Considering how incompetent and biased Reuters proved itself to be during the 2006 Israel vs. Hezbollah conflict, I wouldn't think the Reuters would be worth 2 cents.
They were the ones that printed most of Hezbollah's fauxtography scams.
a man wearing a security uniform came in just before the movie started and yelled at the top of his lungs that any recording devices would be confiscated
So did he take every single mobile phone that could take a picture, a video, or an audio recording? Those are all recording devices.
And what right does he have to take private property from someone? Man... I'd go in with a camcorder, turned off of course, and see exactly how they plan to confiscate my private property without due process of law.
I don't understand why the government is involved in setting prices. That is usually NEVER a good thing.
Simple supply and demand will take care of this. If the producers charge too much for their product (music), then the customers will either find cheaper alternatives, or not use it.
This is simply an issue between a vendor and a customer. Can someone please explain to me why Congress is now involved?
I gave up radio two years ago and have not missed it one bit. I bought a little FM transmitter for my iPod in my car. Since then I only listen to podcasts and my music.
NPR distributes their content on podcasts too. I subscribe to some of their feeds.
There is so much quality content in podcasts now. Radio looks like a barren desert compared to it.
The comparisons between the RIAA tactics and the tactics used in this case are wrong, wrong, wrong!
The RIAA is investigating people so they can sue them in civil court for "damages". It is a part of a civil action between a private company and private citizen.
The other is a criminal action between law enforcement and a private citizen. Law enforcement investigated this guy for the serious criminal violation of having kiddie porn.
Not even in the same leage. You can't compare the tactics of the RIAA to investigate a civil complaint to the tactics of law enforcement to investigate child porn distribution, which is not legal to own in any way, shape, or form.
I think what this is saying is that there are more zombie bots on US computers. That simply means that there are simply more dumb computer owners in the US who have allowed their computers to get infected and then used as a zombie.
The actual bot masters are probably outside of the US.
I'm in Australia. Last year I just went to Radio Shack (Tandy here) and bought an $80 digital receiver. I plugged it into my nice 26" Sony analog TV and I get all the channels in nice clear digital.
The only thing I don't like is that I have to use two remotes, one to turn the TV on and off, and the digital receiver's remote to change channels and volume.
Also, recording shows on my VCR is now a pain in neck because the digital receiver only puts out one digital channel at a time. So I can't watch one digital channel while recording another. I also can't program the VCR to record a digital program without having to also program the digital receiver to also capture the channel at the right time.
What is needed is a cheap standard-def digital receiver that outputs all the channels on a analog coax that can go into the old analog TV and VCR antenna ports. That way it simply becomes a fancy antenna for your old non digital equipment.
I like the idea of watermarks because it gives the owners the freedom to use the media the way they want to.
However, watermarks will not prevent piracy. Media can be scrubbed of watermarks by simply comparing two copies of the same media. The difference might be a watermark.
If fact, a good pirate doesn't even need to get his hands on copies of the other versions of a media program. All that is needed is a P2P application the uses binary-chop methods to isolate the area where the watermark resides. The P2P app only needs to compare hashes of the chopped segments. So within a few minutes he can isolate the watermark, then decide how to remove it.
To remove it, he can use media editing tools. If it is deeply embedded, a format conversion might scub it out.
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They were the ones that printed most of Hezbollah's fauxtography scams.
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Conficaste recording devices
So did he take every single mobile phone that could take a picture, a video, or an audio recording? Those are all recording devices.
And what right does he have to take private property from someone? Man... I'd go in with a camcorder, turned off of course, and see exactly how they plan to confiscate my private property without due process of law.
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Why is the government involved?
Simple supply and demand will take care of this. If the producers charge too much for their product (music), then the customers will either find cheaper alternatives, or not use it.
This is simply an issue between a vendor and a customer. Can someone please explain to me why Congress is now involved?
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I gave up...
NPR distributes their content on podcasts too. I subscribe to some of their feeds.
There is so much quality content in podcasts now. Radio looks like a barren desert compared to it.
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Big difference between RIAA & Kiddi Porn
The RIAA is investigating people so they can sue them in civil court for "damages". It is a part of a civil action between a private company and private citizen.
The other is a criminal action between law enforcement and a private citizen. Law enforcement investigated this guy for the serious criminal violation of having kiddie porn.
Not even in the same leage. You can't compare the tactics of the RIAA to investigate a civil complaint to the tactics of law enforcement to investigate child porn distribution, which is not legal to own in any way, shape, or form.
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Stats usually lie
The actual bot masters are probably outside of the US.
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SD to Analog
The only thing I don't like is that I have to use two remotes, one to turn the TV on and off, and the digital receiver's remote to change channels and volume.
Also, recording shows on my VCR is now a pain in neck because the digital receiver only puts out one digital channel at a time. So I can't watch one digital channel while recording another. I also can't program the VCR to record a digital program without having to also program the digital receiver to also capture the channel at the right time.
What is needed is a cheap standard-def digital receiver that outputs all the channels on a analog coax that can go into the old analog TV and VCR antenna ports. That way it simply becomes a fancy antenna for your old non digital equipment.
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Watermarks can be removed
However, watermarks will not prevent piracy. Media can be scrubbed of watermarks by simply comparing two copies of the same media. The difference might be a watermark.
If fact, a good pirate doesn't even need to get his hands on copies of the other versions of a media program. All that is needed is a P2P application the uses binary-chop methods to isolate the area where the watermark resides. The P2P app only needs to compare hashes of the chopped segments. So within a few minutes he can isolate the watermark, then decide how to remove it.
To remove it, he can use media editing tools. If it is deeply embedded, a format conversion might scub it out.
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