The NFL tends to not like someone speaking out against the party line. I wonder if they will try to fine him for this op-ed piece and how much if they do.
Mike, just want to point out an error in your article. You wrote "the studios, in their infinite wisdom, think that they can ship these special -- much more expensive -- dual layered DVDs that have a DRM'd-up digital copy included."
DVDs have used dual-layer since the beginning. Most movies use both layers of the disc anyways. The digital copies are always on a second (or third) DVD included in the package. The DVD standard isn't really designed to allow mixed modes on a single disc. Second, the movies with digital copies included are not really any more expensive than their counterparts that don't include one. I haven't seen any movies that offer a stand-alone and one with a digital copy that are otherwise identical (I have seen a few deluxe editions that include the copy, but you're really paying extra for the deluxe edition there, not the digital copy) so it's hard to make an exact comparison. However, if you compare the price of recent release movies that include a digital copy against other recent releases that don't offer the option, they are basically the same.
As a side note, the DVD standard offers several ways a DVD can be physically mastered.
Single Side, Single layer - 4.7 GB
Single Side, Double layer - 8.5 GB
Double Side, Single layer - 9.4 GB
Double Side, Double layer - 17 GB
I suppose that a studio COULD use a double side, double layer disc to include the digital copy on the flip side of the movie, but I believe those discs are pretty expensive to make. Cheaper to just include a second disc in the package.
@ jeadly:
First, what you are talking about hasn't the SLIGHTEST bit to do with DRM or the DMCA. Second, have you actually read the tags in question? They actually say "Not to be removed EXCEPT BY CONSUMER" (emphasis mine). The law isn't going to prevent you from taking the tag off a mattress you bought (it's not as if the mattress police are going to come banging on your door demanding to inspect your mattresses anyways). That comes down I bought it, I can do what I want with it.
Worse, if he had been going to the US, he would have been sent to Gitmo or somewhere similar and tortured with no representation and no one having any idea where the heck he is.
Boy, this sounds an awful like the stuff TSR (or T$R as they got nicknamed) would pull years ago on fan-made tools and such posted online back in the early internet days, back before they were bought out by Wizards of the Coast. Maybe their old management moved on to Games Workshop?
Sounds like Mr Zufuckwit is feeling a bit too entitled. Too bad there's not a way to retroactively revoke the copyright. If only there were a way for someone with the money and cojones to fight it to quote his father fairly.
So, again, what would happen if someone in the States or the Netherlands says something that someone in the UK considers libelous? If both that person and the website are not in the UK, what would be the outcome?
Given the nature of the Internet and Youtube, I sort of have to wonder just how many of those people are even in Italy? I would be willing to bet that a fair number of them are not even in the country and therefore wouldn't (or shouldn't) fall under an Italian court's jurisdiction for this issue. Not that that ever seems to stop these courts from issuing ridiculous judgements anyways.
It gets even more muddy if the video is hosted in the US and commented on by someone in the US. Bah!
I really hope this is one instance where Google refuses to roll over (like it seems to be doing a lot lately) and actually fights back on it.
Oh, gee. You know, we'd like to turn over those records, but we just can't find them right now. We are looking for them though. What's that noise in the background? Oh, that's not a paper shredder, they're just, um, doing some construction. Yeah, construction.
I don't have one myself, not having a Zune HD. But I have heard lots of good stuff about the Zune Pass. If you keep your 15 tracks a month (I thought it was only 10 though) then it's not really costing you all that much extra for it. One key difference with it from other music services, though, is that you can access it directly from your Zune and can download music and stream audio anywhere you can find a wi-fi connection.
Not That Chris: Obviously you are new. Otherwise you'd see story after story about a patent troll getting a patent on something obvious or with clear prior art and starting to sue the heck out of people. Believe me, something as simple as prior art won't even slow these guys down. You might as well try to stop a rampaging tank by parking a car in front of it. Hell, companies that MADE the prior art have been sued...for the prior art!
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, et all need to weigh in on this
If keeping a copy of the work for the filter is found to be infringing then all of the search engines are going completely screwed. Every last one of them keeps a copy of everything they find on their servers. Not only that, but they actually make that content available to ANYONE upon request. If Google, MS, etc are smart, they will weigh in on the side of Scribd with amicus briefs; ESPECIALLY Google, what with the implications a finding against Scribd would have for YouTube.
