Ok I'm not sure of this stuff either, but in Canada it's 14, BUT if the other person is over 18 and is in a position of authority, (implied that the "victim" is still under 18) then it's still illegal.
So aka, cop, teachers, and so on, can't really screw anyone under 18 without them being screwed afterwards by a lawsuit.
My question is, and I checked, and I couldn't find anything, how will the DVD manufacturers know that your key has been hacked and such? It's not like it's going to magically tell them. You would need some sort of connection to them to tell them that your DVD has been hacked.
So the only plausible thing I can think of is that the DVD will write to your firmware saying that your DVD is now FUBAR and you can't play anything making YOUR DVD the ONLY DVD that can't play anything. So I don't see where you guys see EVERY other DVD there being obsolete, I just don't see how...
But from TFA which I didn't paste because so many other people did in their comments, it said an email had been sent, hence the message from the email, its purely hypothetical.
I'm not going to post it again, but after it got/.'ed it sends an email to the admin everytime someone visits it.
Thing is, some admins have a message sent to their cell phones everytime one of their sever crashes, on top, usually that costs 0.05$ a message. Actually I have no clue but for arguments sake let's say it was 0.05$. Take a guess at how many people clicked that link sending a message to his email who, if enabled, sends a message to his phone.
What you fail to see as well is the availability for the material. Just as in Canada where the supreme court judge ruled long ago that _downloading_ music was like making photocopies of a book at a library. So for example, this here is taking a photocopy let's say of a book, and then adding notes for readers. This is all just technical and political speaking to work around issues. So it could pass. Where the illegal/legal line is crossed, as the judge rules, is advertising, if you advertise you have it and want to distribute it, then its illegal. Otherwise, it's not your fault;) of course this was used for p2p file sharing apps like kazaa, and since I'm from Canada, I suppose this is why I see it this way.
I don't get it, why are you all bashing the fansubbers? It's like taping an tv episode for a friend in a forein country and translating it for them. I don't think language should be a barrier to determine what is piracy and what isn't. I mean, anyone can watch tv for free and tape it, hell record it if you like on an HD. So I don't see how it's wrong in any way, unless of course it's licensed in the country you live in, which in this case is most likely the states.
So again, how is this different from doing it with US shows and giving it to a friend in Europe who doesn't want to wait forever to receive it on their network, and while you are at it, translate it for them?
Well let's see, when you download music and movies, you make...oh wait, 0$. But when you produce a movie and sell tons of shit, you make, oooh I don't know, roughly $800million. Well at least on this deal.
and I'll say it again, the average person (not average slashdot person) wants things fast and easy. So anything requiring the least effort is the best route for them. And for some people, that is doing banking on a wireless connection without proper encryption. Of course, this is just one of the many problems that exist with doing online banking without taking precautions or cleaning your cookies afterwards.
As long as these settings are not done by default for such interactions, there will always be some people to steal from. Quite easily too might I add.
Im thinking more on the "outdoor rink" type of hockey. It's the best, sometimes I end up playing hours a day, can't do that in an arena, without paying money.
Same, though it would be cool if southern canada would be tropical and then nothern canada would be winter, so we can have hockey and kick ass beaches in one place!
Well I've been reading more, and if people are interested, you should read about the Google API, downside is, you need a web key to make a request upon every search if you use it's API and it is limited to 1000 requests per day per key. But essentially you can develop certain web applications built on Google's web search, I am still not sure of all of the functionality that this has to offer, but at least it looks interesting for further applications.
As much as this sounds like a long shot, well at least to me, I just read a couple of days ago, O'Reilly's Google Hacks and it would be possible to do what you say. It also inspired me to try a few things, your proposition would be totally do-able in html and a little javascript. For example, try searching for the name of anything you want followed by filetype:torrent in the google search bar and see what comes up.
Im sure these notes would be private, as in you have to leave the phone number for the person that you want to read it. But then that would become redundant, why not just call them? or better yet text message them? damn consumer whores....
Maybe if the website would take into account the hit counts it has estimating the number of people checking out the traffic and then approximately estimating (yes I realise the innacuracy in these words) the ammount of people taking the back roads and do the calculation again...just a thought. But as always, good luck predicting human behavior!
