Funny, I assumed they used "Nexus" because the phone would be a link between you and whatever you wanted to be linked with.
You know, the definition of Nexus.
I can feel for Isa, though. I'm sure she was just minding her own business one idle Tuesday morning, drinking coffee, when her cell rings. She looks down at the caller ID and sees that it's her lawyer. As the lawyer relates that Google has the audacity to brand their phone 'Nexus', a look of horror slowly forms on Isa's face. "Has the world gone mad?" she says to no one in particular, not even noticing the mug of coffee she dropped shattering on the floor. "They might as well have shit on father's grave," she thinks to herself while suppressing the urge to throw up, already tasting bile, "Someone has to put a stop to this!"
Okay. Maybe not. I don't think anyone was "shocked and dismayed" upon hearing the news. In fact, hearing the news probably coincided with a "Cha-ching" noise and her eyes transforming into dollar signs. Completely ridiculous, all of it.
I think the problem here is with the English language.
I read the statement "DRM has never prevented piracy." and think that if even one copy gets hacked and uploaded, DRM has failed to do its job.
Clearly, you are thinking that if even one user is thwarted by DRM, then it is successful.
I can't help but imagine that most, if not all, execs are pushing for DRM to prevent *even one copy* from being pirated, not from stopping your grandmother from making a copy for her bridge club. I could be wrong though. I base it on the fact that, due to software's digital (and thus, infinite) nature, if even one copy is pirated, then 1 million copies can be made, even by most "average" users. Therefore, one successful hack is just as bad as no DRM at all, right?
You are free to stick to your guns, obviously, but if you think about it objectively, you'll see that DRM has never once successfully prevented piracy.
Calling someone a thief when they have not stolen anything is libel. That *is* illegal.
It's one thing to tell your fans on your blog, "Buy/Use my app instead of paying for this other guys so you can directly support me." and a totally different thing to say "These app developers are thieves, and if you buy their app you are just supporting thieves."
Sorry fellas (or gals?) but this poor, dumb bastard doesn't have a leg to stand on.
He has an RSS feed.
I have paid money for my RSS feed reader on my Droid, and if I were to subscribe to his RSS feed, (which I certainly won't now) wouldn't that be the same *exact* thing? Didn't *he* set up said RSS feed?
Furthermore, these apps (and I'm guessing here, because I can't search the app store to find them) probably pull a bunch of "free" web comics and aggregate them into one app. That would mean that people aren't paying for his comic, but instead on the convenience of one-stop-shopping for multiple comics.
Lastly: Stealing != Copying. I write off even a well thought off argument when I read someone call it "stealing". If I threw a plastic bottle on the side of the road I wouldn't be "raping the earth" I'd be littering, no matter how badly Greenpeace hates it.
And if the store has an infinite supply of goods, chasing down the people who take without paying makes absolutely zero economic sense, because it's not like your stock was impacted, you still have an infinite supply.
I don't know if you're being dense on purpose or if you really are slow, but we want more transparency in the process *because* we're worried about the end result.
Once we're given the end result, it is, by definition, too late.
And I can't imagine I'll ever start downloading 25 - 50 GB HD movies over my internet connection to replicate the blu-ray experience.
A few years ago, you couldn't imagine downloading 500 - 700 MB over your internet connection. A few years before that, you couldn't imagine downloading 50 - 75 MB over your internet connection. A few years before that, you couldn't imagine downloading 10 - 15 MB over your internet connection.
Don't get me started on hard drive capacity over the last few years.
They see the trends clearly, it's their response that is incorrect.
Ya know, he's kinda right. The actual creation of new content is scarce. Think of it not "I can make infinite amount of the movie 'Wolverine', so it is infinite." and instead think of how many times you can watch a movie you've never seen before. Eventually (hypothetically speaking) you will run out, and thus, new movies are a scarce good. I follow him that far. Where I lose him is when he then says that this will lead to no one making any new movies-- that's a bit of a stretch. If it required a huge return from DVD sales to make a movie, then no one would ever make their first movie.
