2) Surely some company has a patent on the conduit idea. It makes too much sense, why hasn't it been done before?
Many large cities have conduits where various telecommunication and electricity providers run their cables. Sometimes, storm sewers are utilized to carry those cables.
Yes, because running a pipe below grade must be a unique idea that no one has thought of in the past thousand or so years and is worthy of protection.
I can't count how many CDs and LPs I recorded onto Maxell tapes during the 70s and 80s, especially during my four years at university. It expanded my musical horizons.
But during my university years, I visited the record store at least once or twice a week, usually buying something, sometimes based on the stuff I recorded on to the blank tapes.
The reality is that the cost of distributing digital goods is almost zero. So, yes, people (as in the demand side of the market) do have an expectation that it should be free or close to free.
There is no business model when you clients are no longer playing
Suggest you look at Google, Microsoft, Firefox, etc. They all offer free products and seem to be doing okay.
Except that bank robbers actually steal something, sometimes under the threat of deadly force. The owner of the thing that was stolen is deprived of its use.
Downloading something does not deprive the original owner of its use.
Tim: I agree that Tyler overestimates the importance of the recording industry while downplaying the importance of the internet and buying music online.
He may be a smart person, but Tyler seems confused when it comes to the recording and music industries. He called Radiohead an indie band despite having several platinum and multi-platinum records in the UK and despite being on a major record label.
Wal-Mart is in little danger of losing its dominance in the department store biz.
It's that kind of thinking and arrogance that does large companies in. K-Mart, IBM and GM all used to be dominant. Things change, and they can change quickly.
You'd be a fool to think a small player like Target or any similar are going to beat WM at the game they invented.
Really? Last I looked Target reported much better growth numbers than Wal-Mart. Who is the fool?
That's because some DRM/Copy protection schemes insert bad blocks that older DVD players have fits about it. My old APEX DVD player has issues with some newer DVDs - it skips around and sometimes pauses.
It is so rewarding to pay for a DVD (Costco always has some good deals) and then be treated like a criminal for playing the DVD in an older DVD player. This just forces me to rip the DVD with all the crap removed.
At worst, Microsoft was found guilty of monopolistic behaviour. Semantics perhaps, but a slight difference that is important.
As to Europe, well, anything American is an easy target. France has always looked at developing a French version of various Google services. Europeans are a funny bunch. Governments invest billions into Airbus, farm subsidies and so on, but have the nerve to file anti-trust suits against large American companies.
Think about the first thing that pops up when you insert a DVD? Ah yes, the good old Interpol and FBI warnings. Yes, the movies studios, instead of thanking you for spending your hard earned money on their product, want to remind you that they don't trust you and that copying is a punishable offence. What a way to treat customers.
And the facts seems to support that most people do not engage in en-masse bootlegging. Most people just want to be able to make copies of their DVDs so that they can put the originals away, safe from prying hands. A few less people want to convert them to other formats (PSP, phones, PDAs, Divx/Xvid, etc).
It happens with or without DRM, so why would a movie studio or record company waste their money on something that does not prevent copying and only decreases the value of a product?
The answer to your question is: You don't worry about preventing someone from making the content available online.
Despite the availability of 'free' music and movies online, people still buy music and movies and the record and movie companies continue to make money. The summer box office wasn't too shabby. How much did Transformers take in?
You have to keep mind that in the US, you could be voting for any number of political positions during one election. You could be voting for the President, Senator, Congressperson, Governor, Sheriff, even the local dog catcher.
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Re: Re: C.T. is exactly right (as Vincent Clement)
Or we could just eliminate copyright altogether.
Re: What is confusing? (as Vincent Clement)
There is nothing confusing. Mike is simply stating how convoluted copyright in the music business has become.
Please explain how playing a recorded song is a performance? It's not. To pretend otherwise makes a mockery of the whole system.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
But there's no way to opt-out of Google news without opting out of indexing altogether
Incorrect. Straight from Google News:
"If you don't want your site to be included in Google News, please let us know and we'll remove it from our index.
Keep in mind that the removal process normally takes a few days and that your articles already included in Google News will expire after 30 days."
Says nothing about being removed from all indexes. Just the index for Google News.
(as Vincent Clement)
Violent scenes? Playmobil has sets that include cops and robbers, complete with guns. The business world has truly gone insane.
(as Vincent Clement)
Violent scenes? Playmobil has sets that include cops and robbers, complete with guns. The business world has truly gone insane.
