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MPAA CEO makes statement on anti-SOPA blackout
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 18 January, 2012
As you've undoubtedly noticed, today was the anti-SOPA blackout for hundreds of major sites in the U.S., most notably Wikipedia, which remains dark in silent protest.
AfterDawn is also using Google's blackout landing page.
Today, former Senator and current MPAA CEO Chris Dodd had his say on the blackout:
Only days after the White House and chief sponsors of the legislation responded ... [ read the full article ]
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DDR4life
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18. January 2012 @ 23:11 |
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"...some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns..."
So never mind that I can read for myself, right Mr. Dodd? My opposition to SOPA/PIPA has to be my being turned into a corporate pawn because I don't or can't think on my own, right? /end rant
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18. January 2012 @ 23:27 |
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I'll take a gimmicky protest that sides with free expression and free flow of information than one that automatically assumes you are in the wrong and censors you on behalf of the powers that be.
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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18. January 2012 @ 23:35 |
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Look's like former Senator and current MPAA CEO Chris Dodd is a bad actor. He dosn't have to keep proving it. What is the link between motion pictures and the US goverment?. How many prople can you think of that were actor's before they were involved in politics or vice versa
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19. January 2012 @ 01:07 |
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Originally posted by sikosrus:
Look's like former Senator and current MPAA CEO Chris Dodd is a bad actor. He dosn't have to keep proving it. What is the link between motion pictures and the US goverment?. How many prople can you think of that were actor's before they were involved in politics or vice versa
Ronald Reagan
B actor and D president. Conservatives and bible belt folks give him credit for ending the cold war when the whole time he was reading a teleprompter.
It was his staff that did all the work and do not get the credit they deserve.
Jeff
Cars, Guitars & Radiation.
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a̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶1̶8̶ ̶M̶e̶m̶b̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶e̶n̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶g̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶m̶i̶n̶d̶s̶,̶ ̶A̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶H̶o̶l̶l̶y̶w̶o̶o̶d̶
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http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/SOPA/Blackoutpage
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19. January 2012 @ 02:00 |
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i have had this idea for about 3 years and well now i think its as good as any to bring up and see what is thought but wouldn't this be a solution to have them stop the whole SOPA/PIPA BS
Operation ?Sunken Ship? Last Updated Thursday, January 19th 2012 1:47 AM EST
Piracy is never going to end unless how the delivery of the ?intellectual media? being currently delivered is changed.
Tech Uses
Develop a Mp3/Mp4 player that is unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE limited internet connectivity to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center. Utilizing a newly Developed proprietary Codec. And Universal Media Playback Software For the Licensed Custom Codecs.
Using the same new operating system for Media Playback using a Digital Video Recorder(DVR) with the Operating System Installed and the new Codec the movies are played in. The Customer can either purchase or Rent Movies on a new ?Centralized Marketplace? By using the Ethernet Connection on the back of the receiver. Your Purchases are stored in ?Cloud like? Digital locker that you are given access to download them locally to your device. The rentals are removed after your rental period is over and are unable to be downloaded locally to you device.
Backbone:
New Operating System With a custom Codec for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) moving away form a universal format ( .Mp3/.Mp4)
Practical Use:
The idea is to be able to stream your media to the new Media device with 3g connectivity. The Customer has access to that storage space by logging in to their account on the device and a folder with the Media you have purchased using the provided ?Centralized Marketplace¹? is available to you to download to the local device.
Pros:
No Discs,
No Need for Hard Copies
No software to convert a format that is proprietary
Inability to transfer or share media on these devices.
Uses a x number of volt power adapter to charge the device (Non Usb)
Cons
Jobs Could be lost such as Music stores such as Bull Moose Music/Movie rental stores such as Blockbuster would become Obsolete. Unless the changed with the times and followed in line. Movie Theaters would be also counter intuitive to stopping piracy.
¹ ?Centralized Marketplace? means Default means of purchases and rentals for Movies and music as well as games.
² ?Cloud Like? means Private Storage For Customers Digital media purchases.
³ ?Custom Codec? refers to the way in which the media will be read that other standard dvd/blueray players or computers will not be able to read the information or be able to process the information.
4. ?limited internet connectivity? is defined as the ability to connect to the Centralized Marketplace and the Cloud Like Storage Medium.?
Manufacture Of The Devices:
Any Company such as Apple, Sanyo, Microsoft, Etc. Can Develop their own model using the software as long as the following criteria is met.
