This is the obvious solution. People still buying into the DRM Music Download deal really have no one to blame but themselves at this point. As long as those services keep raking in the cash-ola for these IP Trolls - I mean entertainment companies - they will keep pushing forward with this business. People keep saying they are "shooting themselves in the foot" but all I see is business as usual, people keep forking over money for DRM crippled downloaded music services.
I personally do not want any of these companies telling me what I can or can't buy.
Wal-Mart is not telling you what you can buy. They are telling you what you can buy from them, and what they sell clearly represents what the majority of their customers want.
Wal-Mart (and companies like them) are in no way preventing you from getting your hard core rap or "alturnative" music (which, due to their customer base they wouldn't carry anyway) from some other source. That Wal-Mart does not sell oscilloscopes, does that mean they are discriminating against buding electrical engineers? Of course not, it means they know what most of their customers want, and that's what they stock. Companies like Wal-Mart are profit whores, if they can make a lot of money selling it to their customers without offending their customers, they will.
Windows 7 is the first version of Windows that has me excited since as far back as I can remember.
Which version? Win 7 Home? Intermediate? Pro? Advanced Pro? Home Media? Home Education? Media Pro? Ultimate Home Media Pro? Win 7 Business? Business Pro Ultimate? Education Ultimate? Windows 7 Home Education Pro Ultimate Media? Intermediate Home Pro? Home Business?
Windows 7: There are so many versions to choose from...
There is no such thing as "independent groups" in the way that the author implies (except the ones that agree with the author?), all "issue" groups have a point of view and so bias.
The author doesn't like the Copyright Lobby's "independent groups", the Copyright Lobby doesn't like the author's favorite "independent groups". Surprise, surprise.
But I think this was the plan all along, to determine what the actual realistic "damages" for this type of transgression is. Something perhaps in the "reasonable" range.
Why don't they ask the group who has been using multiband equipment for several decades. Amateur Radio operators. They have radios that operate from below 1 MHz to over 1GHz. They have been doing (without pay) emergency radio communications for a very long time now.
Because it doesn't involve a really bloated government contract with some DoD favorite that has obscenely paid lobbyists, with state-of-the-art equipment that has serious design issues but lots of shiny digital displays and lights and switches, that you can drop 5 stories and it STILL doesn't work right.
One where there is room for Zuckerberg version, Google's, Microsofts and Richard Stallmans.
The problem with your vision is that Stallman, like Trotsky and other orthodox Marxists is exclusionary. So putting Stallman in the mix as you have is like opening a jar of antimatter. Stallman -for good or bad - is incompatible with any other vision.
Selling questionable meds is probably pretty hard to prosecute... but using abc's logo and Walters' image for advertising is definitely prosecution worthy. I hope some of these companies go after this scum.
Unfortunatly, the worst they'll get is a Cease and Desist letter, at which point they will move on to some other image / name theft. This is really not much different than the fake drug sites (are there any REAL on-line pharmacies?).
Anyway, the only reason you don't kill an infant is that he/she will grow up? If he doesn't develop, you should kill him?
No, but in this case, the child is being used as a human TOY for the parents. It is not a viable human in terms of what humans are normally for. It is its parents toy.
Hey, that's what I say when I'm caught watching porn on the internet when I should be working! Get your own lame excuse, or I'll sue you for infringement.
I used to work at IEG. That's what I did ALL DAY LONG.
We recently acquired an older project where we needed to simply change the title block on each page, and this process took roughly 5000 hours.
So, divided over your 3 dedicated engineers, it took almost a YEAR of dedicated work days to do this? So what is that, around $300,000 in labor and then add in overhead, you charged maybe half a mill just to change this block?
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If you don't want drm, buy the cd and rip.
This is the obvious solution. People still buying into the DRM Music Download deal really have no one to blame but themselves at this point. As long as those services keep raking in the cash-ola for these IP Trolls - I mean entertainment companies - they will keep pushing forward with this business. People keep saying they are "shooting themselves in the foot" but all I see is business as usual, people keep forking over money for DRM crippled downloaded music services.
"I see you are trying to launch a nuclear missile..."
I personally do not want any of these companies telling me what I can or can't buy.
Wal-Mart is not telling you what you can buy. They are telling you what you can buy from them, and what they sell clearly represents what the majority of their customers want.
Wal-Mart (and companies like them) are in no way preventing you from getting your hard core rap or "alturnative" music (which, due to their customer base they wouldn't carry anyway) from some other source. That Wal-Mart does not sell oscilloscopes, does that mean they are discriminating against buding electrical engineers? Of course not, it means they know what most of their customers want, and that's what they stock. Companies like Wal-Mart are profit whores, if they can make a lot of money selling it to their customers without offending their customers, they will.
