Vista failed because there was no reason to use it. There were no new features. Deploying a new OS is hard. The logistics of deployment is hard. Are there drivers for all our hardware? Do we support 2 OSes, one for old boxen and one for new boxen. It generates a ton of helpdesk calls because of changes. For all this headache Vista offers almost no new functionality. The desktop group here identified exactly zero new features that would benefit us. If I remember right they called it a new paint job with lots of call generating popups. That's why it failed.
Large IT departments at best don't care about DRM. At worst they want the DRM so their users aren't doing non-work things.
There will be no boycott. No outrage. DRM will not figure into adoption by large IT shops.
I've found it to be highly dependent on the file. You can't grab any file and expect it to work. It has to be a popular file and I find that large files help. If the file is to small the file can be completed before the client ever asks you.
Newness has nothing to do with the file. I'm still seeding a file I downloaded over a year ago. It's 26 GB and there are always 2-6 people downloading it.
Also remember uploads while you yet to have a complete file also count toward ratio even though I've had some bt clients that didn't track that.
Regardless this problem is a boon for private trackers not a bane. If a user can't get to.3-.4 out of the gate then you likely don't want them in the community. Once you have a decent ratio it keeps people on the tracker because it becomes very hard to fall back down. Thus they stay and are active in swarms. Remember bt is like the economy. If you're not moving all the bits around it falls apart.
EULA's are not very enforceable: users don't agree to them and they are contracts of adhesion.
The 7th Circuit Court disagrees with you. Please read ProCD v Zeidenberg and Blizzard v bnetd (may not be 7th circuit).
No papers are signed, both parties do not generally agree, and they are filed with unconscionable statements.
It's impossible for an EULA to be unconscionable since it is a luxury good. It is completely declinable. There is no harm in declining it. Impossible to meet the test.
Almost all EULAs claim to limit users right to resell the software, however this is unenforceable due to the First-sale doctrine
First sale doctrine does not apply. You signed a legal contract agreeing that you did not own these things and that you were renting access to a service. No ownership no doctrine.
Copyright gives sole right to its holder the right to create copies of works, however it does not allow that holder to control what their work is used for after it has been purchaced. (besides having purchasers not make more copies of it)
Completely true. Which is why they have you sign the contract(EULA) which allows them to make these restrictions.
This is normal in any translation. Dub or sub. When I was living in Japan I loved reading the subtitles on American movies because it was a second movie with a different plot.
Don't forget the mid to low level hysteria of the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s.
It's a combination of factors.
Old people are scared of new things. A small number of kids do bad things and make the news. Media sensationalizing the effectively zero cases that happen.
Stop and think about how many people have been killed by people emulating wresting? I can only recall one or two, ever. How many video game deaths? Orders of magnitude more die from lighting each year. Then let's step it up a notch and look at how many die from cars. 40 or 50 thousand a year in the states. We have some fucked up priorities.
Also don't forget NY tried this once already and was beat the fuck down by the courts immediately.
Switzerland is counter evidence to your point. Huge shooting history. Huge gun ownership. Less gun control than parts of the States. Yet not a huge firearm death problem.
Blame people. Blame culture. But don't blame the gun. It's an emotional fear response. The gun is an inanimate object. It can't hurt you.
I agree that Halo is not to blame here, but be careful what you're arguing against. The way you put that first line games like GTA can still take blame for real-world crime and violence.
I disagree with your caution. Acting like something does not make you something. If that were the case everyday children pretend games, cowboys and indians, cops and robbers, army, would end horribly.
A healthy person can pretend to be whatever they want because they understand what pretend means. Your warning is predicated on the belief that people do not have free will and I just don't agree with that.
This is same bullshit rock and roll went through. The exact same. Every media form goes through it.
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This is simply wrong. Please read ProCD v Zeidenberg. EULA are binding legal contracts in the USA.
Exactly.
We're only a 600 box shop and we do the exact same thing.
We can keep using it until Microsoft refuses to take our money.
You're comparing apples and oranges.
Vista failed because there was no reason to use it. There were no new features. Deploying a new OS is hard. The logistics of deployment is hard. Are there drivers for all our hardware? Do we support 2 OSes, one for old boxen and one for new boxen. It generates a ton of helpdesk calls because of changes. For all this headache Vista offers almost no new functionality. The desktop group here identified exactly zero new features that would benefit us. If I remember right they called it a new paint job with lots of call generating popups. That's why it failed.
Large IT departments at best don't care about DRM. At worst they want the DRM so their users aren't doing non-work things.
There will be no boycott. No outrage. DRM will not figure into adoption by large IT shops.
