DRM does not exist for the 1% of immoral users - those people are going to pirate content no matter what. DRM exists to make it difficult enough to copy files that 97% of John Q. Not-so-bright out there fnd it more convenient to just buy it.
1. join la-la
2. pay $1.49 to trade CD's
3. rip to lossless format, convert/burn backup as necessary
4. Trade for new CD's after ripping
5. RIAA does not profit...
I remember reading a study of some sort at some point in the past that put forth the theory that people in Appalaichia (mountainous rural region stretching from about GA to PA)who are frequently regarded as unintelligible by outsiders, spoke the nearest dialect to the original "King's" or "Queen's" English as a result of the isolation of these communities since colonization of the America's - same idea, much more isolated, and not as influenced by immigrants as the midwest...
I think the answer on allofmp3.com really is it depends - there are too many issues involved that haven't been settled at all by the courts - is allofmp3.com legal under russian law? - assuming it is, is it legal to purchase music sold under russion law and import into the US? With or without a limit on the acceptable value? If there is a limit, is it based on the US value or the russian value? Should duties be paid on the imported goods (if you can call it that) IF it's ok to do all that, is it legal to do it via the internet? AFAIK, none of this has been answered by the courts....
I have root access to your computer, but all I've done *so far* is give you some free software. Is that bad for you?
The point of separating the duties of Chairmain and CEO is to ensure that there is adequate and independent oversight of what the CEO is doing, with a company that is essentially the property of others - the fact that it's happened in the past, and that some companies have done it and not had a catastrophe, or even profited, doesn't mean it isn't a bad idea...
While there would likely be some consequenses for outright booting her from the board (pretty sure they have cause on this one) I can't imagine that the cost of a lawsuit from an outed director with a huge smear on her reputation could outweigh the cost to HP in bad press, crumbling stock value and consumer confidence. The board must see that, so why wouldn't they send her packing? Unless, of course, she had the dirt on one or more of them doing something equally stupid, or much, much worse - kind of makes you wonder what else they're hiding...
I don't know about the higher rates part, but denying or reducing loans and grants to students who don't perform academically seems pretty fair to me - I'd say the straight A student deserves a better chance at the money than the guy with a C minus average spending his loan money on pr0n and cheap beer.../lived with such a specimen in college...
Not so much really-
Trawling involves the use of a net dragged behind a moving boat to ensare anything big enough to not slip through the holes in said net, while trolling (in the fishing sense) involves the se of individual baited line(s) dragged behind a moving boat to target a specific type of fish. Thus, trawling would be some basement dweller in the Pentagon running every FAFSA app against some sort of profile, while trolling would involve searching the database for specific names, then fulling those FAFSA apps for further review/storage. Not that the program is a good thing, but at least you're supposed to already have your name on a FBI watch list for this thing to pull your records for review...
Within four to five years, this auction's winners could have these wireless networks up and running, competing directly with entrenched carriers like Cingular, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel (S) and T-Mobile...
wake me up when this "news" might actually have an effect on my life...
Even if the DNA is useful in some way that other evidence would not be - I fail to see how this would be the case, since there are a myriad of other ways to tie a suspect to a computer used for hacking - This seems pretty invasive - could a DNA sequence not also be generated from a hair sample or skin cells from the inside of the mouth, which are comparitively less invasive? While the law specifies that a blood sample must be provided, it would seem to be grounds for constitutional challenge if it does not provide for other means of testing in the case of contrary religios convictions, especially given that the "perp" is willing to provide the DNA by whatever other means they choose...
Except that it will do nothing to prevent another Enron. No internal control can reliably prevent or detect fraud via collusion. SOX imposes ill-defined requirements for documentation of internal controls (basically a huge windfall for auditors, who get to "consult" and determine what thos requirements really are (lots of billable hours)) which should already be documented as part of a standard audit - nothing really new except more paperwork there. The other thing SOX does is make somebody sign eveything, thus theoretically establihing liability - the idea is that managers will pay more attention - the reality is that when I go to my boss and say "Sign this" it doesn't even get a look....
rhsanborn wrote: I don't work in the movie industry, but I'm willing to bet that pricing these at anything below current DVD prices won't increase revenue.
