I think Netflix is an exception to you "inefficient waste" categorization. In this case the middle man is bringing together all of the content into one location. There is value in that.
Personally I would rather pay one monthly fee and have access to all of the video content I want to watch rather than pay each studio a separate fee. Netflix is a one stop shop for video content, would you rather go to each studio's approved steaming application to watch what you want? Do you even know which studio makes which movie? I sure don't keep track.
It's not like these chips won't play any old xvid or divx file from bittorrent. Nothing is protected except for the stream authorized by the studios. You make it sound like you can't get any movie online right now, what are you trying to say?
People who want to "steal stuff without paying for it" will continue to be able to do so. All that will happen is some soccer moms somewhere won't be able to figure out why the movie they just bought won't work properly. Want to know what version of the movie will work properly? The one from bittorrent.
I understand it as sort of another HDCP scheme. Just like how HDCP will not allow the video signal to travel from a secured video card to an unsecured monitor, Intel Insider will not allow the CPU to send data down an unsecured bus.
This is such an old school BS argument against PC gaming. I don't know why everyone insists its true, it isn't the year 2000 anymore!
The current gen consoles have been out for 5 years (Xbox) or 4 years (PS3, Wii doesn't count for graphics). Video cards are typically released on a 6 month cycle, the only problem with this picture is that console gaming is hugely profitable. Since it is so profitable developers develop their games with the console in mine, they are developing for hardware that is 4 and 5 years old now! A modern PC simply destroys anything a console can do, if you have a decently modern video card (4 years old or less) you can run any current game at at least console resolutions (720p, 1280×720).
If you are buying new video cards every time a new game comes out could you send some of the old ones my way? Yours must be way newer than mine!
Neither of these countries produce anything that important and if they disappear from the face of the earth there would be no loss to the rest of us at all.
Venezuela produces a lot of oil. Last I checked the US was pretty drunk on oil consumption. Give up oil and all of its related products and then your statement might hold some weight (still pretty callous and semi-evil non the less).
Netflix has it all figured out. People want a large catalog of current content, available on demand for a low, flat rate monthly fee. It really isn't that hard to figure out!
The problem is the content industry cannot wrap its head around the fact that people don't want to pay what they think they should be paid. Under $10/mo is a perfect price point for mass adoption. All of the AC's keep going on and on about "how much it costs" to make TV. Well your choices are the status quo (which everyone seems to agree won't work forever), a Hulu like model gimped with commercials, Netflix like streaming or piracy. Why not choose a method that the consumer likes using and pays for and make it as attractive as possible?
Instead we get insane licensing agreements, blocked content, missing content and lately a push to kill Netflix streaming altogether.
A porn test? If you can answer these 20 questions correctly you may look at porn? Seems pretty stupid to me.
Drivers licenses are required because there is a very real possibility that you could injury or kill someone else with a car if you cannot operate it safely. Who is endangered by looking at porn?
What sort of rules are needed to replace these businesses? If there is a need and money to be made wouldn't they be "springing" up on their own? I fail to see what you are getting at here.
It like the joke you get with new smart phones these days. Listen to someone go on and on about all of the things their new phone can do and at the end you get the, "oh yeah, it also makes phone calls."
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Do you just disagree with whatever is posted on Techdirt? It gets old pretty quickly and makes your points a lot harder to take seriously.
Also a paragraph isn't typically a single sentence. It makes your posts longer and harder to follow than they need to be. Those are your free tips for the day Darryl!
I forgot to mention that your "customer direct" option makes no sense when you also mention "cheaper option" in the same sentence. Do you honestly think that the studios would stream their movies to you cheaper than $7.99/mo? The same studios that think $30+ for a Blu-ray is a good deal?
We've noticed. I'm surprised no one in the movie industry has noticed this. Why haven't they done it yet?
Would Netflix be willing to face the inevitable lawsuit when they rip all of the DVD's in their collection and stream them out to customers? If they had 20,000 copies of a DVD and limited the stream to 20,000 IP's at a time would they fall on the legal side of the law? Would first sale protect them then? I would assume not or they have done this already.
This is what my local library does with eBooks. It does drive me a little insane to see an eBook is "checked out" when you want it and you have to wait for it to be "returned" before you can have it.
I do agree that it would be cheaper for Netflix and the customer this way and should increase the streaming selection. The lesser of two evils?
How about the 3D version of Avatar? To get that you need to buy some Panasonic hardware (3D TV or Bluray player) for the next year! Copies of the 3D Bluray are going for upwards of $400 on eBay right now. How can this situation make sense for anyone?
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Personally I would rather pay one monthly fee and have access to all of the video content I want to watch rather than pay each studio a separate fee. Netflix is a one stop shop for video content, would you rather go to each studio's approved steaming application to watch what you want? Do you even know which studio makes which movie? I sure don't keep track.
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Snowbacks? That's a new one for me, we'll just continue to call you 'merican's and call it even. :)
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Techdirt's comments are pretty good but still could use a little work. An edit button would go a long ways as well! Just saying.
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People who want to "steal stuff without paying for it" will continue to be able to do so. All that will happen is some soccer moms somewhere won't be able to figure out why the movie they just bought won't work properly. Want to know what version of the movie will work properly? The one from bittorrent.
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It is all really quite vague right now though.
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There, I fixed it for you. :D
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The current gen consoles have been out for 5 years (Xbox) or 4 years (PS3, Wii doesn't count for graphics). Video cards are typically released on a 6 month cycle, the only problem with this picture is that console gaming is hugely profitable. Since it is so profitable developers develop their games with the console in mine, they are developing for hardware that is 4 and 5 years old now! A modern PC simply destroys anything a console can do, if you have a decently modern video card (4 years old or less) you can run any current game at at least console resolutions (720p, 1280×720).
If you are buying new video cards every time a new game comes out could you send some of the old ones my way? Yours must be way newer than mine!
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Venezuela produces a lot of oil. Last I checked the US was pretty drunk on oil consumption. Give up oil and all of its related products and then your statement might hold some weight (still pretty callous and semi-evil non the less).
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Re: maybe your content just isn't worth it?
Netflix has it all figured out. People want a large catalog of current content, available on demand for a low, flat rate monthly fee. It really isn't that hard to figure out!
The problem is the content industry cannot wrap its head around the fact that people don't want to pay what they think they should be paid. Under $10/mo is a perfect price point for mass adoption. All of the AC's keep going on and on about "how much it costs" to make TV. Well your choices are the status quo (which everyone seems to agree won't work forever), a Hulu like model gimped with commercials, Netflix like streaming or piracy. Why not choose a method that the consumer likes using and pays for and make it as attractive as possible?
Instead we get insane licensing agreements, blocked content, missing content and lately a push to kill Netflix streaming altogether.
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Drivers licenses are required because there is a very real possibility that you could injury or kill someone else with a car if you cannot operate it safely. Who is endangered by looking at porn?
Unless I missed your /sarcmark somewhere?...
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8D
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Re: Re: Re: rewriting history, show us proof of your claims please Mike.. like links at actually work..
Also a paragraph isn't typically a single sentence. It makes your posts longer and harder to follow than they need to be. Those are your free tips for the day Darryl!
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Would Netflix be willing to face the inevitable lawsuit when they rip all of the DVD's in their collection and stream them out to customers? If they had 20,000 copies of a DVD and limited the stream to 20,000 IP's at a time would they fall on the legal side of the law? Would first sale protect them then? I would assume not or they have done this already.
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I do agree that it would be cheaper for Netflix and the customer this way and should increase the streaming selection. The lesser of two evils?
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