Why, I wonder, does/. not really think Lemelson is bad./. will denigrate Amazon for everything they do merely because of the 1-click patent and all the other internet patents they have applied for. But Amazon hasn't done 1% of the damage that Lemelson has done by going after and getting licenses from almost anyone who uses barcodes. Now his foundation is going after semiconductor manufacturers and/. would still rather villify Amazon for 1-click.
Notice that the inventor mentioned in the article you linked to is Lemelson, the same inventor described in the/. article. Lemelson is famous for his "submarine" patents.
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There will be dozens of people saying that they're sub 1 GHz processor is "fast enough". Why bother saying that. Some people want faster computers. Simple as that. It's their money, let them spend it. Personally, I haven't upgraded in 3 years and I could use more speed to process digital video.
I'm still unclear however. Was the main problem the name? It sounds like it, and if so, it was just a move to protect their trademark.
How do you know? The/. story and link are bereft of actual information, including using the term "cease and desist order" which doesn't actually exist. (Lawyers send cease & desist letters to request others to stop doing something. Courts do not term any of their orders "cease & desist".
The Lindows vs MS case. The last thing I heard, the judge regected MS's case and MS decided to appeal.
Not exactly. MS sued Lindows and sought a preliminary injunction. The injunction wasn't granted. Then Lindows filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. It was denied. The case will be going to trial in the Fall. The Lindows site is down right now, but they have a page dedicated to this suit.
I've heard them proposing such an ID card for the US as well. Why? Most adults have some sort of ID anyway, such as a driver's license. What would requiring people to get another ID card actually accomplish? Or, from the politician's point of view, what is a national ID *intended* to accomplish (it will actually accomplish nothing).
Home movie cameras, such as miniDV cameras, all use 4:3 aspect ratio. My next TV is going to be 16:9 and that is where the TV manufacturers are concentrating there efforts. Why don't they make 16:9 camcorders then, so we can make home movies in that format?
Other legal viewpoints say that fair use is still being invoked in many P2P cases, and P2P can be used for obviously non-infringing files.
Yeah, that's the defense for Kazaa and friends, their networks can be used for legal purposes. But *IF* they have proof that someone put a song out there for anyone to download, that's a pretty clear case of unauthorized distribution.
Those links are so annoying. The first time I saw one, I clicked on it, thinking it was a review, it wasn't. But I haven't been fooled again and it helps keep the site up, so what's the big deal? My biggest pet peeve for ads are the ones that look like Windows messages, but actually install adware or spyware. I've never been fooled by them, but my step son has and it's a pain to get rid of all that stuff, because it keeps coming back.
With GbE becoming commodity, consumer-level technology
Really? I'm not trolling, this is an honest question. Is Gigabit Ethernet really consumer level technology? If you mean home computing, many people are satisfied with 802.11b. If you mean offices, aren't most corporate networks using 100 Mbps Ethernet? What technologies need Gigabit transfer rates?
In order to access that site, you need to buy the CD first. Once you've bought the CD, who cares, they got your money already. They're using the MP3s as a reason to get the album, not as promotion for the album.
Metallica is big enough, with enough of a name, to not give a damn about "netplay." They'll go platinum in their next release no matter what/. thinks of them.
In addition, there new release comes with an 80 minute DVD. Good value for the money, even without the downloadable materials.
Contrast their behavior with that of Radiohead, who's newest album was released the same day. Apparently non-US copies of the album are not real CDs, they are copy protected.
These are actually quite reasonable conditions, wouldn't you say? I have not read the infamous one-click shopping patent, but note that generally speaking it is not possible to patent "shopping by only one click", you have to describe how you do it, and the patent is only valid for that implementation.
1. A method of placing an order for an item comprising:
under control of a client system,
displaying information identifying the item; and
in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to order the item along with an identifier of a purchaser of the item to a server system;
under control of a single-action ordering component of the server system,
receiving the request;
retrieving additional information previously stored for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request; and
generating an order to purchase the requested item for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request using the retrieved additional information; and
fulfilling the generated order to complete purchase of the item
whereby the item is ordered without using a shopping cart ordering model.
You are correct./. is always over-reacting to anything involving patents and the fact is, most posters know nothing about patents anyway, so why are they commenting.
Hit the button too fast. I think many people here have no idea what DVD-Audio is. DVD-Audio is a new format that, like SACD, presents a higher quality than the 16bit/44.1 kHz sampling of normal audio CDs. They also allow multi-channel recordings. They are a niche product now, and will probably stay that way for a long time. There isn't a single release on DVD-Audio or SACD that isn't available on CD.
The reason for DVD-A and SACD is higher audio quality, NOT copy protection (though that is surely a bonus to the record companies). Oh, and Steely Dan is well known for their audio quality. You can surely believe that they are aware of DVD-Audio.
Where does that leave me? I've just spent $25 on a movie that I can't watch. I can't return it. Hell, chances are the license I had to agree to won't allow me to sell it. So here's the problem.
When you buy a DVD, you are not buying a license. You can resell it. Just put it on EBay. If it is a fairly new release, you'll lose very little.
I didn't even know they still made 3 GB hard drives. I think I had one in the PC I bought in 97. If you look at Newegg the smallest IDE hard drive you can buy from them is 20 GB for $52.
If you don't like Metallica, obviously, you're not a target for the new album. But let's you do like a band somewhat, but are reluctant to buy CDs. Wouldn't you be more likely to buy an audio CD if it came with an 80 minute DVD for free? Sure, you could download it, but an uncompressed copy will be multiple Gigs and a compressed copy would not be of good quality.