1. Uses the New Operating System With a ?Custom Codec? for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and is custom created for the
2. The media devices must be unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE
3. Must have ?limited internet connectivity? to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center.
4. The Portable Media Players must use 3g/4g/Lte and not have bluetooth/wireless connectivity.
5. They must charge using a standard AC/DC Power Adapter.
6. And must not utilize a usb port in any form on the device.
7. Uses a ?Custom Codec? for the playback of the customers Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and uses their own codec for tracking purposes. For example Apple may name the codec for this OS Media playback as .apple and Microsoft might name their codec .mcrosft
8. Be Compatible with a Universal Codec Playback Software for the Approved Licensed Codecs
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19. January 2012 @ 02:55 |
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Speaking of "irresponsible" and a "disservice," Dodd has been doing more for the lobbyists/businesses who pay him to do their bidding than for the actual constituents he represents for YEARS, so not really a respectable person to give much credence to many his opinions.
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19. January 2012 @ 03:41 |
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the only disservice here is the one the politicians are doing us.
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19. January 2012 @ 06:06 |
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So never mind that I can read for myself, right Mr. Dodd? My opposition to SOPA/PIPA has to be my being turned into a corporate pawn because I don't or can't think on my own, right? /end rant
Very well said DDR4life
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19. January 2012 @ 10:51 |
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I say free America now vote out all the sitting politicians! When I signed an online petition my state senator sent me a form letter, telling me how he was doing the right thing.keeping the pirates from stealing the hard earned money from theactors,writers, etc. Well look at the golden globes or the oscars they look like they are really hurting. Then look at New Orleans who needs the help here!
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19. January 2012 @ 11:33 |
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What an insight-lacking jagoff! How arrogant can one person be to point the finger at anyone else?
Does he not see that legislation to shut down any and all that even 'reference' to copyrighted work would essentially close out 70 percent of the internet????
Of all people in this world that can't even fathom the notion of "utilitarianism" and look to benefit the the 'greater good' or the larger piece of the pie, this guy has proven himself as the cake-taker and would benefit this world MORE by being assassinated.
Hopefully someone will take him out along with all others putting themselves first and the community last.
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"...some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns..."
This old bird has got the years on me by a mile, but isn't this euphemism called, "calling the kettle black"?
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Originally posted by keeptherepublic:
and what to you have to say about obama you idiot? look up how many jobs Reagan created and how many has obummer created.
And the perpetuation of ignorance still runs amok. Historically speaking, no president ever gets the credit/damnation they deserve. Everything always seems to happen in the reverse purview of public sense.
Equally, every time a public system is put into place, it begins to take hold & START WORKING, funding gets yanked & the system falls to shite. Public outcry flares up & then they want to blame the president for a crap plan. When in fact it was going to work, it was working, it simply needed MORE TIME.
But that's the problem with human nature. Baby wants it NOW! Baby can't have it now, baby want's to know WHY!
So, when does someone want to step up & be the adult/grown-up about all this? It certainly isn't the people writing the laws for this crap. The babies for this shite? Their bottle happens to be their wallets. So when do we start to be adults & show some tough love here?
It's not just a one-man game keeptherupublic, despite your name calling or politics. Rambo makes a great rally call & a great movie, but in reality he makes a target & another flag draped coffin ride home.
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Originally posted by keeptherepublic:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
Originally posted by sikosrus:
Look's like former Senator and current MPAA CEO Chris Dodd is a bad actor. He dosn't have to keep proving it. What is the link between motion pictures and the US goverment?. How many prople can you think of that were actor's before they were involved in politics or vice versa
Ronald Reagan
B actor and D president. Conservatives and bible belt folks give him credit for ending the cold war when the whole time he was reading a teleprompter.
It was his staff that did all the work and do not get the credit they deserve.
Jeff
and what to you have to say about obama you idiot? look up how many jobs Reagan created and how many has obummer created.
There is no need to be name calling. Its just a discussion. I can see both of your points. But please leave out the name calling, and have an adult conversation. --- On another note. I do not support any of our politicians, they are nothing but lying, deceiving, money hungry fools who only care about themselves. ---- PS : I don't care about the name calling towards our government, just here on the forums.
Stupid questions are for google. Learn how to use it, because everyone has a stupid question every now and then.
