So only the copyright holder will get to make reality TV shows, meaning one source to avoid. (Oh sure, they could license it, but we've already seen how convoluted copyright licensing is, so other players would probably just as soon not bother.)
This is one time where Life+70 doesn't seem long enough...
Who gets paid if you have a painting of a Coke can? What if Coke put a painting on a can and put that in a movie?
What if the movie includes a scene of someone painting, where the painting is created as a consequence of making the movie? In other words, who paid whom for the picture Jack draws of Rose in the movie? As a key plot point, it obviously has value to the movie; but because it was drawn in the movie, the picture owes its existence to the movie....
Granted, although by default most* are configured to go out on their own and get updates on whatever schedule the programmer decided/was directed to set. You either have to open the settings or watch for the option when installing — and know to go to each of those and turn them off if/when faced with impending bandwidth overage. I might remember to do this; the rest of my family might with my prompting. My mother (who still has an AOL account — I only wish I was kidding) wouldn't even be able to tell you what she has installed.
One thing I learned during all of this is the concept of "trickle bandwidth". Like "trickle power", the little bit of electricity a device ends up consuming just by virtue of being plugged in (DC power adapters, electronics that are "off" but consume enough power to look for the remote control signal telling it to "turn on"), my internet-connected devices use a non-zero amount of internet data just by virtue of being on. Email programs that ping servers for new messages, background widgets that look for content updates (news, weather), and any of a dozen apps that check for program updates (Adobe, Google, Windows, graphics drivers, keyboard and mouse drivers, even my TV and Blu-ray player) can add up to a couple hundred megabytes per day (especially when you have multiple computers doing this independently — am I supposed to set up a Windows Update Server on my home network?). It doesn't sound like much until you find yourself counting every kB at the end of the month to make sure you don't find yourself cut off from the rest of the world.
And why does all this trickle bandwidth exist? Because the people programming these widgets and web sites and services are written to actually use the resources of the internet, not considering these resources limited.
Ours was nearly used up with over a week left to go in the month. No Netflix, no YouTube, and I had to go through the same "cognitive cost" about every single email and phone call (since our phone service is VOIP). Add that to the stress that my ISP is Comcast (meaning going over the limit doesn't mean "extra cost", it means completely cutting you off for a year, until you find a new ISP [see the part about "no competition"]), and it was a very stressful week-plus.
So basically, not only does it prevent the DA from trying you again after a jury says "not guilty", it prevents the DA from deciding to try you again for a separate charge arising from the same set of facts.
Wait, how did OJ Simpson get found guilty of "wrongful death" after being acquitted of murder?
Sorry, no. They are free to allow or ban anyone for any reason, constitutional or not. They are not a government entity, they are private companies running their own networks.
Don't believe me? Try signing on to Xbox Live, put some racial or sexual slurs in your profile, and whine about your constitutional rights when you get banned.
Why not install a PDF printer, and print the PDF to that? It's how I "edit" secure PDFs (primarily eBills that I get from utility companies when I just want the "bill" part and not the "correspondence" part).
I've heard some whoppers in my time — "jumbo shrimp", "military intelligence", "found missing" — but "intellectually honest federal government" takes the cake!
In addition to the Trust issues brought up by John Fenderson above (Will they be there, with my data, tomorrow?), I am concerned with my ability to use such a service effectively.
First, bandwidth. Will I have enough bandwidth available so that using a cloud service is no different than using my own server? Will I be constantly buffering, because the bits are going through heavy congestion at some indeterminate point along their path? Will I be pounding my fist on my desk in frustration because I can't access my files, because I've lost my connection to my ISP again (due to weather, network fault, user error, or something else out of my control)? This happened as recently as last weekend, when I was trying to watch some live streaming video program and my connection went dark for a solid ten minutes.
Second, ISPs and bandwidth caps. I came very close to my cap last month with over a week left in the month. I had to effectively shut down a lot of my internet usage. No Netflix, no YouTube, no Xbox Live. If I stored my own media "in the cloud", I would have been cut off from that, too.
Third, if I want to take my media on the road (movies for the kids in the minivan, for example), I know I will not have a usable data connection everywhere I go. Free Wi-Fi is not universal; and even if I had a cell data plan for my vehicle (an expensive add-on), there are many dead spots that I drive through just around our neighborhood. It makes no sense for me to do anything but keep the media on my own computer, convert it to whatever portable format necessary to play in the car, and move it using my own physical cables and memory cards.
