I think the entire fear is based on the ability for a customer to have a library large enough that they no longer need to consume any of the new crap. Limits on content, windowing, regioning, DRM, trade restrictions, they all point to the same fear, that the consumer will stop buying what they are peddling. they are relevant in their own minds.
over the last 15 years, I have watched as the file sharing community grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, and grew. where do you think things like grokster, morbius, hotline, kdx sprung from? the inability to distribute flawless copies was resolved 16 years ago.
today we have usenet, bittorrent, file lockers, sftp, vpn, proxies, streaming on-demand media, from a bunch of bored geeks, imagine what could be built if the MAFIAA ceased to exist.
emblazoned with watermarks for the broadcaster, TV show rating, in-show promotions for other shows, zippy graphics that obscure subtitles crucial to the show. things like that? were it not obtrusive enough to have 15 min of commercials in every 1 hour show,( thats 25%!!! ) you have to inject more shit onto the screen, typically to promote beer, condoms, human cock-fighting, or more beer.
and please, for the love of all things beautiful in the world, please fit the zippy graphics, promotional crap to a WIDE SCREEN 16:9 format!! Nobody owns a square TV anymore.
not to contradict, but 'this guy I know' gets all his entertainment digitally, and I, er, I mean 'he' has noticed that almost every TV rip and Movie contain the credits. Now I am not thinking altruistically, that the 'filthy pirate' that created such a wonderful distributable file, but it makes you wonder. If he took the time to rip out 15 min of commercials, not so tedious, yet left the credits in, it does give you a look at the psyche behind the 'filthy pirate', regardless of your opinion, it's a good thought exercise.
I'm on a roll this morning.. if the RIAA Studios can get a new copyright on 'digitally remastered' music, then why don't file sharers get their own copyright when then convert FLAC to mp3? This is absolutely defined as 'digitally remastered', so it's not like a mash-up, mix-up, tribute, sync, cover, or any other stupidity. It's digitally remastered, complete new format, sound quality, file size, codec and hash tag.
and if the MAFIAA is telling the educational system that the only way to make a legitimate copy of a DVD is play it on a screen and videotape it with another device while playing the DVD.
Doesn't that make Cam Cording in a movie theatre legal? And if you own the copyrights to video you take yourself, doesn't that automatically give you copyright on the video of the DVD, and/or the CAM from the movie theatre?.
what I find truly ironic is that every TV show and movie that is out there still has the beginning credits and ending credits. If the file sharing world was so hell bent on 'free', why would every single one of them go to such lengths to ensure the creators got credit for the content. And everyone IN the content during the credits is there as well, and not just the actors. It's plainly obvious the file sharers are doing this on purpose, because there are no commercials, they cut them all out, or the anti-piracy intros, but leave everything else. (except with Game of Throse, no commercials, yet the beginning is the pssssssssswhooooommmmmm of HBO)
or, it was a concerted, organized effort by netziens that shut down your over-reach, and your afraid of that fact, because, if it were true, it could happen again, and you just can't believe that fact.
your trying to empty the Pacific Ocean with a coffee cup, you have no clue how deep file sharing goes. consider this; your outlandish 'made-up' numbers in any given purchased 'report' that you seem to laud, is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what is shared on a daily basis. even your outlandish numbers are only about .1% of reality, how do you like them apples? does that make your copywrong brain squirm at night, all the evil infringing going on, non-stop, petabytes of unlicensed, unapproved distribution going on, right in front of you, with no end in sight, unrelenting distribution using limited resources that completely eclipses all other content delivery mechanisms combined! unbelievable how much infringement technology facilitates, blank DVDs, thumb drives, 2Tb HDDs, *gasp* high speed internet! blasphemy, i tell you!.
the sad part is that it sounds like you actually believe the bullshit opinion you tout.
you realize there are larger industries than your own, based on content creation, that are not covered by copyright monopoly, and they are thriving because of it? or is that something you won't touch?
and just so you don't whip out yet another straw-man and broad-brush me as a freetard. i make content, and lots of it, it's how I get paid, to create. I write high end software for fortune 500 companies, i'm over 40 and have multiple degrees in engineering and make over 150k/yr, making content.
little ole me figured it out, what's your excuse?
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Re: Re: $1-billion to labels?
I think the entire fear is based on the ability for a customer to have a library large enough that they no longer need to consume any of the new crap. Limits on content, windowing, regioning, DRM, trade restrictions, they all point to the same fear, that the consumer will stop buying what they are peddling. they are relevant in their own minds.
over the last 15 years, I have watched as the file sharing community grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, and grew. where do you think things like grokster, morbius, hotline, kdx sprung from? the inability to distribute flawless copies was resolved 16 years ago.
today we have usenet, bittorrent, file lockers, sftp, vpn, proxies, streaming on-demand media, from a bunch of bored geeks, imagine what could be built if the MAFIAA ceased to exist.
Re: Re: Re: Re: $1-billion to labels?
sry, replied to wrong thread,
+1 insightful for Ima Fish as well.
Re: Re: Re: $1-billion to labels?