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19. January 2012 @ 12:36 |
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Originally posted by keeptherepublic:
Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
Originally posted by sikosrus:
Look's like former Senator and current MPAA CEO Chris Dodd is a bad actor. He dosn't have to keep proving it. What is the link between motion pictures and the US goverment?. How many prople can you think of that were actor's before they were involved in politics or vice versa
Ronald Reagan
B actor and D president. Conservatives and bible belt folks give him credit for ending the cold war when the whole time he was reading a teleprompter.
It was his staff that did all the work and do not get the credit they deserve.
Jeff
and what to you have to say about obama you idiot? look up how many jobs Reagan created and how many has obummer created.
The jury is still out.
Seems he doesn't have to worry about a GOP opponent since they are too busy cutting each others throats.
Mitt Romney? Please...
Ron Paul for president. While the GOP blows him off, he tells it like it is. He stands for something called a free America. Do you really know what freedom means?
Paul is the originator of the Tea fags.
Reagan didn't have the brain power to create a single job but he sure could play with a Monkey.
Back to you smart guy.
Jeff
Cars, Guitars & Radiation.
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Basically from what I read of MPAA response is:
"How dare they make the public aware of the facts that were well hidden in our proposed legislation(s), rather than joining us in revising the facts to help suit everyone needs but the consumers."
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Originally posted by eklipz:
i have had this idea for about 3 years and well now i think its as good as any to bring up and see what is thought but wouldn't this be a solution to have them stop the whole SOPA/PIPA BS
Operation ?Sunken Ship? Last Updated Thursday, January 19th 2012 1:47 AM EST
Piracy is never going to end unless how the delivery of the ?intellectual media? being currently delivered is changed.
Tech Uses
Develop a Mp3/Mp4 player that is unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE limited internet connectivity to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center. Utilizing a newly Developed proprietary Codec. And Universal Media Playback Software For the Licensed Custom Codecs.
Using the same new operating system for Media Playback using a Digital Video Recorder(DVR) with the Operating System Installed and the new Codec the movies are played in. The Customer can either purchase or Rent Movies on a new ?Centralized Marketplace? By using the Ethernet Connection on the back of the receiver. Your Purchases are stored in ?Cloud like? Digital locker that you are given access to download them locally to your device. The rentals are removed after your rental period is over and are unable to be downloaded locally to you device.
Backbone:
New Operating System With a custom Codec for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) moving away form a universal format ( .Mp3/.Mp4)
Practical Use:
The idea is to be able to stream your media to the new Media device with 3g connectivity. The Customer has access to that storage space by logging in to their account on the device and a folder with the Media you have purchased using the provided ?Centralized Marketplace¹? is available to you to download to the local device.
Pros:
No Discs,
No Need for Hard Copies
No software to convert a format that is proprietary
Inability to transfer or share media on these devices.
Uses a x number of volt power adapter to charge the device (Non Usb)
Cons
Jobs Could be lost such as Music stores such as Bull Moose Music/Movie rental stores such as Blockbuster would become Obsolete. Unless the changed with the times and followed in line. Movie Theaters would be also counter intuitive to stopping piracy.
¹ ?Centralized Marketplace? means Default means of purchases and rentals for Movies and music as well as games.
² ?Cloud Like? means Private Storage For Customers Digital media purchases.
³ ?Custom Codec? refers to the way in which the media will be read that other standard dvd/blueray players or computers will not be able to read the information or be able to process the information.
4. ?limited internet connectivity? is defined as the ability to connect to the Centralized Marketplace and the Cloud Like Storage Medium.?
Manufacture Of The Devices:
Any Company such as Apple, Sanyo, Microsoft, Etc. Can Develop their own model using the software as long as the following criteria is met.
1. Uses the New Operating System With a ?Custom Codec? for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and is custom created for the
2. The media devices must be unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE
3. Must have ?limited internet connectivity? to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center.
4. The Portable Media Players must use 3g/4g/Lte and not have bluetooth/wireless connectivity.
5. They must charge using a standard AC/DC Power Adapter.
6. And must not utilize a usb port in any form on the device.
7. Uses a ?Custom Codec? for the playback of the customers Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and uses their own codec for tracking purposes. For example Apple may name the codec for this OS Media playback as .apple and Microsoft might name their codec .mcrosft
8. Be Compatible with a Universal Codec Playback Software for the Approved Licensed Codecs
Mostly 1 glaring issue if it can be made it can be reversed engineered to run nearly anything. The Genie is out of the bottle has been since we started to record music on paper.
IMO you focus on the monetary flow of things here my take on it.
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Sopa PIPA and the great run around.