That being said, I would be surprised if this gets anywhere. As the story noted, they would appear to be pretty clearly protected by safe harbor provisions.
On the one hand, I think the artists SHOULD be getting a lot more money from this. I know Weird Al said awhile back that, as tiny as their CD royalties are, he would earn several times as much from someone buying a CD as if they bought the album on iTunes.
So, what I see happening is the artists get more money, something like 50% of net revenues instead of the couple percent they get now. Now the labels want to charge $2 per track instead of $1 so that they earn the same amount. People say screw this and go back to pirating the music more than ever. The labels then go crying to congress demanding help and either A) try to force mandatory drm on, well, everything or B) a CD tax like canada on anything that can be used to store music. CDs, mp3 players, flash drives, hard drives, etc or C) a $5-10/mo tax assessed on every household or possibly x amount per GB of transfer.
Adams was an engineer, I really doubt he was confused about the difference. Notice how Dilbert said they should get out of their current business. CHW has it right, Trademark seems to be what everybody is trying to ab-use these days.
While normally I would consider having the police raid somebody's offices over a copyright dispute to be a bit over the top, how many times have we criticized RIAA et al for similar tactics, in this case I can't help but think that there's a certain amount of justice in it. Now if only we could get that happening more often maybe we could teach them a lesson.
Exactly. They can have my network when they pry the (20 character) security key from my cold dead hands. Oh, wait, I don't have it written down. Oh well, I guess they're just screwed then.
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how much will he be fined?
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DVDs are already dual-layer
DVDs have used dual-layer since the beginning. Most movies use both layers of the disc anyways. The digital copies are always on a second (or third) DVD included in the package. The DVD standard isn't really designed to allow mixed modes on a single disc. Second, the movies with digital copies included are not really any more expensive than their counterparts that don't include one. I haven't seen any movies that offer a stand-alone and one with a digital copy that are otherwise identical (I have seen a few deluxe editions that include the copy, but you're really paying extra for the deluxe edition there, not the digital copy) so it's hard to make an exact comparison. However, if you compare the price of recent release movies that include a digital copy against other recent releases that don't offer the option, they are basically the same.
As a side note, the DVD standard offers several ways a DVD can be physically mastered.
Single Side, Single layer - 4.7 GB
Single Side, Double layer - 8.5 GB
Double Side, Single layer - 9.4 GB
Double Side, Double layer - 17 GB
I suppose that a studio COULD use a double side, double layer disc to include the digital copy on the flip side of the movie, but I believe those discs are pretty expensive to make. Cheaper to just include a second disc in the package.
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Re: Mattress Tags
First, what you are talking about hasn't the SLIGHTEST bit to do with DRM or the DMCA. Second, have you actually read the tags in question? They actually say "Not to be removed EXCEPT BY CONSUMER" (emphasis mine). The law isn't going to prevent you from taking the tag off a mattress you bought (it's not as if the mattress police are going to come banging on your door demanding to inspect your mattresses anyways). That comes down I bought it, I can do what I want with it.
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Re: WTF!
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Apple copy? Never!
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Sounds like T$R
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how many of those are outside of Italy?
It gets even more muddy if the video is hosted in the US and commented on by someone in the US. Bah!
I really hope this is one instance where Google refuses to roll over (like it seems to be doing a lot lately) and actually fights back on it.
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Not That Chris: Obviously you are new. Otherwise you'd see story after story about a patent troll getting a patent on something obvious or with clear prior art and starting to sue the heck out of people. Believe me, something as simple as prior art won't even slow these guys down. You might as well try to stop a rampaging tank by parking a car in front of it. Hell, companies that MADE the prior art have been sued...for the prior art!
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Chilling Effects?
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Re: douchebagalista
:)
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Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, et all need to weigh in on this
That being said, I would be surprised if this gets anywhere. As the story noted, they would appear to be pretty clearly protected by safe harbor provisions.
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good and bad from this
So, what I see happening is the artists get more money, something like 50% of net revenues instead of the couple percent they get now. Now the labels want to charge $2 per track instead of $1 so that they earn the same amount. People say screw this and go back to pirating the music more than ever. The labels then go crying to congress demanding help and either A) try to force mandatory drm on, well, everything or B) a CD tax like canada on anything that can be used to store music. CDs, mp3 players, flash drives, hard drives, etc or C) a $5-10/mo tax assessed on every household or possibly x amount per GB of transfer.
But maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
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I doubt Adams was confused
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payback's a bitch
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