Wellllll it would be pushing it a bit to simply call it a font, even though fonts can be quite decorated, character-limited, and squared-off. Although it could be a font, everyone knows it's not, unfortunately. Interesting about fonts not being copyrightable though... I did not know that.
I also disagree with the idea that Google consciously sits assessing the risk of getting in trouble for infringement. Google is not trying to "get away wth" as much as they can, and they're definitely not trying to "mess with" anybody. In my experience, and hopefully in the experience of others who have more experience than me, I have always found Google to be as benevolent and well-intentioned as they are power-seeking, if not much more. They are simply trying to honor a person where honor is due, and in an elegant fashion that is reminiscent of that person's contribution to society.
And besides, if Google knows which to mess with and which not to, they've done a pretty poor job, haven't they? Think!
I think that it is supposed to be to the effect of: Everybody's a libertarian 'till their neighbor's house becomes a crack house.
Not sure though...
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You're quite right about the average Joe. People are seeing these fancy ads and promos like the flash animation you described, saying "That looks great! I should do that! Look how easy it is! I'll take it!", going home with it, setting it up, and going "Now what?". And IF they get a setup remotely as advertised, not only would that be quite a total pricetag to one who doesn't have it all already, it would also be pretty limited in the long-run. I'm pretty sure the built-in wireless is supposed to aid in placing it wherever in your home you want it in relation to the theoretical media equipment, however.
Well, that always sounds great in theory, the all-together, all-in-one, everything standard idea. Unfortunately, these ideas often suffer tremendously when they're not bridged well enough to the "outside world" so to speak. As other people have mentioned, it does depend on the resources available, which, right now, are too few. Also, protection is protection, and just because it all works together within its little environement doesn't make it as user-friendly as other options. It actually makes it "user-picky" in my opinion, since it's still limited in the grand scheme of things. I don't know about consumers on the grand scale, but that kind of idea has always at least slightly turned me off to buying.
What an interesting concept it would be if one received a free copy of the movie on DVD immediately upon exiting the theatre... or, more realistically, if one had to pay a small fee... then retail DVDs could maintain prices much higher than these theatre DVDs, of course hopefully not as high as they are right now. I suppose the movie industry would then have to have a DVD release prepared in time for the movie release, but I mean that's not too much to ask, considering it would be free of special features and the like. I would certainly buy more movies if they sold them cheaply on the way out from seeing it... even the ones I barely liked.
And, all this talk about the rental businesses being left in the rain if the industries lower their prices... I personally think that everyone should ignore them. This is between the consumer and the producer, and the rental places are just capitalizing (not that it's a bad thing, but there's no guarantee that people should have to be able to rent out movies). The only thing we should factor in that involves rental companies is their profitability to the actual producers (that is, as a source of actual income). I'm not sure, but this can't be ALL that much... possibly enough to be able to eliminate without posing a threat to profit-turning. It's not the producer's fault if it's no longer worth it to rent movies..
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Wellllll it would be pushing it a bit to simply call it a font, even though fonts can be quite decorated, character-limited, and squared-off. Although it could be a font, everyone knows it's not, unfortunately. Interesting about fonts not being copyrightable though... I did not know that.
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I also disagree with the idea that Google consciously sits assessing the risk of getting in trouble for infringement. Google is not trying to "get away wth" as much as they can, and they're definitely not trying to "mess with" anybody. In my experience, and hopefully in the experience of others who have more experience than me, I have always found Google to be as benevolent and well-intentioned as they are power-seeking, if not much more. They are simply trying to honor a person where honor is due, and in an elegant fashion that is reminiscent of that person's contribution to society.
And besides, if Google knows which to mess with and which not to, they've done a pretty poor job, haven't they? Think!
I think that it is supposed to be to the effect of: Everybody's a libertarian 'till their neighbor's house becomes a crack house.
Not sure though...
You're quite right about the average Joe. People are seeing these fancy ads and promos like the flash animation you described, saying "That looks great! I should do that! Look how easy it is! I'll take it!", going home with it, setting it up, and going "Now what?". And IF they get a setup remotely as advertised, not only would that be quite a total pricetag to one who doesn't have it all already, it would also be pretty limited in the long-run. I'm pretty sure the built-in wireless is supposed to aid in placing it wherever in your home you want it in relation to the theoretical media equipment, however.
Well, that always sounds great in theory, the all-together, all-in-one, everything standard idea. Unfortunately, these ideas often suffer tremendously when they're not bridged well enough to the "outside world" so to speak. As other people have mentioned, it does depend on the resources available, which, right now, are too few. Also, protection is protection, and just because it all works together within its little environement doesn't make it as user-friendly as other options. It actually makes it "user-picky" in my opinion, since it's still limited in the grand scheme of things. I don't know about consumers on the grand scale, but that kind of idea has always at least slightly turned me off to buying.
What an interesting concept it would be if one received a free copy of the movie on DVD immediately upon exiting the theatre... or, more realistically, if one had to pay a small fee... then retail DVDs could maintain prices much higher than these theatre DVDs, of course hopefully not as high as they are right now. I suppose the movie industry would then have to have a DVD release prepared in time for the movie release, but I mean that's not too much to ask, considering it would be free of special features and the like. I would certainly buy more movies if they sold them cheaply on the way out from seeing it... even the ones I barely liked.
And, all this talk about the rental businesses being left in the rain if the industries lower their prices... I personally think that everyone should ignore them. This is between the consumer and the producer, and the rental places are just capitalizing (not that it's a bad thing, but there's no guarantee that people should have to be able to rent out movies). The only thing we should factor in that involves rental companies is their profitability to the actual producers (that is, as a source of actual income). I'm not sure, but this can't be ALL that much... possibly enough to be able to eliminate without posing a threat to profit-turning. It's not the producer's fault if it's no longer worth it to rent movies..