Re: Re: Re: OT: Will Congress Take Privacy Out of Your Netflix Queue?
More to the point, there is a federal law explicitly prohibiting companies from divulging someone's movie rental history. This came into existence after the whole Robert Bork debacle. The law does not cover music, however. Since you can share your Pandora on Facebook, Netflix wants to provide that same ability in the US. They already have that ability in other countries.
The problem is that the "HADOPI Effect" can't be isolated.
The point this article was making is that there could be many reasons why sales increased. HADOPI may have had an effect, but so might normal retail buying trends like the introduction of new iPhone models and higher overall rates of spending normally associated with the holidays.
"Right, because you've legally purchased DRM free books. Right? :-p"
I do. I either get them DRM free to begin with (you do realize that there are a TON of legally available DRM free ebooks out there, right?), or I buy them with DRM and strip the DRM. I end up with 2 copies, but DRM'd version was legally purchased.
As a proud former Walla Wallan, and in deference to Mel Blanc, I believe that last one should be The Wishy-Washy Washing Machine Company in Walla Walla.
"Once the price went above that magic £10 barrier my interest dropped quickly and I rarely take a gamble on a film anymore."
Agreed. I only go to movies that I REALLY want to see anymore, which amounts to about 3 or 4 movies a year (at most).
Part of that is that mine is a family of 6, so a family movie is a $60 adventure. and that's just for the tickets. Add in snacks and it hits $100 easily. There are just a lot of other things I can think of to spend $100 on than 2 hours of mediocre entertainment.
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I got it
So, if they only want links to them with this license, does that mean that all of the search engines now need to remove the links to Lowes as well?
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Re: If it weren't for content owners backwards thinking
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I may not have majored in economics, but I'm pretty sure that if you don't offer something for sale, people won't pay for it.
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Re: Re: Re: OT: Will Congress Take Privacy Out of Your Netflix Queue?
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But that's not how Hollywood would like it to be. They would love to have complete control over who makes movies and how they are distributed.
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Re: We'll see.....
The point this article was making is that there could be many reasons why sales increased. HADOPI may have had an effect, but so might normal retail buying trends like the introduction of new iPhone models and higher overall rates of spending normally associated with the holidays.
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I'm sure glad I live in the United States
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Um, no if they keep releasing uninteresting, banal movies that might stop piracy, because who wants to pirate that shit?
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I do. I either get them DRM free to begin with (you do realize that there are a TON of legally available DRM free ebooks out there, right?), or I buy them with DRM and strip the DRM. I end up with 2 copies, but DRM'd version was legally purchased.
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Re: yeah..
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Re: Too funny!
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Agreed. I only go to movies that I REALLY want to see anymore, which amounts to about 3 or 4 movies a year (at most).
Part of that is that mine is a family of 6, so a family movie is a $60 adventure. and that's just for the tickets. Add in snacks and it hits $100 easily. There are just a lot of other things I can think of to spend $100 on than 2 hours of mediocre entertainment.
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I call BS.
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This man...
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