The new Metallica: loads of competition. Best Buy price for first week: 9.99. Wholesale price to record stores (and Best Buy): 11 bucks and change. Net Margin? Negative!
Just want to point out that the new Metallica CD contains an 80 minute DVD containing live performances of the entire album. Typically "free" DVDs are about 20 minutes, so you get quite a deal with this.
Most of my favorite information sites have already been listed, so I won't provide links to them (Webopedia, allmusic.com, imdb.com). But I don't believe I saw any sports information sites. So here are a few historical statistic sites:
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Here is a link to the patent. It doesn't cover just DVD rentals. It covers a "method for renting items to customers."
Why, I wonder, does /. not really think Lemelson is bad. /. will denigrate Amazon for everything they do merely because of the 1-click patent and all the other internet patents they have applied for. But Amazon hasn't done 1% of the damage that Lemelson has done by going after and getting licenses from almost anyone who uses barcodes. Now his foundation is going after semiconductor manufacturers and /. would still rather villify Amazon for 1-click.
Notice that the inventor mentioned in the article you linked to is Lemelson, the same inventor described in the /. article. Lemelson is famous for his "submarine" patents.
There will be dozens of people saying that they're sub 1 GHz processor is "fast enough". Why bother saying that. Some people want faster computers. Simple as that. It's their money, let them spend it. Personally, I haven't upgraded in 3 years and I could use more speed to process digital video.
How do you know? The /. story and link are bereft of actual information, including using the term "cease and desist order" which doesn't actually exist. (Lawyers send cease & desist letters to request others to stop doing something. Courts do not term any of their orders "cease & desist".
Not exactly. MS sued Lindows and sought a preliminary injunction. The injunction wasn't granted. Then Lindows filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. It was denied. The case will be going to trial in the Fall. The Lindows site is down right now, but they have a page dedicated to this suit.
I've heard them proposing such an ID card for the US as well. Why? Most adults have some sort of ID anyway, such as a driver's license. What would requiring people to get another ID card actually accomplish? Or, from the politician's point of view, what is a national ID *intended* to accomplish (it will actually accomplish nothing).
Is it real 16:9 mode, or is it just letterboxed 4:3?
Home movie cameras, such as miniDV cameras, all use 4:3 aspect ratio. My next TV is going to be 16:9 and that is where the TV manufacturers are concentrating there efforts. Why don't they make 16:9 camcorders then, so we can make home movies in that format?
Yeah, that's the defense for Kazaa and friends, their networks can be used for legal purposes. But *IF* they have proof that someone put a song out there for anyone to download, that's a pretty clear case of unauthorized distribution.
Those links are so annoying. The first time I saw one, I clicked on it, thinking it was a review, it wasn't. But I haven't been fooled again and it helps keep the site up, so what's the big deal? My biggest pet peeve for ads are the ones that look like Windows messages, but actually install adware or spyware. I've never been fooled by them, but my step son has and it's a pain to get rid of all that stuff, because it keeps coming back.
Really? I'm not trolling, this is an honest question. Is Gigabit Ethernet really consumer level technology? If you mean home computing, many people are satisfied with 802.11b. If you mean offices, aren't most corporate networks using 100 Mbps Ethernet? What technologies need Gigabit transfer rates?
In order to access that site, you need to buy the CD first. Once you've bought the CD, who cares, they got your money already. They're using the MP3s as a reason to get the album, not as promotion for the album.
Metallica is big enough, with enough of a name, to not give a damn about "netplay." They'll go platinum in their next release no matter what /. thinks of them.
Contrast their behavior with that of Radiohead, who's newest album was released the same day. Apparently non-US copies of the album are not real CDs, they are copy protected.
If you check out this page, you'll see what a lot of bloggers say about Sen. Hatch.
Here is the one-click patent. It's pretty broad:
1. A method of placing an order for an item comprising:
under control of a client system,
displaying information identifying the item; and
in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to order the item along with an identifier of a purchaser of the item to a server system;
under control of a single-action ordering component of the server system,
receiving the request;
retrieving additional information previously stored for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request; and
generating an order to purchase the requested item for the purchaser identified by the identifier in the received request using the retrieved additional information; and
fulfilling the generated order to complete purchase of the item
whereby the item is ordered without using a shopping cart ordering model.
You are correct. /. is always over-reacting to anything involving patents and the fact is, most posters know nothing about patents anyway, so why are they commenting.
The reason for DVD-A and SACD is higher audio quality, NOT copy protection (though that is surely a bonus to the record companies). Oh, and Steely Dan is well known for their audio quality. You can surely believe that they are aware of DVD-Audio.
DVD Audio may be "rip-proof", but it is also of much higher quality than a CD.
When you buy a DVD, you are not buying a license. You can resell it. Just put it on EBay. If it is a fairly new release, you'll lose very little.
I didn't even know they still made 3 GB hard drives. I think I had one in the PC I bought in 97. If you look at Newegg the smallest IDE hard drive you can buy from them is 20 GB for $52.
If you don't like Metallica, obviously, you're not a target for the new album. But let's you do like a band somewhat, but are reluctant to buy CDs. Wouldn't you be more likely to buy an audio CD if it came with an 80 minute DVD for free? Sure, you could download it, but an uncompressed copy will be multiple Gigs and a compressed copy would not be of good quality.
Just want to point out that the new Metallica CD contains an 80 minute DVD containing live performances of the entire album. Typically "free" DVDs are about 20 minutes, so you get quite a deal with this.