Ah but you have got to consider what their expenses probably actually are. $2K for say some duplication equipment, including a PC for downloading/burning masters. Then $1 per DVD+-R, probably some very cheap, low-quality brand that will start exhibiting errors within a few years. Then ebay fees, and thats probably about it. Ok, so it's not like the copyright holders would be going after a mega-corp; but chances are it's a single guy working out of his basement making far more money than the fixed-income grandma, or college student, or single-mother living paycheck to paycheck. Ok really tired and rambling, I guess the point is that these DVD-R hockers have more income to put towards a competent defense than the vast majority of current **AA defendants.
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Nah haven't gotten around to it quite yet. But a warrant first would be ok I suppose. Giant data-mining project scrutinizing everything and everyone all at once, I dunno. Doesn't sit well with me. Granted I didn't even read this article...
Also, it appears to be an advert for Clinton. Would have been nice to see this party-neutral. Ah well.
You mean Hillary? The one who is mentioned to have initiated the push for universal health care in the USA but then was bought out by the healthcare industry? Doesn't seem like much an advert to me.
Even before mass computerization the fact is that our lives are still being run according to the Industrial Revolution model. Our schooling and sleep patterns have been molded to fit into a model which is no longer being used. Or so I've heard.
because she says there are so many side effects, many of them neurological.
Who is this acquaintance of yours? Can she or you point to any sources/citations for this claim? I am not insinuating what you have stated is false, I am merely curious.
You think Wal*Mart is going to believe you when you come back in and say "Yes I bought this, no it wasn't activated for some reason" ?
Probably considering they take returns on product that they don't even carry. Though I understand your point, the real problem is not that if there is a problem Wal-Mart won't rectify but rather that if there is a problem (you get home, DVD won't play, wtf? insues) it is a major hassle to have to drive back to whatever store you got the item at to make sure they verify your disc for playing.
If they could retroactively give the telcos immunity on private data sharing then wouldn't it be possible that at some time in the future also that they could retroactively remove said immunity for the telcos?
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Ah but you have got to consider what their expenses probably actually are. $2K for say some duplication equipment, including a PC for downloading/burning masters. Then $1 per DVD+-R, probably some very cheap, low-quality brand that will start exhibiting errors within a few years. Then ebay fees, and thats probably about it. Ok, so it's not like the copyright holders would be going after a mega-corp; but chances are it's a single guy working out of his basement making far more money than the fixed-income grandma, or college student, or single-mother living paycheck to paycheck. Ok really tired and rambling, I guess the point is that these DVD-R hockers have more income to put towards a competent defense than the vast majority of current **AA defendants.
That is until they find someone doing this who is not an actual company and is unable to afford lawyers.
All of my friends in Canada haven't had any trouble with your system, granted it is all anecdotal on both sides.
Yeah but we don't get universal health care. =/
While it may not be government censorship, I don't see why we can't publicly decry these actions as idiotic.
It's because we're not talking about Microsoft.
The N-Gage barely rose in the first place..
It managed to get a rise out of me though. Cos of how horrible it was.
Rather than try and sue them out of business, the RIAA should instead drive them out of business the capitalist way
That is the capitalist way. In America at least.
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The Deep Scan mini-game included in the Sega Saturn version of Die Hard Arcade was so bad it was good. And strangely addictive...
I mean, if [the FBI] don't think of the children, who will?
Definitely not the children's parents, heavens no.
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Take it with a grain of salt.
Hey this is slashdot! =P
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Nah haven't gotten around to it quite yet. But a warrant first would be ok I suppose. Giant data-mining project scrutinizing everything and everyone all at once, I dunno. Doesn't sit well with me. Granted I didn't even read this article
But if you have nothing to hide .... oh yeah.
I wish something had actually come out of this.
Also, it appears to be an advert for Clinton. Would have been nice to see this party-neutral. Ah well.
You mean Hillary? The one who is mentioned to have initiated the push for universal health care in the USA but then was bought out by the healthcare industry? Doesn't seem like much an advert to me.
They probably wanted to end the show while it was still going good instead of waiting to jump the shark or descend into mediocrity.
Even before mass computerization the fact is that our lives are still being run according to the Industrial Revolution model. Our schooling and sleep patterns have been molded to fit into a model which is no longer being used. Or so I've heard.
I concur, many bittorrent trackers support encryption.
Wikipedia has a very informative article regarding RAID and the various levels, in fact here it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
because she says there are so many side effects, many of them neurological.
Who is this acquaintance of yours? Can she or you point to any sources/citations for this claim? I am not insinuating what you have stated is false, I am merely curious.
You think Wal*Mart is going to believe you when you come back in and say "Yes I bought this, no it wasn't activated for some reason" ?
Probably considering they take returns on product that they don't even carry. Though I understand your point, the real problem is not that if there is a problem Wal-Mart won't rectify but rather that if there is a problem (you get home, DVD won't play, wtf? insues) it is a major hassle to have to drive back to whatever store you got the item at to make sure they verify your disc for playing.
I've heard and read about many horrible acts committed by US service men as well, it's a real shame.
So, what happened to the drunk Marine?
If they could retroactively give the telcos immunity on private data sharing then wouldn't it be possible that at some time in the future also that they could retroactively remove said immunity for the telcos?