"if you are a home
user of XP that is technically savvy you can turn it off, and if you are a home
user who is not computer savvy then you are going to get automatic updates."
And the best they can do is show a few lines of comments side by side while turning their own code to Greek?
If their code is already out there in Linux, and they're showing the Linux half, they've got NOTHING to hide and therefore no reason to "blur" out their code...
How is holding the tapes for 10 years any worse than holding them for 10 days? If anything, it's Southeast's problem as far as keeping the video around for that long. Otherwise, there's really no harm done, as far as I see...
What does MS get by having tons of people logged into MSN Messenger for the next month, just for the chance to win $1000? What's in MSN Messenger 6 that would make it worthwhile for them?
My understanding is that copyright law pretty much covers exact copies of the information and not derivative works.
Copyright law does indeed cover derivative works. But I'm not sure what exactly constitutes a "derivative work," especially when it comes to something like a translation. IANAL, though I think it's safe to assume that a direct translation of a given book would be considered a derivative work, since all the creation/ideas/etc... are there, just in a different language.
Hell, I remember learning cursive... I believe it was in 4th grade. Most of us were just starting to PRINT legibly, but they required that everything we do be in cursive, up through the 8th grade.
I also remember having teachers discouraging cursive in high school because it was too hard to read quickly.
more code == more bug potential == more crash potential
As far as open source having less bugs... I figure, open source coders don't get paid for what they do, so if they don't want to do it AGAIN, they're gonna do it right the first time...
MIDI + sampling over firewire has been around since 97, it's called mLAN and it was introduced by Yamaha. This would just be a phycial transport change from normal firewire cabling to UWB. For more info on mLAN see the mLAN alliance website Here [yamaha.co.jp]
Yea, but mLan use is limited to the few high-end workstation synths that can actually support it.
Take the record labels out of the equation for a second:
Any top end studio still costs hundereds of dollars an hour to record. Plus hundereds of dollars an hour for a producer. Then hundereds of dollars an hour to mix. Then hundereds of dollars an hour to master. Then thousands of dollars to have CD's mass-produced, and even more to have them distributed. Toss in some publicity if you're lucky. Not to mention the thousands of dollars spent on equipment beyond Pro Tools (microphones, amps, etc... in the studio) and the small fortune it costs for quality instruments.
"I'm sure that at least some of the artists being shared are among the 90% or so of musical artists that are in favor of file sharing;"
BAHAHAHA... where did you get numbers like that?? Do you honestly think that 90% of musical artists agree with distribution of their music without getting paid for it (regardless of whether they get a lot or a little)? C'mon now...
What's stopping someone from modifying the source so as to have access to a given *.oggs's DRM settings? Either we or they are overlooking something...
"Maybe if they put Ogg support in WinAmp," It's had OGG support since version 2
"and if some games start to use it (showing that it's a useful, sustainable format for professional developers)" Unreal Tournament 2003 uses only OGG format music.
"and... hmmm, maybe some hardware players, too," Portables!
... they automatically assume it's going to be used to pirate music, and that it somehow makes pirating "easier". What if I want to put all of the MP3's I legitimately downloaded from MP3.com or 1Sound.com or Ampcast.com or Besonic.com or JavaMusic.com or... (see where I'm going with this?). Or even from someplace like like emusic.com where the music is paid for and everyone gets makes out well!
Mike Tsurumi, a president of Sony Consumer Electronics in Berlin, insists that the move makes sense. "The music companies need to change their business model," he says.
Seriously, if the industry hasn't gotten the hint at this point, I doubt it ever will...
then nothing can. C'mon now... Suppose you get 12 songs to put on a CD. $11.88 still less than what you'd pay retail plus you hand-picked the songs!! You've just decided exactly what songs you want, what order they'll be in, and they're yours You don't have to hear the 10 filler songs on a CD with two radio hits. What more could you possibly want, except to have it free??
People are so reluctant to pay for music, but nobody seems to realize that if musicians don't make money, they can't make music. Studio time is not cheap. Equipment is not cheap. Manufacturing, distribution, advertising, all these things take money, but consumers want it free. Even a small-time musician like myself, for example... I've put thousands of dollars on eqipment, software, etc... and am still not to the point where I can expect a reasonable return on my music because even on my level, people just don't want to pay for music, and it's frustrating...
Good God... there goes any chance for bands/musicians that aren't T40 clones.
Hell, at this point they may as well just create software that will WRITE T40 hits too.
Ugh...
If the songs are compared to current "hits"... how exactly will the software fulfill the claim that it will "allow new sounds and styles to flourish"??
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"if you are a home user of XP that is technically savvy you can turn it off, and if you are a home user who is not computer savvy then you are going to get automatic updates."
This is already the case...
I'll dress myself, thanks Clippy.
And the best they can do is show a few lines of comments side by side while turning their own code to Greek?
If their code is already out there in Linux, and they're showing the Linux half, they've got NOTHING to hide and therefore no reason to "blur" out their code...
How is holding the tapes for 10 years any worse than holding them for 10 days? If anything, it's Southeast's problem as far as keeping the video around for that long. Otherwise, there's really no harm done, as far as I see...
