Ok, even if this does go through, there is no chance in hell it will actually stop the creation of P2P, as it only affects the US. Last I checked there were other countries to program things in.
But for any who want to try fighting this on the homefront, I think our best chance is the media. We need to do whatever it takes to get the RIAA, Orrin Hatch, the MPAA, etc, painted in a bad light by the media not just for suing kids, but for pursuing these draconian measures.
Most people have no idea these kind of laws are being proposed, they just hear about the lawsuits.
We need to make them aware. The Daily Show is a good place to start. I'd love to get Hatch on there and have Stewart grill like they did that spammer.
'I suggest *AA start paying pirates for downloads for the excellent job they're doing."
While I'm sure that will never happen, what I'm quite sure they already do is pay people to in some way make certain movies appear to be more popular on P2P, the charts, etc.
You know, its funny, I have a lot of great ideas myself and want to take them further, but also don't want to sell my soul to a VC person.
However, unlike yourself, I study marketing/advertising, and would be able to take care of that end of it. What I have a big problem with is knowing where to look to find someone who could handle ALL of the technical side of things (including manufacturing).
I would prefer to not have to pay them a salary and instead have them come on as a partner and split profits, but I have no idea where to look. Are there any databases for this? Does anybody have any suggestions?
And BBC 4 will STILL be completely dedicated to Big Brother, although now all the shows related to it will be on demand so you can watch them in whatever order you want.
Well, unfortunately for you it will never be that cheap until something big comes along that persuades the industry as a whole to drop prices. The reason why is there are simply too many people willing to pay the current asking price, so they have absolutely no reason to drop it. This is the same reason that argument is pointless for downloading music off the net, although the climate has changed enough where its actually starting to happen.
While I think this will have some applications, this is definitely not the solution to the display problem plaguing small devices with even smaller screens, like cellphones.
I believe the real solution will be when they can display that screen hovering in the air wherever you want.
You see, the problem is that people don't want to have to worry about projecting something onto somewhere, they want to just have the screen in front of them, and a holographic screen that hovers where they want would do the trick.
" I saw a recent Slashdot poll that showed that most people here"
I don't even need to use the entire quote to make my point....Slashdot is not a large market for them. The vast majority of gamers have different tastes than what some Slashdot poll shows.
I don't mean this as an attack or anything...I just think people on here sometimes forget that what works for them doesn't necessarily work for everybody else, and things wouldn't necessarily be better if companies followed Slashdot trends.
I thought it was possible for the US to let other countries spy on us and we spy on them and exchange information. If someone has further information, please clarify.
You seem to forget that there's a slight difference between the chinese government and AT&T. That being that while the latter might retain logs, under no circumstance will you ever have the police come after you for typing certain things (but I think SMS can be used as evidence in court now actually, but regardless, that is after you've committed a crime), and they won't censor your messages.
Despite the slide down the slippery slope in our country concerning privacy and other freedoms, we ARE in fact better than China in terms of freedom of speech.
We're not trying to be elitist, its a fact, and one that I'd love to see you try to argue against.
I fear that as information becomes more accessible and globalization becomes more realized, there will be a revolution in China, and it will be quite bloody. But ultimately I think/hope the people would win. It would allow them to become true members of the global community.
Just because you don't like a particular culture does not mean it is bad or dumb. Funny how geeks get so defensive when people criticize their culture but are so quick to assault others.
Now, I personally don't enjoy "hippy music" or white boy rasta posers either. And having been a raver for some time, I get equally frustrated with the "e-puddles" that form on the middle of the dancefloor.
However, that in no way gives me the right to pass judgement on them.
They made their decisions, they are enjoying them, and that is what is important.
Don't put others down just because you don't believe in the same things they do or don't like something they do. Different strokes for different folks.
"She BELIEVED me and actually left her dinosaur Win95 box running for a week straight. I was surprised after running that long she was able to get on to AOL 6.0 and IM me without the system falling to its knees in a spectacular stream of 30 BSODs.
