You're not. You're supposed to go out of business leaving more room for the large ISPs. That's the point of laws like this. Screw the little guy, which is ironic if you think about it!
I used Netflix to get movies, rip them, and send them back. With their 8 movies at a time deal, I was able to get between 14 to 16 movies per week. Basically, they'd send the movie and I'd get it the next day. I'd rip it that day and send it back the next day. They'd get it the next day after that. It's basically a three day turn around.
I decided to try Blockbuster's service. Like I said it sucked. It would take days, several days (7-9) to get my movies. And, of course, it would take several days for them to get the movies I sent back.
While Netflix used a local facility (a few counties over), Blockbuster sent and received all movies to Maryland, several states away.
Here's a great example of how crappy Blockbuster is: OVER two months after quitting Blockbuster's service I got an email saying that they received one of the movies I sent them. OVER TWO FUCKING MONTHS TO GET A FUCKING MOVIE?!?!?!
I seriously believe that the intent of Blockbuster's service is to make all internet/mail DVD delivery services look bad. I used to live in Baltimore so I mail stuff to friends all the time. They usually get stuff in three days. Thus, it's quite clear to me that it's not the Post Office's fault. But it is Blockbuster intentionally being slow. Blockbuster obviously wants to destroy the whole internet/mail DVD deliver model. When someone signs up for their service, it's SO incredibly bad that the person would never bother trying it again. They'll simply go back to their local Blockbuster to get their movies.
The provider, aka, the broadcaster, is irrelevant. The entity mandating the broadcast flag is the FCC.
Nothing is stopping broadcasters from making it impossible to copy their stuff. The problem is that it would never work unless the government got on board to make it criminal to bypass.
I'm amazed at how many people think that simply not watching TV is any sort of solution.
Broadcast flags are utterly evil for two reasons.
First, they are contrary to our fair use rights to record programming via Universal v. Sony.
Second, they create perpetual copyrights. Under the current rules, broadcasters will even be able to stop recording of public domain programming. Why do broadcasters get greater rights than the creator?! That makes no sense. And what's so hard to understand about the phrase "for a limited time"?!
Merely sitting on the sidelines and ignoring the problem will NOT help! If and when broadcast flags succeed, similar systems will become even more commonplace.
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Well, thanks for the information on the Star. I had never heard of it before. It was certainly an advanced system. On thing I really like about Xerox's approach was that the screen approximated the size and dimensions of a sheet of paper. The engineers were truly trying to create a paperless office.
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Even if Xerox was "out of the gate" first with the Star, IT STILL PROVES MY POINT! The company that has a product first usually loses!
And as to whether Xerox was first "out of the gate" is highly debatable because they were not sold to CONSUMERS!!! Heck, it appears they weren't even sold to businesses! I.e., no one bought one.
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Gee, I don't remember Xerox ever selling a computer with their GUI. It's kind of hard to succeed in the market place when you don't sell a product.
And once again, Sony was the FIRST to sell its video recorders to consumers.
And since you've been wrong twice already, I doubt that your opinions on Tivo or Diamond have much credibility either.
Who should be checking their facts, moron?
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Apple had the first GUI, but it lost to the Windows. Dreamcast came out first, but lost to the PS2. Sony was first with Beta, but lost to VHS. And Diamond Multimedia came out with the first MP3 player, but TOTALLY lost out to Apple!
I would be MORE shocked if Tivo actually survived.
Oh yeah, I'd guess that about thirty seconds after that little city set up its own ISP Communists would take over our country! Maybe less. Just like in the great movie, "Red Dawn"! It's a good thing you warned me.
but on the other hand, I don't like rules that forbid a municipality from doing something which could benefit its citizens.
While in the vast majority of instances, it might be appropriate to ban a city from setting up its own ISP, there might be a few towns which are being ignored.
We have towns like that in my northern state. My father lives in a town with no broadband, heck, with NO local dial-up! To say that city can't set up its own ISP is ludicrous. The private sector has had decades to set up something but they've failed to even take notice. The city should be able to take action "for the common good" to set up its own.
First, did you read the links above?! Blockbuster says, without an OUNCE of ambiguity, that "there are no more late fees." It has a link to "find out more" and that link is DEAD!
