Workin for The Man

[PalmettoTiger 1]

SWEET!!!!! Just got a call from my senator's office and I got an internship this summer!! Awesome! Senator Hollings is on the Commerce Committee too, so he has a big part in telecom, internet, and consumer electronics-oriented legislation. This is gonna be fun.
Only downside is that it doesn't pay crap (Congressional interns are specifically exempted from minimum wage legislation), and it's only one month long. And of course it's the month in the middle of my summer, so whatever I end up doing to try and earn some money will have to be a piecemeal kind of thing. Doesn't really matter though. I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!
PTiger
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

[ChromeBoy 0]

Intern. If he asks you if you want a cigar say no. lol
Congrats.

[jfields 0]

Congratulations!
Just stay away from the interns..... Oh Shit! You are an intern.
Stay away from desks, cigars, senators......
Justin

[Engovatov 0]

So you will be the guy who will help push this build-in hardware security anti-"piracy" crap down everybody throat for the fat wallets of the RIAA and MPAA??
Good luck with the Senator from Disney.
No respect for this jerk. At all.

[bbarnhouse 0]

Good for you!
Cheers!
It only takes a little pixie dust......

[PalmettoTiger 1]

Well it's not like I can be picky about which senator I work for. My other choice was Strom Thurmond. Hmmm.... tough decision.
But about the anti-piracy tech. Of course it's gonna fall flat on it's face. The DEA is always a step behind the smugglers, that's the nature of the game - initiative lies with the other side. Same with electronic copyright protection. But come on. Stealing is stealing is stealing. Doesn't matter how rich the victim is.
PTiger
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way

[AggieDave 6]

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Stealing is stealing is stealing. Doesn't matter how rich the victim is.

Yeah, and the RIAA and the MPAA is stealing from me and I'm freak'n broke!
"ahhhhoo...the little guy hasn't done anything yet and you know its going to be good..."

[jfields 0]

I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, but neither side is willing to give.
The RIAA and MPAA are arrogant as hell with schemes to make people pay repeatedly for things they bought. If I have a CD, why can't I rip it and keep it on my computer so I can shuffle through thousands of songs? Why should it be illegal for me to make a mix CD for myself, from CDs that I bought legally?
On the other side, the whole "free music" movement is equally out of touch with reality. Making money is probably the main motivator for musicians to take the time and effort to go professional. Admittedly, the system between the musician and the listener needs a lot of help, but the profit motive must remain to give performers incentive.
Answers to the situation? I dunno. If I did, I'd be the rich one.
Justin

[mountainman 0]

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Yeah, and the RIAA and the MPAA is stealing from me and I'm freak'n broke!

Preach it, brutha!!
JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook.

[AggieDave 6]

The answer is that all in all it costs record companies an average of $2.00 to make a CD. That includes ALL costs, including artists, studios, advertising, etc...gee, I wonder where the rest is going? Hmmmm....I bet it's not FreeTibet.
"ahhhhoo...the little guy hasn't done anything yet and you know its going to be good..."

[lazerq3 0]

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Workin for The Man

Say it aint so Homey!!!!
Homey da clown
Dont mess around
Even when the man
Try to keep him down!!!!
jason

[Engovatov 0]

>But about the anti-piracy tech.
Good discussion here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/2345249&mode=nested&tid=103
Have not heard a single opinion around here in the Silicon Valley but just how dumb, misguided and utterly bought out by media monopoly execs this Hollings guy (and a bunch of other Disney senators) is. But in the current political style (think DMCA), they can cause a LOT of damage to the IT industry (which dwarfs the entertainment, but has less political influence); it is not about piracy - it is about total control on who watches what and when. DivX failed miserably in the market - now they buy technically incompetent senators to cram it down our throats. It will cause immense delays and headaches in a huge industry, and it is technically not feasible anyway.
And yeah - you favorite artist is getting $1 from the $18 CD. Poor major labels. What a victim of "pirates".
Good luck with your internship - do your part of making studio execs richer at our expense. (No recovery for the tech if all standards committees are bogged down by greedy media reps, interested only in status quo, not in new technology - guess why I could not back up my drive on a DVD-R - they hold on the release of a standard for YEARS, scared stiff, because they have no brains to change their business model, and just want everybody else to be just as backwards.. And, by definition, they are great at rhetorics..)
BTW - I bought all my CDs and DVDs, even though i could easily copy and burn it.. But I do not want to endure an industry wide productivity and innovation slump and cost rising just to satisfy few morons like Hollings, MPAA and Co. - who try to hang on old business schemes that will be outdated anyway.. If this law is inacted I will not buy a single new CD or movie on principle - and there will be no techically feasible means to prevent me from just copying them, I know that as a professional.... They rob me enough.