I read it, I understand it. But be damned if I'm going to buy a track/album and not be able to put a copy of it in my car, on my laptop, on my iPod, on my whatever I want for personal use.
I am a Napster subscriber, but I don't rent the music. I am listening to the files on my iPod as I type this. I can do this because I found a nifty little program that plays the mp3 in Windows media player (or iTunes) and records the output to a DRM free copy of the file. Then I can do what ever the hell I choose with it. It even has a digital replay mode so I don't have to wait in real-time for the song to play. I'm paying and I'm playing.
The Chinese people benefit more from a Google that is ineffectively censored than they do from no Google at all.
They would benefit even more, in the long run, by over-throwing the communist government. China has more potential to prosper currently than any other nation in the world. I may be dreaming, but I would like to think a citizens revolt would be supported by the West. Then again, look what happened in the first Gulf War....
I don't think ICANN should pander exclusively to the US interests, but one has to admit that the US has the most invested and at stake in the Internet world. Al Gore did invent the thing. =P
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These technologies will only become viable when Homer Simpson gives his approval.
I read it, I understand it. But be damned if I'm going to buy a track/album and not be able to put a copy of it in my car, on my laptop, on my iPod, on my whatever I want for personal use.
I'm not renting anything. I download a series of bits, take some of said bits out, remove the original bit sequence from my PC.
In any case Napster is a service AND a store. You can purchase songs for $.99 just like iTunes and do whatever you please with them afterwards.
I am a Napster subscriber, but I don't rent the music. I am listening to the files on my iPod as I type this. I can do this because I found a nifty little program that plays the mp3 in Windows media player (or iTunes) and records the output to a DRM free copy of the file. Then I can do what ever the hell I choose with it. It even has a digital replay mode so I don't have to wait in real-time for the song to play. I'm paying and I'm playing.
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Is there a Xiamanized version yet? I love the purdy colors.
The Chinese people benefit more from a Google that is ineffectively censored than they do from no Google at all. They would benefit even more, in the long run, by over-throwing the communist government. China has more potential to prosper currently than any other nation in the world. I may be dreaming, but I would like to think a citizens revolt would be supported by the West. Then again, look what happened in the first Gulf War....
Airplane + Blimp = Airpimp
I don't think ICANN should pander exclusively to the US interests, but one has to admit that the US has the most invested and at stake in the Internet world. Al Gore did invent the thing. =P