Here's a scenario, what if the pamphlets and the dead links said you had to turn over your first born child?! Would that be fair too?
The fact is that Blockbuster COULD have put the fact that you've bought them after a week on their signs AND on their website. How difficult is it to say, "There are no more late fees, after a week, you've bought it!" The ONLY reason that did not do something so incredibly simple is because they want to deceive their customers!
The fact that Blockbuster did NOT say that means they were committing fraud by omission.
I agree that consumers have to take some responsibility, but when a company says "no more late fees" but then charges you 20 bucks automatically after a week, they are screwing customers over!
The problem with just calling it GNU is that the GNU CAN exist independently from Linux. However, Linux CANNOT exist independently from the GNU. So if you think about it, calling it GNU-Linux is actually redundant.
Are you kidding?! The movie industry tried to get the VCR banned, but it failed. Do you really think the RIAA or the BSA wouldn't have tried the same against CD burners?
I do admit that firewire drives are a stretch, but since you can use them to copy copyrighted materials, you know the copyright industry would love to ban them.
A state cannot collect a duty or a tax on an article exported from a state. That means Michigan cannot collect taxes on cigarettes imported from a different state.
Article 9, Section. 9. Clause 5: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."
Can someone please explain to me why extra-state USE taxes are legal but extra-state SALES taxes are not?! Changing the name doesn't fool me. Why are they fooling everyone else?!
They will only give up when software patents are legal. This is going to be a LONG fight.
And I just don't get why Europe would EVER legalize software patents. Right now they are legal in Australia, India, the US, and Japan. So basically, right not, Europe is the only place in the industrialized world which can do something simple like include a help icon in its software.
Without software patents, Europe will become a Mecca of software development!
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You're not. You're supposed to go out of business leaving more room for the large ISPs. That's the point of laws like this. Screw the little guy, which is ironic if you think about it!
I used Netflix to get movies, rip them, and send them back. With their 8 movies at a time deal, I was able to get between 14 to 16 movies per week. Basically, they'd send the movie and I'd get it the next day. I'd rip it that day and send it back the next day. They'd get it the next day after that. It's basically a three day turn around.
I decided to try Blockbuster's service. Like I said it sucked. It would take days, several days (7-9) to get my movies. And, of course, it would take several days for them to get the movies I sent back.
While Netflix used a local facility (a few counties over), Blockbuster sent and received all movies to Maryland, several states away.
Here's a great example of how crappy Blockbuster is: OVER two months after quitting Blockbuster's service I got an email saying that they received one of the movies I sent them. OVER TWO FUCKING MONTHS TO GET A FUCKING MOVIE?!?!?!
I seriously believe that the intent of Blockbuster's service is to make all internet/mail DVD delivery services look bad. I used to live in Baltimore so I mail stuff to friends all the time. They usually get stuff in three days. Thus, it's quite clear to me that it's not the Post Office's fault. But it is Blockbuster intentionally being slow. Blockbuster obviously wants to destroy the whole internet/mail DVD deliver model. When someone signs up for their service, it's SO incredibly bad that the person would never bother trying it again. They'll simply go back to their local Blockbuster to get their movies.
I never said I was in favor of the DMCA. It's yet another example of our government screwing us over.
The provider, aka, the broadcaster, is irrelevant. The entity mandating the broadcast flag is the FCC.
Nothing is stopping broadcasters from making it impossible to copy their stuff. The problem is that it would never work unless the government got on board to make it criminal to bypass.
I'm amazed at how many people think that simply not watching TV is any sort of solution.
Broadcast flags are utterly evil for two reasons.
First, they are contrary to our fair use rights to record programming via Universal v. Sony.
Second, they create perpetual copyrights. Under the current rules, broadcasters will even be able to stop recording of public domain programming. Why do broadcasters get greater rights than the creator?! That makes no sense. And what's so hard to understand about the phrase "for a limited time"?!
Merely sitting on the sidelines and ignoring the problem will NOT help! If and when broadcast flags succeed, similar systems will become even more commonplace.
