Indeed but the FAQ is reasonably balanced I thought. If it was full of 'all copying is evil dammit' rhetoric you'd have a point. Plus, it would hardly help their cause if their FAQ contained blatent lies would it?
Countries that don't allow you personal copies include UK, Australia and chunks of EU (not France or Portugal). According to the Pro Music FAQ, their phrasing is 'some countries allow personal copies' as opposed to 'most' but they don't give a breakdown. The reality in most cases is you won't get charged for copying a CD for the car or putting a tape on to a CD but that doesn't mean the law in each country explicitly allows it.
Either way, your 'bullshit' and 'you don't know what you're talking about' was rude and unneccessary.
Yup. The US is fairly unusual having a 'fair usage' clause on copyright. Other countries do not allow you to eg copy a CD you own for playing in the car - you'd need to buy 2 copies or carry one around. Equally, backing a CD or game to protect the original is illegal.
Are you asserting that Sony is responsible for compact discs? Because if so, you are just plain ignorant
Meanwhile, back in the real world..
1980 Compact Disc standard proposed by Philips & Sony.
1981 Matsushita accepts Compact Disc Standard
Digital Audio Disc Committee also accepts Compact Disc Standard.
1982 Sony & Philips both have product ready to go. Compact Disc Technology is introduced to Europe and Japan in the fall.
It's a futile discussion, both US and Canadian beer are like water. Let's get a few things straight:
1. Beer should be warm
2. Beer should have a taste
3. Beer should ideally have sawdust and maybe some mouse droppings in it.
4. Tea should be hot with milk & sugar.
5. Coffee should be coffee. Not a skinny latte mexicana american lightweight with 2 scoops and a stripe.
6. Feel free to slag off British cuisuine though. You're probably justfied.
Because everyone in the world is just "totally" dying to get into the greatest country in the world.
There was a breakdown of immigration stats published recently. The top two were US and UK. There were very marginally more people entering the US than the UK and as you might have noticed, there is a slight difference in size so I think you guys can take a few more before you fill up. UK? We're pretty much full these days.
In the UK you don't even have to be convicted for them to hold your DNA
And very shortly, if you want a passport, you'll need to hand over a DNA sample amongst other sundry bits of body. Apparantly this will stop terrorists, ID theft and criminals. No-one has been able to explain how though. Best of all, they tell us the US is insisting on this so we have to comply. Umm, no they're not.
IANAL, but United States law has a provision that states you are "innocent until proven guilty".
There is an amendment:
"Unless you look a bit dark, enjoy towels as a fashion accessory or take pictures in public or have been abroad in which case you can be locked up indefinitely just in case you met an evildoer and became tainted"
Do you really think people accustomed to taking things for free and financing their business with porn ads should handle distribution of your tax money?
At least you'd know where you stood with them unlike the current incumbents who say one thing and do another.
The very best vinyl system sounds better than the very best CD. OTOH, your average CD-player beats an average turntable pretty well so for most people, CD wins.
Would it be really annoying if I mentioned they released BR DC in the UK in a big deluxe box with lobby cards, a filme frame and other bits and pieces?
The problem with the 92 DC of Blade Runner is that it still technically isn't a DC. Scott was rushed while making it and wasn't able to complete it as he wanted to.
It was actually a slightly tidied up version of the test screen version shown to a limited number of cinemas prior to the original release. People couldn't follow the plot (duh!) and disliked the cheerless ending. It was recut, voice over added and a happy-clappy ending tacked on c/o of out-take aerial footage from 'The Shining'. That was then Bladerunner Mk1. The original was assumed lost but was found misfiled in the vaults by someone researching a different movie. This turned out to be a 70mm print of tester-BR and was used by Scott as a basis for the DC although as noted, the tiding was minimal.
If your prospective new employer is Googling for you, it probably helps if your name is John Smith then you can deny everything. OTOH, if your name is Donovan Putz-Marionette then chances are they'll have you bang to rights.
And hassle me about my downloads, I'll show them 1000+ LPs 800 CDs 500 DVDs 200 Laserdiscs 5 tapes And say 'Are you sure it's in your interests to arrest me and stop me buying more stuff?'
For those that didn't bother to read the medical reports and instead relied on the newspapers/media, Terri's brain had totally atrophied away, it was gone. Her skull contained the brain stem, a bit of shrivelled brain and an awful lot of fluid. There really was no hope, she was long gone.
but in Africa believe it or not infant mortality from dehydration is very serious. They use cheap formula watered down with bad water to begin with, and then they get sick on top of that, which causes worse dehydration.
I seem to remember surviving the Cold War with my rights intact.
But commies were easy to spot (shifty foreign types, overly keen on queuing and eating bread and potatoes) and more importantly, lived somewhere else. They also took years to appear en-masse.
Terrorists OTOH are invisible, living amongst us, speak in tongues and have a taste in multi-virgin post-death action. They also did not exist prior to 9/11. Really.
It therefor makes sense that we give up all our privacy, rights etc. and try to turn the world in to one big shopping mall and McD outlet. That'll stop them.
Why exactly would someone hate someone else because of their freedom (whatever that actually means in practice)? This is often wheeled out as a mantra but makes little sense.
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Dude, it's a joke posting . It was posted on slashdot mere days ago on a similar thread.
1. Enter income in A1 2. Enter expenses in A2 3. Enter =A1-A2 in A3 4. Examine A3 5. Profit!
Also, Pro Music has everything to gain..
Indeed but the FAQ is reasonably balanced I thought. If it was full of 'all copying is evil dammit' rhetoric you'd have a point. Plus, it would hardly help their cause if their FAQ contained blatent lies would it?
