Maybe it was the fact that I was cuddled up with a cute girl at the time, but I actually did fall asleep at about the 45 minute mark. It was her first time watching it however (my umpteenth) and she did in fact really enjoy the movie. Maybe we just know too much about the movie and medium at this point.
So, I was in the Tucson Mall, Saturday afternoon, walking to my car after having purchased a gift card from the customer service desk. As I was leaving (calmly, politely, no threatening movements, not running, flailing, verbally assualting or otherwise engaging in any activity that could be construed as making myself a public nuisance or danger. I was alone.) a mall security agent started to shadow me (1 pace behind, on my left), that made me nervous, I asked if I could help him, he asked (with hostility) where I was going, I said my car, I asked if I was in danger that I needed his protection (sarcastically), he said yes, I asked from what? That was when the other security guard slammed me from behind by my neck, I was thrown to the ground, pepper spray in face, then rolled over, head pressed into the ground by one of the other security guards (there are now three) and I was hand cuffed. I demanded they tell me what the hell was going on, they said to shut up. I asked for help, no one came, I saw the police, I yelled for them to come over and help me. I said that I didn't know what was going on or why I'd been jumped. The Two officers came over, one on either side, grabbed me by my biceps, threw me to the ground and said "get the f**k up and start walking*. I cited my rights, they said "fine, you're under arrest, that work for you?"...and it goes from there.
Unfortunately, when I tried to stand up for my rights, I was taken into a back room, verbally assaulted, told to shut the f**k up and do exactly as they say because there were no witnesses and they would do everything the wanted to make sure I did exactly like they said, so I should get smart really f**king quick.
All the while, the Tucson Police Dept officer's hand hovered over the holster of his weapon, his face inches from me, while my hands are cuffed behind my back and I'd already been thrown about.
What I'd done? I had asked why I had just been jumped by three security agents, handcuffed, dragged about and threatened with pepper spray. I'm a law abiding citizen, had made no threatening movements or gestures.
When they tried to offer diversion at my arraignment? I declined, preferring a trial, at which point all charges were dropped, dismissed, and the arrest was stricken from my record. In short: I had done absolutely nothing at all wrong.
This is in short, why I remain incredibily paranoid and distrustful of law enforcement. I get very nervous and very uncomfortable around your badge wearing brothers. They no longer receive my donations.
I want to say Thank You. This is precisely what I tell people when they start talking about the 'war on terror'. I appreciate that there are others out there who understand what Terrorism is. Hopefully, people will start to understand that terrorism is just about creating fear, and if you live afraid, then you have lost.
Wow. Just the opposite, I couldn't imagine trying to organize 40,000 tracks with iTunes. I use Helium2 and I love it. Granted, it's not perfect yet, and it still has some problems, but they're minor. It's pretty robust. I use it primarily as a music manager, not a jukebox, though, it can do that. It has tools like filename to tag editor, rename file (based on tags), plus an extensive selection of categories for the id3 tags including lyrics editing, composers, featured artists, genres, bpms, embeded photos, and my favorite: a duplicate finder and mp3 analyzer.
A lot of what I used to do (and still do) is organzie music for dances (social, ballroom, swing). So being able to automatically or manually (I'm paranoid) calculate the bpm's for a group of songs, or do a mass renaming, or organize different drives into different databases, plus playlists, smartlists, etc...it's invaluable. My collection is at 15,000 and growing. (90% legal, I was an early napster adopter. *grin*)
Give it a shot. I've got no association with them, but its software I liked enough to want to purchase.:-) I do still use iTunes for actually jukeboxing after I export my playlists.
In the first place, "costs" have little or nothing to do with it. It simply provides a floor under which you'd make no money.
I'm not asking for music 'at cost', but I would expect reasonable pricing based on market demands. In digital format, mp3's can be treated as a commodity, the markup that needs to occur is much less to achieve a same level of profit.
you have no idea what the production "costs" might be,
The costs I was referring to are those involved in the manufacturing of the music itself. I believe I even cited examples, although, I could've been more explicit. The reduction in cost of CD's can be credited in large part to the litigation that occured that forced music retailers to stop price fixing their CD's. See here for a brief read. Further reduction in prices can be attributed to the reduction in the cost of manufacturing, new materials, etc...Ever notice how much 'denser' a CD from ten years ago is?