Will Flash just die already!
There's always Silverlight... No, really!
Many people have told me that I have a shocking personality...
Charge several thousand people $2.31 too much and you can make an alright profit.
Let's see... 2000 x $2.31 is, er, around $4620. Yes indeed, big mamou, yes indeed.
Windows 7 is the first version of Windows that has me excited since as far back as I can remember.
Which version? Win 7 Home? Intermediate? Pro? Advanced Pro? Home Media? Home Education? Media Pro? Ultimate Home Media Pro? Win 7 Business? Business Pro Ultimate? Education Ultimate? Windows 7 Home Education Pro Ultimate Media? Intermediate Home Pro? Home Business?
Windows 7: There are so many versions to choose from...
You are a crap-tastic asshole. I'll bet you masturbate A LOT.
The author's favorite "independent groups" are going to be grass roots organizations.
Many "grass roots organizations" are not.
This is a red herring.
There is no such thing as "independent groups" in the way that the author implies (except the ones that agree with the author?), all "issue" groups have a point of view and so bias.
The author doesn't like the Copyright Lobby's "independent groups", the Copyright Lobby doesn't like the author's favorite "independent groups". Surprise, surprise.
I still remember my compuserve address... 70324,1777...
Hello, Christian Gross.
Yes, indeed funny.
But I think this was the plan all along, to determine what the actual realistic "damages" for this type of transgression is. Something perhaps in the "reasonable" range.
$199 x 260,000 customers = $51,740,000.
This company shut down for "financial" reasons. Like they took the money and ran?
I'm not surprised, the TSA and its money grubbing sycophantic associates are a steaming pile of shit.
All this company does is do background checks and issue a plastic card, and they can't do it for 51 million gross?
Typical government contractor type boondoggle (strictly speaking, they were not a contractor).
Why don't they ask the group who has been using multiband equipment for several decades. Amateur Radio operators. They have radios that operate from below 1 MHz to over 1GHz. They have been doing (without pay) emergency radio communications for a very long time now.
Because it doesn't involve a really bloated government contract with some DoD favorite that has obscenely paid lobbyists, with state-of-the-art equipment that has serious design issues but lots of shiny digital displays and lights and switches, that you can drop 5 stories and it STILL doesn't work right.
No joke. That's why.
New government program to make us safer, managed by Homeland Security? This can only end in a very expensive disaster...
I already deleted (not just disabled) my fb account and know many other people too after graduating college.
An interesting statement. I resisted getting a Facebook account until after college, when I decided I wanted to try to find old school friends.
One where there is room for Zuckerberg version, Google's, Microsofts and Richard Stallmans.
The problem with your vision is that Stallman, like Trotsky and other orthodox Marxists is exclusionary. So putting Stallman in the mix as you have is like opening a jar of antimatter. Stallman -for good or bad - is incompatible with any other vision.
Selling questionable meds is probably pretty hard to prosecute ... but using abc's logo and Walters' image for advertising is definitely prosecution worthy. I hope some of these companies go after this scum.
Unfortunatly, the worst they'll get is a Cease and Desist letter, at which point they will move on to some other image / name theft. This is really not much different than the fake drug sites (are there any REAL on-line pharmacies?).
According to this: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0625091jackson1.html he masturbated the young man to climax.
Yes, but Jackson was into cute boys. She wouldn't have qualified.
Anyway, the only reason you don't kill an infant is that he/she will grow up? If he doesn't develop, you should kill him?
No, but in this case, the child is being used as a human TOY for the parents. It is not a viable human in terms of what humans are normally for. It is its parents toy.
You've basically agreed with him. Whats your bitch? I don't get it.
Hey, that's what I say when I'm caught watching porn on the internet when I should be working! Get your own lame excuse, or I'll sue you for infringement.
I used to work at IEG. That's what I did ALL DAY LONG.
P.S. Is Slashdot's CSS just going to get weirder and weirder until the site can't used at all? Now the comment field is about 3cm wide.
Slashdot's CSS is optomized for FF on Slack. You must be using WinBlows... "Get a real OS"
We recently acquired an older project where we needed to simply change the title block on each page, and this process took roughly 5000 hours.
So, divided over your 3 dedicated engineers, it took almost a YEAR of dedicated work days to do this? So what is that, around $300,000 in labor and then add in overhead, you charged maybe half a mill just to change this block?