You can't take money away from someone if they don't have it. People who fileshare illegally are not taking the money from anyone, they just aren't paying anyone. By not buying CDs and DVDs (and presumably obtaining those things "illegally"), the copyright holders are not making as much money as they would have if those things were purchased "legally". You can't "lose" money you don't have.
Unless encrypting your information would be illegal because you are not complying with the laws. If you have to allow for wiretapping on all computers, then encrypting all of your information wouldn't allow it. This law doesn't quite make that scenario a reality, but it seems to me that its going in that direction.
Either way, with no consequences to their actions...
Except for the 'possible' Bush impeachment hearings that a few states and quite a few cities and counties are trying to bring about. (This isn't to say that I don't completely agree with everything that you said, just wanted to point out that the EFF is no longer the 'only' one doing anything about the current administration)
Anyone else think this is a great public relations move for these artists? Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with that, but it seems to me that fighting for the average listener is a great way to boost your popularity.
The high-end N93 will hit stores in July and retail for $660. (Wireless service providers may offer deals to get that price down.)
So the phone might cost around $400, or maybe as low as $300 if you're lucky. However, accessing the internet costs you a monthly fee and cuts into your minutes, unless you are on Wi-Fi (and then I'm not sure what it does). There is no mention of the DRM that the phone will be using, so getting music will probably cost at least $1 a song, not to mention downloading costs your minutes too. You could probably transfer the songs directly from your computer, but then you'd have to buy an attachment (and software?) to make the connection, which will cost extra. I'd bet the attachment will be required to transfer the pictures and video to your phone, unless you want to pay extra monthly fees to get picture and video messaging, which also count against your minutes.
It's great that the phone has all these features, but they aren't free. These features not only factor into the price of the phone, but also bite into your wallet as you use them. Guessing that it costs $75 a month for all the features, that comes out to well over $1500 dollars to use this phone for a year... How many people will think that its really worth that much to have all the features in the same place?
Wouldn't it be great if one day we all woke up and China, along with every other repressive society, dropped all their inhumane activities and censorship? Wouldn't it be great if, on that day, every Chinese person was allowed to speak and inquire about whatever they want, whenever they want? Of course that would be great, but its not going to happen. Things like that don't magically happen over night. It takes time to move from censorship to free speech.
Unless you believe that this change should happen overnight, how do you expect it to happen? Isn't a gradual move to full freedom of speech better than not progressing at all unless you make the jump in one leap?
To support your point, I'm a college student living with 3 roommates and a rather large HDTV. Two of my three roommates, who are not very tech-savvy (they have huge speakers in their rooms, because as everyone knows, the bigger the speaker, the better the sound...), insist on watching regular shows in the widescreen format, because they "don't like the little bars on the sides." This drives me insane because all of the pictures are distorted unless we are actually watching an HD channel. I just don't understand why a distorted picture is more appealing than having bars on the side of the picture.
And as you said, my roommates have gotten so used to it that they don't even realize it anymore. During March Madness, I got a good chuckle while watching a non-HD game when one of them said to the other, "Dee Brown really gained some weight huh?"
In other countries, South Korea for instance, gaming is treated more like a sport.
From the article:
Two cable TV networks, known as Ongamenet and MBCgame, compete for viewers with their own 24-hour programming dedicated to PC and console gaming. Fierce gaming competitions are held, backed by major corporate sponsors, and studios overflow with live audiences trying to catch a glimpse at players who are practically given celebrity status. ...
Their number one program is called Ongamenet Starleague, which is a three-month long Starcraft tournament broadcast live every Friday beginning at 7:00 p.m. ...
According to The Korea Times, Ongamenet and competitor MBCGame have been ranked among the top 20 shows in monthly viewership among South Korea's 99 cable TV channels.
Yeah, it's definitely not a sport for champions in South Korea. (And that was just the first article I found)
Yeah, I saw that TV special too.
Assuming everything in that special is factual, then global warming will lead to another mini ice age.
Global warming leads to the ice caps melting which leads to the more fresh water in the gulf stream which leads to a mini ice age.
Maybe that is nature's way of dealing with global warming...
Maybe man-made global warming will just speed up this process so it occurs more often...
On the topic of cooler temperatures in Europe, is it "quite serious" really? I doubt anyone will be throwing a party for a few centuries of extra cold temperatures, but they lived through it in the middle ages, so do you really think they couldn't live through it now? Again, it obviously wouldn't be a good thing, but it also isn't the "end of the world"...
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You might if it were taking money away from you.
You can't take money away from someone if they don't have it. People who fileshare illegally are not taking the money from anyone, they just aren't paying anyone. By not buying CDs and DVDs (and presumably obtaining those things "illegally"), the copyright holders are not making as much money as they would have if those things were purchased "legally".
