RIAA is not interested in punishing the typical computers nerdies, they try mostly to reduce common user P2P networks because they are too easy and too open compared to XDCC or FTP forms of warez. Now everybody (even if you are not a techie) can download a P2P program and start downloading and sharing the programs that you already have and eveybody knows at least 1 or 2 names of P2P program.
To stop P2P programs they actually attack companies, development groups, warez releasers groups and people who own a P2P hub. And I think that they are not interested in getting your IP as they could not arrest downloaders (for corporate image, money issued...). They also try to make software pirating look as bad as hacking, while you cannot link these activites.
Sorry for my english (I'm not from the US), I'll study financial management with a concentration on hedge funds management.
I think anyway that most of these software are custom and developped in-house like online banking software and as you said the target market for these software is not made of computer engineers so it should be pretty straightforward and user-friendly.
I don't know how the popular P2P networks work. But wouldn't it be possible (for the RIAA or any editor) to create a file with the same signature (MD5 or whatever hash it is) than an existing one, then share it over one of these network so it would poison the whole process from the inside ?
Yah I've slowed my download to 4kB/s, so they won't find me out of the other 1000000 AOL-kazaa 1337 d00ds... I also share only pr0n clips and fake game ISOs and some very expensive gfx apps that I would never use apart to show my 1337ness. I even installed some spyware to get some nice offers so I am sure that I'll disappear in the crowd, but damn getting movies is so slow now and watching them too
Heh...
Aside from that, I'm gonna study banking and finance management. Is there any way I could learn about software used in this kind of businesses ?
some people/businesses with really deep pockets is interested by your bussiness, as you emitted new shares, the part of the company that you and your associates are holding is lowered.
your shareholders see that the value of their shares is going down
everybody is realizing that you need money and they start to investigate on the validity of your projects
... copyrights are there so R&D is still profitable but extended copyrights can only create monopolisms and slowers the global evolution of any domain.
People on Slashdot can see consequences on inadequation of copyright length in software development. In a relatively new domain like computer science, their length is really too long, and conducts to ridiculous situations (SCO vs IBM) and to monopolistic situations.
Because default installation settings in many MS programs contains some security hole.
You could open manually a breach on your *NIX system but (usually) default settings are more secure and restrictive.
Anyway, I see your point. And that is true that if Linux or any other OS was the mainstream, many home applications would be as unsecure as the windows actual counterparts
But, for me, the real scary thing is that Windows professional applications developpers does not always care about security. Features are often considered as more important than security issues (even for professional software).
Security holes on Windows apps are really pathetic sometimes (SQL server, anyone ?, Outlook ?, ActiveX ?,... etc).
Using Linux as workstation, most of applications come with decent default settings and dangerous features disabled letting you configure it correctly.
... soon, you will be able in pointing and clicking on your mobile phone towards any item (movie poster, game, application ad,...) to get a XDCC/ed2k/torrent/FTP link/address to download that item before that the item is available.
damage, warranty (shipping costs and you have some chances that the product is damaged during transport)
international transactions taxes and costs (it is basically like converting money into another currency, you'll have to pay the banks for this operation even if it is virtual money, not real bills, one side is still paying using another currency)
increased costs for support (hotline, manuals,...)
laws, you will have to ensure that your product is legal in other countries, it may sound easy but that may be difficult for products as children-related products, software which use encryption,...
Let me sum it up in one word... FRAUD.
Hungary is one of about ten countries worldwide that are responsible for a whopping 55% of credit card / bank / wire fraud.
IronTek posted:
You're blaming the wrong country
I know, I know...what a crime it is that most places only ship to the US because that's where 99.8%*...
*Please note that 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot, including mine.
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RIAA is not interested in punishing the typical computers nerdies, they try mostly to reduce common user P2P networks because they are too easy and too open compared to XDCC or FTP forms of warez. Now everybody (even if you are not a techie) can download a P2P program and start downloading and sharing the programs that you already have and eveybody knows at least 1 or 2 names of P2P program.
To stop P2P programs they actually attack companies, development groups, warez releasers groups and people who own a P2P hub. And I think that they are not interested in getting your IP as they could not arrest downloaders (for corporate image, money issued ...). They also try to make software pirating look as bad as hacking, while you cannot link these activites.