Now, in the brief description above, you call it a "cloud-based syncing system", which to me means that media is stored locally, and the cloud is only used as a backup and service to sync with other devices. My first and third points aren't as critical then, but the second point, ISP bandwidth caps, is a HUGE drawback.
Funny, I saw this and was looking forward to trying it out. But I discovered recently that we already managed to hit the 250GB limit this month, and we still have a week to go. I don't want to hook my Xbox up just to download the app, let alone watch video with it (assuming I trusted their exemption). When my Xbox is on, it downloads more than just the video I want to watch. There are video ads that play in small sections of the dashboard, cover art for games when I view my game list, constant status updates for everyone on my friends list...
I wouldn't be nearly as paranoid about it and pulling network cables out of my devices if it weren't for Comcast's absurd policy of completely cutting off people who go over the limit.
The only other viable alternative around here is Century Link, who has the same 250GB limit. I'm not sure what their policy on overages is (funny how they don't make that info easy to find), reviews from around here indicate their customer service is worse than Comcast.
Even if the tags were there, hasn't it already been determined that using search tags (specifically, buying ad words) that identify a competitor in order to advertise your own stuff isn't a violation of any law? Or am I misremembering that ruling?
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Re: well
I prefer to think of the lawyers as oil slicks.
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Re: Ambivalence...
This is one time where Life+70 doesn't seem long enough...
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What about...
What if the movie includes a scene of someone painting, where the painting is created as a consequence of making the movie? In other words, who paid whom for the picture Jack draws of Rose in the movie? As a key plot point, it obviously has value to the movie; but because it was drawn in the movie, the picture owes its existence to the movie....
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Bribes to China?
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Re: Re: Re: And what happens when you run out?
*In my experience. Your mileage may vary.
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Re: And what happens when you run out?
And why does all this trickle bandwidth exist? Because the people programming these widgets and web sites and services are written to actually use the resources of the internet, not considering these resources limited.
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And what happens when you run out?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Double punishment?
Wait, how did OJ Simpson get found guilty of "wrongful death" after being acquitted of murder?
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Don't believe me? Try signing on to Xbox Live, put some racial or sexual slurs in your profile, and whine about your constitutional rights when you get banned.
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Re: Re: Double punishment?
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PDF printer?
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Oxymoron
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Infrastructure and ISP
First, bandwidth. Will I have enough bandwidth available so that using a cloud service is no different than using my own server? Will I be constantly buffering, because the bits are going through heavy congestion at some indeterminate point along their path? Will I be pounding my fist on my desk in frustration because I can't access my files, because I've lost my connection to my ISP again (due to weather, network fault, user error, or something else out of my control)? This happened as recently as last weekend, when I was trying to watch some live streaming video program and my connection went dark for a solid ten minutes.
Second, ISPs and bandwidth caps. I came very close to my cap last month with over a week left in the month. I had to effectively shut down a lot of my internet usage. No Netflix, no YouTube, no Xbox Live. If I stored my own media "in the cloud", I would have been cut off from that, too.
Third, if I want to take my media on the road (movies for the kids in the minivan, for example), I know I will not have a usable data connection everywhere I go. Free Wi-Fi is not universal; and even if I had a cell data plan for my vehicle (an expensive add-on), there are many dead spots that I drive through just around our neighborhood. It makes no sense for me to do anything but keep the media on my own computer, convert it to whatever portable format necessary to play in the car, and move it using my own physical cables and memory cards.
Now, in the brief description above, you call it a "cloud-based syncing system", which to me means that media is stored locally, and the cloud is only used as a backup and service to sync with other devices. My first and third points aren't as critical then, but the second point, ISP bandwidth caps, is a HUGE drawback.
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Loss of data, apply directly to the forehead.
Financial risk, apply directly to the forehead.
Palm slap, apply directly to the forehead.
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The connection to piracy is never made in the video.
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I'm at my limit now
I wouldn't be nearly as paranoid about it and pulling network cables out of my devices if it weren't for Comcast's absurd policy of completely cutting off people who go over the limit.
The only other viable alternative around here is Century Link, who has the same 250GB limit. I'm not sure what their policy on overages is (funny how they don't make that info easy to find), reviews from around here indicate their customer service is worse than Comcast.
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Aren't tags legal anyway?
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Re: Re: Re: its the tags
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Re: Re: Already against Facebook's TOS to do this..
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