The sentence "notwithstanding any other provision of law" is required. With our overabundance of laws, just about anything you do or don't do is already criminal. So, in order to legally *permit* you to do something, you have to render all existing laws null and void just so it's *possible*.
Have you ever put a game in to play, and then had to sit and wait while it downloaded however many updates were required? Imagine if your console just went and checked for those updates while it was offline, so when you did go to play, the game was ready to go.
Or, you are away from home and hear about the latest game or demo. You go to xbox.com and queue it up for download (which you can do today), but because your console is off, it won't actually download until you get home and turn it on. But now, it could do this as you queue it up from the web and be ready to go as soon as you get home.
Those are the best-case scenarios I can think of.
Of course, there's also the dark side -- it will download the latest and greatest ads to display on the dashboard. (Although that could be a relative benefit as well -- it will have done the downloading already by the time you turn the machine on, so it'll be more ready to go.)
Because they've been talking about its ability to connect even when it's "off". This would be new to the Xbox. (The 360 does have the capability to shut down to a "low power mode" to *finish* a download it already started, but once it's off, it's off.)
Or, as I've said, there's a difference between "feature" and "requirement". I'm pretty sure we'll see that the talk and leaks about "always on" are referring to a *feature* (that the console *can* always connect to the internet, download updates, look for content, or whatever the heck else it's supposed to do -- what Fearon calls "always connectable") and not a *requirement* (that the console will refuse to function at all if it is not connected to the internet).
I really think all the kerfuffle is about hearing "always on" and jumping to the conclusion that it's a requirement.
Of course, I've been hopelessly optimistic before. When the facts come out (i.e., when Microsoft officially announces that, yes, they do have a new console), we'll know for sure.
No straw man; that's actually the whole point. The MPAA relies heavily on fair use for their own work, but actively fights having their work subjected to fair use.
The indefinite suspension didn't last very long for the Florida morning-radio hosts who played an April Fools' prank gone wrong—or right, it's kind of hard to tell—and according to an official at the local health department they also won't be charged with a felony.
If you download it to your computer hard drive and then transfer it to the USB stick it's an illegal copy and the RIAA can sue you for $22 000 / song in damages.
That would seem to be true even if you didn't intend to sell the USB stick.
It would also seem to apply to any transfer of MP3 files from your PC to, say, an MP3 player or phone.
Why that sentence is there
The sentence "notwithstanding any other provision of law" is required. With our overabundance of laws, just about anything you do or don't do is already criminal. So, in order to legally *permit* you to do something, you have to render all existing laws null and void just so it's *possible*.
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I really didn't mean for that to come out sounding quite so much like a public relations press release....
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Have you ever put a game in to play, and then had to sit and wait while it downloaded however many updates were required? Imagine if your console just went and checked for those updates while it was offline, so when you did go to play, the game was ready to go.
Or, you are away from home and hear about the latest game or demo. You go to xbox.com and queue it up for download (which you can do today), but because your console is off, it won't actually download until you get home and turn it on. But now, it could do this as you queue it up from the web and be ready to go as soon as you get home.
Those are the best-case scenarios I can think of.
Of course, there's also the dark side -- it will download the latest and greatest ads to display on the dashboard. (Although that could be a relative benefit as well -- it will have done the downloading already by the time you turn the machine on, so it'll be more ready to go.)
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Because they've been talking about its ability to connect even when it's "off". This would be new to the Xbox. (The 360 does have the capability to shut down to a "low power mode" to *finish* a download it already started, but once it's off, it's off.)
I could be wrong. I hope I'm not.
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Or, as I've said, there's a difference between "feature" and "requirement". I'm pretty sure we'll see that the talk and leaks about "always on" are referring to a *feature* (that the console *can* always connect to the internet, download updates, look for content, or whatever the heck else it's supposed to do -- what Fearon calls "always connectable") and not a *requirement* (that the console will refuse to function at all if it is not connected to the internet).
I really think all the kerfuffle is about hearing "always on" and jumping to the conclusion that it's a requirement.
Of course, I've been hopelessly optimistic before. When the facts come out (i.e., when Microsoft officially announces that, yes, they do have a new console), we'll know for sure.
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Not all of it is as bad as California.
Hopefully
I sure hope so. I still have popcorn left.
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No straw man; that's actually the whole point. The MPAA relies heavily on fair use for their own work, but actively fights having their work subjected to fair use.
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Really? Think who you're talking about here.
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UMG, taking the phrase "beating a dead horse" to all new levels.
Are they just planning to keep re-filing until they can get a summary judgement when no one at Veoh can afford to show up?
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For their next trick, they should try issuing an alert that people are walking around downtown with their epidermis showing.
Update: They're back on the air
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/04/florida-dj-indefinite-suspension-didnt-last-ver y-long/63837/
They have a right to be concerned
You do realize that dihydrogen monoxide (or DHMO) is involved in 100% of drowning-related accidents in the US alone.
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That would seem to be true even if you didn't intend to sell the USB stick.
It would also seem to apply to any transfer of MP3 files from your PC to, say, an MP3 player or phone.
Bad, bad, bad.
That's exactly why I don't read EULAs
Otherwise I'd have to go through thousands of words and be expected to remember all the rights I was told I didn't have.
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I think you meant "level of awesome".
Can't save it yet?
In the video description on YouTube, he says it's not possible to actually sync your changes back to the server, so the "victim"'s city is unaffected.
Though I fully expect that to be cracked soon. Maybe even by the time I finish writing this comment.
Might as well give away t-shirts
"I bought SimCity and all I got was this lousy download code."
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If by "ironic" you mean "completely and totally predictable", then I agree.
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"Failure is always an option." -- MythBusters