One of the reasons people use the download service rather than commercial stores/downloads is looking for outdated/rare/weird music that large corps that do the online sales would not have anyway. hence the inherent flaw in online music store as opposed to p2p: it will never have the same selection/diversity of material
some of the top security people are actually ex-hackers hired for their extensive knowledge of vulnerabilities and ability to ecognize potential vulnerabilities. Talk about risky hiring practices.
....did you know that the DRM-flavored EULA opens a back door to your hard drive to enable MS to maliciously modify/delete software at will? People who invented intrusion by searching-and-seizing IP's of fileshareres now lecture about security. ironic
So you want to be the victim of your grandchildren who decide that your heart/liver/kidney will buy them that house-on-the-hill they always wanted? Huge abuse potential for this system. May I remind you of the current setup in places like China where you can buy a liver for the price of your used automobile
How about this. Start an online campain to persuade people to hold off on all their Entertainment Industry Supporting purchases for 2 months or so. No CD's DVD's purchased. That might get the RIAA"s attention-as they're filing for chapter 11 and finding SOME way ANY way to get their sales up. Enter everything that you've always wanted from the music industry
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One of the reasons people use the download service rather than commercial stores/downloads is looking for outdated/rare/weird music that large corps that do the online sales would not have anyway. hence the inherent flaw in online music store as opposed to p2p: it will never have the same selection/diversity of material
some of the top security people are actually ex-hackers hired for their extensive knowledge of vulnerabilities and ability to ecognize potential vulnerabilities. Talk about risky hiring practices.
....did you know that the DRM-flavored EULA opens a back door to your hard drive to enable MS to maliciously modify/delete software at will? People who invented intrusion by searching-and-seizing IP's of fileshareres now lecture about security. ironic
So you want to be the victim of your grandchildren who decide that your heart/liver/kidney will buy them that house-on-the-hill they always wanted? Huge abuse potential for this system. May I remind you of the current setup in places like China where you can buy a liver for the price of your used automobile
this info very valuable for overpopulated countries. Don't give Chairman Mao such bright ideas
How about this. Start an online campain to persuade people to hold off on all their Entertainment Industry Supporting purchases for 2 months or so. No CD's DVD's purchased. That might get the RIAA"s attention-as they're filing for chapter 11 and finding SOME way ANY way to get their sales up. Enter everything that you've always wanted from the music industry