...online music (via iTunes let's say) is already cheaper than the physical album...if you were producing your own music, would you dramatically undercut your own prices?
The pricing structure of iTunes is not even. Yes, if I buy the whole album all at once, then I generally save money ($10/CD?). But, if I buy one or two tracks, then turn around and buy the Album, I will have lost out on the tracks I already purchased. The cost of the album has just increased. Not to mention the fact that a 15 minute track costs as much as a 3 minute track. And if I buy all the tracks individually, then I risk paying more for the album. What if I'm trying to discover a new artist and I'm not sure I want to purchase the whole album?
As for producing my own music, yes, I should be able to undercut my distributors, it's my choice, what they charge aren't my prices. If they want to charge more, should I have to?
it's easy for someone to drastically reduce prices when they don't have to pay for the material. I'd probably make a lot of money selling stuff for half the market value... when you consider I stole all of it from your home.
Your analogy is very poor, and I fail to see how it accurately depicts the situation we are discussing. But no matter. If they can reduce prices by saving on the manufacturing and reproduction costs, why don't they? I won't say that the only person being stole from is the consumer, but that shouldn't be overlooked. Why am I not ranting at allofmp3? Because thus far, they are legally allowing me to download music at below market value. I'd pay more at allofmp3, but not as much as they charge (and want to charge) at iTMS and MSN. You did notice that I also have a subscription to eMusic, right? Where I pay about.25 per download? The really great thing about allofmp3 that hasn't been adopted by others is the selective encoding rate.
In the end, I am still purchasing my music, be it online or at my local CD store. As a consumer, I will shop where I feel my $ is best served. And overpriced, DRM restricted, non-licensed music is not something I want to spend my money on.
and the next time you sarcastically refer to me as a 'smart guy' like that, I'm gonna drop a pile of bricks on your ears.:-)
Best solution for what? Organizing my music? Purchasing music? or as a mostly-ok-all-in-one type thing?
Music manager: Helium Purchase: from allofmp3.com, eMusic.com, and local retailers: Zia, Zips, and Bookmans. Play: Helium and sometimes even iTunes.
I don't see iTunes as the most capable music manager out there. if you've got more than 1000 tracks, it just doesn't work as well when trying to organize, label, or rename your tracks...
And as far as purchasing goes, yea, it's pretty easy, but so is eMusic and allofmp3. Plus, I don't have to worry about the DRM and I can play the tracks from any player, not just iTunes. Flexibilty is important, and iTunes just doesn't have that. Not for any fault of its own necessarily.
Or maybe it is exactly the right price for what the market will bear.
The $.99 fee per track that iTunes (and others) charge is an arbitrary amount that has not been set by the market. Rather, we as the consumer are forced to pay that amount by the RIAA because of exhorbant licensing fees. Just like in the old days of CD price fixing.
At least back then, the purchase of a CD or other medium gave the purchaser an implied performance license. That is, the purchaser was given a license for unlimited private performance by the musician. That was one of the justifications for the high price of the CD. Now, we don't even get that license (DRM, limited reproduction, performance license is missing) but we're still paying the same price.
There is no production cost and only minimal delivery costs for these new formats. Electronic Digital formats (mp3 etc..) have 0 reproduction costs. You don't need to stamp a CD, create an insert, throw it in a case, or have some guy assemble the thing and load it into a box. You make a copy of it. period. The costs involved in that are completly negligible, yet we are still paying the type of prices associated with actual manufacturing.
With luck, more people will become aware of sites like eMusic.com and allofmp3.com and refuse to pay the high price and refuse to accept the DRM currently offered by mainstream providers. Markets will seek balance except where they are artificially controlled.
You seem like a smart guy(girl), I'm dissapointed that you would defend the *AA in this manner and justify the current 'legal' options given to us.