Well, thanks for the information on the Star. I had never heard of it before. It was certainly an advanced system. On thing I really like about Xerox's approach was that the screen approximated the size and dimensions of a sheet of paper. The engineers were truly trying to create a paperless office.
Even if Xerox was "out of the gate" first with the Star, IT STILL PROVES MY POINT! The company that has a product first usually loses!
And as to whether Xerox was first "out of the gate" is highly debatable because they were not sold to CONSUMERS!!! Heck, it appears they weren't even sold to businesses! I.e., no one bought one.
Gee, I don't remember Xerox ever selling a computer with their GUI. It's kind of hard to succeed in the market place when you don't sell a product.
And once again, Sony was the FIRST to sell its video recorders to consumers.
And since you've been wrong twice already, I doubt that your opinions on Tivo or Diamond have much credibility either.
Who should be checking their facts, moron?
Apple had the first GUI, but it lost to the Windows. Dreamcast came out first, but lost to the PS2. Sony was first with Beta, but lost to VHS. And Diamond Multimedia came out with the first MP3 player, but TOTALLY lost out to Apple!
I would be MORE shocked if Tivo actually survived.
Oh yeah, I'd guess that about thirty seconds after that little city set up its own ISP Communists would take over our country! Maybe less. Just like in the great movie, "Red Dawn"! It's a good thing you warned me.
but on the other hand, I don't like rules that forbid a municipality from doing something which could benefit its citizens.
While in the vast majority of instances, it might be appropriate to ban a city from setting up its own ISP, there might be a few towns which are being ignored.
We have towns like that in my northern state. My father lives in a town with no broadband, heck, with NO local dial-up! To say that city can't set up its own ISP is ludicrous. The private sector has had decades to set up something but they've failed to even take notice. The city should be able to take action "for the common good" to set up its own.
First, did you read the links above?! Blockbuster says, without an OUNCE of ambiguity, that "there are no more late fees." It has a link to "find out more" and that link is DEAD!
Here's a scenario, what if the pamphlets and the dead links said you had to turn over your first born child?! Would that be fair too?
The fact is that Blockbuster COULD have put the fact that you've bought them after a week on their signs AND on their website. How difficult is it to say, "There are no more late fees, after a week, you've bought it!" The ONLY reason that did not do something so incredibly simple is because they want to deceive their customers!
The fact that Blockbuster did NOT say that means they were committing fraud by omission.
I agree that consumers have to take some responsibility, but when a company says "no more late fees" but then charges you 20 bucks automatically after a week, they are screwing customers over!
As in Microsoft admits its OS is full of holes!
Between a third party such as Google offering an option and Microsoft mandating it as part of the OS.
The problem with just calling it GNU is that the GNU CAN exist independently from Linux. However, Linux CANNOT exist independently from the GNU. So if you think about it, calling it GNU-Linux is actually redundant.
Are you kidding?! The movie industry tried to get the VCR banned, but it failed. Do you really think the RIAA or the BSA wouldn't have tried the same against CD burners?
I do admit that firewire drives are a stretch, but since you can use them to copy copyrighted materials, you know the copyright industry would love to ban them.
Shouldn't customers be paying IBM for help?
Question: Why do we commonly call aspirin "aspirin" when it's really acetylsalicylic acid?
Answer: Because it's easier you fucking moron!
But Bush sure has plenty of them!
That's too bad that no one told the jury who awarded MercExchange $29.5 million in damages from Ebay.
A state cannot collect a duty or a tax on an article exported from a state. That means Michigan cannot collect taxes on cigarettes imported from a different state.
India recently enacted software patents. I bet China will, but whether it will enforce them in favor of outsiders, that's a different issue.
Article 9, Section. 9. Clause 5: "No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State."
Can someone please explain to me why extra-state USE taxes are legal but extra-state SALES taxes are not?! Changing the name doesn't fool me. Why are they fooling everyone else?!
They will only give up when software patents are legal. This is going to be a LONG fight.
And I just don't get why Europe would EVER legalize software patents. Right now they are legal in Australia, India, the US, and Japan. So basically, right not, Europe is the only place in the industrialized world which can do something simple like include a help icon in its software.
Without software patents, Europe will become a Mecca of software development!
Doesn't he mean benefits to Bill!