Comments for Digital Rights http://digitalrights.ca Canada Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Microsoft Vista: Dare The Upgrade by glen dekoker http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/microsoft-vista-dare-the-upgrade/#comment-909 glen dekoker Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:32:46 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/microsoft-vista-dare-the-upgrade/#comment-909 I have the same type of system running Vista64 and have had no problems, but I didn't try to use any high def on my system.I do have a problem with my Microsoft finger print scanner still has no driver for Vista64 and that makes me mad. I also think they are nuts I payed good money and they make me look like I steal from them! They give me a hard time. I want to use HD DVD I also have blue ray but I don't like the PS3 remote no power off button? So I got the HD DVD player and when I go try and buy a new movie it's not available they say until they know if it's a big seller then it might come out on HD DVD or Blue Ray. I also must pay much more for the disk and when I bought 2 HD DVD movies it cost over $70.Can one cost over $30. because it had DVD on the flip side that I didn't want but had to pay for. I'm just thinking that's too much money for 2 movies I will only watch maybe twice if I'm lucky. I'm starting to think this HD DVD and Blue Ray is too expensive to buy. I even must pay extra for HD movies on my Rogers cable if I rent one. I think this is just another customer rip off I see very little change in the way government and companies take money from people my high speed internet is to high in price and so is my cable bill and last year after not charging me for years charge me rental fee for my high speed modem. How would they give me high speed with out it? It's their modem and they need it to run my internet so why should I pay? Same with their PVR it works like crap and if you buy one same price as a PS3 that's crazy I had to open mine and put a bigger hard drive and found out it was freezing because of the old hard drive because after changing the drive it stopped freezing.I must also pay rental fees for that another cash grab and very few HD channels and they don't work very well. I like most normal people don't want a copy of a movie I would just like good TV and that would make me happy why all this worry about copy right protection? Try dropping the price and that problem will go away! I only buy CD music and not mp3's better quality and I have a backup. I also find since all this copy protection problem the price has dropped so I don't mined paying a fair price for CD's. I also pay for my software and pc games but I'm not buying from the store as the price for a game is just to high! I did make a mistake and bought Bioshock started playing it and found it to be just a plain game that I got board with in one hour and then found out they put some copy protection files on my computer so I can't install it more than 3 times? I think I will never buy a game like this in the future and do my home before buying.I didn't give them permission to put those files on my system.I also find it strange all these web sites saying it's perfect 10 game? This games was also going to bring my system to it's knees did nothing of the kind and was maybe a 6 out of 10 and all this junk slowing down my system to protect Hollywood they have been taking my money for years and this is how they treat me? I just want to put it all in a pile and have a nice fire but why should I give up so for now I just use it to do my web surfing and email I do like some games that don't treat me like a criminal! I have the same type of system running Vista64 and have had no problems, but I didn’t try to use any high def on my system.I do have a problem with my Microsoft finger print scanner still has no driver for Vista64 and that makes me mad. I also think they are nuts I payed good money and they make me look like I steal from them! They give me a hard time. I want to use HD DVD I also have blue ray but I don’t like the PS3 remote no power off button? So I got the HD DVD player and when I go try and buy a new movie it’s not available they say until they know if it’s a big seller then it might come out on HD DVD or Blue Ray. I also must pay much more for the disk and when I bought 2 HD DVD movies it cost over $70.Can one cost over $30. because it had DVD on the flip side that I didn’t want but had to pay for. I’m just thinking that’s too much money for 2 movies I will only watch maybe twice if I’m lucky. I’m starting to think this HD DVD and Blue Ray is too expensive to buy. I even must pay extra for HD movies on my Rogers cable if I rent one. I think this is just another customer rip off I see very little change in the way government and companies take money from people my high speed internet is to high in price and so is my cable bill and last year after not charging me for years charge me rental fee for my high speed modem. How would they give me high speed with out it? It’s their modem and they need it to run my internet so why should I pay? Same with their PVR it works like crap and if you buy one same price as a PS3 that’s crazy I had to open mine and put a bigger hard drive and found out it was freezing because of the old hard drive because after changing the drive it stopped freezing.I must also pay rental fees for that another cash grab and very few HD channels and they don’t work very well. I like most normal people don’t want a copy of a movie I would just like good TV and that would make me happy why all this worry about copy right protection? Try dropping the price and that problem will go away! I only buy CD music and not mp3’s better quality and I have a backup. I also find since all this copy protection problem the price has dropped so I don’t mined paying a fair price for CD’s. I also pay for my software and pc games but I’m not buying from the store as the price for a game is just to high! I did make a mistake and bought Bioshock started playing it and found it to be just a plain game that I got board with in one hour and then found out they put some copy protection files on my computer so I can’t install it more than 3 times? I think I will never buy a game like this in the future and do my home before buying.I didn’t give them permission to put those files on my system.I also find it strange all these web sites saying it’s perfect 10 game? This games was also going to bring my system to it’s knees did nothing of the kind and was maybe a 6 out of 10 and all this junk slowing down my system to protect Hollywood they have been taking my money for years and this is how they treat me? I just want to put it all in a pile and have a nice fire but why should I give up so for now I just use it to do my web surfing and email I do like some games that don’t treat me like a criminal!

