So you have a set of extremely strict terms. Terms that are easily not reached so you can justify the convenience of your actions?
I think this is how most thieves and crooks think.
Why can't Netflix come out with a killer MS Media Center plug in? They went through all this effort to get a $99 box to market, but can't get a sanctioned plug-in for MCE out in the market place?
For now I am using MyNetFlix. It does a good job, but could be perfect with a little help from MS/Netflix.
Although I 'LOATHE' Monster Cable and everything they stand for, I am sure that there off shore arrangements will pass IRS and US tax code muster. Unfortunately. Monster is really slime company.
Holy crap, people actually get it... Great post. This whole advertising 'Unlimited' internet bandwidth to Millions of customers is what has perpetuated some of this. It didn't use to be that way, there were limits do how much data you could use in a month. There was a very good reason why. But GREED got the better of the Cable and Telco companies. Just like the banks and sub-prime lending, I really don't feel like bailing them out.
Please, I don't know if we can handle any more 'deregulation'.
Is that I didn't vote for them to be spam cop... Twice in 5 years our extremely locked down email server ended up on their black list even though we weren't open for relay. The 3rd time we filed in federal court for loss of business. That was the last time we had a problem with them.
Buggy whips when way of the dodo. Books are going the way, of well, BOOKS. It's not like buggy whips went from leather to virtual leather. They were no longer needed.
That is why I don't purchase any virtual whatever (books, music,movies) if I can avoid it. Having the physical media gives me one critical thing: ABSOLUTE control of what I purchase. If I do something wrong with that, there are existing laws to protect the person that had an original thought and should be rewarded for it.
To all you "I don't believe in imaginary property" people, go to hell. You ain't going to get your way (which is every thing every one else does should be free).
What is funny is that most of the people that disagree with you would do horribly in the courts defending their stance. They have the attitude that 'They know best'. That the average joe on the street is some how uneducated, when really all it is is their common sense morality that most of your detractors lack, or simply have no ability to deduce for themselves.
All of that not withstanding, we still rank 37th in overall health care. Not good enough for supposedly the #1 country on the globe. Health industries in general should be focused on HEALTH, not on profits. For me, I eat healthy, don't smoke and get exercise. I do my part.
Netflix has a streaming service that works for watching something that you like out of their 'Watch Now' library. A library that they are going to continue to grow. A service that now lets me watch an unlimited amount of streamed content for $8.99/month. And all the majority can do is BITCH about it.
It sounds like you found a better, legal version, for less money with all the features (5.1 surround, subtitles, 720P, multi-platform, multi-browser etc...) That all starts within a few seconds of selection. So why are you here bitching about Netflix? Just fucking use the better service you found. I have sales leads tell me they found product X cheaper somewhere else, GREAT GO BUY IT.
I have a news flash for you: Netflix doesn't want you as a customer. I have no idea why you haven't seen the GO AWAY sign they have posted for you.
Me, I have an HTPC with a Netflix account. I just finished watching Heroes season I and II. The Office is next. It looks good on my 37" lcd. For $8.99 a month I am damned satisfied.
"I'd just like to know what all those administrators are doing cruising Facebook pages looking at the students in their school."
Obviously looking for students doing really dumb shit.
1st: You post something to a public sight, well it's pretty much public. Why even ask why group A is cruising group B's social networking sight? Simple answer: BECAUSE THEY CAN.
2nd: I have been at this computer 'thing' for 20 years now. I have never exposed my real identity to a public forums, EVER. I'm 35 now, so even when I was a teenager and had BBS and Internet access, I kept my shit private. Yes, I had Internet access in 88'.
3rd: These kids, like most of the kids I went to high school with, are morons.
Kids will always think they some how have a one up on the adult population. Problem with that is, there are adults that have been hard core computing longer than little Jeffery has been alive. How more than a hundred of them could do something basically so stupid is actually indicative of the education they have received from the school that is now punishing them. Can we at least pull the Dean/Guidance Councilors/Principal/Superintendent onto the carpet for being lax in their responsibility to teach these idiots some critical/analytical/objective mental skills?
Why is this stupid shit even news? Oh, I forget, it's/.
