How about looking on some other video sites (Dailymotion, for example)? I no longer use YouTube because they took off all the J-Pop music videos, apparently due to the risk of infringement.
And yet, I only see American labels involved in deals with YouTube. A big part of the reason I used YouTube was because it had a large selection of J-Pop music videos. I already use another site now because they have the music videos that I'm looking for, but if Google can get a deal in with Japanese labels (particularly Avex) then I might go back.
Exactly, although I wish the same thing would happen for all the torrent sites that I go to. Every time I download a J-Drama it usually comes in RealVideo format. I COULD go to other sites but they're either blocked (I live in China) or they don't come subbed (I'm still learning Japanese, I don't know enough to understand it all). I'd really buy stuff like this if it didn't come in boxsets that cost $200 (figure pulled from Amazon Japan) for the whole show (actually usually only 10-11 episodes on average) that don't have English subtitles.
Google Video doesn't work in the country where I live. I use Dailymotion now because even Youtube no longer has the content I want (music videos) because they removed it all. Youtube is where I started my J-Pop interest, but it seems that it's all gone now. If only Google can get a deal with the Japanese content industry...
Well- Tor doesn't work all the time either. At least my school has the "guanxi" (connections) within China Telecom to get less restrictions on the internet (routing through the right proxies that don't get blocked).
How do you know that this person is American? He could be from another country, and as we learned with the Pirate Bay, US law does not apply internationally.
Keep repeating that, and quite possibly they will do something to make those words more true, affecting all the ex-pats and tourists in China. Be careful.
Why South Korea? The only relationship I see is the large number of Korean immigrants in Shanghai (and now I see shop signs in Korean a lot more in the "Korean-dominant" areas) and maybe the commercial relations (Pantech, Samsung, and LG are 3 companies that I can think of that are pretty big in China)
Fine- what about foreign music (especially J-Pop)? Before I came to China I could not find any shop that stocked non-American music. Maybe you can find some of the really popular albums, but lots of others don't make it outside Asia at all (except for online import shops, but that's not "try before you buy" now is it?) through official channels. I don't like being "illegal" which is why I bought the CDs of the stuff I downloaded when I was able to (legit, not the pirated stuff) in China. Video is another matter- nearly impossible to find J-Drama for sale on DVD in the US.
That, or he can come to China- where even legit CDs are cheaper than in other countries (60RMB for a CD+DVD set that costs 3000yen in Japan- Love Cook by Ai Otsuka). That's why I think that iTunes refuses to open in China- everyone's so used to getting cheap stuff that Apple would get no profit off of iTunes if they tried it here (that or sales would be 0).
I used to live in California- the homeowner's association did pretty much everything in Chinese because practically everyone in the association was Chinese. Would that be a discriminatory practice?
Exactly- where I live there are only 2 BK's that I know of- one in the busiest subway station in the city (good location) and one in some out-of-the-way back alley that I have never actually been able to find (bad location). On the other hand, McDonalds is within 5 minutes walking distance from my apartment. On top of that BK has a lack of publicity so even the "busy" one barely has a lineat lunchtime while the McDonalds in the same area usually has a line of like 5 people at each register.
Yes it does- I live in China. The website itself is still in English, but I see a lot more videos in Chinese featured on the front page at home (direct connection to the internet) than when I browse it at school (which gets its internet through a proxy in the US for a semi-obvious reason) when I'm not in class.
Sure, they don't re-sell the papers, but apparently (from what I've heard) teachers pay a very high fee to get access to this service. So, in effect, they are paying for the ability to compare student papers against those already submitted. Am I right? Maybe my view on this issue has been "tainted" by living in China- I consider P2P to be near-profitless compared to the "commercial" piracy that I see every day on the street.
Selective enforcement then? P2P sharing is not OK (not like people are making money off of it) but this is (this service is making money off the teachers who sign up for the service)? I consider the second to be worse- if the RIAA has a case in the first one, then these students certainly have a case in the second one.
And a better solution is to wait until the next "Patch Tuesday"? I think not- any 0-day exploit has the chance of becoming an international problem (remember the "I Love You" virus?) so it's best to patch the problem in any way possible. Or use Firefox.
Inferior? It sounds better at the same bitrate (tested on a couple of people). At least there's SOME players that support Ogg- just try to find a player that supports.WMV (I can't- most normal music players won't- only MP3, WMA, and OGG). Now how on earth did music get ripped into a VIDEO format?
Almost every torrent site I've used uses RealVideo format for TV torrents (these are Chinese sites to get Japanese TV subtitled. so maybe China just has a thing for RealVideo). Of course, like I stated above, I'm not American.
Well- even with only 2MP I can print perfectly clear 4x6 prints, and with 3.2MP I can print a little bigger. That's my requirement- if it doesn't print good 4x6 photos, it isn't a good camera. Past that, I don't worry, so I have one cellphone that does all 3 instead of carrying a cell phone, camera, MP3 player, MP4 viewer, DS, etc which is a lot better when I'm going to a rural region and I can't bring a whole lot.
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How about looking on some other video sites (Dailymotion, for example)? I no longer use YouTube because they took off all the J-Pop music videos, apparently due to the risk of infringement.
