Some of you are excessively paranoid. You know that, right?
But under this new regime I assume they'll charge for torrents of the latest & greatest movies, yes? Now what's to stop me using this shiny new official client to grab the latest release off the scene, probably before it's available via BituTorrent? Surely this would be a big problem for the Man. Except, what if Bram extended his promise to wipe out infringing content - what if there was a way of ripping up unauthorised torrents in new-u-torrent? Just think, they could even use data to identify and warn infringers...
Under current UK law, such format-shifting is actually illegal. The report notes that this is an anomaly. The BPI won't be suprised, it was something Peter Jamieson had already agreed with a while ago (maybe he had a sneak preview)
Maybe we could finally see a clampdown on those morons who sell off-air DVDs of TV shows on ebay - the very same shows which are normally available for free at your local p2p network. I'd love to see these conmen go to jail. I'd be laughing up my sleeve as because I didn't exchange money for the product, my penalties are less severe. Which is how it should be.
the only conceivable loss is a loss of potential sales that may or may not have occurred anyway,
Yes, it's an often-used quote but this has actually made it into the report. It says that the UK music & film industries lose up to 20% of annual turnover to piracy.
How can anyone come to that calculation seriously? They add up the value of every known pirate item, then say that every single consumer of prate goods would go out and buy the real thing? Such faulty logic yet there it is in the report. A real disappointment as the rest of the report seems eminently sensible in other areas. But this line sounds like it was cribbed directly from record companies' submissions.
This is why I only ever see movies in gold class unless I'm taking the kids.
See, they have you wrapped around their finger. The normally priced seats gradually become full of human rubbish, and there's no legroom. The cinema's solution is to sell you plusher seats with a bit more legroom for twice the price. And you swallowed it. Paying twice as much for the same product you enjoyed many years ago (and the film is probably inferior).
But I'm wondering if the download shows won't start including ads before long?
If you're talking about scene releases then no, this will not happen. If one release group started leaving ads in (perhaps after a nice chat with an ad agency) they'll quickly lose any respect they have accrued. And someone else will just up the programme without the ads.
It can't be triggered automatically, and limited accounts (like every Vista system) will be largely unaffected. (Because exploits will usually try to root the box or install something, both of which will be prevented.)
Is this supposed to make me feel better?
You take the same line as Microsoft might - "of course, if you'd bought our latest version..."
I'd also argue that being hit when opening what should be no more than a text file with some formatting instructions is pretty shoddy, whether you're on a restricted account or not.
Still a bit stomach-churning though. Why can't single mums etc. currently being sued for supposed infringement be given instead the option of issuing the kids with a stern bollocking?
Banks are NOT known for updating their systems until they absolutely *have* to. And even then...
Since support for 9x/NT ended some time ago, and W2K support is not long for this world (non-critical fixes are already dead), I'd say that now is a time they "have to".
Companies have insurance and should have off-site backups for this kind of stuff, and it's not your fault if they don't.
Unless of course it was your responsibility to fix that tape drive issue, something you were meaning to get around to... but y'know, the phone rang... the fire alarm went off...
I think five years is over-egging the pudding somewhat. Still, for these huge banks it must be difficult to roll it out worldwide. Surely that's the issue, rather than waiting to see if it's matured (I think it's gone a bit off now)
Does Windows 98 have any support at all? MS are hardly going to resurrect a dead OS just to stick it on some cheap laptops. After all, it's not just a case of "here's the disc, get on with it" - they actually have to support, provide critical fixes etc.
Somehow I don't think it's Bram's comments which led to BT being banned at your institution. I suspect that's more down to the fact that the majority of BT users are sharing infringing material.
Agree wholeheartedly that public space = not private. I can only conclude that the presence of MS means the story takes a 'privacy' angle. If it were Google doing this, no doubt it would be hailed as a killer app, the next big thing to come from the Mountain View wunderkinds.
The guy can't string a coherent sentence together most of the time, certainly when I've heard him in interviews and whatnot. He's entirely unsuitable as President, I mean, who would vote for someone who didn't sound like they understand what they are talking about... oh, wait...
With 12 inches in a foot you can divide it by 2, 3, and 4 without endlessly repeating decimals
By that reasoning, maybe we should shift the entire number system to base 12 and have done with it. Or do you think that counting in 10s is a bit easier?
If you had a choice between a torrent-like service and HTTP service, the former costing 11$/month and the latter 15$/month, would you still choose to spend more money on the principle of not having your upstream used for their profit?
I might, since I'm already using all my spare bandwidth to seed stuff that ISN'T commercially available.
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Oh how I wish /. would change this behaviour and put an end to this tedious frist psot that always gets modded up.
Under current UK law, such format-shifting is actually illegal. The report notes that this is an anomaly. The BPI won't be suprised, it was something Peter Jamieson had already agreed with a while ago (maybe he had a sneak preview)
Maybe we could finally see a clampdown on those morons who sell off-air DVDs of TV shows on ebay - the very same shows which are normally available for free at your local p2p network. I'd love to see these conmen go to jail. I'd be laughing up my sleeve as because I didn't exchange money for the product, my penalties are less severe. Which is how it should be.
How can anyone come to that calculation seriously? They add up the value of every known pirate item, then say that every single consumer of prate goods would go out and buy the real thing? Such faulty logic yet there it is in the report. A real disappointment as the rest of the report seems eminently sensible in other areas. But this line sounds like it was cribbed directly from record companies' submissions.
You take the same line as Microsoft might - "of course, if you'd bought our latest version..."
I'd also argue that being hit when opening what should be no more than a text file with some formatting instructions is pretty shoddy, whether you're on a restricted account or not.
Still a bit stomach-churning though. Why can't single mums etc. currently being sued for supposed infringement be given instead the option of issuing the kids with a stern bollocking?
Your definition of 'fix' (wipe everything and start from scratch) is a little different to mine.
I think five years is over-egging the pudding somewhat. Still, for these huge banks it must be difficult to roll it out worldwide. Surely that's the issue, rather than waiting to see if it's matured (I think it's gone a bit off now)
Does Windows 98 have any support at all? MS are hardly going to resurrect a dead OS just to stick it on some cheap laptops. After all, it's not just a case of "here's the disc, get on with it" - they actually have to support, provide critical fixes etc.
Somehow I don't think it's Bram's comments which led to BT being banned at your institution. I suspect that's more down to the fact that the majority of BT users are sharing infringing material.
People still use Yahoo? They're the new AOL as far as I'm concerned - invisible to anyone who matters.
Agree wholeheartedly that public space = not private. I can only conclude that the presence of MS means the story takes a 'privacy' angle. If it were Google doing this, no doubt it would be hailed as a killer app, the next big thing to come from the Mountain View wunderkinds.
Someone mod this guy up please, it's an excellent analogy, and one that seems to have passed the California legislators by.
Same here for my SE T610, the cable was less than 10GBP at a local computer fair. Also permits connection to a PIM eg Float's Mobile Agent.
The guy can't string a coherent sentence together most of the time, certainly when I've heard him in interviews and whatnot. He's entirely unsuitable as President, I mean, who would vote for someone who didn't sound like they understand what they are talking about... oh, wait...
Yeah, but they cancel each other out.