Slashdot has the article header wrong. He isn't being sued for ripping CD's, he is being sued for downloading music he doesn't own. Slashdot and subsequent posters over the past 3 years have done more to negate their own credibility than any outside influence could have ever prayed for. Nice going...
I think juries will see past your 'almost infringement'. Most juries are going to fail safe on the side of the infringed in these flagrant cases of sharing. Again, you can't sit there as defendant with a Cheshire Cat grin on your face because you shared out works you had no right to and knowing they can't prove that anyone downloaded the file beyond their investigative agents. Regardless of how the law is written. You need to understand that about the 'common folk'.
It's not difficult at all. I think a jury when presented with all the facts will have an understanding between the unwitting dupe and the person that thought they could put items up for mass distribution and not have to answer to society at large. I think to play ignorant when installing a popular P2P application in front of the jury really isn't going to work. Lots of shades of gray. I can only pray that these idiots on Kazaa/Limewire/Emule/Edonkey etc... keep getting their just deserts. If you are an artist and would like to release your work under creative commons, or even keep it copyrighted and grant pell nell permission to distribute, I am perfectly fine with that.
Lets not pretend that regardless of letter of the law, jurors won't take intent or lack of.
I am totally willing to let the process figure this out and let the chips fall where they may. I believe personally, you put something up there for mass distribution, intent is already proven. Why should a damaged party have to prove the almost impossible. Not like a 1000 people are coming forward to admit they flagrantly broke the law. Even if you granted immunity that person could be a 1000 miles away and could care less.
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So you have a set of extremely strict terms. Terms that are easily not reached so you can justify the convenience of your actions? I think this is how most thieves and crooks think.
Why can't Netflix come out with a killer MS Media Center plug in? They went through all this effort to get a $99 box to market, but can't get a sanctioned plug-in for MCE out in the market place? For now I am using MyNetFlix. It does a good job, but could be perfect with a little help from MS/Netflix.
Beware your saviors that come dressed with hardhats.
So? Join Audioholics.com or AVSFORM.com and you would been on the cusp of this budding story.
Although I 'LOATHE' Monster Cable and everything they stand for, I am sure that there off shore arrangements will pass IRS and US tax code muster. Unfortunately. Monster is really slime company.
Like my software outfit, NFR's come with a contract that the reviewer signs. Big difference.
Holy crap, people actually get it... Great post. This whole advertising 'Unlimited' internet bandwidth to Millions of customers is what has perpetuated some of this. It didn't use to be that way, there were limits do how much data you could use in a month. There was a very good reason why. But GREED got the better of the Cable and Telco companies. Just like the banks and sub-prime lending, I really don't feel like bailing them out.
Please, I don't know if we can handle any more 'deregulation'.
Is that I didn't vote for them to be spam cop... Twice in 5 years our extremely locked down email server ended up on their black list even though we weren't open for relay. The 3rd time we filed in federal court for loss of business. That was the last time we had a problem with them.
YAWA (Yet another weak analogy).
Buggy whips when way of the dodo. Books are going the way, of well, BOOKS. It's not like buggy whips went from leather to virtual leather. They were no longer needed.
That is why I don't purchase any virtual whatever (books, music,movies) if I can avoid it. Having the physical media gives me one critical thing: ABSOLUTE control of what I purchase. If I do something wrong with that, there are existing laws to protect the person that had an original thought and should be rewarded for it.
To all you "I don't believe in imaginary property" people, go to hell. You ain't going to get your way (which is every thing every one else does should be free).
Dear Lord :rolleyes: If you took 30 seconds to skim the FA, you would have seen that he represented himself.
What is funny is that most of the people that disagree with you would do horribly in the courts defending their stance. They have the attitude that 'They know best'. That the average joe on the street is some how uneducated, when really all it is is their common sense morality that most of your detractors lack, or simply have no ability to deduce for themselves.
All of that not withstanding, we still rank 37th in overall health care. Not good enough for supposedly the #1 country on the globe. Health industries in general should be focused on HEALTH, not on profits. For me, I eat healthy, don't smoke and get exercise. I do my part.
Netflix has a streaming service that works for watching something that you like out of their 'Watch Now' library. A library that they are going to continue to grow. A service that now lets me watch an unlimited amount of streamed content for $8.99/month. And all the majority can do is BITCH about it.