Re: No! We can't have this! (as Vincent Clement)
2) Surely some company has a patent on the conduit idea. It makes too much sense, why hasn't it been done before?
Many large cities have conduits where various telecommunication and electricity providers run their cables. Sometimes, storm sewers are utilized to carry those cables.
Yes, because running a pipe below grade must be a unique idea that no one has thought of in the past thousand or so years and is worthy of protection.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
We have a winner.
I can't count how many CDs and LPs I recorded onto Maxell tapes during the 70s and 80s, especially during my four years at university. It expanded my musical horizons.
But during my university years, I visited the record store at least once or twice a week, usually buying something, sometimes based on the stuff I recorded on to the blank tapes.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
The reality is that the cost of distributing digital goods is almost zero. So, yes, people (as in the demand side of the market) do have an expectation that it should be free or close to free.
There is no business model when you clients are no longer playing
Suggest you look at Google, Microsoft, Firefox, etc. They all offer free products and seem to be doing okay.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
Except that bank robbers actually steal something, sometimes under the threat of deadly force. The owner of the thing that was stolen is deprived of its use.
Downloading something does not deprive the original owner of its use.
(as Vincent Clement)
Tim: I agree that Tyler overestimates the importance of the recording industry while downplaying the importance of the internet and buying music online.
He may be a smart person, but Tyler seems confused when it comes to the recording and music industries. He called Radiohead an indie band despite having several platinum and multi-platinum records in the UK and despite being on a major record label.
Re: Are You Kidding? (as Vincent Clement)
Wal-Mart is in little danger of losing its dominance in the department store biz.
It's that kind of thinking and arrogance that does large companies in. K-Mart, IBM and GM all used to be dominant. Things change, and they can change quickly.
You'd be a fool to think a small player like Target or any similar are going to beat WM at the game they invented.
Really? Last I looked Target reported much better growth numbers than Wal-Mart. Who is the fool?
Re: DRM (as Vincent Clement)
That's because some DRM/Copy protection schemes insert bad blocks that older DVD players have fits about it. My old APEX DVD player has issues with some newer DVDs - it skips around and sometimes pauses.
It is so rewarding to pay for a DVD (Costco always has some good deals) and then be treated like a criminal for playing the DVD in an older DVD player. This just forces me to rip the DVD with all the crap removed.
(as Vincent Clement)
You mean like this: http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/
As best as I can tell, about 75% of the page is taken up by ads and other non-news items.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
At worst, Microsoft was found guilty of monopolistic behaviour. Semantics perhaps, but a slight difference that is important.
As to Europe, well, anything American is an easy target. France has always looked at developing a French version of various Google services. Europeans are a funny bunch. Governments invest billions into Airbus, farm subsidies and so on, but have the nerve to file anti-trust suits against large American companies.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
Think about the first thing that pops up when you insert a DVD? Ah yes, the good old Interpol and FBI warnings. Yes, the movies studios, instead of thanking you for spending your hard earned money on their product, want to remind you that they don't trust you and that copying is a punishable offence. What a way to treat customers.
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
I'm not for people en-masse bootlegging
And the facts seems to support that most people do not engage in en-masse bootlegging. Most people just want to be able to make copies of their DVDs so that they can put the originals away, safe from prying hands. A few less people want to convert them to other formats (PSP, phones, PDAs, Divx/Xvid, etc).
Re: (as Vincent Clement)
It happens with or without DRM, so why would a movie studio or record company waste their money on something that does not prevent copying and only decreases the value of a product?
The answer to your question is: You don't worry about preventing someone from making the content available online.
Despite the availability of 'free' music and movies online, people still buy music and movies and the record and movie companies continue to make money. The summer box office wasn't too shabby. How much did Transformers take in?
Re: Re: You Don't Know (as Vincent Clement)
Must have been a 'liberal' jury in a 'liberal' court.
/sarcasm off
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: You Don't Know (as Vincent Clement)
So why don't you watch or read any of Rupert Murdoch's media properties or check out the multitude of right-wing blogs out there.
It's quite telling that you would rather have laws protecting government employees not citizens from misguided prosecution.
Re: Weeks for a manual count ? (as Vincent Clement)
You have to keep mind that in the US, you could be voting for any number of political positions during one election. You could be voting for the President, Senator, Congressperson, Governor, Sheriff, even the local dog catcher.