And yet, I only see American labels involved in deals with YouTube. A big part of the reason I used YouTube was because it had a large selection of J-Pop music videos. I already use another site now because they have the music videos that I'm looking for, but if Google can get a deal in with Japanese labels (particularly Avex) then I might go back.
Exactly, although I wish the same thing would happen for all the torrent sites that I go to. Every time I download a J-Drama it usually comes in RealVideo format. I COULD go to other sites but they're either blocked (I live in China) or they don't come subbed (I'm still learning Japanese, I don't know enough to understand it all). I'd really buy stuff like this if it didn't come in boxsets that cost $200 (figure pulled from Amazon Japan) for the whole show (actually usually only 10-11 episodes on average) that don't have English subtitles.
Google Video doesn't work in the country where I live. I use Dailymotion now because even Youtube no longer has the content I want (music videos) because they removed it all. Youtube is where I started my J-Pop interest, but it seems that it's all gone now. If only Google can get a deal with the Japanese content industry...
Well- I'm in China. US law doesn't apply in China (otherwise the Great Firewall wouldn't exist) so they can try all they like.
Well- Tor doesn't work all the time either. At least my school has the "guanxi" (connections) within China Telecom to get less restrictions on the internet (routing through the right proxies that don't get blocked).
That link is missing for a reason- it won't load here (I'm in China).
How do you know that this person is American? He could be from another country, and as we learned with the Pirate Bay, US law does not apply internationally.
Keep repeating that, and quite possibly they will do something to make those words more true, affecting all the ex-pats and tourists in China. Be careful.
Why South Korea? The only relationship I see is the large number of Korean immigrants in Shanghai (and now I see shop signs in Korean a lot more in the "Korean-dominant" areas) and maybe the commercial relations (Pantech, Samsung, and LG are 3 companies that I can think of that are pretty big in China)
Fine- what about foreign music (especially J-Pop)? Before I came to China I could not find any shop that stocked non-American music. Maybe you can find some of the really popular albums, but lots of others don't make it outside Asia at all (except for online import shops, but that's not "try before you buy" now is it?) through official channels. I don't like being "illegal" which is why I bought the CDs of the stuff I downloaded when I was able to (legit, not the pirated stuff) in China. Video is another matter- nearly impossible to find J-Drama for sale on DVD in the US.
That, or he can come to China- where even legit CDs are cheaper than in other countries (60RMB for a CD+DVD set that costs 3000yen in Japan- Love Cook by Ai Otsuka). That's why I think that iTunes refuses to open in China- everyone's so used to getting cheap stuff that Apple would get no profit off of iTunes if they tried it here (that or sales would be 0).
I used to live in California- the homeowner's association did pretty much everything in Chinese because practically everyone in the association was Chinese. Would that be a discriminatory practice?
Exactly- where I live there are only 2 BK's that I know of- one in the busiest subway station in the city (good location) and one in some out-of-the-way back alley that I have never actually been able to find (bad location). On the other hand, McDonalds is within 5 minutes walking distance from my apartment. On top of that BK has a lack of publicity so even the "busy" one barely has a lineat lunchtime while the McDonalds in the same area usually has a line of like 5 people at each register.
Yes it does- I live in China. The website itself is still in English, but I see a lot more videos in Chinese featured on the front page at home (direct connection to the internet) than when I browse it at school (which gets its internet through a proxy in the US for a semi-obvious reason) when I'm not in class.
I think it's because there is no government that control is separated among the people- thus, the "cannot be bought".
Sure, they don't re-sell the papers, but apparently (from what I've heard) teachers pay a very high fee to get access to this service. So, in effect, they are paying for the ability to compare student papers against those already submitted. Am I right? Maybe my view on this issue has been "tainted" by living in China- I consider P2P to be near-profitless compared to the "commercial" piracy that I see every day on the street.
Maybe it's iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and associated software?
Selective enforcement then? P2P sharing is not OK (not like people are making money off of it) but this is (this service is making money off the teachers who sign up for the service)? I consider the second to be worse- if the RIAA has a case in the first one, then these students certainly have a case in the second one.
Also WCDMA at 1900MHz (I think the auction for 2100MHz finished recently, so that shouldn't be a worry anymore.
And a better solution is to wait until the next "Patch Tuesday"? I think not- any 0-day exploit has the chance of becoming an international problem (remember the "I Love You" virus?) so it's best to patch the problem in any way possible. Or use Firefox.
Exactly.
Inferior? It sounds better at the same bitrate (tested on a couple of people). At least there's SOME players that support Ogg- just try to find a player that supports .WMV (I can't- most normal music players won't- only MP3, WMA, and OGG). Now how on earth did music get ripped into a VIDEO format?
Almost every torrent site I've used uses RealVideo format for TV torrents (these are Chinese sites to get Japanese TV subtitled. so maybe China just has a thing for RealVideo). Of course, like I stated above, I'm not American.
Well- even with only 2MP I can print perfectly clear 4x6 prints, and with 3.2MP I can print a little bigger. That's my requirement- if it doesn't print good 4x6 photos, it isn't a good camera. Past that, I don't worry, so I have one cellphone that does all 3 instead of carrying a cell phone, camera, MP3 player, MP4 viewer, DS, etc which is a lot better when I'm going to a rural region and I can't bring a whole lot.