I think that since the potential to use that portion of the software existed, then yes, it should be eligible for a class action suit. Since the compression was a feature, to have it 'broken' amounts to false advertising. If I buy a car with AC, but I only get a fan, then I did not receive what I paid for, even if I live in Alaska.
If the RIAA and MPAA can sue for 'lost profits' and count billions of dollars in lost sales for CD's and music I (and many others) would never purchase, then we (citizens) should be able to hold accountable those vendors for promises made. Individual suits would be pointless.
The cost of litigation would far outweigh the $10 to upgrade, and MS knows it. The only way to force MS to do the right thing would be to drop it in a class action. That way, all 'victims' (users) can be grouped together and get the needed upgrade.
I work for a software company, I have to charge for tech support, but if it's a problem with the software, I will not charge that customer. I (and others here) firmly believe that if you didn't do it right, then you should have to eat the associated costs, not drop it onto the customer. But time and time again, we see these corps to exactly that and never suffer any penalty for it.
While I do expect that most software will have general issues and bugs, I do not expect to be charged to have those bugs fixed, particularly when they involve potential corruption of my actual data, and not just 'whoops, I crashed'. MS was charging it's customer $10 on top of the purchase price to fix what they broke. That's ridiculous, it's a poor practice, and any company that behaves in that manner should be eligible for a class suit.
I'd rat him out if he was stealing from individuals, not multi billion dollar corps who already price in such thefts.
Wait, so you're saying that if people weren't stealing.....I wouldn't have to pay so much for my stuff......?!?!? Turn the bitch in!
Seriously, that's shitty of his friend to dupe the biz that way. I'm not for big biz, by any means, but that's just not right. Don't know if I'd turn my friend in like that, definitely give him a talking to, but he wouldn't be someone I ever trusted again, regardless. I do demand quality in the people I associate with.
I don't know man. I mean, internet use is pretty much a staple way of life for many of us. It's a primary use of communication, banking, bill paying, media entertainment and more. And sure, I can get by without it, just like we don't need cars. I mean, not really anyways.
And stamps back then weren't a necessity either. It wasn't so much "Jesus, they're taxing stamps! Not THAT!" but more of a "Not ANOTHER Tax. That's IT!". Taxation without representation. And I am being very very poorly represented.
I'm a communist for saying that my government is out of control? That politicians and business men do not have the best interest of the common man and the future of our country in mind? I'm a communist for saying that the old american way of life has become a thing of the past? Forgotten and twisted? Broken and bloodless?
Because of course one of the core tenents of american values is to berate and degrade those who would stand up and call truth. And even the better to do it behind the safety of anonymity.
in Colonial American when the stamp tax was finally introduced. I'm not much off a history buff, but wasn't that the straw that broke the camels back?
I feel like this is a bit like the stamp tax: A ridculous excuse to squeeze more money from the population to fund a corrupt bullshit government. This country needs to wake up and revolt against itself. We're dying people, and nobody up there (congress) seems to care. We're over spent, out produced, and quickly getting out manueverd. i'm not talking about world domination, just survivability.
Anyone remeber the old adage, 'My kingdom for a horse?' And the horse was lost for lack of a nail? Well guess what: This country doesn't make nails anymore. Literally. We buy it all from China. Wake UP!
I would still think that this would be different. This ruling seems to apply primarily to Copyrighted Material. Having your personal information posted/stolen/available/etc would amount to privacy violation and/or theft. Two different beasts entirely.
Just becuase I have an mp3 in my 'shared' folder doesn't mean I don't own it. Doesn't mean I'm trying to distribute it (technically), just means it s there.
I remember awhile back, a former employer was getting strong armed into some pretty outrageous licensing fees from BMI and ASCAP. He owned a dance studio, but the music he used wasn't owned by them (for the most part) and they wanted some hefty blanket fees.
Anyways, in the process of researching to help him find a solution, I remember reading about the inherent license that is granted when you purchase a recorded piece of music.
