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Post by jcoutu1 on Aug 6, 2015 12:13:49 GMT -6
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Post by Martin John Butler on Aug 6, 2015 12:25:33 GMT -6
Interesting. Once the cassette recorder was introduced, copyright control was weakened irrevocably. They'll have to make amendments, or it'll make all citizens outlaws.
To me, the real issue is streaming formats. When people pay a fee, like $10 to have access to all music, it circumvents the system, and artists cannot make enough money to survive. I have a friend that received a $45 check from Spotify, for 1.4 million downloads of his song.
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Post by b1 on Aug 6, 2015 13:32:34 GMT -6
Microsoft does allow the OS to be backed up in the form of an image of the disk. Most software vendors followed suit and also allow a backup copy. I got tired of reading terms of service agreements, because they basically said the same thing: "one backup copy allowed".
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Post by jfoc on Aug 6, 2015 13:36:32 GMT -6
whoah--you actually read the ToS?
Ive been on computers regularly for 20 years & never read a one...
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Post by b1 on Aug 6, 2015 14:24:24 GMT -6
yes... I've read so many that I just skim over the ToS for new software, now. Some very psychotic people write code and I've backed out of some installs because of it. You don't just disagree. In the old days a disagreement over licensing would bring on computer troubles.
Read a .gov Tos for a shocker sometimes. You'll see the kind of people who gravitate towards .gov gigs... Just think, you pass some of those complex psych ward candidates on the street sometimes.
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2015 14:26:07 GMT -6
Now the ToS is usually a "lease" if you read carefully. No longer are we the owners of the things we pay for.
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Post by formatcyes on Aug 6, 2015 15:18:01 GMT -6
No don't you know what happens if you don't read the ToS
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 6, 2015 15:57:47 GMT -6
No don't you know what happens if you don't read the ToS lmao! i was scrolling down to the bottom to see if i was going to have to post that episode, OMG that is sick! and funny! |
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