If I steal your car, then I have a car and you have nothing.
If I copy your car, then I have a car and you still have a car, which you could use or sell.
Having inventory stolen is different from copyright infringement.
I could see Wave being used for event planning among friends/family. Being able to post maps, photos, and other widgets would make it an alternative to Facebook events.
Or... group projects for HS/college classes would be easier than emailing updates to a single document back&forth among 6 people. (Yes, there are ways like shared online storage, but Wave allows for simultaneous editing.)
I don't know about the other services, but in the Army, you are responsible for your ammo... however much you're issued. Of course the exception is if you're in a firefight, but on the FOB you do NOT barter away your accountable items. If there isn't enough ammo to issue you any, you'll still be issued a firearm for whenever you -do- get ammo, and you'll be expected to carry the rifle around with you everywhere. My buddy was issued an M203 grenade launcher for her rifle, and 11/12 months that we were in Afghanistan, she never had any grenades.
I requested coupons for a couple of older TVs, but never received them. I inquired but they said they were sent out and there is nothing further they could do, and suggested getting an unused card from a friend or relative who had to many. Perhaps a trading site could be set up to match people who have extras with people who didn't get any for whatever reason?
If you have nothing better to do with it, I could send you a stamp to send it my direction.;-)
Jeremy
The same thing happened to me; my coupons never arrived, even though they were listed as being sent. Good thing I have family members that never would've requested them otherwise.;)
I wonder if it would have been safer to mail them in more nondescript envelopes?...
"if you sell a piece of software for even one dollar, you have MADE one dollar because after its creation there is no cost"
But who paid the programmers to make the software in the first place?
You stupid stupid STUPID cunt.
Once you recoup your development costs, then it's almost ALL profit. You still have to pay for producing discs and packaging, but a $1000 DVD of Photoshop will cost roughly the same to physically manufacture as a $50 game. Why do you think software goes down in price over time, notably in digital distribution? Services like Steam don't have to worry about shelf-space, so once the developers break even, they can afford to lower the price to entice more customers. A lower profit per unit is certainly better than none at all.
Please pay attention when you're deriding someone: "...after it's creation there is no cost". The parent noted your point, and your final comment certainly speaks volumes about your powers of observation. Bravo, good sir, bravo.
*puts on tinfoil hat* I think it's simply collusion; rather than fairly competing with each other in regards to SMS prices, the U.S. telcos simply keep their prices roughly the same, as high as they can get away with. It feels like so many Americans prefer to be ignorant of the rest of the world, that we just think it's expected that SMS messages cost an arm & a leg to send and receive, unless you get a package. Call me a cheapskate, but I'm not going to spend as much as my internet connection, just to be able to send and receive one-sentence (if even that) messages.
Also, prices per text are so high because the telcos want everyone to sign up for texting plans. Do you honestly think everyone uses $20+ each month for the data transfer of SMS messages? The telcos are just milking the cash cow for all it's worth.
What REALLY burns my butter is when 'friends' just don't get the fact that I don't have an unlimited-texting plan, and -I- pay for every one of their inane "wat u doin" texts. The only saving grace is when my attractive female friends start drinking and decide to send pictures of various body parts. (Can you say potential blackmail material?)
I LOVED Sliders, at least as long as the episodes were self-contained. Sure, I like character development, but if the current episode makes no sense if you missed the prior one due to RL stuff, that's no bueno.
Also, anyone else remember Nowhere Man? I giggled like a schoolgirl when the DVD set arrived in my mailbox.
Thanks. With a deployment to Afghanistan & Iraq under my belt, and possibly one more in the near future, I'll remember that I'm defending your right to say whatever thoughtless, inconsiderate tripe that spews forth out of your puckered little wordhole.
THANK YOU. Being in support units (Army btw), I've always been in mixed-gender environments, except for Basic & AIT. When we'd do PT, it's mixed-gender. Sometimes a male would lead it, sometimes a female. Everyone would be expected to try their hardest, and during runs we all had the same distance/time goal. Yet when it comes to the Army Physical Fitness Test, there are separate male & female standards. I can max the female scale, but I'm rather average on the male scale.
If we're expected to do the same things day-to-day, there should only be one standard. During AIT I was on the all-male night-shift, and the drill sergeants were able to push us harder. When we combined with the mixed-gender day-shift, it was apparent which guys were day-shift. I feel there should just be PT standards for male-only units vs. mixed-gender.
