouldn't last.