The trouble with don't drop the sopa and pipa legislations is at the end of the day our repersentivies do not understand nor care about technology and how it effects the public at large. They only care about how it affects industry.
There is only one way to manage IP/Copy right abuse by the masses and that is to follow the monetary flow distribution of it leaves in its wake. To do that we need to focus on whole or parts of whole copy righted items. In other words if a part can be added up to other parts and make a whole item then it needs to be policed, and this dose mean policing links and apps.
To do that fair use needs to be expanded to define clips, which should be based on time and quality factors, then we look at the intent of the distribution is it for profit or not, if not then it cannot be touched by the powers that be.
Though Intent, fair use and due process you level the playing field, due process is an independent government funded organization that records what is copy righted and who owns what. Take downs are channeled through them and they look at whatever it is and see if it passes fair use and expanded fair use then see if the intent is freedom of expression, news or for profit then make a decision based off the facts at hand and move the incident in a pass or fail motion up to the pre trail phase if it has been found to be profiteering. Site's outside the US are recorded and the information passed onto the CP owners at their request for a small fee.
In order to after global operations you need an organization using the same standards as the US one and these sites have the same level of due process to determine if its news, freedom of expression or profiterring.
Until something like this happens and manages to not get corrupted by the powers that be common daily software piracy will never end.
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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19. January 2012 @ 13:12 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Originally posted by eklipz:
i have had this idea for about 3 years and well now i think its as good as any to bring up and see what is thought but wouldn't this be a solution to have them stop the whole SOPA/PIPA BS
Operation ?Sunken Ship? Last Updated Thursday, January 19th 2012 1:47 AM EST
Piracy is never going to end unless how the delivery of the ?intellectual media? being currently delivered is changed.
Tech Uses
Develop a Mp3/Mp4 player that is unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE limited internet connectivity to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center. Utilizing a newly Developed proprietary Codec. And Universal Media Playback Software For the Licensed Custom Codecs.
Using the same new operating system for Media Playback using a Digital Video Recorder(DVR) with the Operating System Installed and the new Codec the movies are played in. The Customer can either purchase or Rent Movies on a new ?Centralized Marketplace? By using the Ethernet Connection on the back of the receiver. Your Purchases are stored in ?Cloud like? Digital locker that you are given access to download them locally to your device. The rentals are removed after your rental period is over and are unable to be downloaded locally to you device.
Backbone:
New Operating System With a custom Codec for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) moving away form a universal format ( .Mp3/.Mp4)
Practical Use:
The idea is to be able to stream your media to the new Media device with 3g connectivity. The Customer has access to that storage space by logging in to their account on the device and a folder with the Media you have purchased using the provided ?Centralized Marketplace¹? is available to you to download to the local device.
Pros:
No Discs,
No Need for Hard Copies
No software to convert a format that is proprietary
Inability to transfer or share media on these devices.
Uses a x number of volt power adapter to charge the device (Non Usb)
Cons
Jobs Could be lost such as Music stores such as Bull Moose Music/Movie rental stores such as Blockbuster would become Obsolete. Unless the changed with the times and followed in line. Movie Theaters would be also counter intuitive to stopping piracy.
¹ ?Centralized Marketplace? means Default means of purchases and rentals for Movies and music as well as games.
² ?Cloud Like? means Private Storage For Customers Digital media purchases.
³ ?Custom Codec? refers to the way in which the media will be read that other standard dvd/blueray players or computers will not be able to read the information or be able to process the information.
4. ?limited internet connectivity? is defined as the ability to connect to the Centralized Marketplace and the Cloud Like Storage Medium.?
Manufacture Of The Devices:
Any Company such as Apple, Sanyo, Microsoft, Etc. Can Develop their own model using the software as long as the following criteria is met.
1. Uses the New Operating System With a ?Custom Codec? for playback of Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and is custom created for the
2. The media devices must be unable to connect with other Operating Systems that utilizes 3g/4g/LTE
3. Must have ?limited internet connectivity? to the ?Centralized Marketplace? and their Digital Storage Center.
4. The Portable Media Players must use 3g/4g/Lte and not have bluetooth/wireless connectivity.
5. They must charge using a standard AC/DC Power Adapter.
6. And must not utilize a usb port in any form on the device.
7. Uses a ?Custom Codec? for the playback of the customers Digital Media, that is not compatible with other operating systems (i.e. .dmg for mac / .exe for Windows) and uses their own codec for tracking purposes. For example Apple may name the codec for this OS Media playback as .apple and Microsoft might name their codec .mcrosft
8. Be Compatible with a Universal Codec Playback Software for the Approved Licensed Codecs
Mostly 1 glaring issue if it can be made it can be reversed engineered to run nearly anything. The Genie is out of the bottle has been since we started to record music on paper.
