You're being patently unfair to Mr. Rumsfeld (or Darth Rumsfeld, as I like to call him).
He publicly stated that there will be a full investigation AND that there were only low level grunts involved. Only and brilliant, insightful and honorable man can offer the conclusion that a 'full investigation' will rech before it's ever launched.
While some people would claim that the a proper course to follow in an inquiry would be to actually interview people at the lowest level, then one level higher, then right up the chain of command, and maybe even talk to some of the actual PRISONERS who were featured in the famous photos or housed at the prison, I'm quite sure that the whitewas- er full inquiry that is going on now will discover all the final facts that the Amercian public is entitled to.
Looks like we're going to have to do smething to remove those valuable brains from the skulls of those employees. Those brains are obviously too valuable to be entrusted to inherintly unreliable wrokers.
The RIAA represents the biggest record companies in the world, and probably 95+ percent fo all music sold in the US. Whether or not they have a monopoly on online sale is irrelivant. If they represent a the companies that control almost all of the signed recording artists, then using that sdominance to fix prices should be illegal.
$0.99 PLUS you're paying for electricity, computer, bandwidth, AND you to put your time in downloading each track.
For a buck a track I want some nice artwork, maybe some printed lyrics a piece of plastic that I can out into a player. That way I can rip the songs myself and CHOOSE what bitrate to use.
Some occasional free posters and stickers would be nice too. Music buying has sucked since the death of the 12" vinyl album. Consumers are getting less and less while paying more and more, and record companies (and even indies) are keeping all the benefits and savings that result from new technologies fro themselves.
Mt firewall software doesn't allow Media Player to connect to the network. If I actually see soemthing I want to view I disable the firewall for a few minutes.
I hate commercials and I hate streamign video, so combining the two isn't likely to win me over.
and that money goes (supposedly) to musical artists, more likely straight to the RIAA. So if I buy a cassette to record myself I still have to pay the tax that assumes I'm violating a copyright by making a tape of a CD or record that I did not purchase.
Some general tax on blank CDs/DVD's and bandwidth would probably be an answer that artists could live with. Though right now the RI-MP-AA doesn't seem to want to seek a reasonable solution to the problem.
The longer they attempt to stamp out all P2P sharing, the greater the grassroots backlash will be against them.
Reuters and Dow Jones have all reported a similar story, then when you read the actual article it notes tha CA is objecting to SCO saying they boight a license.
My understanding if what actually happened is this:
CA setteled a lawsuit with Canopy, Canopy including the SCO license without being asked, then, last week, SCO announced that CA had purchased a license (or that 'had been' licensed).
"Licensed".. I guess that's what they're calling it these days. If Darl gets his wish he's going to 'License' the whole world.
The Daly Show with John Stewart deserves a Pulitzer (not an Emmy, a Pulitzer). Ever since the fiasco that was Election 2000 they have had more insightful analysis and critical examinations of currenet events that any 'real' news source.
Her article on the day's SCO events. Posted before the Judge's order in teh IBM case.
During a conference call Wednesday, SCO CEO Darl McBride dismissed suggestions from opponents--including Linux creator Linus Torvalds--that the end-user lawsuit is based simply on AutoZone's old Unix licensing contracts with SCO, and not serious copyright infringement claims.
"The case is not specific to SCO's shared libraries [as some] mentioned," said McBride, under intense questioning during the conference call. The code in question is based on "structural components that tie to pieces inside Linux," he added. "This case is very general to anyone using the operating system."
Still, McBride declined to discuss the broader copyright infringement issues related to Linux 2.4/Linux 2.6 mentioned in the lawsuit. Instead, he and other SCO attorneys declined to be specific and cited an order by the court magistrate not to discuss the exact code in question.
If you go to an 'on demand' world you can be sure that the media companies will want to get a cut every time you listen to a song or watch a movie.
In a world where you can have every song ever recorded on a flash card on your watch, or keychain, (or a chip on your fingernail) you only need to get the songs one time to have access forever.
