The release zones, as I understand it, not only allow them to effectively release the movie at different times in different areas -because they prevent exporting the released movie to other zones-, they also allow the movie companies to charge vastly different prices in each zone. It seems like that should be illegal (I thought it is illegal!).
BTW, This sentence would like to apologize for the strange (at best) punctuation exibited in the first sentence of this post. This sentence thanks you for your tolerance, and encourages you to make any suggestions that you believe would improve the readability of the first sentence. This final sentence exists merely to mock those who would pay it any attention whatsoever.
At least people in the movie business are coming to grips with the reality that people have access to the movie via the internet as soon as it hits theaters anyway. At least this way they can make some money off of it.
The sooner these content producers realize that change in their distribution sceme (and copyright in general) is inevitable and is a Good Thing(R) the sooner we can start seeing more people making more stuff, and more money flowing.
I'm sure there were a few monks who weren't happy about the advent of the Luther bible, but they adapted and the bible is still a number one best seller. The film industry was terrified of the VCR, but now we see more movies getting made by more people and more money flowing. The Internet and "piracy" are just harbingers of another change in progress. Personally, I'm pretty excited for it to finally get here so I don't have to put up with being called a thief for downloading movies that I could legitimately get through my netflix subscription but don't feel like waiting for.
Well, it obviously isn't as good as you think it is since it didn't make The Definitive List of Good Movies. Thank you time magazine for telling me what really is good and entertaining in the wide world of movies!
I assumed that google was only scanning books that had fallen out of copyright and into the public domain. Like Shakespeare, etc. I'm not sure what exactly has to transpire for a work to fall out of copyright, though. It seems like it would be suicide for them to scan books that are still under copyright!
I agree with you there. Conceptually, a wireless controller is a Good Thing, but there are a lot of cases where I would greatly prefer a wired controller. Especially with little kids around my house. Right now my Xbox controllers are tethered to the machine, but who knows where the little wretches will take controllers not connected to anything.
I just hope the controllers on the new systems come with a 'page' feature like cordless phones do. Fat chance of that.
Another thing from yesterday's post (Linked in previous comment): The netscape browser seems to come with a lot more 'features' built in than firefox. And many of those features can be quite difficult to disable. One user reported that Netscape would not stop asking him if he wanted it to remember his passwords, even after unchecking "remember passwords" boxes in 3 different places in his preferences.
Yeah...if Video on Demand didn't suck. In all the ones I've seen, there's a delay before any button you push takes effect. Plus, the cable company decides what programs are available. An HTPC of just about any kind (TiVO, Mythtv, etc.) offers *so* much more freedom. Plus, HD-DVDs aren't too far away. Even now, DVD quality movies are pretty big. Imagine the time and bandwidth it will take to move an HD quality movie around.
I'm sticking with my Netflix subscription. I don't know what it is about them, but I love 'em. Maybe it's something they put in their patented envelopes. Hmmmm...
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The release zones, as I understand it, not only allow them to effectively release the movie at different times in different areas -because they prevent exporting the released movie to other zones-, they also allow the movie companies to charge vastly different prices in each zone. It seems like that should be illegal (I thought it is illegal!).
BTW, This sentence would like to apologize for the strange (at best) punctuation exibited in the first sentence of this post. This sentence thanks you for your tolerance, and encourages you to make any suggestions that you believe would improve the readability of the first sentence. This final sentence exists merely to mock those who would pay it any attention whatsoever.
At least people in the movie business are coming to grips with the reality that people have access to the movie via the internet as soon as it hits theaters anyway. At least this way they can make some money off of it.
The sooner these content producers realize that change in their distribution sceme (and copyright in general) is inevitable and is a Good Thing(R) the sooner we can start seeing more people making more stuff, and more money flowing.
I'm sure there were a few monks who weren't happy about the advent of the Luther bible, but they adapted and the bible is still a number one best seller. The film industry was terrified of the VCR, but now we see more movies getting made by more people and more money flowing. The Internet and "piracy" are just harbingers of another change in progress. Personally, I'm pretty excited for it to finally get here so I don't have to put up with being called a thief for downloading movies that I could legitimately get through my netflix subscription but don't feel like waiting for.
More like vacations to illicitly fund and stockholders to serve.
Well, it obviously isn't as good as you think it is since it didn't make The Definitive List of Good Movies. Thank you time magazine for telling me what really is good and entertaining in the wide world of movies!
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3 days without my tinfoil hat and counting....
I assumed that google was only scanning books that had fallen out of copyright and into the public domain. Like Shakespeare, etc. I'm not sure what exactly has to transpire for a work to fall out of copyright, though. It seems like it would be suicide for them to scan books that are still under copyright!
I agree with you there. Conceptually, a wireless controller is a Good Thing, but there are a lot of cases where I would greatly prefer a wired controller. Especially with little kids around my house. Right now my Xbox controllers are tethered to the machine, but who knows where the little wretches will take controllers not connected to anything.
I just hope the controllers on the new systems come with a 'page' feature like cordless phones do. Fat chance of that.
Another thing from yesterday's post (Linked in previous comment): The netscape browser seems to come with a lot more 'features' built in than firefox. And many of those features can be quite difficult to disable. One user reported that Netscape would not stop asking him if he wanted it to remember his passwords, even after unchecking "remember passwords" boxes in 3 different places in his preferences.
Yeah...if Video on Demand didn't suck. In all the ones I've seen, there's a delay before any button you push takes effect. Plus, the cable company decides what programs are available. An HTPC of just about any kind (TiVO, Mythtv, etc.) offers *so* much more freedom. Plus, HD-DVDs aren't too far away. Even now, DVD quality movies are pretty big. Imagine the time and bandwidth it will take to move an HD quality movie around.
I'm sticking with my Netflix subscription. I don't know what it is about them, but I love 'em. Maybe it's something they put in their patented envelopes. Hmmmm...