Bootlegging DVDs may not be as frequent in Russia, but at least in Iraq & Afghanistan it's booming on/near military bases. In 2004 I saw copies of "Shaun of the Dead" at an Afghani bazaar, and when I went home on leave around September, there were previews of it in the theaters. I was able to watch "300" on Iraqi DVD while it was still in theaters, and "Transformers" ten days after it premiered in the U.S. (the discs may have arrived earlier, but not all bases have DVD merchants. The quality varies wildly, but "300" was DVD-quality, and "Transformers" looked like it was done with a tripod (even though a couple people walked in front of the camera at times).
Whoever supplies the local merchants pays attention to demand, also. In early 2005, the Afghani bazaars started offering PS2 and Xbox games (required mod-chips, though), and anime started trickling in.
It may be copyright infringement, but deployed soldiers won't ever have the option of seeing most of those movies in a theater. I may be the minority, but I've seen some movies on bootleg DVDs, and ended up buying an authentic copy when it came to the PX.
DISCLAIMER: I can neither confirm nor deny purchasing bootleg DVDs, even if they only cost $4-5, less if you buy a bunch.
I recently put my money where my mouth is & emailed my rep, Jay Inslee. I honestly can't tell whether or not this is a stock reply (maybe I should encourage some friends to write him, and see the replies), but it shows that he at least acknowledges his constituents' communications. Also, it seems interesting how he notes that it would be beneficial to the music industry, but makes no mention of putting his constituents' best interests first.
As far as I can tell, the Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007 looks like some sort of mutation of the Intellectual Property Protection Act, as they appear to do the same thing, but IANAL.
Dear Mr. ______:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the administration's draft proposal for the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007. I appreciate hearing from you.
I agree that it is important to keep the rights of consumers in mind as we work to address concerns from copyright holders about the unfair use of their intellectual property. It is my privilege to represent a region renowned for its cutting edge technology in Congress. Please be assured that I will continue to support innovation in this new era.
As you know, the Department of Justice has recently released a draft proposal for reform of existing intellectual property protections under US law. The proposed Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 would expand criminalization of copyright infringement to include those that attempt to commit a crime, rather than just prosecuting those who actually complete the crime. The law would also permit wiretaps to locate and convict those who are "attempting" to commit copyright infringement. This bill is widely seen as being highly beneficial to the recording industry and would do a great deal to limit copyright infringement of musical recordings.
I also believe we need to allow for fair use of protected content while preventing illegal piracy. As new technologies are developed, we must work diligently to strike a balance between preserving fair use principles for consumers and protecting intellectual property. Unfortunately, I am not a Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over this matter. However, as a Member of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, I will continue to look for ways to protect innovation in reviewing legislation that pertains to digital technology during the current 110th Congress.
Please continue to contact me about the issues that concern you, as I both need and welcome your thoughts and ideas. As a service to my constituents, I maintain a website which contains valuable resources and information on Congressional activities. Please feel free to visit the website at http://www.house.gov/inslee for information on recent issues and to learn more about the services my office provides. If you have not done so already, please visit http://www.house.gov/inslee/signup.htm to subscribe to my e-mail updates.
I encourage you to contact me via email, telephone, or fax, because security measures are causing House offices to experience delays in receiving postal mail. My email address is: Jay.Inslee@mail.house.gov. Please be sure to include your full name and address, including your zip code, in your message.
The iPod got where it is on its own, without any help from the Mac. I didn't mention anything about Macs.
iPod users don't have to use it unless they are using DRM'd music or purchasing from iTMS There's a way to put music/videos/pics onto an iPod without iTunes? (Rockbox firmware doesn't count, as the non-Slashdot crowd doesn't even know about it.)
I don't see any monopolistic abuse there. Just the usual mess with DRM and a product (iPod) that won its dominance in the market fairly. Microsoft did the same thing bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. They caused the death of Netscape; is there any online music store as widely-known as iTunes, which just happens to ship with each & every iPod?
and they don't abuse their dominance in one market to get into another market You know, they also happen to make a line of media-players, called iPods, which synch with this nifty program called iTunes...
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If I steal your car, then I have a car and you have nothing.
If I copy your car, then I have a car and you still have a car, which you could use or sell.
Having inventory stolen is different from copyright infringement.
Men's Pocky is just dark chocolate.
I could see Wave being used for event planning among friends/family. Being able to post maps, photos, and other widgets would make it an alternative to Facebook events.
Or... group projects for HS/college classes would be easier than emailing updates to a single document back&forth among 6 people. (Yes, there are ways like shared online storage, but Wave allows for simultaneous editing.)
When hugging is outlawed, only outlaws will hug.