Not so. First, no manufacturing costs for direct download - This works out to be somewhere in the neigborhood of $0.50 to $0.75 per unit (Obviously, they will still make some # of DVD's, at least for the foreseeable future, and the manufacturing price will go up by a penny or two per unit, but let's assume that shakes out in the wash, since we're talking in generalities here)Second, no storage and distribution costs - Shipping, warehouse space, picking and packing all cost money - prolly around $0.50 per unit, on average. Third, no middleman and no retailer. Most studios use a distributor to push out product to retailers, rather than selling direct - the DVD you bought at Tower for $18.99, they bought from the distributor for $12.00, and the distributor bought it from the studio for $9.00 (notice that already you could be selling downloads around half of the retail price and be making more money) Fourth, payment is instant - studios now wait months after the DVD release date, which is usually a couple of months after actual production, to recoup cash from a sale (think about the NPV of $10 million in six months - not massive profit, but nothing to sneeze at either) Fifth, less risk of non-salable goods/rebates - through distributors, studios reimburse retailers for unsold merchandise, in full if the goods are returned, or in part if they have to be sold off in the bargain bin. There's more that I could nit-pick about, but that's enough to give you an idea of the cost savings associated with direct download movies - there are prolly some additional costs to be incurred, especially with finding the right balance of DVD's to produce, keeping distributors/retailers from going into open revolt for some period of time (they're going the way of the dodo, anyhow, just a matter of time), and there won't be excessive hosting costs if distribution is via bittorrent, but it ought to be pretty obvious that selling low quality, DRM encrusted, non-portable, non-transferable media via download to people for twice as mouch money as they're getting now is either a shameless cash grab or a move to drive people away from this newfangled downloading technology - we all know the XXAA's hate change....
Technically, the Sixteenth Amendment was improperly ratified, but the Supreme Court has already called bollocks on any attempt to use that to get out of tax liability...
Actually, no. Post-dating a check will have no effect on when it can be cashed, or your liability for payment. The date field on a check has no legal signifigance - a check is a demand draft against an account and is payable on presentation...
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Astronomers will hold a conference to name the vortex - current frontruners include dirty penny and brown starfish.....
DRM does not exist for the 1% of immoral users - those people are going to pirate content no matter what. DRM exists to make it difficult enough to copy files that 97% of John Q. Not-so-bright out there fnd it more convenient to just buy it.
1. join la-la 2. pay $1.49 to trade CD's 3. rip to lossless format, convert/burn backup as necessary 4. Trade for new CD's after ripping 5. RIAA does not profit...
I remember reading a study of some sort at some point in the past that put forth the theory that people in Appalaichia (mountainous rural region stretching from about GA to PA)who are frequently regarded as unintelligible by outsiders, spoke the nearest dialect to the original "King's" or "Queen's" English as a result of the isolation of these communities since colonization of the America's - same idea, much more isolated, and not as influenced by immigrants as the midwest...
I think the answer on allofmp3.com really is it depends - there are too many issues involved that haven't been settled at all by the courts - is allofmp3.com legal under russian law? - assuming it is, is it legal to purchase music sold under russion law and import into the US? With or without a limit on the acceptable value? If there is a limit, is it based on the US value or the russian value? Should duties be paid on the imported goods (if you can call it that) IF it's ok to do all that, is it legal to do it via the internet? AFAIK, none of this has been answered by the courts....
read 20 of these in HS...
I have root access to your computer, but all I've done *so far* is give you some free software. Is that bad for you? The point of separating the duties of Chairmain and CEO is to ensure that there is adequate and independent oversight of what the CEO is doing, with a company that is essentially the property of others - the fact that it's happened in the past, and that some companies have done it and not had a catastrophe, or even profited, doesn't mean it isn't a bad idea...
While there would likely be some consequenses for outright booting her from the board (pretty sure they have cause on this one) I can't imagine that the cost of a lawsuit from an outed director with a huge smear on her reputation could outweigh the cost to HP in bad press, crumbling stock value and consumer confidence. The board must see that, so why wouldn't they send her packing? Unless, of course, she had the dirt on one or more of them doing something equally stupid, or much, much worse - kind of makes you wonder what else they're hiding...