IIRC, playing a recorded piece of music is considered a performance by that artist, hence, they should be reimbursed for that performance. Since the performance is on a recorded medium, the consumer license is granted such that the purchaser can have an unlimited number of personal and private performances (i.e. play it on your stereo). This license was one of the justifications for the high cost of CD's.
So, back to my question: If I've purchased a CD, I've purchased that performance license. So, if I lose my CD, don't I still own the license? So shouldn't I be free to obtain another copy of that song/CD without paying those license fees again? The only relevent costs should be in materials.
So if I purchase an MP3 from itunes, etc....am I granted that same license? And if I download a CD that I've already paid for (maybe pre-order), am I actually breaking any laws as I should be granted the right of performance?
I think that an understanding of the movie is enhanced if the person watching has experienced the loss of a close loved one. If you've lost someone like that, some of the movie can just be overwhelming and some of the rest of it makes more sense. Somepeople just don't get it and that's fine. It's all opinions anyways. But there should be, at the very least, an appreciation for the artwork and cinematography. Overall, it was an incredible movie that I don't know if I'll ever be able to watch again.
So, for everyone else out there, no, it's not flying.
BUT that doesn't change the fact that this is really really wrong. These are snakes. They slither, they crawl, and they fall. They are not supposed to actively be able to leap off of trees or maintain any semblance of glide and control while airborne. God/Allah/He/She/It/Goat took away its apendages for a reason...and now this?!?
So what happened? What brought this about? Why are they in trees? Why will I never be able to go visit those south/souteast Asia countries after seeing this?
I don't just have to worry about the trees I'm under, but the trees withing 30 feet of me. (depending on height of course).
I went through the site, saw the screen shots...What is the difference between this and Firefox? I'm not too familiar with this thing called Opera, I've only watched it here and there. What makes it worth the $40?
Did you read the article? Omniture is a company hired to compile data and statistics on TurboTax Web site usage. They don't sell any data and they don't give Omniture the right to use or distribute any identifiable information. Intuit isn't 'selling' any data on its users. Try again.
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Maybe it was the fact that I was cuddled up with a cute girl at the time, but I actually did fall asleep at about the 45 minute mark. It was her first time watching it however (my umpteenth) and she did in fact really enjoy the movie. Maybe we just know too much about the movie and medium at this point.
I completely understand what you're saying.
So, I was in the Tucson Mall, Saturday afternoon, walking to my car after having purchased a gift card from the customer service desk. As I was leaving (calmly, politely, no threatening movements, not running, flailing, verbally assualting or otherwise engaging in any activity that could be construed as making myself a public nuisance or danger. I was alone.) a mall security agent started to shadow me (1 pace behind, on my left), that made me nervous, I asked if I could help him, he asked (with hostility) where I was going, I said my car, I asked if I was in danger that I needed his protection (sarcastically), he said yes, I asked from what?
That was when the other security guard slammed me from behind by my neck, I was thrown to the ground, pepper spray in face, then rolled over, head pressed into the ground by one of the other security guards (there are now three) and I was hand cuffed. I demanded they tell me what the hell was going on, they said to shut up. I asked for help, no one came, I saw the police, I yelled for them to come over and help me.
I said that I didn't know what was going on or why I'd been jumped. The Two officers came over, one on either side, grabbed me by my biceps, threw me to the ground and said "get the f**k up and start walking*. I cited my rights, they said "fine, you're under arrest, that work for you?"...and it goes from there.
Unfortunately, when I tried to stand up for my rights, I was taken into a back room, verbally assaulted, told to shut the f**k up and do exactly as they say because there were no witnesses and they would do everything the wanted to make sure I did exactly like they said, so I should get smart really f**king quick. All the while, the Tucson Police Dept officer's hand hovered over the holster of his weapon, his face inches from me, while my hands are cuffed behind my back and I'd already been thrown about. What I'd done? I had asked why I had just been jumped by three security agents, handcuffed, dragged about and threatened with pepper spray. I'm a law abiding citizen, had made no threatening movements or gestures. When they tried to offer diversion at my arraignment? I declined, preferring a trial, at which point all charges were dropped, dismissed, and the arrest was stricken from my record. In short: I had done absolutely nothing at all wrong. This is in short, why I remain incredibily paranoid and distrustful of law enforcement. I get very nervous and very uncomfortable around your badge wearing brothers. They no longer receive my donations.
