My theory is that the ancient Egyptians revered the cat for a reason. Ever try to get cat poo off anything? There's your mysterious mortar right there.
OK, NetFlix is a business, right? Businesses are in it FOR THE MONEY, right? High-volume users actually cost them more than the slowpokes (shipping, processing,...) Why wouldn't they try to normalize things. The bottom line is just that. Costs vs profit and all that.
I whole-heartedly agree: FoS does not mean that you can't be punished for what you say, it just means that you have the right to say it.
I am free to say whatever I want. However, I am also required to deal with the consequences of what I say.
Yeah, the kid might not have really intended to kill Mr. Whatshisbutt, but most sane people (and more than a few/.ers too) would be hard-pressed to say that this is absolutely harmless, normal behavior.
-McM
"The person who will have converted iTunes songs will be able to make it available elsewhere," Marc Guez, head of the French Collecting Society for Music Producers rights (SCPP) told Reuters.
Not legally. The music is still protected by copyright law. Currently, the DRM can be removed illegally, and then the music can be illegally shared. Making the first step legal doesn't make the second step legal.
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I agree. With the DRM that is included in iTunes, if I were the sneaky criminal that the RIAA asumes I am (because I keep a digital music library), I could use iTunes to burn any of my protected music to a CD, then rip that CD using WMP, then upload said music to the music player of my choosing (or the Internet). Apparently the French government doesn't realize that the future is now?
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My theory is that the ancient Egyptians revered the cat for a reason. Ever try to get cat poo off anything? There's your mysterious mortar right there.
No, but it fits nicely on an ill-tempered sea bass.
Millions of nerds are rubbing their heads right now, thinking "I don't owe you anything. I've got one too."
Didn't Thomas Dolby already do that?
SCIENCE!!!
I'm not saying it's fair, but it's logical.
I whole-heartedly agree: FoS does not mean that you can't be punished for what you say, it just means that you have the right to say it. I am free to say whatever I want. However, I am also required to deal with the consequences of what I say. Yeah, the kid might not have really intended to kill Mr. Whatshisbutt, but most sane people (and more than a few /.ers too) would be hard-pressed to say that this is absolutely harmless, normal behavior.
-McM
Kill it?! Did it ever really live?
I agree. With the DRM that is included in iTunes, if I were the sneaky criminal that the RIAA asumes I am (because I keep a digital music library), I could use iTunes to burn any of my protected music to a CD, then rip that CD using WMP, then upload said music to the music player of my choosing (or the Internet). Apparently the French government doesn't realize that the future is now?
--McMoose