Let's cut to the chase...
Apple has to prove that those publishers/reporters were aware that their sources had signed confidentiallity agreements. I think this would be extreemely difficult to prove.
Unless Apple has hard evidence incriminating the reporters (i.e. a wriitten, or oral recording of the source mentioning the NDA to them), I don't see Apple winning this case. Besides, they are getting a lot of flak from concumers for their little campaign.
I have been doing it for 12 years, I know that I undercharge, but it makes it a lot easier to find work. I don't have to worry about marketing, I get word of mouth because I'm cheap.
The public doesn't give a crap what the MPAA supports. As long as the industry keeps releasing movies in both formats, the old will reign supreme. If they don't allow new releases to be produced on the old format, sales will drop, and people will download even more movies. If anything, I think this move will help accelerate piracy.
The executive vice president for research and planning at CBS, David Poltrack, elaborates: "In our research with consumers, content-on-demand is the killer app. They like the idea of paying only for what they watch." The trick, he figures, is to work out a solution before the audience for illegal downloading becomes truly huge. He figures the networks have 10 years."
Come on dude! We don't like paying for content on demand, we like getting content on demand for free. And, you think it'll take 10 years? Try 3, at most.
First of all, the standard is not going to catch on. People are not going to run out and buy a new DVD player so they can buy new movies that are the same quality as the ones the already own. The only way this might work would be to outlaw the selling of the old DVDs. Thats not going to happen.
Secondly, this is stupid anyway because it doesn't do anything to stop VCD/SVCDs. The majority of the downloads I see on bittorrent sites are not 4GB, they are more like 1.5 or 1 GB and they are usually Mpeg format, for burning to VCDs. I am sure some manufacturers will be able to make a version of these new DVD players that play VCDs, and they will sell! Just like the old players.
The people behind that anouncement are probably just trying to appease a bunch of idiots in Hollywood.
He didn't even take amperage of his test system. While the cabling was cool, that power suppy only had one 12v rail, the review was limited. Definitely not woth a/. posting.
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Let's cut to the chase... Apple has to prove that those publishers/reporters were aware that their sources had signed confidentiallity agreements. I think this would be extreemely difficult to prove. Unless Apple has hard evidence incriminating the reporters (i.e. a wriitten, or oral recording of the source mentioning the NDA to them), I don't see Apple winning this case. Besides, they are getting a lot of flak from concumers for their little campaign.
I have been doing it for 12 years, I know that I undercharge, but it makes it a lot easier to find work. I don't have to worry about marketing, I get word of mouth because I'm cheap.
My bad. I never saw your first post. I don't think they will stop selling current DVD technology.
My bad. I never saw your first post.
Supporting the new format doesn't mean they are getting rid of the old ones.
The public doesn't give a crap what the MPAA supports. As long as the industry keeps releasing movies in both formats, the old will reign supreme. If they don't allow new releases to be produced on the old format, sales will drop, and people will download even more movies. If anything, I think this move will help accelerate piracy.
The executive vice president for research and planning at CBS, David Poltrack, elaborates: "In our research with consumers, content-on-demand is the killer app. They like the idea of paying only for what they watch." The trick, he figures, is to work out a solution before the audience for illegal downloading becomes truly huge. He figures the networks have 10 years."
Come on dude! We don't like paying for content on demand, we like getting content on demand for free. And, you think it'll take 10 years? Try 3, at most.
First of all, the standard is not going to catch on. People are not going to run out and buy a new DVD player so they can buy new movies that are the same quality as the ones the already own. The only way this might work would be to outlaw the selling of the old DVDs. Thats not going to happen. Secondly, this is stupid anyway because it doesn't do anything to stop VCD/SVCDs. The majority of the downloads I see on bittorrent sites are not 4GB, they are more like 1.5 or 1 GB and they are usually Mpeg format, for burning to VCDs. I am sure some manufacturers will be able to make a version of these new DVD players that play VCDs, and they will sell! Just like the old players. The people behind that anouncement are probably just trying to appease a bunch of idiots in Hollywood.
Google should have done this a while ago. Have a browser that defaults to the best search engine on the web is definitely a good thing.
He didn't even take amperage of his test system. While the cabling was cool, that power suppy only had one 12v rail, the review was limited. Definitely not woth a /. posting.
Running cat-5 sucks...