Countries that don't allow you personal copies include UK, Australia and chunks of EU (not France or Portugal). According to the Pro Music FAQ, their phrasing is 'some countries allow personal copies' as opposed to 'most' but they don't give a breakdown. The reality in most cases is you won't get charged for copying a CD for the car or putting a tape on to a CD but that doesn't mean the law in each country explicitly allows it.
Either way, your 'bullshit' and 'you don't know what you're talking about' was rude and unneccessary.
So, basically, you don't know what you're talking about.
Go on then, name them.
Have you ever seen a poor congressman? Has to mean something..
Yup. The US is fairly unusual having a 'fair usage' clause on copyright. Other countries do not allow you to eg copy a CD you own for playing in the car - you'd need to buy 2 copies or carry one around. Equally, backing a CD or game to protect the original is illegal.
Are you asserting that Sony is responsible for compact discs? Because if so, you are just plain ignorant
Meanwhile, back in the real world..
1980 Compact Disc standard proposed by Philips & Sony.
1981 Matsushita accepts Compact Disc Standard
Digital Audio Disc Committee also accepts Compact Disc Standard.
1982 Sony & Philips both have product ready to go. Compact Disc Technology is introduced to Europe and Japan in the fall.
It's a futile discussion, both US and Canadian beer are like water. Let's get a few things straight:
1. Beer should be warm
2. Beer should have a taste
3. Beer should ideally have sawdust and maybe some mouse droppings in it.
4. Tea should be hot with milk & sugar.
5. Coffee should be coffee. Not a skinny latte mexicana american lightweight with 2 scoops and a stripe.
6. Feel free to slag off British cuisuine though. You're probably justfied.
Because everyone in the world is just "totally" dying to get into the greatest country in the world.
There was a breakdown of immigration stats published recently. The top two were US and UK. There were very marginally more people entering the US than the UK and as you might have noticed, there is a slight difference in size so I think you guys can take a few more before you fill up. UK? We're pretty much full these days.
Are they going to call them Mexi-cams?
Wow - an apology! Accepted!
FX: Wanders off muttering about what is the world coming to when people act sensibly.
In the UK you don't even have to be convicted for them to hold your DNA
And very shortly, if you want a passport, you'll need to hand over a DNA sample amongst other sundry bits of body. Apparantly this will stop terrorists, ID theft and criminals. No-one has been able to explain how though. Best of all, they tell us the US is insisting on this so we have to comply. Umm, no they're not.
IANAL, but United States law has a provision that states you are "innocent until proven guilty".
There is an amendment: "Unless you look a bit dark, enjoy towels as a fashion accessory or take pictures in public or have been abroad in which case you can be locked up indefinitely just in case you met an evildoer and became tainted"
I bet if you read shelleytherepublican.com you'd think that's for real too. Guys, engage brain when reading.
Do you really think people accustomed to taking things for free and financing their business with porn ads should handle distribution of your tax money?
At least you'd know where you stood with them unlike the current incumbents who say one thing and do another.
The very best vinyl system sounds better than the very best CD. OTOH, your average CD-player beats an average turntable pretty well so for most people, CD wins.
Would it be really annoying if I mentioned they released BR DC in the UK in a big deluxe box with lobby cards, a filme frame and other bits and pieces?
The problem with the 92 DC of Blade Runner is that it still technically isn't a DC. Scott was rushed while making it and wasn't able to complete it as he wanted to.
It was actually a slightly tidied up version of the test screen version shown to a limited number of cinemas prior to the original release. People couldn't follow the plot (duh!) and disliked the cheerless ending. It was recut, voice over added and a happy-clappy ending tacked on c/o of out-take aerial footage from 'The Shining'. That was then Bladerunner Mk1. The original was assumed lost but was found misfiled in the vaults by someone researching a different movie. This turned out to be a 70mm print of tester-BR and was used by Scott as a basis for the DC although as noted, the tiding was minimal.
If your prospective new employer is Googling for you, it probably helps if your name is John Smith then you can deny everything. OTOH, if your name is Donovan Putz-Marionette then chances are they'll have you bang to rights.
And hassle me about my downloads, I'll show them
1000+ LPs
800 CDs
500 DVDs
200 Laserdiscs
5 tapes
And say 'Are you sure it's in your interests to arrest me and stop me buying more stuff?'
For those that didn't bother to read the medical reports and instead relied on the newspapers/media, Terri's brain had totally atrophied away, it was gone. Her skull contained the brain stem, a bit of shrivelled brain and an awful lot of fluid. There really was no hope, she was long gone.
but in Africa believe it or not infant mortality from dehydration is very serious. They use cheap formula watered down with bad water to begin with, and then they get sick on top of that, which causes worse dehydration.
I hope this isn't news to anyone here.
I seem to remember surviving the Cold War with my rights intact.
But commies were easy to spot (shifty foreign types, overly keen on queuing and eating bread and potatoes) and more importantly, lived somewhere else. They also took years to appear en-masse.
Terrorists OTOH are invisible, living amongst us, speak in tongues and have a taste in multi-virgin post-death action. They also did not exist prior to 9/11. Really.
It therefor makes sense that we give up all our privacy, rights etc. and try to turn the world in to one big shopping mall and McD outlet. That'll stop them.
I think that's how the argument goes, anyway.
They hate us because of our freedom!
Why exactly would someone hate someone else because of their freedom (whatever that actually means in practice)? This is often wheeled out as a mantra but makes little sense.