So, I guess the better question is why are you taking a lecture course from them when you already know the material, and aren't interested in listening to them talk about it? Aren't you wasting both their and your time signing up for that course?
You could always freeze yourself until the DRM is gone. Just make sure some asshole doesn't forget to unfreeze you and send you 500 years into the future.
I live in Buffalo, but the fact that these caps are coming to Rochester bothered me enough to email Time Warner saying that if they ever bring this to my area, I'll immediately switch providers. Too close for comfort!
Followed the links to,a href=http://www.akdemocrats.org/doogan/032709_2_doogan_in_juneau.htm target=_new>Doogan's actual post and I think it's ridiculous not only that he felt compelled to reveal this blogger's identity, but the manner in which he chose to do it. (Extra! Extra! Come on.) I emailed him letting him know I don't think this is right and I urge everyone who agrees to do the same. Maybe he'll send us a mass response!
This was a 3 hour movie! You're telling me by making it kid friendly, it's going to do even better? Kids don't have that kind of attention span, I don't have that kind of attention span. If you're going to make a 3 hour movie you may as well make it adult to keep my interest.
I agree that they're being ridiculously greedy, but I just wanted to point out it's not like Google went to them and asked to purchase licenses for the music. They just went ahead and used the music, even though they knew they didn't have licenses for it, and then when they got 100 million plays and PRS came to them and said, "Hey you have to pay for that," Google said, "No thanks," and now PRS has to take legal action to get the music off Youtube.
A few years ago, Apple was the only game in town. No one likes the DRM, but they made it pretty simple to work with, so lots of people don't mind it. But now with competitors offering similar catalogs and slicker interfaces, I think it's only a matter of time before Apple has to deal with this. I switched to Amazon for all my digital music this year specifically because it's DRM free.
I don't think SP1 would have fixed anything, but by SP2 it probably would have been a pretty good commercial. Of course it probably would have taken an hour long infomercial which most people skipped.
She works 12 days during the summer you say? That really is an injustice, I can't believe this Apple story is getting all the attention and noone is talking about the teachers!
Not true. They have basically two services. You can listen to unlimited music for a monthly fee. You can also buy individual tracks/albums for around $1 a song. All of it is protected by DRM.
It seems to me that Linux is growing at a pretty good clip, and any numbers you can come up with (downloads, random surveys, browser usage, etc) would show that. This whole article just reads like they're whining because they can't get the numbers they want. What exactly are they looking for?
Have you ever played those games? It's a lot of work. Unless you cheat. If I understand your original post correctly, you told the honest gamers to quit until they get rid of the cheaters, rather than griping about it. That won't fix the game for the people who enjoy it.
I don't think there is any legal problem with banning people. They provide the service and they have the right to deny that service to people who violate their terms. Also I would think it would be much more expensive to try to take people to court every time they break the rules, especially when I think there's a good possibility they would lose the case. Easier just to lock their program down in such a way that prevents abuses.
That's a very short-sighted answer, if cheaters come along and make a mockery of something you've worked hard on, you should quit until they get bored or someone does something about it? If everyone who doesn't use the glider program quits, then blizzard's only customers are the cheaters, and they are forced to cater to them and allow further cheating.
It's cheating, and bannable by the rules of the game, but it's certainly not illegal to write software that plays your WoW character for you. They're going after this by the wrong means. They should write a patch that checks to see if you are using the glider program, and ban you from the game if you are. It appears to me they're incapable of doing that, and so instead are going after the programmers who have done nothing wrong!
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Frankly I don't even know why you're going to college if you think it's an injustice that they're making you attend your classes.
So, I guess the better question is why are you taking a lecture course from them when you already know the material, and aren't interested in listening to them talk about it? Aren't you wasting both their and your time signing up for that course?
You could always freeze yourself until the DRM is gone. Just make sure some asshole doesn't forget to unfreeze you and send you 500 years into the future.