Yeah, but I doubt that there's a WoW player that's a illiterate mass-murdering celebrity billionaire terrorist!
Osama bin Laden might play WoW, though.
I don't know about the other services, but in the Army, you are responsible for your ammo... however much you're issued. Of course the exception is if you're in a firefight, but on the FOB you do NOT barter away your accountable items. If there isn't enough ammo to issue you any, you'll still be issued a firearm for whenever you -do- get ammo, and you'll be expected to carry the rifle around with you everywhere. My buddy was issued an M203 grenade launcher for her rifle, and 11/12 months that we were in Afghanistan, she never had any grenades.
Of course, the purest of analog formats is the thing of life itself: water.
I requested coupons for a couple of older TVs, but never received them. I inquired but they said they were sent out and there is nothing further they could do, and suggested getting an unused card from a friend or relative who had to many. Perhaps a trading site could be set up to match people who have extras with people who didn't get any for whatever reason?
If you have nothing better to do with it, I could send you a stamp to send it my direction. ;-)
Jeremy
The same thing happened to me; my coupons never arrived, even though they were listed as being sent. Good thing I have family members that never would've requested them otherwise. ;)
I wonder if it would have been safer to mail them in more nondescript envelopes?...
"if you sell a piece of software for even one dollar, you have MADE one dollar because after its creation there is no cost"
But who paid the programmers to make the software in the first place?
You stupid stupid STUPID cunt.
Once you recoup your development costs, then it's almost ALL profit. You still have to pay for producing discs and packaging, but a $1000 DVD of Photoshop will cost roughly the same to physically manufacture as a $50 game. Why do you think software goes down in price over time, notably in digital distribution? Services like Steam don't have to worry about shelf-space, so once the developers break even, they can afford to lower the price to entice more customers. A lower profit per unit is certainly better than none at all.
Please pay attention when you're deriding someone: "...after it's creation there is no cost". The parent noted your point, and your final comment certainly speaks volumes about your powers of observation.
Bravo, good sir, bravo.
*puts on tinfoil hat* I think it's simply collusion; rather than fairly competing with each other in regards to SMS prices, the U.S. telcos simply keep their prices roughly the same, as high as they can get away with. It feels like so many Americans prefer to be ignorant of the rest of the world, that we just think it's expected that SMS messages cost an arm & a leg to send and receive, unless you get a package. Call me a cheapskate, but I'm not going to spend as much as my internet connection, just to be able to send and receive one-sentence (if even that) messages.
Also, prices per text are so high because the telcos want everyone to sign up for texting plans. Do you honestly think everyone uses $20+ each month for the data transfer of SMS messages? The telcos are just milking the cash cow for all it's worth.
What REALLY burns my butter is when 'friends' just don't get the fact that I don't have an unlimited-texting plan, and -I- pay for every one of their inane "wat u doin" texts. The only saving grace is when my attractive female friends start drinking and decide to send pictures of various body parts. (Can you say potential blackmail material?)
I LOVED Sliders, at least as long as the episodes were self-contained. Sure, I like character development, but if the current episode makes no sense if you missed the prior one due to RL stuff, that's no bueno.
Also, anyone else remember Nowhere Man? I giggled like a schoolgirl when the DVD set arrived in my mailbox.
Trekkie Monster: "Why you think the net was born? Porn, porn, porn!!!"
Homer: What are you spraying me with?
Kodos: Rum! So no one will believe your story.
Thanks. With a deployment to Afghanistan & Iraq under my belt, and possibly one more in the near future, I'll remember that I'm defending your right to say whatever thoughtless, inconsiderate tripe that spews forth out of your puckered little wordhole.
http://www.xenu.net/
I am a drunk college kid, you insensitive clod!
Now who wants to play Halo 3?
Image Comics beat you to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormwatch_(comics) The director was in fact titled "Weatherman One".
"Death Hand approaching." That phrase still sends an involuntary shiver down my spine.
In the real estate ads for San Juan County in Washington, one can buy an island for as little as $3.5m http://www.sanjuanislands.idxco.com/idx/2505/details.php?idxID=041&listingID=27136947 Anyone know what it would take legally to secede from the U.S.?
THANK YOU. Being in support units (Army btw), I've always been in mixed-gender environments, except for Basic & AIT. When we'd do PT, it's mixed-gender. Sometimes a male would lead it, sometimes a female. Everyone would be expected to try their hardest, and during runs we all had the same distance/time goal. Yet when it comes to the Army Physical Fitness Test, there are separate male & female standards. I can max the female scale, but I'm rather average on the male scale.