Even the best players could only stave off an inevitable death for a little while. Towards the end, finding a machine that didn't have the up/down lever worn out was almost impossible.
If only there was a decent MAME controller for it withh all the buttons and lever in the rigth place....
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You're being patently unfair to Mr. Rumsfeld (or Darth Rumsfeld, as I like to call him).
He publicly stated that there will be a full investigation AND that there were only low level grunts involved. Only and brilliant, insightful and honorable man can offer the conclusion that a 'full investigation' will rech before it's ever launched.
While some people would claim that the a proper course to follow in an inquiry would be to actually interview people at the lowest level, then one level higher, then right up the chain of command, and maybe even talk to some of the actual PRISONERS who were featured in the famous photos or housed at the prison, I'm quite sure that the whitewas- er full inquiry that is going on now will discover all the final facts that the Amercian public is entitled to.
Looks like we're going to have to do smething to remove those valuable brains from the skulls of those employees. Those brains are obviously too valuable to be entrusted to inherintly unreliable wrokers.
One of the great plot hol- er, mysteries of our time hs been solved.
The RIAA represents the biggest record companies in the world, and probably 95+ percent fo all music sold in the US. Whether or not they have a monopoly on online sale is irrelivant. If they represent a the companies that control almost all of the signed recording artists, then using that sdominance to fix prices should be illegal.
...that's like a buck fifty American now?
For a buck a track I want some nice artwork, maybe some printed lyrics a piece of plastic that I can out into a player. That way I can rip the songs myself and CHOOSE what bitrate to use.
Some occasional free posters and stickers would be nice too. Music buying has sucked since the death of the 12" vinyl album. Consumers are getting less and less while paying more and more, and record companies (and even indies) are keeping all the benefits and savings that result from new technologies fro themselves.
Mt firewall software doesn't allow Media Player to connect to the network. If I actually see soemthing I want to view I disable the firewall for a few minutes. I hate commercials and I hate streamign video, so combining the two isn't likely to win me over.
Some general tax on blank CDs/DVD's and bandwidth would probably be an answer that artists could live with. Though right now the RI-MP-AA doesn't seem to want to seek a reasonable solution to the problem.
The longer they attempt to stamp out all P2P sharing, the greater the grassroots backlash will be against them.
I can see it coming now.
You really know how to slice through the B.S.
Not only can you use the blade to hijack an airplane, you can store Vital National "Nucular" Secrets with the same tool!
My understanding if what actually happened is this: CA setteled a lawsuit with Canopy, Canopy including the SCO license without being asked, then, last week, SCO announced that CA had purchased a license (or that 'had been' licensed).
"Licensed".. I guess that's what they're calling it these days. If Darl gets his wish he's going to 'License' the whole world.
The Daly Show with John Stewart deserves a Pulitzer (not an Emmy, a Pulitzer). Ever since the fiasco that was Election 2000 they have had more insightful analysis and critical examinations of currenet events that any 'real' news source.
[apologies to Stan Lee]
Maybe only 5% of the world's population but we've got almost ALL the world's Weapons of Mass Destruction!!
Her article on the day's SCO events. Posted before the Judge's order in teh IBM case.
The site slowed to a crawl, and beyond because if increased interest related to the lawsuits and conference call today.
Anyway that's just a theory.
Darl basically mentioned today that they were taking inspiration from the RIAA's actions in asserting their 'rights'.
So when is the Darl remix coming out?
You're breakin my heart.
If only SCO could assert that the Lawsuit driven business plan was a patented model belonging to SCO, then they'd really be able to clean up.
Does anyone know anything about this?
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In a world where you can have every song ever recorded on a flash card on your watch, or keychain, (or a chip on your fingernail) you only need to get the songs one time to have access forever.
True, but the artists then have the cost associated with 'ego aggrandizement' deducted from their payments from the record companies.
So intense.
Even the best players could only stave off an inevitable death for a little while. Towards the end, finding a machine that didn't have the up/down lever worn out was almost impossible.
If only there was a decent MAME controller for it withh all the buttons and lever in the rigth place....