"
I'm more suprised that she was able to get the Win95 box to run for that full week straight.
" IGN, on the other hand, has never been accused of objectivity, but it is generally associated with great sites such as GameFaqs and the excellent and now deceased Daily Game News (I might be remembering the name wrong)."
I think you misspelled "was".
IGN used to be a good gaming site. They had extensive reviews and previews. Then came the ads. Alright, I can sit through some ads for this great free content.
Then came the subscription. Alright, I won't subscribe, and I may not be able to see ALL the video clips, but I can still do everything else.
Then came the removal of all desireable content unless you subscribed, plus the addition of the some of the most annoying flash ads known to man.
This was when I absolutely refused to ever use IGN ever again.
I despise Gamespy just as much, but at least their service is useful, and I don't have to load up their bloated ass software to connect to a bf1942 server as they have the ingame clients.
On one hand I hate these technologies and the people who invent them.
On the other, the more they push them, the more people will realize how hard they're getting screwed, and will resort to MODERN methods of aquiring media, ie, P2P, and BT.
Now, of course piracy is bad...and there WILL be actions taken (like the RIAA suing), but they can't sue everybody, and sooner or later we'll have something similar to what happened with prohibition.
Who knows, maybe all we have to do to usher in the new era the right way is just sit back, keep doing what we're doing (including developing new distribution technologies, and yes, pirating) and let the companies shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.
It may get worse for us before it gets better, but these things take a long time, as they have a lot of money. Sooner or later though, either they'll run out, or they'll lose enough where they are forced to do things our way.
No, I'm sour because I think that while it is a perfectly good anime, the mainstream kids who think they're cool shit just because they watch it on Adult Swim are annoying as hell.
First, as someone learning japanese, I've been trying to no avail to find manga with kana and simple kanji, and possibly an english translation alongside.
Does anything like this exist? I'm really looking for some manga like that to use as a learning aid.
Also, my second question is, are there any companies that monitor the fansubbing community and download sites and provide popularity statistics to the studios? Sounds like it could be an interesting business idea.
"3. Try to get manga for a good price. Manga is sold at ridiculously inflated prices in the U.S., so if you can, try to get a better deal."
And this is the reason why I will only ever buy a handful of manga in the US. I'm sorry, but $10 is an absofuckinglutely ridiculous price to pay for a single volume of manga.
Brings back memories of when I was part of a rival group called Anime Fury. We prided ourselves on quality not speed, and we have quite a rivalry going on with AJ. It got to the point that any time someone from AF entered the AJ channel, we were kickbanned.
And god help you if you said anything bad about the "almighty" kilshok.
Slashdot Mirror
But for any who want to try fighting this on the homefront, I think our best chance is the media. We need to do whatever it takes to get the RIAA, Orrin Hatch, the MPAA, etc, painted in a bad light by the media not just for suing kids, but for pursuing these draconian measures.
Most people have no idea these kind of laws are being proposed, they just hear about the lawsuits.
We need to make them aware. The Daily Show is a good place to start. I'd love to get Hatch on there and have Stewart grill like they did that spammer.
While I'm sure that will never happen, what I'm quite sure they already do is pay people to in some way make certain movies appear to be more popular on P2P, the charts, etc.
However, unlike yourself, I study marketing/advertising, and would be able to take care of that end of it. What I have a big problem with is knowing where to look to find someone who could handle ALL of the technical side of things (including manufacturing).
I would prefer to not have to pay them a salary and instead have them come on as a partner and split profits, but I have no idea where to look. Are there any databases for this? Does anybody have any suggestions?
Perhaps P2P will do the same for tv?
I totally agree, we most likely WILL see a reduction in channels on cable. However, we will see a dramatic increase in the number of online channels.
Just look at how many unique net radio stations there are that target tiny slivers of markets.
I think we will also see a differentiation between online tv shows which are linear and on demand, depending on how draconian laws get in the future.
What I'm waiting for is a P2P technology to let you host a streaming tv station like they have for online radio stations.
