So if the RIAA detects infringing music files on my computer I can demand that they send a properly compliant DMCA takedown notice. And as long as I comply with that notice and take down the specifically infringing file(s) -- remembering that they must also be the copyright owner to make this demand -- then I'm in the clear from their lawsuits.
Luckily, Lawson wasn't sued before he could reveal his research
That's all that the Boston MTA has done with their stupid suit, and the stupid judge that initially went along with it. Now if you've done research that you feel deserves presentation, the target of your research gets no warning and no time to find a clueless judge. If you don't feel this is an improvement, let that Boston judge know about it.
Trying to say a DVD contains "more" content than a CD fails in any terms other than bytes.
In addition to Ph0rk's comments to your post, a DVD contains a LOT more bytes. About 7X more bytes, and that is only single layer ones. And every one of those bytes has to be created with content. You could just as fairly say that a dual-layer DVD has 14X as many bytes, and therefore gives you 14X as much for your money.
Consider, in addition to an entire movie and not just a soundtrack, you get director commentary tracks, making of featurettes, deleted scenes, trailers, alternate endings, and other additional content. Even music videos! All this costs far more to produce and master than laying down ten or a dozen tracks in the studio - and the motion picture studios still make half their income off of DVD's.
It may have a healthy future, but now it's severely overpriced. Initially they were expensive because it was new technology and expensive to build plants to manfacture the raw blanks, master, and press them. Over time we were promised that the price would come down drastically as the process matured. That was proven true with CD players.
Of course that turned out to be a lie with the media itself, and prices have risen steadily while the costs of production have plummeted. And the artists will tell you that they're not getting any more money out of them in mechanical royalties than before either.
Evidence of how badly ripped off you are in CD's is evident by the healthy profits made by DVD's which contain far more content, and cost far more to master and press, yet sell for nearly comparable prices. Until we Just Say No to overpriced music CD's we might was well just open our wallets to the recording industry and say, "Just take what you want."
All Android needs to succeed is to not be the a**holes Apple is about SDK's and 3rd party apps. Do that and the world will be full of Android users saying to iPhone users: "Can your much more expensive phone to this yet?"
The made a big deal about the big buck$$$ iPhone displaying the I Am Rich jewel. I guess Apple didn't want competition for their own Apple I Buy Things When They're New And Expensive And Still Have Bugs logo on the phone.
And just how much did this little adventure cost all of us through these years? And who pays in the end for all the lawyers, disruptions, changed and shelved plans, and the rest of the collateral damage caused by this SCO debacle?
she failed to see how an increased labor supply could result in wage depression for engineers and computer workers.
How did this person ever become a judge if she's too stupid to understand something as basic as The Law of Supply and Demand? Or too many workers chasing after too few jobs?
My recommendation? Tivo. Hands down! It doesn't have all the features and flexibility as the other units, but it's fast and responsive - from a usability perspective. And I can even download my shows to my PC.
The problem with Tivo is that they control the box, you don't.
When THEY want to remove functionality (e.g. 30 second instant skip) THEY just do so.
When THEY decide you can't record this particular program THEY simply prevent you from recording it.
When THEY decide that you can't keep a recorded program longer than a handful of hours THEY delete it for you.
If you feel that makes Tivo a better unit then I respectfully disagree. I find that behavior far more distasteful than a system that's a bit harder to use but works the way I want it to.
And the most interesting part of this is that you always had these rights with VCR's. Only with DVR are these freedoms being chipped away one bit at a time, and AFTER you've bought the d@mn Tivo box!
And if there are aliens living down there where the water is available who are using it as an observation post to watch over planet Earth, boy are they going to be pissed (that's American pissed, not British pissed).
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So if the RIAA detects infringing music files on my computer I can demand that they send a properly compliant DMCA takedown notice. And as long as I comply with that notice and take down the specifically infringing file(s) -- remembering that they must also be the copyright owner to make this demand -- then I'm in the clear from their lawsuits.
End-to-end encryption prevents eavesdropping.
At least we'll learn one thing: How fuel cells react in high-speed collisions and wrecks. This could actually be useful to know.