]]> Comment on Introduction by Rust http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/introduction/#comment-641 Rust Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:20:11 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/were-not-gonna-take-it/#comment-641 That's true, but there is a point where pre-emptive copyright enforcement becomes invasive and interferes with the purchaser's rights, and that is what needs to be fought. DRM has passed that point, unfortunately. That’s true, but there is a point where pre-emptive copyright enforcement becomes invasive and interferes with the purchaser’s rights, and that is what needs to be fought. DRM has passed that point, unfortunately.

]]> Comment on Introduction by carole salah http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/introduction/#comment-375 carole salah Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:16:32 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/were-not-gonna-take-it/#comment-375 It is important to protect your work, in this digital age. Copyrights are very important. It is important to protect your work, in this digital age. Copyrights are
very important.

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Greg http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-41 Greg Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:52:30 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-41 tvrss.net + democracy player (RSS torrent downloader) is a great backup to cable when you miss your favorite shows. tvrss.net + democracy player (RSS torrent downloader) is a great backup to cable when you miss your favorite shows.

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Matt http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-40 Matt Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:25:11 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-40 Get a Tivo. (You can still transfer a lifetime subscription for $199 for Series 3s bought through 1/31/07, so you won't even have a monthly fee to have an issue with in this particular special case.) Plus, "interrupted constantly by commercials that are twice the volume of the show I’m attempting to enjoy" is hyperbole. The worst offenders I've seen of shows I watch are the MTV reality shows, which seem to be between 1/3 and 1/2 commercials or other non-show stuff (e.g. MTV "news" break). Network TV dramas are usually about 1/4 commercials (close to 45 mins of content per hour, but I skip most of the repeated intro in shows I record to DVD). Get a Tivo. (You can still transfer a lifetime subscription for $199 for Series 3s bought through 1/31/07, so you won’t even have a monthly fee to have an issue with in this particular special case.)

Plus, “interrupted constantly by commercials that are twice the volume of the show I’m attempting to enjoy” is hyperbole. The worst offenders I’ve seen of shows I watch are the MTV reality shows, which seem to be between 1/3 and 1/2 commercials or other non-show stuff (e.g. MTV “news” break). Network TV dramas are usually about 1/4 commercials (close to 45 mins of content per hour, but I skip most of the repeated intro in shows I record to DVD).

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Dale Sundstrom http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-39 Dale Sundstrom Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:30:05 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-39 More options are being introduced, and some are a big improvement. NetFlix is adding a Watch Now option, included in at no extra cost in their regular DVD subscriptions. One hour of flexible online viewing for each dollar per month paid. Joost, now in beta testing (see my review at http://speak.to ), aims to provide on demand TV free on the internet, using a secure peer-to-peer client supported by targeted advertising (as little as 30 seconds per hour). Joost can scale quickly at almost no cost while improving its performance, if it attracts a large enough audience to appeal to advertisers and content providers, it will have a huge impact. More options are being introduced, and some are a big improvement. NetFlix is adding a Watch Now option, included in at no extra cost in their regular DVD subscriptions. One hour of flexible online viewing for each dollar per month paid. Joost, now in beta testing (see my review at http://speak.to ), aims to provide on demand TV free on the internet, using a secure peer-to-peer client supported by targeted advertising (as little as 30 seconds per hour). Joost can scale quickly at almost no cost while improving its performance, if it attracts a large enough audience to appeal to advertisers and content providers, it will have a huge impact.

