you could just bring your little Vudu box to your friend's house and now you have all your movies ready to watch with friends. It's at most the size of a stack of a few DVDs. Can you imagine actually doing that with a DVD player? I know I can't. Also if I want to lend a friend a particular movie without losing my entire box, is that functionality going to be built into Vudu?
Secondly this would replace the need for DVDs While a nice idea, this is attempting to compete in a market dominated by DVDs. Having some compatibility with current DVDs would be a smart move. Given that this is a start-up rather then big and established companies pushing this technology, it isn't going to be able to enter the market and dominate it easily (like DVDs did).
Except radio and covers would work, as the RIAA has a shitload of music it can license out. That's a non-argument. The RIAA gets to collect money it should have no right to collect, all because of a bogus argument.
The box's biggest asset is raw speed: the company says the films will begin playing immediately after a customer makes a selection. Either this is going to be limited in which areas it is deployed or else this is hyperbole of the extreme. I doubt it will be able to deliver instantaneous playing straight for people no matter where they are in America as there are many places that do not have broadband.
If Vudu succeeds, it may mean goodbye to laborious computer downloads, sticky-floored movie theaters and cable companies' much narrower video-on-demand offerings. Good luck with that. However the technology to release movies simultaneously with theatre releases has existed for some time (VHS), and every major studio released their stuff on VHS, but somehow managed to delay the VHS release until after the theatre release in most cases. I don't see anything in Vudu's offering that is likely to change this.
Also if this requires I have an internet connection (it was a little light on that detail) then it won't do very well as people typically do not want their internet connection slowing to a halt because little billy wants to 101 Dalmatians.
Also it doesn't mention if I will be able to burn my movie onto a DVD. If I can then what sort of DRM am I going to get encumbered with? If not, then I don't see these replacing DVDs (or Bluray/HDDVD). People like to be able to take a movie to their friends place without their friend needing to have a Vudu. Now unless Vudu quickly becomes cheaper then DVDs, I see this being too large a hurdle for it to overcome.
Aaah, well yes unfortunately some countries are so desperate for money they'll let their people starve. Fortunately some countries (America, Australia, England) aren't that desperate.
then again, you could also get out of your house/office/hacker dungeon once in a while... Except wouldn't that result in an increase in cancer? I think I'll stay in my hacker dungeon thankyouverymuch.
Well the study was only done with women Lord Duran. I don't think dressing up in women's clothing will get you the 60% boost in your cancer avoidance abilities.
. Even now there are stories in the newspapers about locals having not enough food and water because their resources are being used for the production of alcohol for car fuel Do you have a reliable example of this?
Well I'd say that they think getting cleaner energy is worth the price difference. I know its strange to hear of people who put something in front of the almighty buck, but they do exist.
As I say here this is truly despicable, but not really surprising. I think its about time that the RIAA or the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board got changed so this sort of bullshit doesn't happen anymore. However given that the RIAA isn't a government body, it will have to be the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board who keep enabling them.
Sorry, I thought you meant in America (as that's what we were talking about in this particular thread, how it happens in places other then China, such as America).
Leaking state secrets, subverting the government etc are more or less considered crimal or treasonous acts everywhere not only in China I'm guessing the etc are less considered crimal, yes? Or can you point to the relevant laws which deem the following illegal:
* undermining national unity
* spreading rumors
* disturbing the social order
On which country on the earth these are totally free actions? "undermining national unity" to start with. I could go on to "spreading rumors" but there's not much point.
In US it's racism Really? Is saying something like "all niggers are fags" result in punishment from the government in America? Wow. America's even worse then I've heard. Or else you're full of shit.
Definitely. I wonder, will they be reporting those who commit misconduct to the Chinese police? Or will they quickly cover it up and only forward any relevant information if subpoenaed?
I also think it's also the media's responsibility (as well as that of the citizens) to ask serious questions and to hold the politicions responsible. Unfortunately many Americans believe that to do this is to not support your troops and is unAmerican.
So do you still give the media that were a part of this media circus you're attention and money? If so you gave them absolutely no reason to change their tactics. If not, then I salute you.
Oh come on! It was some humor. I copied the typical stephen king troll and put it in a real article about someone dying. While you might call me a troll for finding humor in death, you'll also be calling quite a lot of other slashdotters trolls.
Also even if I was trolling, it just proves my statement that the Karma system is broken as I wasn't modded a troll for the post.
Actually you can agree with non-commercial distribution of someone else's copyrighted material while still protect commercial distribution of someone else's copyrighted material. While it doesn't protect the GPL in all cases, I think many would say it protects it in the important cases;)
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It isn't collecting money, its granting a license to someone else without consulting me.
Except radio and covers would work, as the RIAA has a shitload of music it can license out. That's a non-argument. The RIAA gets to collect money it should have no right to collect, all because of a bogus argument.
Aaah, well yes unfortunately some countries are so desperate for money they'll let their people starve. Fortunately some countries (America, Australia, England) aren't that desperate.
Yes. You see sunlight, like many things, too much of something can be lethal.
Well the study was only done with women Lord Duran. I don't think dressing up in women's clothing will get you the 60% boost in your cancer avoidance abilities.
So anyone can infringe on my copyright as long as they pay SoundExchange? Wow. That sounds even worse then the original article.
Well I'd say that they think getting cleaner energy is worth the price difference. I know its strange to hear of people who put something in front of the almighty buck, but they do exist.
Yes but unfortunately paying for the lawyer is going to make it prohibitively expensive for most people.
As I say here this is truly despicable, but not really surprising. I think its about time that the RIAA or the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board got changed so this sort of bullshit doesn't happen anymore. However given that the RIAA isn't a government body, it will have to be the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board who keep enabling them.
Steve Jobs was a script kiddie? O rly?
Sorry, I thought you meant in America (as that's what we were talking about in this particular thread, how it happens in places other then China, such as America).
Definitely. I wonder, will they be reporting those who commit misconduct to the Chinese police? Or will they quickly cover it up and only forward any relevant information if subpoenaed?
I don't know, and yet people somehow manage to do it all the time.
So do you still give the media that were a part of this media circus you're attention and money? If so you gave them absolutely no reason to change their tactics. If not, then I salute you.
Oh come on! It was some humor. I copied the typical stephen king troll and put it in a real article about someone dying. While you might call me a troll for finding humor in death, you'll also be calling quite a lot of other slashdotters trolls.
Also even if I was trolling, it just proves my statement that the Karma system is broken as I wasn't modded a troll for the post.
Actually you can agree with non-commercial distribution of someone else's copyrighted material while still protect commercial distribution of someone else's copyrighted material. While it doesn't protect the GPL in all cases, I think many would say it protects it in the important cases ;)