Triton. I'm just saying.
I want to say Thank You. This is precisely what I tell people when they start talking about the 'war on terror'. I appreciate that there are others out there who understand what Terrorism is. Hopefully, people will start to understand that terrorism is just about creating fear, and if you live afraid, then you have lost.
Well done sir, well done!
Wow. Just the opposite, I couldn't imagine trying to organize 40,000 tracks with iTunes. I use Helium2 and I love it. Granted, it's not perfect yet, and it still has some problems, but they're minor. It's pretty robust. I use it primarily as a music manager, not a jukebox, though, it can do that. It has tools like filename to tag editor, rename file (based on tags), plus an extensive selection of categories for the id3 tags including lyrics editing, composers, featured artists, genres, bpms, embeded photos, and my favorite: a duplicate finder and mp3 analyzer.
:-) I do still use iTunes for actually jukeboxing after I export my playlists.
A lot of what I used to do (and still do) is organzie music for dances (social, ballroom, swing). So being able to automatically or manually (I'm paranoid) calculate the bpm's for a group of songs, or do a mass renaming, or organize different drives into different databases, plus playlists, smartlists, etc...it's invaluable. My collection is at 15,000 and growing. (90% legal, I was an early napster adopter. *grin*)
Give it a shot. I've got no association with them, but its software I liked enough to want to purchase.
I'm not asking for music 'at cost', but I would expect reasonable pricing based on market demands. In digital format, mp3's can be treated as a commodity, the markup that needs to occur is much less to achieve a same level of profit.
you have no idea what the production "costs" might be,
The costs I was referring to are those involved in the manufacturing of the music itself. I believe I even cited examples, although, I could've been more explicit. The reduction in cost of CD's can be credited in large part to the litigation that occured that forced music retailers to stop price fixing their CD's. See here for a brief read. Further reduction in prices can be attributed to the reduction in the cost of manufacturing, new materials, etc...Ever notice how much 'denser' a CD from ten years ago is?
The pricing structure of iTunes is not even. Yes, if I buy the whole album all at once, then I generally save money ($10/CD?). But, if I buy one or two tracks, then turn around and buy the Album, I will have lost out on the tracks I already purchased. The cost of the album has just increased. Not to mention the fact that a 15 minute track costs as much as a 3 minute track. And if I buy all the tracks individually, then I risk paying more for the album. What if I'm trying to discover a new artist and I'm not sure I want to purchase the whole album?
As for producing my own music, yes, I should be able to undercut my distributors, it's my choice, what they charge aren't my prices. If they want to charge more, should I have to?
it's easy for someone to drastically reduce prices when they don't have to pay for the material. I'd probably make a lot of money selling stuff for half the market value... when you consider I stole all of it from your home.
Your analogy is very poor, and I fail to see how it accurately depicts the situation we are discussing. But no matter. If they can reduce prices by saving on the manufacturing and reproduction costs, why don't they? I won't say that the only person being stole from is the consumer, but that shouldn't be overlooked. Why am I not ranting at allofmp3? Because thus far, they are legally allowing me to download music at below market value. I'd pay more at allofmp3, but not as much as they charge (and want to charge) at iTMS and MSN. You did notice that I also have a subscription to eMusic, right? Where I pay about .25 per download? The really great thing about allofmp3 that hasn't been adopted by others is the selective encoding rate.
In the end, I am still purchasing my music, be it online or at my local CD store. As a consumer, I will shop where I feel my $ is best served. And overpriced, DRM restricted, non-licensed music is not something I want to spend my money on.
and the next time you sarcastically refer to me as a 'smart guy' like that, I'm gonna drop a pile of bricks on your ears. :-)
Best solution for what? Organizing my music? Purchasing music? or as a mostly-ok-all-in-one type thing?