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So aka, cop, teachers, and so on, can't really screw anyone under 18 without them being screwed afterwards by a lawsuit.
So the only plausible thing I can think of is that the DVD will write to your firmware saying that your DVD is now FUBAR and you can't play anything making YOUR DVD the ONLY DVD that can't play anything. So I don't see where you guys see EVERY other DVD there being obsolete, I just don't see how...
It's because it's Microsoft Canada eh.
But from TFA which I didn't paste because so many other people did in their comments, it said an email had been sent, hence the message from the email, its purely hypothetical.
I'm not going to post it again, but after it got /.'ed it sends an email to the admin everytime someone visits it.
Thing is, some admins have a message sent to their cell phones everytime one of their sever crashes, on top, usually that costs 0.05$ a message. Actually I have no clue but for arguments sake let's say it was 0.05$. Take a guess at how many people clicked that link sending a message to his email who, if enabled, sends a message to his phone.
I really don't want to see that bill!
it wasn't windows, because then I would be terribly frightened - see shivering in a corner weeping frightened.
What you fail to see as well is the availability for the material. Just as in Canada where the supreme court judge ruled long ago that _downloading_ music was like making photocopies of a book at a library. So for example, this here is taking a photocopy let's say of a book, and then adding notes for readers. This is all just technical and political speaking to work around issues. So it could pass. Where the illegal/legal line is crossed, as the judge rules, is advertising, if you advertise you have it and want to distribute it, then its illegal. Otherwise, it's not your fault ;) of course this was used for p2p file sharing apps like kazaa, and since I'm from Canada, I suppose this is why I see it this way.
I don't get it, why are you all bashing the fansubbers? It's like taping an tv episode for a friend in a forein country and translating it for them. I don't think language should be a barrier to determine what is piracy and what isn't. I mean, anyone can watch tv for free and tape it, hell record it if you like on an HD. So I don't see how it's wrong in any way, unless of course it's licensed in the country you live in, which in this case is most likely the states.
So again, how is this different from doing it with US shows and giving it to a friend in Europe who doesn't want to wait forever to receive it on their network, and while you are at it, translate it for them?
Well let's see, when you download music and movies, you make...oh wait, 0$. But when you produce a movie and sell tons of shit, you make, oooh I don't know, roughly $800million. Well at least on this deal.
and I'll say it again, the average person (not average slashdot person) wants things fast and easy. So anything requiring the least effort is the best route for them. And for some people, that is doing banking on a wireless connection without proper encryption. Of course, this is just one of the many problems that exist with doing online banking without taking precautions or cleaning your cookies afterwards. As long as these settings are not done by default for such interactions, there will always be some people to steal from. Quite easily too might I add.
Im thinking more on the "outdoor rink" type of hockey. It's the best, sometimes I end up playing hours a day, can't do that in an arena, without paying money.
Same, though it would be cool if southern canada would be tropical and then nothern canada would be winter, so we can have hockey and kick ass beaches in one place!
Well I've been reading more, and if people are interested, you should read about the Google API, downside is, you need a web key to make a request upon every search if you use it's API and it is limited to 1000 requests per day per key. But essentially you can develop certain web applications built on Google's web search, I am still not sure of all of the functionality that this has to offer, but at least it looks interesting for further applications.
As much as this sounds like a long shot, well at least to me, I just read a couple of days ago, O'Reilly's Google Hacks and it would be possible to do what you say. It also inspired me to try a few things, your proposition would be totally do-able in html and a little javascript. For example, try searching for the name of anything you want followed by filetype:torrent in the google search bar and see what comes up.
Im sure these notes would be private, as in you have to leave the phone number for the person that you want to read it. But then that would become redundant, why not just call them? or better yet text message them? damn consumer whores....
Maybe if the website would take into account the hit counts it has estimating the number of people checking out the traffic and then approximately estimating (yes I realise the innacuracy in these words) the ammount of people taking the back roads and do the calculation again...just a thought. But as always, good luck predicting human behavior!