The RIAA will probably have to get individual warrants to search each customers computer after the names are released by Verizon. I doubt the warrant that was served to Verizon asking for the names gave them authorization to search the customers computers, it is most likely two seperate orders.
I imagine that the aerodynamics of the fusalage prevent this problem, similar to bugs being channeled up and over your car if you are traveling at the correct velocity rather than smacking into your windshield.
You would have to ammend the constitution for copyrights to extend forever, copyright protection is derived from the constitutional phrasing that original content should be pretected for a limited period of time...
This model seems like it would apply better to BITTorrent, where companies could provide a link on their website to download a song/movie/whatever. It makes more sense that way, companies could sell content on their website and not have to worry about having the bandwidth available should certain content become extremely popular.
I just finished my freshman year at Virginia Tech. I brought a new desktop to college, fully loaded all the best gear blah blah blah. After finishing my first year I wish I had bought a laptop.
If you have the resources I'd sink most of my cash into a nice laptop, and then get a cheap desktop that you can load up with a ton of hard drive space. If you cant afford that, try getting a laptop with a DVD burner in it so that you can archive movies/tv shows/mp3s. When you have 10mbit access to the internet day and night you download a lot more than you realize. I managed to fill up over 400GB of hard drive space and still was not satisfied.
If you are going into a more technical major a laptop is a MUST, you will notice people bringing them to class and in some cases you may actually be required to have one.
Another good investment is a good speaker system for your computer. I had a klipsch promedia 5.1 and they were amazing, having the loudest speakers on your hall is a must;). You might also want to grab a portable mp3 cd player for those long walks to class across campus.
One last thing, make sure you have a good printer! It's a pain in the ass if yours breaks and you have to run around mooching off friends to pring stuff, and if youre anything like me you'll be doing a lot of printing.
A lot of cool gear is available at thinkgeek.com, one new toy they just made available is a portable light for reading that actually lays in the crease between the two pages of a book. Perfect for late night studying in the dorm room.
Nobody is forcing you to buy a TiVo, new customers are informed that viewing data may be sold in aggregate in the user policy, if you dont like it don't buy one. It's not like they are spying on everyone without them knowing it.
I think a lot of it will be more personal then you imagine. I'm not familiar with the details, but for one thing some ads are sent directly to TiVo boxes (if you own a TiVo youll notice this occasionally on your menu). Also a large portion of TiVo subscribers are not using cable, but satellite. Satellite subscribers could potentially pull down ads that are tailored to their group specifically rather than to a specific zip code.
The reason TiVo subscriptions are not more is exactly because of this business plan. They plan on making most of their money through selling focused advertising. TiVo has not been making a whole hell of a lot of money, and this is strategy is aimed at changing that. Essentially you have been getting a kickback since you signed up for TiVo since you have been paying a reduced subscription fee to TiVo as they have long planned to begin this advertising campaign.
From what I understand features like this are being implemented. One feature similar to this is the ability to "thumbs up" an ad for a TV show that is displayed, which would automaticaly queue the show for recording on your box. A feature like the one you describe would not only be useful for the consumer, but logical for TiVo as well because it would allow them to focus their advertising further. I'm sure something like this will show up in the not too distant future.
If I have to see them, I'd rather they be targetted. I don't mind ads so much as long as 1) they dont get in the way and 2) they are for things I am interested in. Advertising is a legitimate business and an important one in our economy. Wouldn't you rather see ads for things you like, computers, technology, etc. than things you don't really care about?
My brother works for TiVo, and they have been planning to do this from the getgo. The idea is that they will be able to target advertising to different customer groups. For example, Ford might buy a 30 second ad spot, on a TV owned by a single man, 25 years old, might display an ad for a Ford Mustang while a TV owned by a family of 5 might show an ad for a minivan. This doesnt seem like a big deal to me, in fact I kind of like the fact that I wont have to sit through as many ads for crap I really am not interested in... I can finally watch the beer and sports car commercials I love so much.
"Regulations in the radio business, on the other hand, were actually tightened in some areas to limit the number of stations that a company can own in one market."
Doesn't make sense, since Bush is chummy with Clear Channel... In any case, if its true thank god, radio conglomerates are ruining America.
I agree, but all I am saying is his comment makes me think he is not preparing for any sort of legal battle. This is quite stupid, since he did not just write a protocol, but a server and client pair that used a protocol, and that server/client pair is being used to distribute copyrighted materials, and he KNOWS this. The RIAA legal team might not have a legal leg to stand on, but there is a good chance they will try to sue anyways, and court fees are expensive no matter how the trial ends up.
