"So if I am a member of AAA and my buddy's car has broken down and needs a tow, are you saying that it's OK to give him my account number to hand to the tow truck driver so he can bill AAA for it? "
I've shared my AAA membership with other people. But then again, I was in the vehicle at the times they needed the service. AAA doesn't care if it's your car or even if you were driving. Only that you are present when the tow truck arrives.
"How about if I have dental insurance and my friend has a cavity that needs attention. Is it OK for him to take my insurance card and obtain a service for himself and let my insurer pay for it? "
That's outright fraud and there are laws on the books already for this. Yet people still do it. The sharing login law is idiotic in the extreme.
How much of a problem do you think this is in Tennessee that the RIAA lobbied to get this done?
I agree that it's valuable to Android users. I have used emulators in the past and see their value. What I was wondering is why Tim thought the guy that wrote the emulator deserved to have his stuff licensed when all he was writing is a software wrapper, which the console makers can easily do.
This whole episode shows that there is a void that will be filled. The console makers can do it or the community can. Either way it's going to happen. It just didn't make sense to assume that they should license the emulator is all.
" [CLARIFICATION (mainly for the benefit of console developers): By "licensing," I don't mean wave the lawyer stick around threateningly until they give up all commercial rights in perpetuity in exchange for a lawsuit-free existence and a signed copy of Tamigotchi: Party On!
I mean actual fair licensing agreements in which both parties have a chance to make some money. END CLARIFICATION.]"
Why should the guy that compiled the code for the emulator get anything? If Nintendo or whoever decides to put out their own emulator I think they'd be able to do that in-house. All the emulator does is pass calls from the ROM to the hardware. Most of the work has been done already by the people/companies that wrote the original OS and ROM. All this guys is doing is making it compatible with Android.
"It's still a fail. There was demand for music before, and there is demand for music after. The music hasn't changed in any way, certainly not in the same manner that transportation changed."
Music delivery has changed, and that's what has the RIAA pissed. People aren't forced into paying $15 per CD when all they want is a single track. They now have a choice of all or part of an album. Once a track is purchased, excuse me, licensed, there is no need to ever buy a license again. If I download a DRM-free tune from Amazon.com. It's mine forever. I can listen to it on as many devices as I want and even burn my own CDs. I can even upload that file to Amazon's cloud and access it anywhere. That's why the entertainment industry is screaming that they need protection. Not only do people have the ability to buy the music they want, but they won't have to buy it again and again.
Lastly, and this will have a huge impact going forward, my son has never been in a music store. He wouldn't know what to do with a CD. When he wants music he goes to Youtube, like all his friends. The entertainment industry better wake up soon.
Your analogy is also bad. The Internet isn't a single entity, it is a series of connected computers. Some of those computers are used for illegal activity, most aren't.
Yes, you can file a lawsuit for any reason, but you stand a better chance at winning if you can counter the exact charges. If they take your site down and don't give you a reason, what do you sue for? How can a judge reverse a decision if he doesn't know what that decision is? Furthermore, if your website was taken down, wouldn't you like to know why so you can properly defend yourself?
You are obviously familiar with the process, so you should be already aware of this.
Maybe there's more to this story. If moderate safe search is off then you get porn hits with that search term. 67 seconds is a long time for some guys, maybe that's all the time he needed...
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I've shared my AAA membership with other people. But then again, I was in the vehicle at the times they needed the service. AAA doesn't care if it's your car or even if you were driving. Only that you are present when the tow truck arrives.
"How about if I have dental insurance and my friend has a cavity that needs attention. Is it OK for him to take my insurance card and obtain a service for himself and let my insurer pay for it? "
That's outright fraud and there are laws on the books already for this. Yet people still do it. The sharing login law is idiotic in the extreme.
How much of a problem do you think this is in Tennessee that the RIAA lobbied to get this done?
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This whole episode shows that there is a void that will be filled. The console makers can do it or the community can. Either way it's going to happen. It just didn't make sense to assume that they should license the emulator is all.
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I mean actual fair licensing agreements in which both parties have a chance to make some money. END CLARIFICATION.]"
Why should the guy that compiled the code for the emulator get anything? If Nintendo or whoever decides to put out their own emulator I think they'd be able to do that in-house. All the emulator does is pass calls from the ROM to the hardware. Most of the work has been done already by the people/companies that wrote the original OS and ROM. All this guys is doing is making it compatible with Android.
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Music delivery has changed, and that's what has the RIAA pissed. People aren't forced into paying $15 per CD when all they want is a single track. They now have a choice of all or part of an album. Once a track is purchased, excuse me, licensed, there is no need to ever buy a license again. If I download a DRM-free tune from Amazon.com. It's mine forever. I can listen to it on as many devices as I want and even burn my own CDs. I can even upload that file to Amazon's cloud and access it anywhere. That's why the entertainment industry is screaming that they need protection. Not only do people have the ability to buy the music they want, but they won't have to buy it again and again.
Lastly, and this will have a huge impact going forward, my son has never been in a music store. He wouldn't know what to do with a CD. When he wants music he goes to Youtube, like all his friends. The entertainment industry better wake up soon.
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Seriously!
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You are obviously familiar with the process, so you should be already aware of this.
But then again, trolls gotta troll...
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What happens when they present a bill for $1,000,000?
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By their logic there should be a tax for everything -
Stealing Movies Tax
Stealing Games Tax
Stealing News Tax
Stealing eBook Tax
Stealing AudioBook Tax
Stealing TV Show Tax
Stealing Pictures Tax
How is it possible that politicians approve this kind of crap?
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