There is a future for new movies, I'm sure of it. The way they are funded may change and the days of the so-called "200 Million Dollar Movie" are undoubtedly numbered.
The bottom line: Piracy only hurts those with no talent, no creativity, or no ambition.
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Odd.
You know, the definition of Nexus.
I can feel for Isa, though. I'm sure she was just minding her own business one idle Tuesday morning, drinking coffee, when her cell rings. She looks down at the caller ID and sees that it's her lawyer. As the lawyer relates that Google has the audacity to brand their phone 'Nexus', a look of horror slowly forms on Isa's face. "Has the world gone mad?" she says to no one in particular, not even noticing the mug of coffee she dropped shattering on the floor. "They might as well have shit on father's grave," she thinks to herself while suppressing the urge to throw up, already tasting bile, "Someone has to put a stop to this!"
Okay. Maybe not. I don't think anyone was "shocked and dismayed" upon hearing the news. In fact, hearing the news probably coincided with a "Cha-ching" noise and her eyes transforming into dollar signs. Completely ridiculous, all of it.
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Furthermore, why are middlemen so damn greedy?
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I read the statement "DRM has never prevented piracy." and think that if even one copy gets hacked and uploaded, DRM has failed to do its job.
Clearly, you are thinking that if even one user is thwarted by DRM, then it is successful.
I can't help but imagine that most, if not all, execs are pushing for DRM to prevent *even one copy* from being pirated, not from stopping your grandmother from making a copy for her bridge club. I could be wrong though. I base it on the fact that, due to software's digital (and thus, infinite) nature, if even one copy is pirated, then 1 million copies can be made, even by most "average" users. Therefore, one successful hack is just as bad as no DRM at all, right?
You are free to stick to your guns, obviously, but if you think about it objectively, you'll see that DRM has never once successfully prevented piracy.
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Please explain. (For bonus points, don't use an ellipsis as a period in your post.)
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It's one thing to tell your fans on your blog, "Buy/Use my app instead of paying for this other guys so you can directly support me." and a totally different thing to say "These app developers are thieves, and if you buy their app you are just supporting thieves."
He comes off as childish, to me.
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He has an RSS feed.
I have paid money for my RSS feed reader on my Droid, and if I were to subscribe to his RSS feed, (which I certainly won't now) wouldn't that be the same *exact* thing? Didn't *he* set up said RSS feed?
Furthermore, these apps (and I'm guessing here, because I can't search the app store to find them) probably pull a bunch of "free" web comics and aggregate them into one app. That would mean that people aren't paying for his comic, but instead on the convenience of one-stop-shopping for multiple comics.
Lastly: Stealing != Copying. I write off even a well thought off argument when I read someone call it "stealing". If I threw a plastic bottle on the side of the road I wouldn't be "raping the earth" I'd be littering, no matter how badly Greenpeace hates it.
Enjoy your weekend!
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Now we just need an acronym for "Google it, lazy fuck." :P
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Once we're given the end result, it is, by definition, too late.
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Okay, WTF??
Why do they bother with DRM at all then? All DRM says is "We don't trust any of you."
Change the law then, I say. It seems to me they just want to avoid the issue going to court.
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A few years ago, you couldn't imagine downloading 500 - 700 MB over your internet connection. A few years before that, you couldn't imagine downloading 50 - 75 MB over your internet connection. A few years before that, you couldn't imagine downloading 10 - 15 MB over your internet connection.
Don't get me started on hard drive capacity over the last few years.
They see the trends clearly, it's their response that is incorrect.
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Letter Piracy.
Someone has stolen your 'e'. :)
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There is a future for new movies, I'm sure of it. The way they are funded may change and the days of the so-called "200 Million Dollar Movie" are undoubtedly numbered.
The bottom line: Piracy only hurts those with no talent, no creativity, or no ambition.
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