Actually, it DOES work. $100 for the full suit of Matlab applications, for example, is MUCH less expensive than the $5000 or so you would have to pay to buy a commercial licence. Also, schools require students to purchase software like this. In order to be in Engineering at Virginia Tech, for example, students must have Inventor, Matlab, Windows XP, Acrobat, CAD and a whole host of other software. The package costs about $900, but commercial licenses for similar software would be well over $100,000.
"I don't expect to run into any legal trouble. BitTorrent can be used for any kind of content, and several web sites have used it for their own files"
This hasn't seemed to stop them in the past... The RIAA even admitted that at least 15% of Napster use was legal, more than the amount of legal use they admitted in the betamax case...
I think he should start saving up those paypal donations fo the legal fund because in all likelyhood he is going to need it!
The idea isnt that they are going to continue offering such a discount. The idea is rather that they will hook you young, as a college student, when you are learning how to use the software that you will use as a professional. Once you get used to say, using MathCAD in Windows XP you are going to want to stick with it, and in order to do so when you graduate you are going to have to shell out a few grand.
Right, but our specific needs do not require linux. Linux could potentially be more efficient and offer a great ROI, but the overhead involved in developing a policy regarding security in linux is incredible.
What about the CS & EE students who use Windows, and software developed for the Windows operating system. Large companies like M$ are not that stupid, they realize the market has potential and therefore market directly it and offer giant price breaks.
I go to Virginia Tech, Microsoft publishes ads in our newspaper that say things such as "Buy Windows XP NOW in your book store for $20! Once you graduate you will have to pay HUNDREDS!"
Well, I work for the government and we (people in my office) certainly support the use of linux on desktops. However, security is a major concern, and rightly so. We have solved this problem with a very restrictive firewall, this can be a nuisance, but I think it's worth it.
In fact, I think the only hesitation on the part of the IT staff here on allowing users to migrate to linux is security. Argue all you want, but a default install of a commercial linux distro is much more likely to be cracked than a default install of Windows.
The fact that they have been brought up using windows, and are used to using windows, and linux is very different than windows is exactly what makes linux hard to use. Just as a dvorak keyboard is hard to use. People don't have the time to devote to learning new things when, in their opinion, the way they are doing things as is works out fine.
Why does it have to be an oversea's government? Let's "start the dominos" right here... I dont think the US Government has that super a relationsihp with M$ anyways.
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Does this mean that google would be responsible for users who search the web with their search engine for BITTorrent files?
Uhm, my t68i from t-mobile uses sms...
What "hidden features" are there in TiVo?
The RIAA will probably have to get individual warrants to search each customers computer after the names are released by Verizon. I doubt the warrant that was served to Verizon asking for the names gave them authorization to search the customers computers, it is most likely two seperate orders.
I imagine that the aerodynamics of the fusalage prevent this problem, similar to bugs being channeled up and over your car if you are traveling at the correct velocity rather than smacking into your windshield.
You would have to ammend the constitution for copyrights to extend forever, copyright protection is derived from the constitutional phrasing that original content should be pretected for a limited period of time...
This model seems like it would apply better to BITTorrent, where companies could provide a link on their website to download a song/movie/whatever. It makes more sense that way, companies could sell content on their website and not have to worry about having the bandwidth available should certain content become extremely popular.
I just finished my freshman year at Virginia Tech. I brought a new desktop to college, fully loaded all the best gear blah blah blah. After finishing my first year I wish I had bought a laptop.
;). You might also want to grab a portable mp3 cd player for those long walks to class across campus.
If you have the resources I'd sink most of my cash into a nice laptop, and then get a cheap desktop that you can load up with a ton of hard drive space. If you cant afford that, try getting a laptop with a DVD burner in it so that you can archive movies/tv shows/mp3s. When you have 10mbit access to the internet day and night you download a lot more than you realize. I managed to fill up over 400GB of hard drive space and still was not satisfied.
If you are going into a more technical major a laptop is a MUST, you will notice people bringing them to class and in some cases you may actually be required to have one.
Another good investment is a good speaker system for your computer. I had a klipsch promedia 5.1 and they were amazing, having the loudest speakers on your hall is a must
One last thing, make sure you have a good printer! It's a pain in the ass if yours breaks and you have to run around mooching off friends to pring stuff, and if youre anything like me you'll be doing a lot of printing.
A lot of cool gear is available at thinkgeek.com, one new toy they just made available is a portable light for reading that actually lays in the crease between the two pages of a book. Perfect for late night studying in the dorm room.
Nobody is forcing you to buy a TiVo, new customers are informed that viewing data may be sold in aggregate in the user policy, if you dont like it don't buy one. It's not like they are spying on everyone without them knowing it.
