Yet there are no limits placed into DRM systems, nor sunset provisions to remove the DRM when the copyright expires.
I think you'll find that most DRM systems have provisions for removing the DRM, theyre just not provided by the same people that made the DRM to begin with.
If it was 'socially acceptable', a wide majority of the ELECTED government in Germany would not have supported it.
I seriously doubt that any party in the German government even mentioned copyright law when they were getting elected. If it's anything like in Britain they would probably be trying to sell their policies for taxes, public services, employment etc.
Instead of posting a google video of something exploding wouldn't it be better to post a link to the reclassified documents so we can see if there is anyting interesting and get a better idea of what the CIA is hiding?
I'm not going to go into the "civil liberties side of things here" (there is already enough discussion on this page). What really worries me about ID cards is that it might make identity theft easier as identity thieves will only have to fake one document.
Kip is talkin absolute crap, firstly as you said you do not give a shop your details when you buy a cd. Also watermarking cd's would lead to HUGE increases in manufacturing costs even if you only change the watermark on each batch or for each country the cd is sold in.
This system only makes sense for downloads, itunes (or whatever) could put a watermark on your copy of the file before sending it to you then it could be identified as your copy if it turns up on any peer to peer networks but even this requires extra processing power making it more expensive.
I've been applying to uni's recently and I havent seen any macs on any of the visit days I've been on. Most places seem to have dual boot pcs (windows and linux) and i've ssen a few solaris boxes but not much else, maybe Apple are doing better outside the UK.
Value is a funny thing. Something is worth whatever people are willing to pay for it. If people will pay $20 for a CD, then it's worth $20, even if you disagree. You don't get to decide how much things are worth.
Very true, just remember that other people are prepared to pay $0 for an mp3 which therefore means that the music is worth $0 without the packaging
what would happen if the 'analog hole' gets plugged, and every analog recording device has to comply with DRM.
Hopefully (this is the best outcome I can think of) this would piss off enough musicians to have them abandon the record industry as it currently exists. The signal from a microphone is analogue so if the "analogue hole" is plugged all music will be DRMed even if the performer doesnt want it. What would be even better would be if the DRM stopped A & R departments listening to demos, this would surely be the death of the industry
Linux plays DVDs fine
Yes I know it's slightly illegal where you live but does anyone actually check your machine for illegal software if your not a business?
Is racial insensitivity so DEAD in your country that you can't see how putting four influential black icons onto the same page as a B-movie about monkeys is offensive?
No, it's alive. Unfortunately it takes the form of screamy women (this is not intended as a stereotype of all women, just certain individuals I've been unfortunate enough to meet) who think that saying blackboard or whiteboard is offensive and nurseries where children learn baa baa yellow sheep. You can probably guess what most people think of it.
It's incredibly stupid since lyric and tab sites can lead (eventually) to more income for the songwriters, both from people who use the sites to find out the name of a song to buy and from bands learning the songs and performing them live (they have to pay songwriting royalties, usually handled by some sort of entertainment license for the venue)
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spits back single use decryption codes, using this software to get one out wouldn't be a big deal, its just that it would need to run under TCPA to get that code. Then that one time key can be used to read and decrypt the DVD. Works fine until you open the door, then the code is invalid and you need a new one.
Couldn't you just save the code somewhere? The DVD would still have the same data on it which would still use the same algorithm for decryption so you should be able to use the same code to decrypt it (maybe this functionality would have to be provided seperately to the signed binary otherwise the binary wouldn't get signed?)
Region coding is just a number from 0 to 7 (IIRC) with a country code. If ( DVD Region Code != DVD Player Region Code) then the player is obliged to not play.
Return your DVD player to the shop immediately it is obviously faulty.
DVD players have not been obliged not to play DVDs from the wrong region since they were invented. Open drawer, press some numbers on controller, select multiregion. It isn't exactly hard is it??
Most CD's say something about no copying, lending, hiring or public performance on them but I'm not sure if you automatically agree to that by buying the CD.
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No, the RIAA figures that's 50 hours of torture they're not getting paid for.
It probably has since the word terrorism has been extended to mean "anything we don't agree with"
Your comment impleies that the US has a left.
Yet there are no limits placed into DRM systems, nor sunset provisions to remove the DRM when the copyright expires.
I think you'll find that most DRM systems have provisions for removing the DRM, theyre just not provided by the same people that made the DRM to begin with.
