Re:weird perspective for a conflict... and wrong!
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Sun's Open Source DRM
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I don't get the MPAA/RIAA. I really don't. People who want to pirate music/movies will find a way. You see it all the time. Some big blockbuster is about to come out in theaters, and all of the sudden you can download the thing off the internet. So now tell me how DRM helps? 4 months after the movie is in theaters it comes out on DVD and on the internet via DRM'd downloads. Is the DRM'd download stopping anything? No. The movie has been being pirated for 4 months already at a higher quality than the DRM'd download.
DRM hurts the consumer, which hurts the MPAA/RIAA. Am I just naive, or are they really that blind?
What's more, it's common practice for people here to go to the book store or magazine rack and just stand there reading the magazines without buying them.:)
Don't think that's just in Japan. In high school I used to go for donut runs to the local grocery store and read my favorite magazine.
Hmm, no wonder I know more about ATV's than history.
Exactly. My Father Recently moved to a different state where he works from home. But he often comes back for business or to visit the family. He has a 17" Powerbook, which serves wonderfully as a portable workstation. He never uses it in transit.
I have purchased a bunch of Songs from iTunes. I like that i can preview before I buy and that I only have to buy what I like.
A few months ago I had to reinstall my OS. I backed up everything important, including my iTunes songs, But it never really crossed my mind that I should deauthorize my iTunes account before erasing my computer. When I reinstalled my OS and iTunes I realized that I would have to use another iTunes authorization to listen to my music.
Sure it was my mistake, but not being able to listen to my music on one of my computers because it slipped my mind to deauthorize before I reinstalled sucks. I use jHymn just to make sure I can listen to iTunes on all of my computers. If something happens to one of my computers, I can still listen to my music.
Re:Science numbers? What about business numbers?
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I'm not sure if everyone does this because I don't follow everything, but as an Apple fan I follow Apple. Every time they release a new powermac they say "The fastest Mac Ever!!!!!"
NO FREAKING DUH@! Your telling me that they have made their new computers faster than their old ones? This is amazing!
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the new computers are faster, but that line is getting old real fast.
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I don't get the MPAA/RIAA. I really don't. People who want to pirate music/movies will find a way. You see it all the time. Some big blockbuster is about to come out in theaters, and all of the sudden you can download the thing off the internet. So now tell me how DRM helps? 4 months after the movie is in theaters it comes out on DVD and on the internet via DRM'd downloads. Is the DRM'd download stopping anything? No. The movie has been being pirated for 4 months already at a higher quality than the DRM'd download. DRM hurts the consumer, which hurts the MPAA/RIAA. Am I just naive, or are they really that blind?
Exactly.
My Father Recently moved to a different state where he works from home. But he often comes back for business or to visit the family. He has a 17" Powerbook, which serves wonderfully as a portable workstation. He never uses it in transit.
I have purchased a bunch of Songs from iTunes. I like that i can preview before I buy and that I only have to buy what I like. A few months ago I had to reinstall my OS. I backed up everything important, including my iTunes songs, But it never really crossed my mind that I should deauthorize my iTunes account before erasing my computer. When I reinstalled my OS and iTunes I realized that I would have to use another iTunes authorization to listen to my music.
Sure it was my mistake, but not being able to listen to my music on one of my computers because it slipped my mind to deauthorize before I reinstalled sucks. I use jHymn just to make sure I can listen to iTunes on all of my computers. If something happens to one of my computers, I can still listen to my music.
I'm not sure if everyone does this because I don't follow everything, but as an Apple fan I follow Apple. Every time they release a new powermac they say "The fastest Mac Ever!!!!!"
NO FREAKING DUH@! Your telling me that they have made their new computers faster than their old ones? This is amazing!
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the new computers are faster, but that line is getting old real fast.
At the College I go to my SSN is my Student ID. It is even used to check a tshirt out in the PE department.