I agree, this is where it's going. Google will get a fuck you for the offer, then Google buys out the major labels and their copyrights, ???, profit.
+1 insightful
Re: Re: Re: Re: ironic
Englisch ist nicht meine erste sprache =]
Re: Re: Re: ironic
Bingo, that's the answer. To prove its' authenticity.
+5 internetz
Re: Re: ironic
emblazoned with watermarks for the broadcaster, TV show rating, in-show promotions for other shows, zippy graphics that obscure subtitles crucial to the show. things like that? were it not obtrusive enough to have 15 min of commercials in every 1 hour show,( thats 25%!!! ) you have to inject more shit onto the screen, typically to promote beer, condoms, human cock-fighting, or more beer.
and please, for the love of all things beautiful in the world, please fit the zippy graphics, promotional crap to a WIDE SCREEN 16:9 format!! Nobody owns a square TV anymore.
not to contradict, but 'this guy I know' gets all his entertainment digitally, and I, er, I mean 'he' has noticed that almost every TV rip and Movie contain the credits. Now I am not thinking altruistically, that the 'filthy pirate' that created such a wonderful distributable file, but it makes you wonder. If he took the time to rip out 15 min of commercials, not so tedious, yet left the credits in, it does give you a look at the psyche behind the 'filthy pirate', regardless of your opinion, it's a good thought exercise.
VAT
how does that VAT per TV work in the UK now, especially if you use the internet for all your viewing? is there an internet VAT now?
/just honestly asking.
Re:
possibly in 5 years.., maybe..
how long did it take the series'Lost' to make it to DVD?
Re: Re: Re:
o0o, VLC, auto-play...
(read in the voice of Homer Simpson)
Audio Format
I'm on a roll this morning.. if the RIAA Studios can get a new copyright on 'digitally remastered' music, then why don't file sharers get their own copyright when then convert FLAC to mp3? This is absolutely defined as 'digitally remastered', so it's not like a mash-up, mix-up, tribute, sync, cover, or any other stupidity. It's digitally remastered, complete new format, sound quality, file size, codec and hash tag.
Now I'm really confused...
DVD Copy
and if the MAFIAA is telling the educational system that the only way to make a legitimate copy of a DVD is play it on a screen and videotape it with another device while playing the DVD.
Doesn't that make Cam Cording in a movie theatre legal? And if you own the copyrights to video you take yourself, doesn't that automatically give you copyright on the video of the DVD, and/or the CAM from the movie theatre?.
I'm confused..
ironic
what I find truly ironic is that every TV show and movie that is out there still has the beginning credits and ending credits. If the file sharing world was so hell bent on 'free', why would every single one of them go to such lengths to ensure the creators got credit for the content. And everyone IN the content during the credits is there as well, and not just the actors. It's plainly obvious the file sharers are doing this on purpose, because there are no commercials, they cut them all out, or the anti-piracy intros, but leave everything else. (except with Game of Throse, no commercials, yet the beginning is the pssssssssswhooooommmmmm of HBO)
Why is that?
thanks
thanks Leigh, you have a wonderfully entertaining writing style.
anti-SOPA movement
or, it was a concerted, organized effort by netziens that shut down your over-reach, and your afraid of that fact, because, if it were true, it could happen again, and you just can't believe that fact.
Re: Re: Re: Entitled?
you just sound flat out jealous, that is all.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Anonymous Coward
Washington, D.C., hahaha
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Germany
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Anonymous Coward
Hong Kong, you get the idea. Supeona Floor64, they will confirm. you're out of your league, an entire century passed you by.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Anonymous Coward
you like apples?
your trying to empty the Pacific Ocean with a coffee cup, you have no clue how deep file sharing goes. consider this; your outlandish 'made-up' numbers in any given purchased 'report' that you seem to laud, is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what is shared on a daily basis. even your outlandish numbers are only about .1% of reality, how do you like them apples? does that make your copywrong brain squirm at night, all the evil infringing going on, non-stop, petabytes of unlicensed, unapproved distribution going on, right in front of you, with no end in sight, unrelenting distribution using limited resources that completely eclipses all other content delivery mechanisms combined! unbelievable how much infringement technology facilitates, blank DVDs, thumb drives, 2Tb HDDs, *gasp* high speed internet! blasphemy, i tell you!.
the sad part is that it sounds like you actually believe the bullshit opinion you tout.
you realize there are larger industries than your own, based on content creation, that are not covered by copyright monopoly, and they are thriving because of it? or is that something you won't touch?
and just so you don't whip out yet another straw-man and broad-brush me as a freetard. i make content, and lots of it, it's how I get paid, to create. I write high end software for fortune 500 companies, i'm over 40 and have multiple degrees in engineering and make over 150k/yr, making content.
little ole me figured it out, what's your excuse?
disclaimer: tonight, this blog posting is coming to you from Sussex, UK. future blog postings could originate from any of the 5 known existing continents, and the IP assigned to said blog postings are random, and should never be considered a reliable means of identifying the source it came from. should you feel frustrated in identifying a blog posting from an undisclosed, encrypted source, feel free to leave the planet at your convenience.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Anonymous Coward
you've had 10 years cupcake, suck it up.