EULA is a binding legal contract in the USA. The case was ProCD v Zeidenberg
Depends. The TOS is a legal binding contract. If they said they can change it in the TOS then you agree they can change it.
I've found it to be highly dependent on the file. You can't grab any file and expect it to work. It has to be a popular file and I find that large files help. If the file is to small the file can be completed before the client ever asks you.
Newness has nothing to do with the file. I'm still seeding a file I downloaded over a year ago. It's 26 GB and there are always 2-6 people downloading it.
Also remember uploads while you yet to have a complete file also count toward ratio even though I've had some bt clients that didn't track that.
Regardless this problem is a boon for private trackers not a bane. If a user can't get to .3-.4 out of the gate then you likely don't want them in the community. Once you have a decent ratio it keeps people on the tracker because it becomes very hard to fall back down. Thus they stay and are active in swarms. Remember bt is like the economy. If you're not moving all the bits around it falls apart.
Biometrics is completely unable to deal with an exploit. How do you change your password once it's been compromised?
Sure your access will be cut off but what happens next time you need to use biometrics? Get a new set of eyes or finger prints?
EULA's are not very enforceable: users don't agree to them and they are contracts of adhesion.
The 7th Circuit Court disagrees with you. Please read ProCD v Zeidenberg and Blizzard v bnetd (may not be 7th circuit).
No papers are signed, both parties do not generally agree, and they are filed with unconscionable statements.
It's impossible for an EULA to be unconscionable since it is a luxury good. It is completely declinable. There is no harm in declining it. Impossible to meet the test.
Almost all EULAs claim to limit users right to resell the software, however this is unenforceable due to the First-sale doctrine
First sale doctrine does not apply. You signed a legal contract agreeing that you did not own these things and that you were renting access to a service. No ownership no doctrine.
Copyright gives sole right to its holder the right to create copies of works, however it does not allow that holder to control what their work is used for after it has been purchaced. (besides having purchasers not make more copies of it)
Completely true. Which is why they have you sign the contract(EULA) which allows them to make these restrictions.
According to Blizzard v bnetd they have to provide a refund if you decline the EULA.
You are completely wrong. EULA have been tested in court in the USA. They are binding legal contracts. The case is ProCD v Zeidenberg.
If you don't like the EULA then you can return the product for a refund. That was Blizzard v bnetd I think.
I said what I said. Ink, tape, and gummybears are all circumvention devices.
According to the DMCA ink, tape, and gummybears are all circumvention devices as they've been used to bypass access control.
This is normal in any translation. Dub or sub. When I was living in Japan I loved reading the subtitles on American movies because it was a second movie with a different plot.
Welcome to giving corporations the same rights as people.
Because that's what the laws says the punishment is.
Contact your members of Congress. They're the ones who made it a million for 7 songs.
That's a lie. No one was ever hurt before TV was invented.
Don't forget the mid to low level hysteria of the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s.
It's a combination of factors.
Old people are scared of new things.
A small number of kids do bad things and make the news.
Media sensationalizing the effectively zero cases that happen.
Stop and think about how many people have been killed by people emulating wresting? I can only recall one or two, ever. How many video game deaths? Orders of magnitude more die from lighting each year. Then let's step it up a notch and look at how many die from cars. 40 or 50 thousand a year in the states. We have some fucked up priorities.
Also don't forget NY tried this once already and was beat the fuck down by the courts immediately.
Similar law in Michigan was struck down in 2002.
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/apr/02/news/mn-35828
He wasn't abusing the cop. He didn't swear at the cop he swore in the presence of a cop. Two very very different thing.
So if the laws offends you . . .
Switzerland is counter evidence to your point. Huge shooting history. Huge gun ownership. Less gun control than parts of the States. Yet not a huge firearm death problem.
Blame people. Blame culture. But don't blame the gun. It's an emotional fear response. The gun is an inanimate object. It can't hurt you.
You don't drink alcohol? Have never taken medicine? Don't consume caffeine/tea/energy drinks/soda? Don't eat food?
You take lots of drugs. You just stick to the taxable ones.
Great now I have to figure out which are my real friends and which ones I'm making up.
I agree that Halo is not to blame here, but be careful what you're arguing against. The way you put that first line games like GTA can still take blame for real-world crime and violence.
I disagree with your caution. Acting like something does not make you something. If that were the case everyday children pretend games, cowboys and indians, cops and robbers, army, would end horribly.
A healthy person can pretend to be whatever they want because they understand what pretend means. Your warning is predicated on the belief that people do not have free will and I just don't agree with that.
This is same bullshit rock and roll went through. The exact same. Every media form goes through it.
The facts of the case contradict your point. The murderer only killed one. He shot his father in the head but failed to kill him.