I think a lot of it will be more personal then you imagine. I'm not familiar with the details, but for one thing some ads are sent directly to TiVo boxes (if you own a TiVo youll notice this occasionally on your menu). Also a large portion of TiVo subscribers are not using cable, but satellite. Satellite subscribers could potentially pull down ads that are tailored to their group specifically rather than to a specific zip code.
The reason TiVo subscriptions are not more is exactly because of this business plan. They plan on making most of their money through selling focused advertising. TiVo has not been making a whole hell of a lot of money, and this is strategy is aimed at changing that. Essentially you have been getting a kickback since you signed up for TiVo since you have been paying a reduced subscription fee to TiVo as they have long planned to begin this advertising campaign.
Yea, as far as I know they're rolling it out slowly and the NBC shows are a test. It should show up on more channels soon. :)
From what I understand features like this are being implemented. One feature similar to this is the ability to "thumbs up" an ad for a TV show that is displayed, which would automaticaly queue the show for recording on your box. A feature like the one you describe would not only be useful for the consumer, but logical for TiVo as well because it would allow them to focus their advertising further. I'm sure something like this will show up in the not too distant future.
If I have to see them, I'd rather they be targetted. I don't mind ads so much as long as 1) they dont get in the way and 2) they are for things I am interested in. Advertising is a legitimate business and an important one in our economy. Wouldn't you rather see ads for things you like, computers, technology, etc. than things you don't really care about?
My brother works for TiVo, and they have been planning to do this from the getgo. The idea is that they will be able to target advertising to different customer groups. For example, Ford might buy a 30 second ad spot, on a TV owned by a single man, 25 years old, might display an ad for a Ford Mustang while a TV owned by a family of 5 might show an ad for a minivan. This doesnt seem like a big deal to me, in fact I kind of like the fact that I wont have to sit through as many ads for crap I really am not interested in... I can finally watch the beer and sports car commercials I love so much.
"Regulations in the radio business, on the other hand, were actually tightened in some areas to limit the number of stations that a company can own in one market."
Doesn't make sense, since Bush is chummy with Clear Channel... In any case, if its true thank god, radio conglomerates are ruining America.I agree, but all I am saying is his comment makes me think he is not preparing for any sort of legal battle. This is quite stupid, since he did not just write a protocol, but a server and client pair that used a protocol, and that server/client pair is being used to distribute copyrighted materials, and he KNOWS this. The RIAA legal team might not have a legal leg to stand on, but there is a good chance they will try to sue anyways, and court fees are expensive no matter how the trial ends up.
Actually, it DOES work. $100 for the full suit of Matlab applications, for example, is MUCH less expensive than the $5000 or so you would have to pay to buy a commercial licence. Also, schools require students to purchase software like this. In order to be in Engineering at Virginia Tech, for example, students must have Inventor, Matlab, Windows XP, Acrobat, CAD and a whole host of other software. The package costs about $900, but commercial licenses for similar software would be well over $100,000.
"I don't expect to run into any legal trouble. BitTorrent can be used for any kind of content, and several web sites have used it for their own files"
This hasn't seemed to stop them in the past... The RIAA even admitted that at least 15% of Napster use was legal, more than the amount of legal use they admitted in the betamax case...
I think he should start saving up those paypal donations fo the legal fund because in all likelyhood he is going to need it!
The idea isnt that they are going to continue offering such a discount. The idea is rather that they will hook you young, as a college student, when you are learning how to use the software that you will use as a professional. Once you get used to say, using MathCAD in Windows XP you are going to want to stick with it, and in order to do so when you graduate you are going to have to shell out a few grand.
Right, but our specific needs do not require linux. Linux could potentially be more efficient and offer a great ROI, but the overhead involved in developing a policy regarding security in linux is incredible.
What about the CS & EE students who use Windows, and software developed for the Windows operating system. Large companies like M$ are not that stupid, they realize the market has potential and therefore market directly it and offer giant price breaks. I go to Virginia Tech, Microsoft publishes ads in our newspaper that say things such as "Buy Windows XP NOW in your book store for $20! Once you graduate you will have to pay HUNDREDS!"
Well, I work for the government and we (people in my office) certainly support the use of linux on desktops. However, security is a major concern, and rightly so. We have solved this problem with a very restrictive firewall, this can be a nuisance, but I think it's worth it.
In fact, I think the only hesitation on the part of the IT staff here on allowing users to migrate to linux is security. Argue all you want, but a default install of a commercial linux distro is much more likely to be cracked than a default install of Windows.
The fact that they have been brought up using windows, and are used to using windows, and linux is very different than windows is exactly what makes linux hard to use. Just as a dvorak keyboard is hard to use. People don't have the time to devote to learning new things when, in their opinion, the way they are doing things as is works out fine.
Why does it have to be an oversea's government? Let's "start the dominos" right here... I dont think the US Government has that super a relationsihp with M$ anyways.