The MPAA insists that it physically cannot release movies on TV prior to its DVD release unless it gets this DRM enabled.
If you can't figure out how to make it pay, then don't release it.
The sense of entitlement for some established businesses is just mind-boggling.
Can you imagine me refusing to upload my squirrel vs kitten video to youtube and demanding that the FCC break everyone's browsers so they can't make copies of it???
The world has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. It's amazing to me how many people/businesses don't get it.
You can't make bits uncopyable and you can't deprive people of this incredible engine of communication, the internet.
Even though unauthorized copying is illegal, attempts to eradicate it are like trying to enforce a ban on cussing.
It has become too natural, too easy and too deeply ingrained.
If your business consists of selling things that can be duplicated and shared on the internet, it's time you figured out how to make money differently.
The fact that so many groups don't understand this really simple premise is quite fascinating.
The registry will employ a microformat... blah, blah, blah
As a software engineer, I've been here. Someone upstairs asks, "How can we do A?" And you go back to your cube and you work on stuff until you can go back and say, "I think A can be accomplished with B". And you are told, "Build it".
And you go off happily and start coding. Somewhere along the line, you might find that what you assumed originally isn't going to work, and if you're an ethical guy, you'll voice your doubts.
Depending on who you work for or where you work, a number of things can happen. One of them is, you may be told, "Make it work"
So, you go back happily to your cube to pound out some more code. This iteration might occur several times, but if you are ethical and voice your doubts, well, that's all you can do.
If the people you work for are excessively clueless however, you may end up with something like this News Registry.
At that point, you might want to look around and see if there aren't some more savvy people you could go work for.
Excellent flick. I think that might be the first "realistic" chase scene filmed. Before that it seemed that most chase scenes involved speeding up the film. Man was that hokey.
More "old days" street scenes in the original "Fun with Dick and Jane", by the way.
The continued pressure on MS from the EU has succeeded in forcing them to open up their file formats.
Open Office, GCalc, AbiWord and others can all now seamlessly open, modify and save in Microsoft's Office formats with a minimum of loss or inconsistency.
"I can't wait until I hear some energy exec whining in an interview about how people shouldn't be allowed to own and operate Mr. Fusions because it's destroying his business."
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Re: Fed Up
If a person cannot make money selling recordings because of today's technology, then he/she should not try to sell recordings.
No one is owed a living.
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
On the post: Hollywood Asks FCC For Permission To Break Your DVR Again
As Before
If you can't figure out how to make it pay, then don't release it.
The sense of entitlement for some established businesses is just mind-boggling.
Can you imagine me refusing to upload my squirrel vs kitten video to youtube and demanding that the FCC break everyone's browsers so they can't make copies of it???
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First to Say It?
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Chan Dirt
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Endless Fascination
You can't make bits uncopyable and you can't deprive people of this incredible engine of communication, the internet.
Even though unauthorized copying is illegal, attempts to eradicate it are like trying to enforce a ban on cussing.
It has become too natural, too easy and too deeply ingrained.
If your business consists of selling things that can be duplicated and shared on the internet, it's time you figured out how to make money differently.
The fact that so many groups don't understand this really simple premise is quite fascinating.
On the post: The Return Of Cable Boxes That Spy On You
One Possible Use?
On the post: The 'Creative' Technology Behind The AP's News Registry
As a software engineer, I've been here. Someone upstairs asks, "How can we do A?" And you go back to your cube and you work on stuff until you can go back and say, "I think A can be accomplished with B". And you are told, "Build it".
And you go off happily and start coding. Somewhere along the line, you might find that what you assumed originally isn't going to work, and if you're an ethical guy, you'll voice your doubts.
Depending on who you work for or where you work, a number of things can happen. One of them is, you may be told, "Make it work"
So, you go back happily to your cube to pound out some more code. This iteration might occur several times, but if you are ethical and voice your doubts, well, that's all you can do.
If the people you work for are excessively clueless however, you may end up with something like this News Registry.
At that point, you might want to look around and see if there aren't some more savvy people you could go work for.
On the post: Correcting A Few 'Facts' From The RIAA... For Which We Feel We Deserve Payment
Yar!
fight the power!
On the post: What A Job: Making Sure No Brands Appear In A Movie
Re: Re: No(More)Stalgia
Excellent flick. I think that might be the first "realistic" chase scene filmed. Before that it seemed that most chase scenes involved speeding up the film. Man was that hokey.
More "old days" street scenes in the original "Fun with Dick and Jane", by the way.
On the post: What A Job: Making Sure No Brands Appear In A Movie
No(More)Stalgia
Not only that, but one of the joys I get from watching older movies is seeing how the world used to look "back then"
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Legacy
On the post: Looking Back At The Microsoft Antitrust Suit: Did It Matter?
One Benefit
Open Office, GCalc, AbiWord and others can all now seamlessly open, modify and save in Microsoft's Office formats with a minimum of loss or inconsistency.
On the post: Is The NY Times Looking To CwF + RtB?
Score!
On the post: Utility Wants To Charge Solar Panel Users For Not Using Their Energy
Deja Fuel
"I can't wait until I hear some energy exec whining in an interview about how people shouldn't be allowed to own and operate Mr. Fusions because it's destroying his business."
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Well...
Sheesh, you should know that by now.
On the post: UK Police Issue Copyright Takedown Over Speed Camera Photos
This guy needs to move to Tiburon...
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Scenario
Cop 2: "Well, let's just look and see if she's in Tiburon"
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Hmmmm
You're allowed to do that with a contract, right?
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On the post: The Death Of The Album Has Been Exaggerated
Deja Who
That sounds so familiar...
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