I apologise if somebody else has already suggested this as I haven't read all the comments...
If the developers are going to go to all this trouble, why couldn't they have put a simple "More info" button that:
• links to a website and has a little explanation of why the piracy message there
• that the gamer can carry on playing, but will find it impossibly difficult as piracy levels increase,
• and give the player an option to remove the restriction by buying the game?
Turn some of the players into paying customers instead of pissing them off!
I have to disagree with you a bit on this Mike.. These app stores are great ways of encouraging development for the platforms, and for the end user to easily get the best out of their devices.
For example, I often had issues finding software for my Windows Mobile based phone. The software I did find did not always make the best use of the phone (there were only a few apps that made use of the accelorometer for example). I never once paid for any applications for it.
I now have an Android phone with an Apps store. The quality of the applications strikes me as much higher, and are far easier to access and install - as well as there being more of them! I have actually purchased several apps now. It is convinient, quick, and Google offer 24 hours in which I can get a refund if the app does not work or I don't like it!
All the ISPs should join forces and block any websites mentioning Sarkozy or his party - and refuse to provide them with internet access... in other words implement their own 3 strikes!
If i saw both in the shop side by side, I would buy both... North Face T-shirt / South Butt trousers :) I would say the two products compliment each other! Granting the kid a license (to mention the North Face name in his marketing) could make it possible for both companies to make more cash!
Where I used to work, we repaired printers. It was quite common for us to put warranty stickers (aka tamper tape) inside machines. It was pretty obvious if the machines had been opened as when opening them back up, you could tell if the tape was still stuck! You could also tell if they had stuck in the first place as they left the word void stuck to the plastic!
Yet at the same time, it is illegal to mod my Xbox 360 to add extra functionality - and Microsoft can brick it on a whim and remove virtually all functionality! Go figure!
Here is another question - Recently, BT introduced a firmware update for their business routers that allows access to the BT OpenZone (A subscription wifi service). If I enable that service on my router, can I (or my business) be held liable for anyone that uses it as it shares the same IP address?
Surely the infringement is not the uploading of essentially meaningless little bits of data, but in the reconstructing of it into something meaningful?
If I buy some fertiliser and some diesel, I am not a terrorist unless i) I make a bomb or ii) It can be shown that I intend to make a bomb!
I think the missing part in the music uploading / downloading question is the intent...
Next question.. If something is automated then can you show intent? For example if my P2P software automatically shares my music folder - can it be said trhat I intended to share my legally ripped CD's?
I hear that VPN's are doing well for business these days.. Why don't the music industry offer a VPN service where for a flat fee you can download as much as you like legally? They wouldn't have to worry about software, or user interface etc... They could even team up with existing VPN providers to offer a flat fee "Music VPN"!
You seem to be under the illusion that the tripe the *AAs' are distributing is "quality" material.. This of course can be easily disproven! (Britney Spears, etc)
I don't understand how they can make money from bottled water - after all you cant expect these companies to compete with the ample "free" water we get from our taps. The music industry have "proven" this theory!
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Tricky rabbits like me?
Suggestion for the devs:
I apologise if somebody else has already suggested this as I haven't read all the comments...
If the developers are going to go to all this trouble, why couldn't they have put a simple "More info" button that:
• links to a website and has a little explanation of why the piracy message there
• that the gamer can carry on playing, but will find it impossibly difficult as piracy levels increase,
• and give the player an option to remove the restriction by buying the game?
Turn some of the players into paying customers instead of pissing them off!
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Any references?
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Take a look at Windows Mobile and how that is an even worse disaster without one...
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I have to disagree with you a bit on this Mike.. These app stores are great ways of encouraging development for the platforms, and for the end user to easily get the best out of their devices.
For example, I often had issues finding software for my Windows Mobile based phone. The software I did find did not always make the best use of the phone (there were only a few apps that made use of the accelorometer for example). I never once paid for any applications for it.
I now have an Android phone with an Apps store. The quality of the applications strikes me as much higher, and are far easier to access and install - as well as there being more of them! I have actually purchased several apps now. It is convinient, quick, and Google offer 24 hours in which I can get a refund if the app does not work or I don't like it!
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All the ISPs should join forces and block any websites mentioning Sarkozy or his party - and refuse to provide them with internet access... in other words implement their own 3 strikes!
We would see how quickly he would back down!
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If i saw both in the shop side by side, I would buy both... North Face T-shirt / South Butt trousers :) I would say the two products compliment each other! Granting the kid a license (to mention the North Face name in his marketing) could make it possible for both companies to make more cash!
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Personally, I see these videos as an artwork in their own right.. fair use should apply here!
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Where I used to work, we repaired printers. It was quite common for us to put warranty stickers (aka tamper tape) inside machines. It was pretty obvious if the machines had been opened as when opening them back up, you could tell if the tape was still stuck! You could also tell if they had stuck in the first place as they left the word void stuck to the plastic!
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Covering other peoples music can be incredibly creative.. have you never listened to the covers that happen in the BBC Maida Vale studios?
Re: Moose
The british courts have ruled that modding consoles is illegal...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/21/ps2_mod_chip_win/
http://www.techdirt.com/art icles/20091111/0206596891.shtml
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Yet at the same time, it is illegal to mod my Xbox 360 to add extra functionality - and Microsoft can brick it on a whim and remove virtually all functionality! Go figure!
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Here is another question - Recently, BT introduced a firmware update for their business routers that allows access to the BT OpenZone (A subscription wifi service). If I enable that service on my router, can I (or my business) be held liable for anyone that uses it as it shares the same IP address?
Intent?
Surely the infringement is not the uploading of essentially meaningless little bits of data, but in the reconstructing of it into something meaningful?
If I buy some fertiliser and some diesel, I am not a terrorist unless i) I make a bomb or ii) It can be shown that I intend to make a bomb!
I think the missing part in the music uploading / downloading question is the intent...
Next question.. If something is automated then can you show intent? For example if my P2P software automatically shares my music folder - can it be said trhat I intended to share my legally ripped CD's?
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The Digital Britain bill is out and published... http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200910/ldbills/001/2010001.pdf
What is the bottom line?
You have told us about slashing costs, and doubling circulation - neither of which actually matter at the end of the day...
More useful is - Is the paper now making more money than it was when it wasn't free?
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I hear that VPN's are doing well for business these days.. Why don't the music industry offer a VPN service where for a flat fee you can download as much as you like legally? They wouldn't have to worry about software, or user interface etc... They could even team up with existing VPN providers to offer a flat fee "Music VPN"!
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You seem to be under the illusion that the tripe the *AAs' are distributing is "quality" material.. This of course can be easily disproven! (Britney Spears, etc)
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It looks to me like they are still online and selling the stuff...
http://www.bluebeat.com/artists/419#
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I don't understand how they can make money from bottled water - after all you cant expect these companies to compete with the ample "free" water we get from our taps. The music industry have "proven" this theory!