They should try this with packages where you get to pick a certain number of channels. Say $30 for the first 30 channels, you get to pick what the channels are. A certain amount of those channels can be popular (based on ratings), say 20. Then you can get a package above that with say 50 channels 30-35 of which can be popular. Of course, you can purchase each channel individually for a small monthly fee ($2-$3/month). I could see this working in the above fashion, and being beneficial to the consumer, rather than making you pay $3/month per channel period.
As far as the censorship part of the programming goes, it is so easy to manage what your children can see at home with a set top box. Or maybe you could even try something absolutely crazy, like keeping an eye on your children!
Don't forget that they should factor out a buck or two for the costs of making the cd, case, and art. If they just charge a percentage of the retail cost, it still costs you more in the end to download and burn a cd.
Not to mention the amount of money these greedy bastards.. er.. companies spend on the anti piracy movement. Why would I buy something from you that you are going to limit the amount of times I can watch/listen/play it? Isn't that renting the content and not selling it?
Can you imagine the quality of content that would be coming out today if these companies would focus on quality as opposed to quantity? And to top it off, invest in their product and not their legal staff?
Seems if they can force a video game company to pull a video game for a nudity patch even though it is rated M (GTA San Andreas), they should definitely force Sony to pull these CDs and provide replacements to those who purchased them. In addition, they should be providing DRM removal kits to clean the computer from their mal-ware and personal checks for the inconvenience they have caused each consumer.
They need to be made an example of as to deter future companies from pulling the same crap on consumers.
Don't forget Lego Star Wars! That game was awesome, takes you back to the old push button Nintendo days! Great game for relaxation instead of stress, and it follows the movies!
So who exactly sits around and says "Hey guys, lets start a band. Then we can make CD's and sell them to people... but not let them listen to the music!"
Well, have to admit, when I first glanced over and saw the title "Trojan Using Sony DRM Rootkit Spotted", I wondered how Trojan Condoms were incorporating Sony into their products.;o)
I see use in these large "laptops" in the work environment for those who do not travel. Great for taking home on the weekend in an oversized SUV (Finally, a use for those things). They really should just change the name from "laptop" to something like "port-a-puter".
Well, advertising wouldn't be spiralling out of control quite as much if every single person wasn't trying to make a million dollars by age 25. What ever happened to working for what you earn, and then enjoying those earnings. I know at least the US is on a fast track to having a lot of unhappy people with way too much money that isn't worth anything.
Maybe I'll just go live under a rock... as long as I can get wireless high speed internet;)
Looks like it is time for me to open up all the ports on my router and start suing individual Microsoft employees that helped develop Windows XP, it is the American way!
Have these corporations involved in this "protection" ever seen "The Money Pit"? They lose money from people copying their music (even though it becomes widely distributed and popular, and we pay a gazillion dollars for a concert), then spend billions coming up with new ways to keep people from copying their music... which is then broken and copied again. This will be an infinite loop of copying and then hacking. Not every single person who comes out with a cd can make a million dollars. Period.
If they keep all this digital protection up, I guess I'll just have to go back to making mix tapes:)
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They should try this with packages where you get to pick a certain number of channels. Say $30 for the first 30 channels, you get to pick what the channels are. A certain amount of those channels can be popular (based on ratings), say 20. Then you can get a package above that with say 50 channels 30-35 of which can be popular. Of course, you can purchase each channel individually for a small monthly fee ($2-$3/month). I could see this working in the above fashion, and being beneficial to the consumer, rather than making you pay $3/month per channel period.
As far as the censorship part of the programming goes, it is so easy to manage what your children can see at home with a set top box. Or maybe you could even try something absolutely crazy, like keeping an eye on your children!
Surely this is another RIAA approved "feature" released by Sony!
Don't forget that they should factor out a buck or two for the costs of making the cd, case, and art. If they just charge a percentage of the retail cost, it still costs you more in the end to download and burn a cd.
Not to mention the amount of money these greedy bastards.. er.. companies spend on the anti piracy movement. Why would I buy something from you that you are going to limit the amount of times I can watch/listen/play it? Isn't that renting the content and not selling it?
Can you imagine the quality of content that would be coming out today if these companies would focus on quality as opposed to quantity? And to top it off, invest in their product and not their legal staff?
'We looked into this quickly and learned that it can only occur if a user knowingly provides their credentials,' Ms. Boralv said.
So what exactly is the flaw here? Giving your credentials to anyone for any system is a security flaw.
"Hey Bob, I just 'hacked' your e-mail with the user id and password you gave me."
"Guess it's time to call Google and let them know they have a security flaw"
You think Google is bad now in their crusades? Just wait until Google and Wal-Mart go at it in the apocalypse!
If the two ever merge, there will be enough power to overthrow national governments (Wal-Mart already overpowers local governments).
Seems if they can force a video game company to pull a video game for a nudity patch even though it is rated M (GTA San Andreas), they should definitely force Sony to pull these CDs and provide replacements to those who purchased them. In addition, they should be providing DRM removal kits to clean the computer from their mal-ware and personal checks for the inconvenience they have caused each consumer. They need to be made an example of as to deter future companies from pulling the same crap on consumers.
Don't forget Lego Star Wars! That game was awesome, takes you back to the old push button Nintendo days! Great game for relaxation instead of stress, and it follows the movies!
So, has anyone patented online credit card payments yet, by method of using an online form? Or how about patenting displaying price about a product on a page? Let's patent these and jump on the "Good ol' American Lawsuit Bandwagon"®©*.
;o)
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Awesome, another reason to not buy/listen to Celine Dion!
So who exactly sits around and says "Hey guys, lets start a band. Then we can make CD's and sell them to people... but not let them listen to the music!"
Way to go Sony
Well, have to admit, when I first glanced over and saw the title "Trojan Using Sony DRM Rootkit Spotted", I wondered how Trojan Condoms were incorporating Sony into their products. ;o)
I think a celebration is in order for their birthday. My vote goes to a NASA driven, Martian version of Battle Bots between the two rovers!
I see use in these large "laptops" in the work environment for those who do not travel. Great for taking home on the weekend in an oversized SUV (Finally, a use for those things). They really should just change the name from "laptop" to something like "port-a-puter".
Well, advertising wouldn't be spiralling out of control quite as much if every single person wasn't trying to make a million dollars by age 25. What ever happened to working for what you earn, and then enjoying those earnings. I know at least the US is on a fast track to having a lot of unhappy people with way too much money that isn't worth anything.
;)
Maybe I'll just go live under a rock... as long as I can get wireless high speed internet
Looks like it is time for me to open up all the ports on my router and start suing individual Microsoft employees that helped develop Windows XP, it is the American way!
Have these corporations involved in this "protection" ever seen "The Money Pit"? They lose money from people copying their music (even though it becomes widely distributed and popular, and we pay a gazillion dollars for a concert), then spend billions coming up with new ways to keep people from copying their music... which is then broken and copied again. This will be an infinite loop of copying and then hacking. Not every single person who comes out with a cd can make a million dollars. Period.
:)
If they keep all this digital protection up, I guess I'll just have to go back to making mix tapes