How about not more snooty englishmen, but more snooty europeans telling you you suck? In Europe the privacy is regulated by laws (americans would call it government regulation?) and thank God for that, although I am an atheist. And what is this bullshit about "we don't want any government to regulate us"? Do you want to tell me, that government regulates your O'First Ammendment?
The free market you speak about, where everyone has a choice, remindes me more of an anarchy than a democracy. Anarchy without rules. But even anarchy must have a rule, a rule that everyone is equal. Otherwise there would soon be monarchists, tyrants or dictators. Freedom is about equality, not about "I do what I want".
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The next big step would be that all warez servers trun into $4.95 subscription-based servers.
Imagine if you had to pay compensation every time you read "the complete reference of some" - the owners could stop selling the software, they'd get all the money and more from the compensation:)
Yeah, sounds good. But how popular the Vorbis will be? And MP3 is a compression method, right? And isn't it so, that an algorithm for the compression method can be patented, not the compression method itself? Or am I mistaken?
Do they only use DMCA as their defense? The law that only has effect on the U.S. soil? So, no uncle-fucka is going to annoy me if I'm not in the U.S.? Gee. Blame Canada!
Could the/. team make/convert/move the "Slashback news" into new section called "Slashback"? Eg. like "Your Rights Online" and "Features" is? I like to read them, but I'm not intrested in searching them all the time from the news archive.
Well. I personally would pay for something that I find worth paying for. And when I don't I won't keep the zoftwarez version either, except some very rare cases (eg you are willing to pay for the subject, but you can't afford it, or you want to buy the subject, but can't find where to buy it).
For instance - Napster - I like it. My friend told me that Apoptygma Berzerk is a great artist. So I downloaded an album, listened to it, fuckin' liked it and bought it the very next day! Or, if I hadn't heard Front Line Assembly's "Plasticity" single in MP3 I would still be a man in the middle of nowhere. Thanks to MP3's I have bought so many friggin' CD's.
And of course I have last three Star Trek movies in MPEG4 format (DivX;-) rocks, thanks to Microsoft) and now I want them on those damn DVD's with all the bloody extras! No matter what the MPAA says about the regions.
My point is that it's fine for the RIAA to target college students for pirating--I just wish it would quit blowing smoke about profits it would never have had.
Yep, this is the very same point with other software also. Some (some? umm... almost all) l33t w4r3zd00dzjust won't ever buy anything, even if they could. Let's just call it a statistical profit.;-)
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How about not more snooty englishmen, but more snooty europeans telling you you suck? In Europe the privacy is regulated by laws (americans would call it government regulation?) and thank God for that, although I am an atheist. And what is this bullshit about "we don't want any government to regulate us"? Do you want to tell me, that government regulates your O'First Ammendment? The free market you speak about, where everyone has a choice, remindes me more of an anarchy than a democracy. Anarchy without rules. But even anarchy must have a rule, a rule that everyone is equal. Otherwise there would soon be monarchists, tyrants or dictators. Freedom is about equality, not about "I do what I want".
The next big step would be that all warez servers trun into $4.95 subscription-based servers.
Imagine if you had to pay compensation every time you read "the complete reference of some" - the owners could stop selling the software, they'd get all the money and more from the compensation :)
How about MPAA & RIAA meet The Sims?
Yeah, sounds good. But how popular the Vorbis will be? And MP3 is a compression method, right? And isn't it so, that an algorithm for the compression method can be patented, not the compression method itself? Or am I mistaken?
Do they only use DMCA as their defense? The law that only has effect on the U.S. soil? So, no uncle-fucka is going to annoy me if I'm not in the U.S.? Gee. Blame Canada!
Is there a web site? Ugh?
I just loved that "software project" back in high school. And don't forget strafing!
Could the /. team make/convert/move the "Slashback news" into new section called "Slashback"? Eg. like "Your Rights Online" and "Features" is? I like to read them, but I'm not intrested in searching them all the time from the news archive.
What do you think?
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Well. I personally would pay for something that I find worth paying for. And when I don't I won't keep the zoftwarez version either, except some very rare cases (eg you are willing to pay for the subject, but you can't afford it, or you want to buy the subject, but can't find where to buy it).
For instance - Napster - I like it. My friend told me that Apoptygma Berzerk is a great artist. So I downloaded an album, listened to it, fuckin' liked it and bought it the very next day! Or, if I hadn't heard Front Line Assembly's "Plasticity" single in MP3 I would still be a man in the middle of nowhere. Thanks to MP3's I have bought so many friggin' CD's.
And of course I have last three Star Trek movies in MPEG4 format (DivX ;-) rocks, thanks to Microsoft) and now I want them on those damn DVD's with all the bloody extras! No matter what the MPAA says about the regions.
You forgot the 3rd point 3) They will be abused by Terrorists.
My point is that it's fine for the RIAA to target college students for pirating--I just wish it would quit blowing smoke about profits it would never have had.
Yep, this is the very same point with other software also. Some (some? umm... almost all) l33t w4r3zd00dz just won't ever buy anything, even if they could. Let's just call it a statistical profit. ;-)