I don't know about the higher rates part, but denying or reducing loans and grants to students who don't perform academically seems pretty fair to me - I'd say the straight A student deserves a better chance at the money than the guy with a C minus average spending his loan money on pr0n and cheap beer... /lived with such a specimen in college...
Not so much really- Trawling involves the use of a net dragged behind a moving boat to ensare anything big enough to not slip through the holes in said net, while trolling (in the fishing sense) involves the se of individual baited line(s) dragged behind a moving boat to target a specific type of fish. Thus, trawling would be some basement dweller in the Pentagon running every FAFSA app against some sort of profile, while trolling would involve searching the database for specific names, then fulling those FAFSA apps for further review/storage. Not that the program is a good thing, but at least you're supposed to already have your name on a FBI watch list for this thing to pull your records for review...
Within four to five years, this auction's winners could have these wireless networks up and running, competing directly with entrenched carriers like Cingular, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel (S) and T-Mobile... wake me up when this "news" might actually have an effect on my life...
Even if the DNA is useful in some way that other evidence would not be - I fail to see how this would be the case, since there are a myriad of other ways to tie a suspect to a computer used for hacking - This seems pretty invasive - could a DNA sequence not also be generated from a hair sample or skin cells from the inside of the mouth, which are comparitively less invasive? While the law specifies that a blood sample must be provided, it would seem to be grounds for constitutional challenge if it does not provide for other means of testing in the case of contrary religios convictions, especially given that the "perp" is willing to provide the DNA by whatever other means they choose...
Except that it will do nothing to prevent another Enron. No internal control can reliably prevent or detect fraud via collusion. SOX imposes ill-defined requirements for documentation of internal controls (basically a huge windfall for auditors, who get to "consult" and determine what thos requirements really are (lots of billable hours)) which should already be documented as part of a standard audit - nothing really new except more paperwork there. The other thing SOX does is make somebody sign eveything, thus theoretically establihing liability - the idea is that managers will pay more attention - the reality is that when I go to my boss and say "Sign this" it doesn't even get a look....
Not so. First, no manufacturing costs for direct download - This works out to be somewhere in the neigborhood of $0.50 to $0.75 per unit (Obviously, they will still make some # of DVD's, at least for the foreseeable future, and the manufacturing price will go up by a penny or two per unit, but let's assume that shakes out in the wash, since we're talking in generalities here)Second, no storage and distribution costs - Shipping, warehouse space, picking and packing all cost money - prolly around $0.50 per unit, on average. Third, no middleman and no retailer. Most studios use a distributor to push out product to retailers, rather than selling direct - the DVD you bought at Tower for $18.99, they bought from the distributor for $12.00, and the distributor bought it from the studio for $9.00 (notice that already you could be selling downloads around half of the retail price and be making more money) Fourth, payment is instant - studios now wait months after the DVD release date, which is usually a couple of months after actual production, to recoup cash from a sale (think about the NPV of $10 million in six months - not massive profit, but nothing to sneeze at either) Fifth, less risk of non-salable goods/rebates - through distributors, studios reimburse retailers for unsold merchandise, in full if the goods are returned, or in part if they have to be sold off in the bargain bin. There's more that I could nit-pick about, but that's enough to give you an idea of the cost savings associated with direct download movies - there are prolly some additional costs to be incurred, especially with finding the right balance of DVD's to produce, keeping distributors/retailers from going into open revolt for some period of time (they're going the way of the dodo, anyhow, just a matter of time), and there won't be excessive hosting costs if distribution is via bittorrent, but it ought to be pretty obvious that selling low quality, DRM encrusted, non-portable, non-transferable media via download to people for twice as mouch money as they're getting now is either a shameless cash grab or a move to drive people away from this newfangled downloading technology - we all know the XXAA's hate change....
Technically, the Sixteenth Amendment was improperly ratified, but the Supreme Court has already called bollocks on any attempt to use that to get out of tax liability...
Actually, no. Post-dating a check will have no effect on when it can be cashed, or your liability for payment. The date field on a check has no legal signifigance - a check is a demand draft against an account and is payable on presentation...