Whatever DRM formatted song => (D/A C) => Sound (Oops!) => (A/D C) => MP3
The obvious solution is to implant all humans at birth with a DAC able to play DRMs directly into your brain. Then the copy protection can be encoded directly in the implanted chips (/sarcasm).
Says Paul about the new Intel Entertainment PCs: More importantly, the content protection mechanisms that we are now capable of delivering allow this industry to deliver premium content over the internet in a format that is safer (relative to piracy) than DVD's. This is nothing short of revolutionary for this industry. For those of you who have read the Innovator's Dilemma, this is a classic disruptive technology that will create new business opportunities. In talking to one of the Hollywood types, he told me that "Intel has struck exactly the perfect balance between fear and greed."
This unfortunate "leak" will effectively kill some of the market for the new EPCs before they'll even get there. Otherwise great read, it's nice to see how the man with the plan is thinking about the future.
Well done Orbitz! Way to send your potential new users in the arms of your competitors! I can't wait for the day when you sue Google for breaching your Inbound Links agreement: Linking to any page of the Site other than to the homepage is strictly prohibited in the absence of a separate linking agreement with Orbitz.
There's plenty of similar sites out there, minus the stupid license terms. If this is not/. anti-advertising, I don't know what is.
It will only take a bit more brains, that's all. The pure pressure of the demand is going to drive the innovation in this "field". Already the trackers go underground, and with a bit of imagination you could see how easily the sites of today could be replaced by (invite-only) IRC channels. Not to mention that the actual distribution network, from rip to release, was NOT touched by MPAA so far, so instead of going after the cause, they try to destroy the effects.
The day where zombie XP machines will be used in tracker networks is not as far as you think. The chances of stopping that are practically nil. And after a few Joe (Clueless) User types are brought to "justice" (and aquitted),the whole system will fail.
Meanwhile, MPAA can bust their heads trying to find ways to stop networks like Freenet.
Seriously now, this is just an Asbestos-specialized news site. The only "special" thing about it is that it's ethereal - it will dissapear when Michael will decide he's had enough asbestos in his life. Hardly worthy of/. attention.
Map24. It's free, stable, Java-based, and also includes the good ol' Yurp. And it will find a shorter roadbetween Haugesund and Trondheim, Norway than mappoint.
From the BatMax terms and conditions:THE CONTENT ON THE SITE MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. BATMAX DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT, PRICE AVAILABILITY OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, PRICE AVAILABILITY, OR OTHER INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
Translation: What we tell you on this site may well be a damn lie. If you choose to believe it, it is not our problem. You have been warned.
Talk about hiding info in plain sight. This is well hidden in the CAPS only text on the agreement that no user (at least no one I know) ever reads. IANAL, but it looks watertight.
[edit] Slashdot software detected the quote and WHAM!: "Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!" Wonder why this didn't work when the news was posted;)
I knew those Borg nanoprobes were good for something!
My fox is on fire! My fox is on fire!
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The only reasons for such books to exist is to:
1. Catch the eye of literate, albeit beginning computer users (aka clueless) who make a point of reading the titles of all the new IT-related books in their local library.
2. Give the sysadmins a powerful tool for turning around corporate policy: "But, boss, it's in O'Reilly! They're the alpha and omega of CS!" "OK, stop bugging me and install the damn thing, but if my Favourites are not there tomorrow, don't bother showing up again."
Phil Zimmermann is best-known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a desktop encryption program that was powerful enough that the US authorities attempted to have its distribution stopped and Zimmermann imprisoned for writing it.
Ever heard of a MS trial regarding their top notch encryption? I rest my case.
Intergraph said in a release that it expects to pay $11 million in legal expenses. [...] Intergraph said that, since then, its IP protection and enforcement efforts have generated about $860 million in pre-tax income.
Translation:
1. Patent some IP rehashing an idea that's been around since 1965 2. Get a legal dept. and sue anyone who uses cache memory
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!
Something interesting to look out for, or just more hype from a [developer] often [criticized] even by Gentoo people for not looking before he leaps?"
Both the above links are irrelevant. The "developer" link is currently redirected to the Gentoo distribution, while the "criticized" to a web interface to the gentoo-dev mailing list. I've scanned said mailing list and it looks like a normal discussion to me, the so-called "criticism" is just a difference of viewpoints. I am unwilling to read the whole gentoo-dev and/or learn about the finer points of gentoo's portage just to validate the poster's point of view.
IMHO, only the first sentence looks like news; second is just fingerpointing.
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Whatever DRM formatted song => (D/A C) => Sound (Oops!) => (A/D C) => MP3
The obvious solution is to implant all humans at birth with a DAC able to play DRMs directly into your brain. Then the copy protection can be encoded directly in the implanted chips (/sarcasm).
Carry on. If you need me, I'll be in the holodeck.
