williamjames

As a netflix subscriber, I want to say that their likelihood of achieving these goals is surprisingly obtainable despite all of the threats that they described. I pay nine dollars a month and get to watch a physical DVD about every three days, which in my opinion is a fair price. Add to this the streaming service and it is a great deal. As they mentioned, expanding the hardware/platforms that the streaming service is available on is important. I would like to see them make this priority number one, and I think that it would be in their best interest to do so.

No need to apologize, because while this seems to mostly be an issue of ethics and social factors, I am not very interested in these issues and more in the specific legal issues that this practice and these potential trials bring about.

To be more specific: As we all know, one IP address does not equal one user (in many instances). So let's say that a case regarding the matter at hand is brought to trial. Could a potential ruling be that the lessee or provider of the IP address is the one liable for damages? It is my opinion that it is a necessity for this issue to be decided upon because we are not dealing with Kazaa and any individually distinguishing characteristics (such as a username) really other than the IP address. If the lessee or provider is found to be the one liable, the consequences of this decision would be massive. And I feel that this is an understatement.

You may be suggesting an answer to this in your posting, but I'm still curious: Do you think that any of these cases will actually be brought forth?

It seems to me that none will be, and to bring one to trial would be a very bad idea. The only way that it would be an easy case is if the defendant did not have wireless, was the leasee of the internet service, and was the only one on the network. Change any one of these variables, or add countless other things (VPN, etc.), and the case becomes progressively harder. Let's say that a case is brought forward: It will have widespread national media attention and everybody will be watching. Attorneys will be lining up to represent the defendant. Most importantly: The whole business model of the firm representing the complainant will hinge on the decision of the case.

Well my experience with it is that I believe that it actually influences my thought patterns and helps my train of thought progress. Of course this is anecdotal evidence and it would seem that the article contradicts my belief, which is why I failed to allude to it in my original posting. Besides that, if my train of thought does come to a conclusion, I get to enjoy some great music until my next thought begins.

You speak exactly of the problem: Having outside service providers. When you have an outside service provider you are now, and will always be, dependent upon the service provider. The only solution is to not use service providers and to distribute your own data (as you have described). When you distribute your own data, you can have nightly encryption key updates sent to all of the friends you trust. If you remove a friend from your list, they do not get the nightly key update and no longer have access to your information. What I describe in my article that I published on Saturday is that we are not at the point yet where completely distributing all of your own content created by you is plausible. The use of third party "service" providers is simply a necessary (for some people) thing in this transition period.

Here is the article I speak of: http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=williamjames

We've been had! It's a shame that we will have to tell this to all the kids today who are constantly listening to Mozart.

All jokes aside, when I was a little bit younger and took my first philosophy course, I remember the professor saying something like "Garbage in, Garbage out." So let's say that listening to Mozart doesn't make you smarter. This, however, has no bearing on if other forms of music make you less smart (which I believe is very possibly true). Besides that, I find the most amazing thing happen when I listen to great classical music: I can actually think without the music interrupting my thoughts 95% of the time. The 5% of the time it does happen is only if I accidentally chose something to listen to that has vocals (Opera, which is amazing how great it sounds even though I have no idea what they are saying), or if it is something particularly raucous by Stravinsky.

It never ceases to amaze me how incredible a piece of machinery the 747, or really most any commercial airliner, is. There is a quote that Mark Shuttleworth cites on his blog:

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return." — Leonardo da Vinci.

And I believe this to be true to a certain degree. Every time I see a plane in the sky I take a little time out to admire it. Anyway, this is a very good submission. Thanks for sharing!

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