If it was 'socially acceptable', a wide majority of the ELECTED government in Germany would not have supported it.
I seriously doubt that any party in the German government even mentioned copyright law when they were getting elected. If it's anything like in Britain they would probably be trying to sell their policies for taxes, public services, employment etc.
Instead of posting a google video of something exploding wouldn't it be better to post a link to the reclassified documents so we can see if there is anyting interesting and get a better idea of what the CIA is hiding?
There are already non Apple apps that can upload to the ipod (gtkpod etc), it wouldn't be too hard for amazon to licence one of them.
I'm not going to go into the "civil liberties side of things here" (there is already enough discussion on this page).
What really worries me about ID cards is that it might make identity theft easier as identity thieves will only have to fake one document.
Kip is talkin absolute crap, firstly as you said you do not give a shop your details when you buy a cd. Also watermarking cd's would lead to HUGE increases in manufacturing costs even if you only change the watermark on each batch or for each country the cd is sold in. This system only makes sense for downloads, itunes (or whatever) could put a watermark on your copy of the file before sending it to you then it could be identified as your copy if it turns up on any peer to peer networks but even this requires extra processing power making it more expensive.
I've been applying to uni's recently and I havent seen any macs on any of the visit days I've been on. Most places seem to have dual boot pcs (windows and linux) and i've ssen a few solaris boxes but not much else, maybe Apple are doing better outside the UK.
Value is a funny thing. Something is worth whatever people are willing to pay for it. If people will pay $20 for a CD, then it's worth $20, even if you disagree. You don't get to decide how much things are worth.
Very true, just remember that other people are prepared to pay $0 for an mp3 which therefore means that the music is worth $0 without the packaging
what would happen if the 'analog hole' gets plugged, and every analog recording device has to comply with DRM.
Hopefully (this is the best outcome I can think of) this would piss off enough musicians to have them abandon the record industry as it currently exists. The signal from a microphone is analogue so if the "analogue hole" is plugged all music will be DRMed even if the performer doesnt want it. What would be even better would be if the DRM stopped A & R departments listening to demos, this would surely be the death of the industry
Why not just download it?? save yourself some money.
Linux plays DVDs fine Yes I know it's slightly illegal where you live but does anyone actually check your machine for illegal software if your not a business?
Is racial insensitivity so DEAD in your country that you can't see how putting four influential black icons onto the same page as a B-movie about monkeys is offensive?
No, it's alive. Unfortunately it takes the form of screamy women (this is not intended as a stereotype of all women, just certain individuals I've been unfortunate enough to meet) who think that saying blackboard or whiteboard is offensive and nurseries where children learn baa baa yellow sheep. You can probably guess what most people think of it.
It's incredibly stupid since lyric and tab sites can lead (eventually) to more income for the songwriters, both from people who use the sites to find out the name of a song to buy and from bands learning the songs and performing them live (they have to pay songwriting royalties, usually handled by some sort of entertainment license for the venue)
I agree, but at least the Register has BOFH
And what exactly is the use of this?? We all know that laws don't apply to Microsoft so why would they ever implement such a crap feature/bug
They probably do but I don't think anyone is really going to bother with enforcement (if enforcement is possible at all).
I've started to go off yahoo, today they put email relating to my university application in the bulk folder
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spits back single use decryption codes, using this software to get one out wouldn't be a big deal, its just that it would need to run under TCPA to get that code. Then that one time key can be used to read and decrypt the DVD. Works fine until you open the door, then the code is invalid and you need a new one.
Couldn't you just save the code somewhere? The DVD would still have the same data on it which would still use the same algorithm for decryption so you should be able to use the same code to decrypt it (maybe this functionality would have to be provided seperately to the signed binary otherwise the binary wouldn't get signed?)
Region coding is just a number from 0 to 7 (IIRC) with a country code. If ( DVD Region Code != DVD Player Region Code) then the player is obliged to not play.
Return your DVD player to the shop immediately it is obviously faulty.
DVD players have not been obliged not to play DVDs from the wrong region since they were invented. Open drawer, press some numbers on controller, select multiregion. It isn't exactly hard is it??
What exactly is the bad use of peer to peer?
Your post look like a legal document; no one will ever read it.
Most CD's say something about no copying, lending, hiring or public performance on them but I'm not sure if you automatically agree to that by buying the CD.