It sounds like you found a better, legal version, for less money with all the features (5.1 surround, subtitles, 720P, multi-platform, multi-browser etc...) That all starts within a few seconds of selection. So why are you here bitching about Netflix? Just fucking use the better service you found. I have sales leads tell me they found product X cheaper somewhere else, GREAT GO BUY IT.
I have a news flash for you: Netflix doesn't want you as a customer. I have no idea why you haven't seen the GO AWAY sign they have posted for you.
Me, I have an HTPC with a Netflix account. I just finished watching Heroes season I and II. The Office is next. It looks good on my 37" lcd. For $8.99 a month I am damned satisfied.
"I'd just like to know what all those administrators are doing cruising Facebook pages looking at the students in their school."
/.
Obviously looking for students doing really dumb shit.
1st: You post something to a public sight, well it's pretty much public. Why even ask why group A is cruising group B's social networking sight? Simple answer: BECAUSE THEY CAN.
2nd: I have been at this computer 'thing' for 20 years now. I have never exposed my real identity to a public forums, EVER. I'm 35 now, so even when I was a teenager and had BBS and Internet access, I kept my shit private. Yes, I had Internet access in 88'.
3rd: These kids, like most of the kids I went to high school with, are morons.
Kids will always think they some how have a one up on the adult population. Problem with that is, there are adults that have been hard core computing longer than little Jeffery has been alive. How more than a hundred of them could do something basically so stupid is actually indicative of the education they have received from the school that is now punishing them. Can we at least pull the Dean/Guidance Councilors/Principal/Superintendent onto the carpet for being lax in their responsibility to teach these idiots some critical/analytical/objective mental skills?
Why is this stupid shit even news? Oh, I forget, it's
Apparently we paid attention to the fact that the Japanese do neato/useful stuff that make their cars desirable and GM/FORD/Chrysler play catch-up.
Dude, I read the article at the Post. They were indeed incorrect. Slashdot has already posted a corrected topic. :rolleyes:
For Gods sake: HE ISN'T BEING SUED FOR RIPPING HIS OWN CD'S TO HIS COMPUTER. What don't you understand. The Washington Post article is incorrect.
Slashdot has the article header wrong. He isn't being sued for ripping CD's, he is being sued for downloading music he doesn't own. Slashdot and subsequent posters over the past 3 years have done more to negate their own credibility than any outside influence could have ever prayed for. Nice going...
What a statement. You go girl! If I only had points to mod you insightful. Clarity in a single sentance.
I'd rather throw assholes like you on the grenade to save the rest of us the problems you are integral in helping foment.
If what you said if correct, then I guess you look forward to the successful appeal of the RIAA vs Thomas trial. I am not holding my breath.
I think juries will see past your 'almost infringement'. Most juries are going to fail safe on the side of the infringed in these flagrant cases of sharing. Again, you can't sit there as defendant with a Cheshire Cat grin on your face because you shared out works you had no right to and knowing they can't prove that anyone downloaded the file beyond their investigative agents. Regardless of how the law is written. You need to understand that about the 'common folk'.
It's not difficult at all. I think a jury when presented with all the facts will have an understanding between the unwitting dupe and the person that thought they could put items up for mass distribution and not have to answer to society at large. I think to play ignorant when installing a popular P2P application in front of the jury really isn't going to work. Lots of shades of gray. I can only pray that these idiots on Kazaa/Limewire/Emule/Edonkey etc... keep getting their just deserts. If you are an artist and would like to release your work under creative commons, or even keep it copyrighted and grant pell nell permission to distribute, I am perfectly fine with that. Lets not pretend that regardless of letter of the law, jurors won't take intent or lack of.
I am totally willing to let the process figure this out and let the chips fall where they may. I believe personally, you put something up there for mass distribution, intent is already proven. Why should a damaged party have to prove the almost impossible. Not like a 1000 people are coming forward to admit they flagrantly broke the law. Even if you granted immunity that person could be a 1000 miles away and could care less.
I guess will have to agree with you and not the courts nor jury. Glad to see you have it right and all the others have it wrong.