IMO you focus on the monetary flow of things here my take on it.
Quote:
Sopa PIPA and the great run around.
The trouble with don't drop the sopa and pipa legislations is at the end of the day our repersentivies do not understand nor care about technology and how it effects the public at large. They only care about how it affects industry.
There is only one way to manage IP/Copy right abuse by the masses and that is to follow the monetary flow distribution of it leaves in its wake. To do that we need to focus on whole or parts of whole copy righted items. In other words if a part can be added up to other parts and make a whole item then it needs to be policed, and this dose mean policing links and apps.
To do that fair use needs to be expanded to define clips, which should be based on time and quality factors, then we look at the intent of the distribution is it for profit or not, if not then it cannot be touched by the powers that be.
Though Intent, fair use and due process you level the playing field, due process is an independent government funded organization that records what is copy righted and who owns what. Take downs are channeled through them and they look at whatever it is and see if it passes fair use and expanded fair use then see if the intent is freedom of expression, news or for profit then make a decision based off the facts at hand and move the incident in a pass or fail motion up to the pre trail phase if it has been found to be profiteering. Site's outside the US are recorded and the information passed onto the CP owners at their request for a small fee.
In order to after global operations you need an organization using the same standards as the US one and these sites have the same level of due process to determine if its news, freedom of expression or profiterring.
Until something like this happens and manages to not get corrupted by the powers that be common daily software piracy will never end.
After purchased we customers should legally be able to transfer whatever type of media to any device we choose regardless of platform we own without fearing a five year jail sentence. DRM and other types of copy protection should be eliminated to insure this is possible.
I know, a pipe-dream with corporations running the show. They don't realize or don't care that their business models dating back ~75 years no longer work in today's digital world. Still the curmudgeons insist on old school practices with band aids that really just alienates customers and promotes piracy.
Special codecs is just another losing battle. They will be hacked by a 12 year old kid with skills.
Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot.
I still would like the option of owning a optical disk, not streaming BS À la carte especially with music where I prefer to own a whole album not just parts of it for $1.99 a cut.
Jeff
Cars, Guitars & Radiation.
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Chris Dodd former Democratic Senator.
Just another reason why I can't stand Democrats.
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Originally posted by Jeffrey_P:
After purchased we customers should legally be able to transfer whatever type of media to any device we choose regardless of platform we own without fearing a five year jail sentence. DRM and other types of copy protection should be eliminated to insure this is possible.
I know, a pipe-dream with corporations running the show. They don't realize or don't care yhat their business models dating back ~75 years no longer work in today's digital world. Still the curmudgeons insist on old school practices with band aids that really just alienates customers and promotes piracy.
Special codecs is just another losing battle. They will be hacked by a 12 year old kid with skills.
Nothing like shooting yourself in the foot.
Jeff
Thus why I go after the monetary wake left in distribution in IP and not each IP item as something uqnie.
Copyright infringement is nothing more than civil disobedience to a bad set of laws. Lets renegotiate them.
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@ keeptherepublic, sikosrus, LordRuss, Dmite30 & Jeffrey_P ~ While I may agree with most of your points guys (well except for maybe 1) it's not on topic and will only lead to more arguing. So please refrain from violating rule #15 ~
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Political threads, as long as they don't relate to digital multimedia or legislation related to the IT world, are not allowed on this forum. The world is full of political forums where you can vent your opinions, we don't want them here. I rather prefer that this is a forum where a person from country X can ask a question and get an answer to it from a person from country Y, whether the country X and Y are in war or not.
As this topic falls under "digital multimedia or legislation related to the IT world" but what has veered off is not. Thank You.
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Originally posted by sam1dog:
Chris Dodd former Democratic Senator.
Just another reason why I can't stand Democrats.
Now why throw 'Democrat' like a kitten out into a busy highway? Did you think you were going to get some bigdick points or something?
No, democrats aren't kittens & republicans aren't heroes of might & magic either so stop the tin foil bravado. Besides, the douchebag's out of office, which for all intents & purposes negates any political affiliation he has. Other than to whom he may be paying off via the alphabet Nazis.
Offer us a bite of the sandwich man, not the wrapper it came in.
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