You can't "lose" money you don't have.
Unless encrypting your information would be illegal because you are not complying with the laws. If you have to allow for wiretapping on all computers, then encrypting all of your information wouldn't allow it. This law doesn't quite make that scenario a reality, but it seems to me that its going in that direction.
Either way, with no consequences to their actions...
Except for the 'possible' Bush impeachment hearings that a few states and quite a few cities and counties are trying to bring about. (This isn't to say that I don't completely agree with everything that you said, just wanted to point out that the EFF is no longer the 'only' one doing anything about the current administration)
So, you mean to tell me that it costs money to produce a good before you are able to start selling it? I thought it was free.
and furthermore, what was wrong with just sticking with "Revolution"?
Anyone else think this is a great public relations move for these artists? Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with that, but it seems to me that fighting for the average listener is a great way to boost your popularity.
They'll all be gone in 5 years? That's kinda like saying "Two years from now, spam will be solved.(-Bill)"
The high-end N93 will hit stores in July and retail for $660. (Wireless service providers may offer deals to get that price down.)
So the phone might cost around $400, or maybe as low as $300 if you're lucky. However, accessing the internet costs you a monthly fee and cuts into your minutes, unless you are on Wi-Fi (and then I'm not sure what it does). There is no mention of the DRM that the phone will be using, so getting music will probably cost at least $1 a song, not to mention downloading costs your minutes too. You could probably transfer the songs directly from your computer, but then you'd have to buy an attachment (and software?) to make the connection, which will cost extra. I'd bet the attachment will be required to transfer the pictures and video to your phone, unless you want to pay extra monthly fees to get picture and video messaging, which also count against your minutes.
It's great that the phone has all these features, but they aren't free. These features not only factor into the price of the phone, but also bite into your wallet as you use them. Guessing that it costs $75 a month for all the features, that comes out to well over $1500 dollars to use this phone for a year... How many people will think that its really worth that much to have all the features in the same place?
... and apparently I did something wrong, because this was supposed to be a reply to the first poster... oh well.
Wouldn't it be great if one day we all woke up and China, along with every other repressive society, dropped all their inhumane activities and censorship? Wouldn't it be great if, on that day, every Chinese person was allowed to speak and inquire about whatever they want, whenever they want? Of course that would be great, but its not going to happen. Things like that don't magically happen over night. It takes time to move from censorship to free speech.
Unless you believe that this change should happen overnight, how do you expect it to happen? Isn't a gradual move to full freedom of speech better than not progressing at all unless you make the jump in one leap?
the merging of two same-size black holes
...not that there's anything wrong with it.
I thought that was banned in 19 states?
If a $900M bill from the IRS doesn't count as getting fucked, I don't know what does.
Umm, maybe a dick in your ass?
To support your point, I'm a college student living with 3 roommates and a rather large HDTV. Two of my three roommates, who are not very tech-savvy (they have huge speakers in their rooms, because as everyone knows, the bigger the speaker, the better the sound...), insist on watching regular shows in the widescreen format, because they "don't like the little bars on the sides." This drives me insane because all of the pictures are distorted unless we are actually watching an HD channel. I just don't understand why a distorted picture is more appealing than having bars on the side of the picture.
And as you said, my roommates have gotten so used to it that they don't even realize it anymore. During March Madness, I got a good chuckle while watching a non-HD game when one of them said to the other, "Dee Brown really gained some weight huh?"
In other countries, South Korea for instance, gaming is treated more like a sport.
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From the article:
Two cable TV networks, known as Ongamenet and MBCgame, compete for viewers with their own 24-hour programming dedicated to PC and console gaming. Fierce gaming competitions are held, backed by major corporate sponsors, and studios overflow with live audiences trying to catch a glimpse at players who are practically given celebrity status.
Their number one program is called Ongamenet Starleague, which is a three-month long Starcraft tournament broadcast live every Friday beginning at 7:00 p.m.
According to The Korea Times, Ongamenet and competitor MBCGame have been ranked among the top 20 shows in monthly viewership among South Korea's 99 cable TV channels.
Yeah, it's definitely not a sport for champions in South Korea. (And that was just the first article I found)
Yeah, I saw that TV special too. Assuming everything in that special is factual, then global warming will lead to another mini ice age. Global warming leads to the ice caps melting which leads to the more fresh water in the gulf stream which leads to a mini ice age. Maybe that is nature's way of dealing with global warming... Maybe man-made global warming will just speed up this process so it occurs more often... On the topic of cooler temperatures in Europe, is it "quite serious" really? I doubt anyone will be throwing a party for a few centuries of extra cold temperatures, but they lived through it in the middle ages, so do you really think they couldn't live through it now? Again, it obviously wouldn't be a good thing, but it also isn't the "end of the world"...