That's all that the Boston MTA has done with their stupid suit, and the stupid judge that initially went along with it. Now if you've done research that you feel deserves presentation, the target of your research gets no warning and no time to find a clueless judge. If you don't feel this is an improvement, let that Boston judge know about it.
In addition to Ph0rk's comments to your post, a DVD contains a LOT more bytes. About 7X more bytes, and that is only single layer ones. And every one of those bytes has to be created with content. You could just as fairly say that a dual-layer DVD has 14X as many bytes, and therefore gives you 14X as much for your money.
Consider, in addition to an entire movie and not just a soundtrack, you get director commentary tracks, making of featurettes, deleted scenes, trailers, alternate endings, and other additional content. Even music videos! All this costs far more to produce and master than laying down ten or a dozen tracks in the studio - and the motion picture studios still make half their income off of DVD's.
The New Comcast ToC is clear and concise:
You can pay for all the bandwidth that you want
as long as you don't use it.
Yeah but those metal cans the CD's came in were great for sending out my own to friends.
It may have a healthy future, but now it's severely overpriced. Initially they were expensive because it was new technology and expensive to build plants to manfacture the raw blanks, master, and press them. Over time we were promised that the price would come down drastically as the process matured. That was proven true with CD players.
Of course that turned out to be a lie with the media itself, and prices have risen steadily while the costs of production have plummeted. And the artists will tell you that they're not getting any more money out of them in mechanical royalties than before either.
Evidence of how badly ripped off you are in CD's is evident by the healthy profits made by DVD's which contain far more content, and cost far more to master and press, yet sell for nearly comparable prices. Until we Just Say No to overpriced music CD's we might was well just open our wallets to the recording industry and say, "Just take what you want."
These things used to be fun when almost nobody had broadband. These days it's rather passe.
I hope all this is safely ensconced onto WikiLeaks.
And yes, just like with doping those medals need to be revoked - preferably while the proper medals can still be awarded during the run of the games.
Or Google could just turn it on for everybody and let people opt out if they're stupid.
I just hope none of them are my immediate neighbors.
If they know all that, and know where to find it (what I've been searching for all my life) for me, they will then become the biggest success ever.
All Android needs to succeed is to not be the a**holes Apple is about SDK's and 3rd party apps. Do that and the world will be full of Android users saying to iPhone users: "Can your much more expensive phone to this yet?"
The made a big deal about the big buck$$$ iPhone displaying the I Am Rich jewel. I guess Apple didn't want competition for their own Apple I Buy Things When They're New And Expensive And Still Have Bugs logo on the phone.
The most irritating part of all of this is that that got published, and I can't.
Evolve - what a nice word for being wrong in the first place and insisting now that you're right?
Change - see above.
And just how much did this little adventure cost all of us through these years? And who pays in the end for all the lawyers, disruptions, changed and shelved plans, and the rest of the collateral damage caused by this SCO debacle?
Okay, I'll ask the obvious question. If you just have a shot of a great pair of boobs, can this service find the woman and ask her out for you?
No doubt Perfect 10 and their ilk will be huge users of this service.
This sounds like an episode of NUMB3RS for next season.
If they actually made Flash work properly on Linux what would be next? They might have to [gasp] make Photoshop work there.
Btw, if Flash works fine on OS/X, just how hard can Linux really be?
That's funny, I always thought they came in herds.
Or maybe in packages - contents may have expanded during shipping.
How did this person ever become a judge if she's too stupid to understand something as basic as The Law of Supply and Demand? Or too many workers chasing after too few jobs?
The problem with Tivo is that they control the box, you don't.
When THEY want to remove functionality (e.g. 30 second instant skip) THEY just do so.
When THEY decide you can't record this particular program THEY simply prevent you from recording it.
When THEY decide that you can't keep a recorded program longer than a handful of hours THEY delete it for you.
If you feel that makes Tivo a better unit then I respectfully disagree. I find that behavior far more distasteful than a system that's a bit harder to use but works the way I want it to.
And the most interesting part of this is that you always had these rights with VCR's. Only with DVR are these freedoms being chipped away one bit at a time, and AFTER you've bought the d@mn Tivo box!
And if there are aliens living down there where the water is available who are using it as an observation post to watch over planet Earth, boy are they going to be pissed (that's American pissed, not British pissed).