Music manager: Helium
Purchase: from allofmp3.com, eMusic.com, and local retailers: Zia, Zips, and Bookmans.
Play: Helium and sometimes even iTunes.
I don't see iTunes as the most capable music manager out there. if you've got more than 1000 tracks, it just doesn't work as well when trying to organize, label, or rename your tracks...
And as far as purchasing goes, yea, it's pretty easy, but so is eMusic and allofmp3. Plus, I don't have to worry about the DRM and I can play the tracks from any player, not just iTunes. Flexibilty is important, and iTunes just doesn't have that. Not for any fault of its own necessarily.
Or maybe it is exactly the right price for what the market will bear.
The $.99 fee per track that iTunes (and others) charge is an arbitrary amount that has not been set by the market. Rather, we as the consumer are forced to pay that amount by the RIAA because of exhorbant licensing fees. Just like in the old days of CD price fixing.
At least back then, the purchase of a CD or other medium gave the purchaser an implied performance license. That is, the purchaser was given a license for unlimited private performance by the musician. That was one of the justifications for the high price of the CD. Now, we don't even get that license (DRM, limited reproduction, performance license is missing) but we're still paying the same price.
There is no production cost and only minimal delivery costs for these new formats. Electronic Digital formats (mp3 etc..) have 0 reproduction costs. You don't need to stamp a CD, create an insert, throw it in a case, or have some guy assemble the thing and load it into a box. You make a copy of it. period. The costs involved in that are completly negligible, yet we are still paying the type of prices associated with actual manufacturing.
With luck, more people will become aware of sites like eMusic.com and allofmp3.com and refuse to pay the high price and refuse to accept the DRM currently offered by mainstream providers. Markets will seek balance except where they are artificially controlled.
You seem like a smart guy(girl), I'm dissapointed that you would defend the *AA in this manner and justify the current 'legal' options given to us.
I think that since the potential to use that portion of the software existed, then yes, it should be eligible for a class action suit. Since the compression was a feature, to have it 'broken' amounts to false advertising. If I buy a car with AC, but I only get a fan, then I did not receive what I paid for, even if I live in Alaska.
If the RIAA and MPAA can sue for 'lost profits' and count billions of dollars in lost sales for CD's and music I (and many others) would never purchase, then we (citizens) should be able to hold accountable those vendors for promises made. Individual suits would be pointless.
The cost of litigation would far outweigh the $10 to upgrade, and MS knows it. The only way to force MS to do the right thing would be to drop it in a class action. That way, all 'victims' (users) can be grouped together and get the needed upgrade.
I work for a software company, I have to charge for tech support, but if it's a problem with the software, I will not charge that customer. I (and others here) firmly believe that if you didn't do it right, then you should have to eat the associated costs, not drop it onto the customer. But time and time again, we see these corps to exactly that and never suffer any penalty for it.
LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA.....sigh.....haha...that's good....Checks and balances....I like that....can I use that?
While I do expect that most software will have general issues and bugs, I do not expect to be charged to have those bugs fixed, particularly when they involve potential corruption of my actual data, and not just 'whoops, I crashed'. MS was charging it's customer $10 on top of the purchase price to fix what they broke. That's ridiculous, it's a poor practice, and any company that behaves in that manner should be eligible for a class suit.
that when I clicked on the link to the article, I was honestly expecting this
Wait, so you're saying that if people weren't stealing.....I wouldn't have to pay so much for my stuff......?!?!? Turn the bitch in!
Seriously, that's shitty of his friend to dupe the biz that way. I'm not for big biz, by any means, but that's just not right. Don't know if I'd turn my friend in like that, definitely give him a talking to, but he wouldn't be someone I ever trusted again, regardless. I do demand quality in the people I associate with.
I don't know man. I mean, internet use is pretty much a staple way of life for many of us. It's a primary use of communication, banking, bill paying, media entertainment and more. And sure, I can get by without it, just like we don't need cars. I mean, not really anyways.
