I wonder when the last time you downloaded and watched a movie was.
sharing rotgut quality Div-X copies
VHS sufficed for rather a long time, and pretty much anything you download is better quality than that. I can't usually tell a great difference between a DVD and what I download.
each one takes several hours to download
Several hours of downloading is possible, depending on your connection - this article is about internet 2, though, where a few hours is pretty unlikely. But so what? Starting a download is less of a hassle than finding a store with the movie so you can buy it. It's probably about the same amount of hassle as ordering it from amazon, but that certainly exceeds the few-hour delay.
at minimum wage the wages for the amount of time spent downloading a stupid DivX is more than the price of a pristine DVD of the same title
I have no idea what sort of point you're trying to make here. If you know of a job that pays minimum wage for the equivalent of finding a movie and downloading it, tell me where that is. Downloading is not a particularly user-interactive or time-consuming process, after maybe two minutes initially getting it going.
Ten thousand or so people (I don't know if that figure is accurate or where you got it, but I'll go with it for now) is hardly insignifact. And I suspect that number is not shrinking.
I'm not a fan of the MPAA, but it seems like you're saying they're concerned with a non-issue, which simply isn't true. This is a problem for them, and a growing one. (How they should be dealing with it, and how that differs from what they are doing, is a matter I won't go into.)
while I realize this isn't really a solution for the populace at large, a lot of people give their computers to thrift stores after they upgrade. You can often find a halfway decent computer (or enough parts to build one) for $100. Not a wonderful computer, mind you. Usually includes keyboard, mouse, and monitor as well though.
So.. a 9-digit serial number on a tooth? Sounds like fun. along with getting someone else's tooth because the guy sorting them misread that P as an F. (I don't have any great knowledge of how the current tracking systems work, but as a casual observer it seems like this would be a bit of a shortcoming.)
The concept of civil disobedience isn't to randomly break laws. If you deface someone else's property, you're not just doing something illegal, you're being an asshole. The point of civil disobedience is to change laws that you think are unjust, by disobeying them publicly and making your reasons known. This wasn't intended to break any laws nor to protest any laws, it was simply to spread this guy's opinion. This has nothing to do with civil disobedience at all.
They may be able to detect that it's there, but is there a law prohibiting portable RFID readers? Or would the presence of such a thing be considered probable cause for a search, or even arrest?
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I wonder when the last time you downloaded and watched a movie was.
sharing rotgut quality Div-X copies
VHS sufficed for rather a long time, and pretty much anything you download is better quality than that. I can't usually tell a great difference between a DVD and what I download.
each one takes several hours to download
Several hours of downloading is possible, depending on your connection - this article is about internet 2, though, where a few hours is pretty unlikely. But so what? Starting a download is less of a hassle than finding a store with the movie so you can buy it. It's probably about the same amount of hassle as ordering it from amazon, but that certainly exceeds the few-hour delay.
at minimum wage the wages for the amount of time spent downloading a stupid DivX is more than the price of a pristine DVD of the same title
I have no idea what sort of point you're trying to make here. If you know of a job that pays minimum wage for the equivalent of finding a movie and downloading it, tell me where that is. Downloading is not a particularly user-interactive or time-consuming process, after maybe two minutes initially getting it going.
Ten thousand or so people (I don't know if that figure is accurate or where you got it, but I'll go with it for now) is hardly insignifact. And I suspect that number is not shrinking.
I'm not a fan of the MPAA, but it seems like you're saying they're concerned with a non-issue, which simply isn't true. This is a problem for them, and a growing one. (How they should be dealing with it, and how that differs from what they are doing, is a matter I won't go into.)
Apple basically owns the device and its content Funny, I thought after dropping a few hundred on it, I owned my iPod.
while I realize this isn't really a solution for the populace at large, a lot of people give their computers to thrift stores after they upgrade. You can often find a halfway decent computer (or enough parts to build one) for $100. Not a wonderful computer, mind you. Usually includes keyboard, mouse, and monitor as well though.
So.. a 9-digit serial number on a tooth? Sounds like fun. along with getting someone else's tooth because the guy sorting them misread that P as an F. (I don't have any great knowledge of how the current tracking systems work, but as a casual observer it seems like this would be a bit of a shortcoming.)
The concept of civil disobedience isn't to randomly break laws. If you deface someone else's property, you're not just doing something illegal, you're being an asshole. The point of civil disobedience is to change laws that you think are unjust, by disobeying them publicly and making your reasons known. This wasn't intended to break any laws nor to protest any laws, it was simply to spread this guy's opinion. This has nothing to do with civil disobedience at all.
18,012 years - assuming that it is inclusive of both 1990 and 20001.
They may be able to detect that it's there, but is there a law prohibiting portable RFID readers? Or would the presence of such a thing be considered probable cause for a search, or even arrest?