What does MS get by having tons of people logged into MSN Messenger for the next month, just for the chance to win $1000? What's in MSN Messenger 6 that would make it worthwhile for them?
My understanding is that copyright law pretty much covers exact copies of the information and not derivative works.
Copyright law does indeed cover derivative works. But I'm not sure what exactly constitutes a "derivative work," especially when it comes to something like a translation. IANAL, though I think it's safe to assume that a direct translation of a given book would be considered a derivative work, since all the creation/ideas/etc... are there, just in a different language.
Paid downlaods and pirated versions of the same song, side by side...
I'm a (self taught) musician, both solo and with a band... I also muck around making desktop wallpapers.
"but will also criminalize the downloading of material from the Internet without the explicit permission of the copyright holder."
Which isn't a crime already?? One of the main reasons behind copyrights is to protect distribution rights...
Why not show spectrum analasys of different songs encoded into the given formats too?
Perhaps I'm just an audio freak, but I would find that a lot more interesting than just ratings.
Hell, I remember learning cursive... I believe it was in 4th grade. Most of us were just starting to PRINT legibly, but they required that everything we do be in cursive, up through the 8th grade.
I also remember having teachers discouraging cursive in high school because it was too hard to read quickly.
more code == more bug potential == more crash potential
... I figure, open source coders don't get paid for what they do, so if they don't want to do it AGAIN, they're gonna do it right the first time...
As far as open source having less bugs
MIDI + sampling over firewire has been around since 97, it's called mLAN and it was introduced by Yamaha. This would just be a phycial transport change from normal firewire cabling to UWB. For more info on mLAN see the mLAN alliance website Here [yamaha.co.jp] Yea, but mLan use is limited to the few high-end workstation synths that can actually support it.
Take the record labels out of the equation for a second:
Any top end studio still costs hundereds of dollars an hour to record. Plus hundereds of dollars an hour for a producer. Then hundereds of dollars an hour to mix. Then hundereds of dollars an hour to master. Then thousands of dollars to have CD's mass-produced, and even more to have them distributed. Toss in some publicity if you're lucky. Not to mention the thousands of dollars spent on equipment beyond Pro Tools (microphones, amps, etc... in the studio) and the small fortune it costs for quality instruments.
And that's just the cost of an album...
... that Apples use a 1-button mouse?
"that is unless Microsoft convinces id to sit on the game until an Xbox version is completed."
I can't immagine Carmack selling out to Micro$oft like that. =\
"I'm sure that at least some of the artists being shared are among the 90% or so of musical artists that are in favor of file sharing;"
... where did you get numbers like that?? Do you honestly think that 90% of musical artists agree with distribution of their music without getting paid for it (regardless of whether they get a lot or a little)? C'mon now...
BAHAHAHA
What's stopping someone from modifying the source so as to have access to a given *.oggs's DRM settings? Either we or they are overlooking something...
Sorry, I totally misread your post!
"Maybe if they put Ogg support in WinAmp,"
... hmmm, maybe some hardware players, too,"
It's had OGG support since version 2
"and if some games start to use it (showing that it's a useful, sustainable format for professional developers)"
Unreal Tournament 2003 uses only OGG format music.
"and
Portables!
... they automatically assume it's going to be used to pirate music, and that it somehow makes pirating "easier". What if I want to put all of the MP3's I legitimately downloaded from MP3.com or 1Sound.com or Ampcast.com or Besonic.com or JavaMusic.com or... (see where I'm going with this?). Or even from someplace like like emusic.com where the music is paid for and everyone gets makes out well!
Mike Tsurumi, a president of Sony Consumer Electronics in Berlin, insists that the move makes sense. "The music companies need to change their business model," he says.
Seriously, if the industry hasn't gotten the hint at this point, I doubt it ever will...
This sounds an awful lot like the Metro Card's that NYC has been using for busses and subways for years...
then nothing can. C'mon now... Suppose you get 12 songs to put on a CD. $11.88 still less than what you'd pay retail plus you hand-picked the songs!! You've just decided exactly what songs you want, what order they'll be in, and they're yours You don't have to hear the 10 filler songs on a CD with two radio hits. What more could you possibly want, except to have it free??
... I've put thousands of dollars on eqipment, software, etc... and am still not to the point where I can expect a reasonable return on my music because even on my level, people just don't want to pay for music, and it's frustrating...
People are so reluctant to pay for music, but nobody seems to realize that if musicians don't make money, they can't make music. Studio time is not cheap. Equipment is not cheap. Manufacturing, distribution, advertising, all these things take money, but consumers want it free. Even a small-time musician like myself, for example
"None of the three recognize Gnutella2 as true Gnutella and worry its propritary protocol will divide the Gnutella community"
<sarcasm>OMG Wouldn't that make getting illegal music/movies/software more difficult? WTF!!!11 </sarcasm>
Good God ... there goes any chance for bands/musicians that aren't T40 clones.
Hell, at this point they may as well just create software that will WRITE T40 hits too.
Ugh...
If the songs are compared to current "hits" ... how exactly will the software fulfill the claim that it will "allow new sounds and styles to flourish"??