And stamps back then weren't a necessity either. It wasn't so much "Jesus, they're taxing stamps! Not THAT!" but more of a "Not ANOTHER Tax. That's IT!". Taxation without representation. And I am being very very poorly represented.
I'm a communist for saying that my government is out of control? That politicians and business men do not have the best interest of the common man and the future of our country in mind? I'm a communist for saying that the old american way of life has become a thing of the past? Forgotten and twisted? Broken and bloodless?
Because of course one of the core tenents of american values is to berate and degrade those who would stand up and call truth. And even the better to do it behind the safety of anonymity.
Anonymous Coward.
Surely even you can appreciate the irony of that.
in Colonial American when the stamp tax was finally introduced. I'm not much off a history buff, but wasn't that the straw that broke the camels back?
I feel like this is a bit like the stamp tax: A ridculous excuse to squeeze more money from the population to fund a corrupt bullshit government. This country needs to wake up and revolt against itself. We're dying people, and nobody up there (congress) seems to care. We're over spent, out produced, and quickly getting out manueverd. i'm not talking about world domination, just survivability.
Anyone remeber the old adage, 'My kingdom for a horse?' And the horse was lost for lack of a nail? Well guess what: This country doesn't make nails anymore. Literally. We buy it all from China. Wake UP!
Would it be so different then from say the public key/private key encryption system used by PGP? Why wouldn't something like that work here?
I would still think that this would be different. This ruling seems to apply primarily to Copyrighted Material. Having your personal information posted/stolen/available/etc would amount to privacy violation and/or theft. Two different beasts entirely.
Just becuase I have an mp3 in my 'shared' folder doesn't mean I don't own it. Doesn't mean I'm trying to distribute it (technically), just means it s there.
what about the personal licensing involved?
I remember awhile back, a former employer was getting strong armed into some pretty outrageous licensing fees from BMI and ASCAP. He owned a dance studio, but the music he used wasn't owned by them (for the most part) and they wanted some hefty blanket fees.
Anyways, in the process of researching to help him find a solution, I remember reading about the inherent license that is granted when you purchase a recorded piece of music.
IIRC, playing a recorded piece of music is considered a performance by that artist, hence, they should be reimbursed for that performance. Since the performance is on a recorded medium, the consumer license is granted such that the purchaser can have an unlimited number of personal and private performances (i.e. play it on your stereo). This license was one of the justifications for the high cost of CD's.
So, back to my question: If I've purchased a CD, I've purchased that performance license. So, if I lose my CD, don't I still own the license? So shouldn't I be free to obtain another copy of that song/CD without paying those license fees again? The only relevent costs should be in materials.
So if I purchase an MP3 from itunes, etc....am I granted that same license? And if I download a CD that I've already paid for (maybe pre-order), am I actually breaking any laws as I should be granted the right of performance?
I think that an understanding of the movie is enhanced if the person watching has experienced the loss of a close loved one. If you've lost someone like that, some of the movie can just be overwhelming and some of the rest of it makes more sense. Somepeople just don't get it and that's fine. It's all opinions anyways. But there should be, at the very least, an appreciation for the artwork and cinematography. Overall, it was an incredible movie that I don't know if I'll ever be able to watch again.
So, for everyone else out there, no, it's not flying.
BUT that doesn't change the fact that this is really really wrong. These are snakes. They slither, they crawl, and they fall. They are not supposed to actively be able to leap off of trees or maintain any semblance of glide and control while airborne. God/Allah/He/She/It/Goat took away its apendages for a reason...and now this?!?
So what happened? What brought this about? Why are they in trees? Why will I never be able to go visit those south/souteast Asia countries after seeing this?
I don't just have to worry about the trees I'm under, but the trees withing 30 feet of me. (depending on height of course).
I went through the site, saw the screen shots...What is the difference between this and Firefox? I'm not too familiar with this thing called Opera, I've only watched it here and there. What makes it worth the $40?
Did you read the article? Omniture is a company hired to compile data and statistics on TurboTax Web site usage. They don't sell any data and they don't give Omniture the right to use or distribute any identifiable information. Intuit isn't 'selling' any data on its users. Try again.