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Daniel Klein http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-38 Daniel Klein Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:50:44 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-38 Not really a new concept, here. I was blogging on this two years ago: http://dmk.dyndns.org/wordpress/?p=252 The proposed model looks only at one side of the equation -- cable fees as the cost of the show. Take it from the other side and work a slightly different model -- the production cost of the TV show in question. If MGM spends $1.5M to produce an episode of Stargate: SG-1, and distributors (the iTunes, etc) need a cut, and there are 10M subscribers to the show, then even at a a reasonable profit, the cost to the consumer should be below 50 cents an episode. Not really a new concept, here. I was blogging on this two years ago:
http://dmk.dyndns.org/wordpress/?p=252

The proposed model looks only at one side of the equation — cable fees as the cost of the show.

Take it from the other side and work a slightly different model — the production cost of the TV show in question. If MGM spends $1.5M to produce an episode of Stargate: SG-1, and distributors (the iTunes, etc) need a cut, and there are 10M subscribers to the show, then even at a a reasonable profit, the cost to the consumer should be below 50 cents an episode.

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Anan http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-37 Anan Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:13:57 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-37 Interestingly, many of the most popular shows are now available for free (legal) viewing from network websites. Regarding the shows mentioned in the article ("Lost," "Battlestar Galactica," "Heroes," and some random reality sequence), all current episodes of Lost Season 3 are available from abc.com; all episodes of Heroes are available from nbc.com; and a number of reality shows are available from various network sites (although I am not certain about "Grease"). These network-sponsored online video feeds usually come with about a minute and a half of commercials, shown as 20-second segments which are played five times. Interestingly, many of the most popular shows are now available for free (legal) viewing from network websites. Regarding the shows mentioned in the article (”Lost,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Heroes,” and some random reality sequence), all current episodes of Lost Season 3 are available from abc.com; all episodes of Heroes are available from nbc.com; and a number of reality shows are available from various network sites (although I am not certain about “Grease”).

These network-sponsored online video feeds usually come with about a minute and a half of commercials, shown as 20-second segments which are played five times.

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Joe Smith http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-36 Joe Smith Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:36:02 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-36 Huh. At the time it seemed deliberately misusing the word "its" in the second sentence of my posting would help make the point. I thought the irony was obvious, but apparently subtle humor has gone out of fashion with the Nintendo generation -- along with respect for grammar. Thank you, jojobe, for sticking up for proper usage. Grammar is important. Joe Huh. At the time it seemed deliberately misusing the word “its” in the second sentence of my posting would help make the point. I thought the irony was obvious, but apparently subtle humor has gone out of fashion with the Nintendo generation — along with respect for grammar.

Thank you, jojobe, for sticking up for proper usage. Grammar is important.

Joe

]]> Comment on Subscription Television, The Wave Of The Future by Nate http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-35 Nate Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:15:59 +0000 http://digitalrights.ca/2007/01/subscription-television-the-wave-of-the-future/#comment-35 This message is for jojobe regarding the "its" controversy. You failed to realize what James was pointing out. While Joe made a valid point, he failed to follow his own advice. Carefully read his post again... "Please learn to spell “its” without an apostrophe. Its impossible to take you seriously otherwise." 'nuff said Nate This message is for jojobe regarding the “its” controversy.

You failed to realize what James was pointing out. While Joe made a valid point, he failed to follow his own advice. Carefully read his post again…

“Please learn to spell “its” without an apostrophe. Its impossible to take you seriously otherwise.”

’nuff said
Nate

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