Oh, and congrats on making the Circuits section, you should frame it.
I believe the real solution will be when they can display that screen hovering in the air wherever you want.
You see, the problem is that people don't want to have to worry about projecting something onto somewhere, they want to just have the screen in front of them, and a holographic screen that hovers where they want would do the trick.
I don't even need to use the entire quote to make my point....Slashdot is not a large market for them. The vast majority of gamers have different tastes than what some Slashdot poll shows.
I don't mean this as an attack or anything...I just think people on here sometimes forget that what works for them doesn't necessarily work for everybody else, and things wouldn't necessarily be better if companies followed Slashdot trends.
Despite the slide down the slippery slope in our country concerning privacy and other freedoms, we ARE in fact better than China in terms of freedom of speech.
We're not trying to be elitist, its a fact, and one that I'd love to see you try to argue against.
I fear that as information becomes more accessible and globalization becomes more realized, there will be a revolution in China, and it will be quite bloody. But ultimately I think/hope the people would win. It would allow them to become true members of the global community.
Just because you don't like a particular culture does not mean it is bad or dumb. Funny how geeks get so defensive when people criticize their culture but are so quick to assault others.
Now, I personally don't enjoy "hippy music" or white boy rasta posers either. And having been a raver for some time, I get equally frustrated with the "e-puddles" that form on the middle of the dancefloor.
However, that in no way gives me the right to pass judgement on them.
They made their decisions, they are enjoying them, and that is what is important.
Don't put others down just because you don't believe in the same things they do or don't like something they do. Different strokes for different folks.
P.S.
You insensitive clod.
Touristy places will screw you over, period. My hotel wanted 1 quid for 10 minutes, while the indian shop down the road wanted 1 quid for 80 minutes.
Ask locals, they'll know the cheap spots.
This is especially important in small areas like Venice where everything is so scattered around.
I'm more suprised that she was able to get the Win95 box to run for that full week straight.
I think you misspelled "was".
IGN used to be a good gaming site. They had extensive reviews and previews. Then came the ads. Alright, I can sit through some ads for this great free content.
Then came the subscription. Alright, I won't subscribe, and I may not be able to see ALL the video clips, but I can still do everything else.
Then came the removal of all desireable content unless you subscribed, plus the addition of the some of the most annoying flash ads known to man.
This was when I absolutely refused to ever use IGN ever again.
I despise Gamespy just as much, but at least their service is useful, and I don't have to load up their bloated ass software to connect to a bf1942 server as they have the ingame clients.
On the other, the more they push them, the more people will realize how hard they're getting screwed, and will resort to MODERN methods of aquiring media, ie, P2P, and BT.
Now, of course piracy is bad...and there WILL be actions taken (like the RIAA suing), but they can't sue everybody, and sooner or later we'll have something similar to what happened with prohibition.
Who knows, maybe all we have to do to usher in the new era the right way is just sit back, keep doing what we're doing (including developing new distribution technologies, and yes, pirating) and let the companies shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.
It may get worse for us before it gets better, but these things take a long time, as they have a lot of money. Sooner or later though, either they'll run out, or they'll lose enough where they are forced to do things our way.
Obviously you hire some space garbagemen to clean it up.
I don't RTFA you insensitive clod!
Does anything like this exist? I'm really looking for some manga like that to use as a learning aid.
Also, my second question is, are there any companies that monitor the fansubbing community and download sites and provide popularity statistics to the studios? Sounds like it could be an interesting business idea.
Yeah, Cowboy Bebop fans.
And this is the reason why I will only ever buy a handful of manga in the US. I'm sorry, but $10 is an absofuckinglutely ridiculous price to pay for a single volume of manga.
Period.
Brings back memories of when I was part of a rival group called Anime Fury. We prided ourselves on quality not speed, and we have quite a rivalry going on with AJ. It got to the point that any time someone from AF entered the AJ channel, we were kickbanned.
And god help you if you said anything bad about the "almighty" kilshok.