If we're expected to do the same things day-to-day, there should only be one standard. During AIT I was on the all-male night-shift, and the drill sergeants were able to push us harder. When we combined with the mixed-gender day-shift, it was apparent which guys were day-shift. I feel there should just be PT standards for male-only units vs. mixed-gender.
Bootlegging DVDs may not be as frequent in Russia, but at least in Iraq & Afghanistan it's booming on/near military bases. In 2004 I saw copies of "Shaun of the Dead" at an Afghani bazaar, and when I went home on leave around September, there were previews of it in the theaters. I was able to watch "300" on Iraqi DVD while it was still in theaters, and "Transformers" ten days after it premiered in the U.S. (the discs may have arrived earlier, but not all bases have DVD merchants. The quality varies wildly, but "300" was DVD-quality, and "Transformers" looked like it was done with a tripod (even though a couple people walked in front of the camera at times).
Whoever supplies the local merchants pays attention to demand, also. In early 2005, the Afghani bazaars started offering PS2 and Xbox games (required mod-chips, though), and anime started trickling in.
It may be copyright infringement, but deployed soldiers won't ever have the option of seeing most of those movies in a theater. I may be the minority, but I've seen some movies on bootleg DVDs, and ended up buying an authentic copy when it came to the PX.
DISCLAIMER: I can neither confirm nor deny purchasing bootleg DVDs, even if they only cost $4-5, less if you buy a bunch.
I recently put my money where my mouth is & emailed my rep, Jay Inslee. I honestly can't tell whether or not this is a stock reply (maybe I should encourage some friends to write him, and see the replies), but it shows that he at least acknowledges his constituents' communications. Also, it seems interesting how he notes that it would be beneficial to the music industry, but makes no mention of putting his constituents' best interests first.
As far as I can tell, the Intellectual Property Enhanced Criminal Enforcement Act of 2007 looks like some sort of mutation of the Intellectual Property Protection Act, as they appear to do the same thing, but IANAL.
Dear Mr. ______:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the administration's draft proposal for the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007. I appreciate hearing from you.
I agree that it is important to keep the rights of consumers in mind as we work to address concerns from copyright holders about the unfair use of their intellectual property. It is my privilege to represent a region renowned for its cutting edge technology in Congress. Please be assured that I will continue to support innovation in this new era.
As you know, the Department of Justice has recently released a draft proposal for reform of existing intellectual property protections under US law. The proposed Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 would expand criminalization of copyright infringement to include those that attempt to commit a crime, rather than just prosecuting those who actually complete the crime. The law would also permit wiretaps to locate and convict those who are "attempting" to commit copyright infringement. This bill is widely seen as being highly beneficial to the recording industry and would do a great deal to limit copyright infringement of musical recordings.
I also believe we need to allow for fair use of protected content while preventing illegal piracy. As new technologies are developed, we must work diligently to strike a balance between preserving fair use principles for consumers and protecting intellectual property. Unfortunately, I am not a Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, which has jurisdiction over this matter. However, as a Member of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, I will continue to look for ways to protect innovation in reviewing legislation that pertains to digital technology during the current 110th Congress.
Please continue to contact me about the issues that concern you, as I both need and welcome your thoughts and ideas. As a service to my constituents, I maintain a website which contains valuable resources and information on Congressional activities. Please feel free to visit the website at http://www.house.gov/inslee for information on recent issues and to learn more about the services my office provides. If you have not done so already, please visit http://www.house.gov/inslee/signup.htm to subscribe to my e-mail updates.
I encourage you to contact me via email, telephone, or fax, because security measures are causing House offices to experience delays in receiving postal mail. My email address is: Jay.Inslee@mail.house.gov. Please be sure to include your full name and address, including your zip code, in your message.
Very truly yours,
JAY INSLEE
Member of Congress
I didn't mention anything about Macs.
iPod users don't have to use it unless they are using DRM'd music or purchasing from iTMS
There's a way to put music/videos/pics onto an iPod without iTunes? (Rockbox firmware doesn't count, as the non-Slashdot crowd doesn't even know about it.)
I don't see any monopolistic abuse there. Just the usual mess with DRM and a product (iPod) that won its dominance in the market fairly.
Microsoft did the same thing bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. They caused the death of Netscape; is there any online music store as widely-known as iTunes, which just happens to ship with each & every iPod?
You know, they also happen to make a line of media-players, called iPods, which synch with this nifty program called iTunes...
"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of Chess?"