So are these videos edited, only turned on at very specific times (with C-SPAN having the option to turn them on in more times), fixed while C-SPANS' would have been rotatable?
Err... they're videotaping anyway. The only difference is who gets to own the tape afterwards. The public or some private company that's seeking to maximize its own profits at the expense of the freedoms of the people.
I don't see how they're avoiding they're "own poison" and "hiding stuff."
Around here, the closest thing to a traffic jam is me. Even the old people think I drive too slow. Wow, that must be pretty embarrassing considering you live in an Amish community.
This alone is actually quite good. Provided that the people using the cameras and speakers have very strict guidelines they must follow and those guidelines are strictly enforced. Also assuming that there aren't any unfair laws.
Given that the first of the above condition isn't likely to be true in all cases with the second definitely not true at the moment, these cameras are terrible. But the problem isn't the cameras themselves.
So if I have a window in my house overlooking a screen from a drive-in and charge deaf people to sit and look out my window, is that copyright infringement?
Hmmm... perhaps I should make a new name "TerribleAnalogyGuy"
My understanding is that its legal to download illegal to upload. The fact its the RIAA downloading it is irrelevant. Just as it would be illegal for a bootlegger to sell a pirated CD to the RIAA, its illegal to upload the RIAA songs without permission from the RIAA. AFAIK the RIAA downloading the content doesn't automatically grant you that permission. However IANAL and AFAIK this defence hasn't been tried in a court of law.
Books generally go out of print for a reason - because the demand for them sinks below a profitable level
With the case of PoD there is no money lost, see Lulu as a successful example (not talking about vending machine PoDs).
Try reading what I wrote - POD machines have debuted to much fanfare every other year or so for over a decade. Millions of dollars have been invested in them - and all of it to date lost because either the machines made crappy (physical) quality books, or it turned out that there wasn't a demand.
A) Those are only one type of people that need to invest B) Fair point;)
If you'd presented a description of the problem it solves - I'd say you are correct. But you didn't. (Airy handwaving about imaginary worlds isn't describing a problem.)
Funny, I said enough for you to realise what the problem was: Books falling to such a low interest that traditional publishing means are no longer profitable. But here I'm talking about PoD in general, rather then these vending machines.
Print-on-demand is a solution in search of a problem.
Actually it isn't. Its a solution people refuse to invest in. Imagine if Marvel and DC Comics made available all of their old comics through PoD. No more out of print comics. Imagine if books that are now out of print, were actually made available through PoD. No more out of print books.
No, PoD is definitely a solution for a very real problem. The only thing stopping it from taking off is publishers and copyright holders.
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They may have had to wait until the end because everyone was too much of a bastard to let them in beforehand.
So are these videos edited, only turned on at very specific times (with C-SPAN having the option to turn them on in more times), fixed while C-SPANS' would have been rotatable?
No, this isn't Brute. You must have the wrong person.
Err... they're videotaping anyway. The only difference is who gets to own the tape afterwards. The public or some private company that's seeking to maximize its own profits at the expense of the freedoms of the people.
I don't see how they're avoiding they're "own poison" and "hiding stuff."
I was going to mod you funny, but.. meh. I'll finish this post later.
Is the charge just as high? if so that's completely screwed up.
It depends if "intent to kill a real deer out of season" is a crime.
The problem with that is by the time you're ready to buy a PS3, there'll be a PS4 released shortly so all of the companies will stop making PS3 games.
Lets not give the police guns because hey, what if they go bad in ten, twenty, fifty years time!
This alone is actually quite good. Provided that the people using the cameras and speakers have very strict guidelines they must follow and those guidelines are strictly enforced. Also assuming that there aren't any unfair laws.
Given that the first of the above condition isn't likely to be true in all cases with the second definitely not true at the moment, these cameras are terrible. But the problem isn't the cameras themselves.
Oh Jesus Christ! That law was actually enacted in the year 1984. Satire is dead.
Fuck that's fucking fucked.
It sounds to me like DRM infringes on my security. Therefore anything about DRM is most definitely about security.
I offer my condolences.
Don't blame me, I modded him insightful.
Or it could be necessary the copyright holders simply refuse to put their works in PoD.
So if I have a window in my house overlooking a screen from a drive-in and charge deaf people to sit and look out my window, is that copyright infringement?
Hmmm... perhaps I should make a new name "TerribleAnalogyGuy"
My understanding is that its legal to download illegal to upload. The fact its the RIAA downloading it is irrelevant. Just as it would be illegal for a bootlegger to sell a pirated CD to the RIAA, its illegal to upload the RIAA songs without permission from the RIAA. AFAIK the RIAA downloading the content doesn't automatically grant you that permission. However IANAL and AFAIK this defence hasn't been tried in a court of law.
With the case of PoD there is no money lost, see Lulu as a successful example (not talking about vending machine PoDs).
A) Those are only one type of people that need to invest B) Fair point
Funny, I said enough for you to realise what the problem was: Books falling to such a low interest that traditional publishing means are no longer profitable. But here I'm talking about PoD in general, rather then these vending machines.
Can this thing deal with images as well as text? Or is it limited to text?
Actually it isn't. Its a solution people refuse to invest in. Imagine if Marvel and DC Comics made available all of their old comics through PoD. No more out of print comics. Imagine if books that are now out of print, were actually made available through PoD. No more out of print books.
No, PoD is definitely a solution for a very real problem. The only thing stopping it from taking off is publishers and copyright holders.