Because according to the judge they are responsible for the actions of others who used their website to trade copyrighted files.
I live in Buffalo, but the fact that these caps are coming to Rochester bothered me enough to email Time Warner saying that if they ever bring this to my area, I'll immediately switch providers. Too close for comfort!
Followed the links to ,a href=http://www.akdemocrats.org/doogan/032709_2_doogan_in_juneau.htm target=_new>Doogan's actual post and I think it's ridiculous not only that he felt compelled to reveal this blogger's identity, but the manner in which he chose to do it. (Extra! Extra! Come on.) I emailed him letting him know I don't think this is right and I urge everyone who agrees to do the same. Maybe he'll send us a mass response!
You also have to ignore google for a while so they feel it necessary to lure you back with free songs.
In my experience, when you're too old to keep up with current technology, they make you the boss.
This was a 3 hour movie! You're telling me by making it kid friendly, it's going to do even better? Kids don't have that kind of attention span, I don't have that kind of attention span. If you're going to make a 3 hour movie you may as well make it adult to keep my interest.
I agree that they're being ridiculously greedy, but I just wanted to point out it's not like Google went to them and asked to purchase licenses for the music. They just went ahead and used the music, even though they knew they didn't have licenses for it, and then when they got 100 million plays and PRS came to them and said, "Hey you have to pay for that," Google said, "No thanks," and now PRS has to take legal action to get the music off Youtube.
Would you like some flowers?
A few years ago, Apple was the only game in town. No one likes the DRM, but they made it pretty simple to work with, so lots of people don't mind it. But now with competitors offering similar catalogs and slicker interfaces, I think it's only a matter of time before Apple has to deal with this. I switched to Amazon for all my digital music this year specifically because it's DRM free.
That's all good, unless you're actually trying to sell something.
I don't think SP1 would have fixed anything, but by SP2 it probably would have been a pretty good commercial. Of course it probably would have taken an hour long infomercial which most people skipped.
I always liked the show (and obviously other people did too). The formula didn't translate to a 30-second ad for Vista, which really isn't surprising.
I thought this article was going to be like that episode of the Office where they all play call of duty. Um.. sniper rifle.
She works 12 days during the summer you say? That really is an injustice, I can't believe this Apple story is getting all the attention and noone is talking about the teachers!
The problem is to get the same quality you will end up with a much larger file.
Not true. They have basically two services. You can listen to unlimited music for a monthly fee. You can also buy individual tracks/albums for around $1 a song. All of it is protected by DRM.
It seems to me that Linux is growing at a pretty good clip, and any numbers you can come up with (downloads, random surveys, browser usage, etc) would show that. This whole article just reads like they're whining because they can't get the numbers they want. What exactly are they looking for?
It's nice how they have no counterpoints about the advantages webmail holds. Oh well, I guess they can only book one email-related interview a month.
Have you ever played those games? It's a lot of work. Unless you cheat. If I understand your original post correctly, you told the honest gamers to quit until they get rid of the cheaters, rather than griping about it. That won't fix the game for the people who enjoy it.
I don't think there is any legal problem with banning people. They provide the service and they have the right to deny that service to people who violate their terms. Also I would think it would be much more expensive to try to take people to court every time they break the rules, especially when I think there's a good possibility they would lose the case. Easier just to lock their program down in such a way that prevents abuses.
That's a very short-sighted answer, if cheaters come along and make a mockery of something you've worked hard on, you should quit until they get bored or someone does something about it? If everyone who doesn't use the glider program quits, then blizzard's only customers are the cheaters, and they are forced to cater to them and allow further cheating.
It's cheating, and bannable by the rules of the game, but it's certainly not illegal to write software that plays your WoW character for you. They're going after this by the wrong means. They should write a patch that checks to see if you are using the glider program, and ban you from the game if you are. It appears to me they're incapable of doing that, and so instead are going after the programmers who have done nothing wrong!