Says Paul about the new Intel Entertainment PCs: More importantly, the content protection mechanisms that we are now capable of delivering allow this industry to deliver premium content over the internet in a format that is safer (relative to piracy) than DVD's. This is nothing short of revolutionary for this industry. For those of you who have read the Innovator's Dilemma, this is a classic disruptive technology that will create new business opportunities. In talking to one of the Hollywood types, he told me that "Intel has struck exactly the perfect balance between fear and greed."
This unfortunate "leak" will effectively kill some of the market for the new EPCs before they'll even get there. Otherwise great read, it's nice to see how the man with the plan is thinking about the future.
Well done Orbitz! Way to send your potential new users in the arms of your competitors! I can't wait for the day when you sue Google for breaching your Inbound Links agreement: Linking to any page of the Site other than to the homepage is strictly prohibited in the absence of a separate linking agreement with Orbitz.
/. anti-advertising, I don't know what is.
There's plenty of similar sites out there, minus the stupid license terms. If this is not
It will only take a bit more brains, that's all. The pure pressure of the demand is going to drive the innovation in this "field". Already the trackers go underground, and with a bit of imagination you could see how easily the sites of today could be replaced by (invite-only) IRC channels. Not to mention that the actual distribution network, from rip to release, was NOT touched by MPAA so far, so instead of going after the cause, they try to destroy the effects.
The day where zombie XP machines will be used in tracker networks is not as far as you think. The chances of stopping that are practically nil. And after a few Joe (Clueless) User types are brought to "justice" (and aquitted),the whole system will fail.
Meanwhile, MPAA can bust their heads trying to find ways to stop networks like Freenet.
Seriously now, this is just an Asbestos-specialized news site. The only "special" thing about it is that it's ethereal - it will dissapear when Michael will decide he's had enough asbestos in his life. Hardly worthy of /. attention.
Repeat after me: there is no ROT13. There is no ROT13. There is no ROT13.
See? You CAN have privacy online.
Map24. It's free, stable, Java-based, and also includes the good ol' Yurp. And it will find a shorter roadbetween Haugesund and Trondheim, Norway than mappoint.
"This message will be ingested in 3...2...GULP!"
/. anyone? :)
Mint-flavored
So we're switching from Parental Control to Parent Control? Where is the world going to?
Looking Glass
Seen from Europe, both MPAA and RIAA look like branches of the same GCAA (Greedy Corporations Association of America). At least to me.
Allowing users to listen to music they haven't bought? Without commercials, even? Who is paying MPAA for this? NOBODY?!??
"Joe, is that lawyer who handled the Napster case still available? Give him a call, will ya?"
They will probably apologise and offer you a tracker to the new version, plus a brand new suit. Law suit, that is.
From the BatMax terms and conditions:THE CONTENT ON THE SITE MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. BATMAX DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT, PRICE AVAILABILITY OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, PRICE AVAILABILITY, OR OTHER INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
;)
Translation: What we tell you on this site may well be a damn lie. If you choose to believe it, it is not our problem. You have been warned.
Talk about hiding info in plain sight. This is well hidden in the CAPS only text on the agreement that no user (at least no one I know) ever reads. IANAL, but it looks watertight.
[edit] Slashdot software detected the quote and WHAM!: "Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!" Wonder why this didn't work when the news was posted
I knew those Borg nanoprobes were good for something!
The only reasons for such books to exist is to:
1. Catch the eye of literate, albeit beginning computer users (aka clueless) who make a point of reading the titles of all the new IT-related books in their local library.
2. Give the sysadmins a powerful tool for turning around corporate policy: "But, boss, it's in O'Reilly! They're the alpha and omega of CS!" "OK, stop bugging me and install the damn thing, but if my Favourites are not there tomorrow, don't bother showing up again."
Phil Zimmermann is best-known as the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a desktop encryption program that was powerful enough that the US authorities attempted to have its distribution stopped and Zimmermann imprisoned for writing it. Ever heard of a MS trial regarding their top notch encryption? I rest my case.
*grin*
They damn well did. The ??? is for those of us with less than 7 figures positive in the bank ;)
Intergraph said in a release that it expects to pay $11 million in legal expenses. [...] Intergraph said that, since then, its IP protection and enforcement efforts have generated about $860 million in pre-tax income.
Translation:
1. Patent some IP rehashing an idea that's been around since 1965
2. Get a legal dept. and sue anyone who uses cache memory
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!
Something interesting to look out for, or just more hype from a [developer] often [criticized] even by Gentoo people for not looking before he leaps?"
Both the above links are irrelevant. The "developer" link is currently redirected to the Gentoo distribution, while the "criticized" to a web interface to the gentoo-dev mailing list. I've scanned said mailing list and it looks like a normal discussion to me, the so-called "criticism" is just a difference of viewpoints. I am unwilling to read the whole gentoo-dev and/or learn about the finer points of gentoo's portage just to validate the poster's point of view.
IMHO, only the first sentence looks like news; second is just fingerpointing.
You forgot the link.
Maybe they should have used DC++ instead ;)
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