... they announced that: Filesharing Traffic Drops After RIAA Threats
I didn't know they counted traffic caused by ads in that survey
I think that you mean more traffic available for the students who stayed in univ for the summer =)
Sorry for my english (I'm not from the US), I'll study financial management with a concentration on hedge funds management.
I think anyway that most of these software are custom and developped in-house like online banking software and as you said the target market for these software is not made of computer engineers so it should be pretty straightforward and user-friendly.
I don't know how the popular P2P networks work. But wouldn't it be possible (for the RIAA or any editor) to create a file with the same signature (MD5 or whatever hash it is) than an existing one, then share it over one of these network so it would poison the whole process from the inside ?
... put a tax of about 150% on media recordable materials.
Here, it is even cheaper to buy CDR and DVDR in Luxembourg (starting from 20 CDs even with shipping) due to these damn taxes
ranolen said:
Yah I've slowed my download to 4kB/s, so they won't find me out of the other 1000000 AOL-kazaa 1337 d00ds ... I also share only pr0n clips and fake game ISOs and some very expensive gfx apps that I would never use apart to show my 1337ness. I even installed some spyware to get some nice offers so I am sure that I'll disappear in the crowd, but damn getting movies is so slow now and watching them too
Heh ...
Aside from that, I'm gonna study banking and finance management. Is there any way I could learn about software used in this kind of businesses ?
some people/businesses with really deep pockets is interested by your bussiness, as you emitted new shares, the part of the company that you and your associates are holding is lowered.
your shareholders see that the value of their shares is going down
everybody is realizing that you need money and they start to investigate on the validity of your projects
You can install Opera on a Windows comp ...
... you know the truth about route 66/Area 51 experiments and UFOs ...
Well in some countries, spamming is clearly forbidden.
... copyrights are there so R&D is still profitable but extended copyrights can only create monopolisms and slowers the global evolution of any domain.
People on Slashdot can see consequences on inadequation of copyright length in software development. In a relatively new domain like computer science, their length is really too long, and conducts to ridiculous situations (SCO vs IBM) and to monopolistic situations.
... a way to say that this thing is increasing US debts (like the reaganomics did) ?
Because default installation settings in many MS programs contains some security hole.
You could open manually a breach on your *NIX system but (usually) default settings are more secure and restrictive.
Anyway, I see your point. And that is true that if Linux or any other OS was the mainstream, many home applications would be as unsecure as the windows actual counterparts
But, for me, the real scary thing is that Windows professional applications developpers does not always care about security. Features are often considered as more important than security issues (even for professional software). Security holes on Windows apps are really pathetic sometimes (SQL server, anyone ?, Outlook ?, ActiveX ?, ... etc).
Using Linux as workstation, most of applications come with decent default settings and dangerous features disabled letting you configure it correctly.
Your law cannot pass because it is contradictory with itself.
play "cop and robbers" anymore, ...
well maybe not ... but "robbers" will not be allowed to run (unless players are 14+ y. old).
... soon, you will be able in pointing and clicking on your mobile phone towards any item (movie poster, game, application ad, ...) to get a XDCC/ed2k/torrent/FTP link/address to download that item before that the item is available.
... I imagine that some people might have become famous with their name honored on the Darwin Awards website ( http://www.darwinawards.com/ )
Thanks really, I already used their services when I worked in the US, I did not know that they offered such services.
They probably thought that the targeted market would not be sufficient to support a local version of the product.
damage, warranty (shipping costs and you have some chances that the product is damaged during transport)
international transactions taxes and costs (it is basically like converting money into another currency, you'll have to pay the banks for this operation even if it is virtual money, not real bills, one side is still paying using another currency)
increased costs for support (hotline, manuals, ...)
laws, you will have to ensure that your product is legal in other countries, it may sound easy but that may be difficult for products as children-related products, software which use encryption, ...
Do you know someone from Hungary ? Maybe that's the same for him =)
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IronTek posted:
Now you know where it came from =).What ?
It was some kind of recursive joke
What do you use ? How could I set up a PO Box in the US and forward things to me ?