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 roc5955Premium
join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY | reply to ISurfTooMuch
Re: Oh great! Not to mention, antivirus software like McAffee, and Symantec which are already hogs, will become even more bloated.
They will strike up a deal with some AV company, to share the 'profits' with them. When the rest follow, we are all screwed.
Between bloatware, and legitimate copying of CDs, etc. there will be more false positives, and more slow computers than you can think. Either that, or people would just not use any security software. But wait, here comes Microsoft. If they build it into their MRT, Windoze will slow down enough to become slug bait.
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 GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
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 ·AT&T U-Verse
| said by roc5955:Not to mention, antivirus software like McAffee, and Symantec which are already hogs, will become even more bloated. They will strike up a deal with some AV company, to share the 'profits' with them. When the rest follow, we are all screwed. Between bloatware, and legitimate copying of CDs, etc. there will be more false positives, and more slow computers than you can think. Either that, or people would just not use any security software. But wait, here comes Microsoft. If they build it into their MRT, Windoze will slow down enough to become slug bait. You know, you don't have to install the software...
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McRat
join:2009-09-09
Corona, CA | reply to roc5955
Not a problem. Have the RIAA/MPAA just pay for it. Assume a millisec for processing a file move/open transaction (anything could be copyright theft), and 1000 transactions a day per computer. So 1 second per day times 300,000,000 computers times whatever Screen Actors Guild union rate is. $25/hr? In my head that would be about $800,000,000/yr for leasing time on our computers.
Of course I'm making up those numbers, but the cost to the public will be far more than just lost time and increased costs of devices, services, and software needed to appease them. Remember Macrovision and other failed attempts as security that caused a poor quality or unreadable media to legitimate buyers? There will be bugs, there always is, and there will be hacks, there always is. So all it will do is anger law abiding customers and steal from them.
Funny, if RIAA/MPAA members sell me data that will not work as advertised, and they KNOW it will happen on X% of devices, then why isn't that theft? If I take $20 out of their desk when their back is turned, why is that a crime, and when they sell me a product with a no-returns policy that they know might not be valid, it's a legal way to make money? | |
GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
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| said by McRat:Funny, if RIAA/MPAA members sell me data that will not work as advertised, and they KNOW it will happen on X% of devices, then why isn't that theft? If I take $20 out of their desk when their back is turned, why is that a crime, and when they sell me a product with a no-returns policy that they know might not be valid, it's a legal way to make money? Just do a chargeback 
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 Sr TechPremium
join:2003-01-19
New Fairfield, CT | reply to Gbcue
Very true, just boycott the companies who support RIAA.... | |
 JRW2R.I.P. Mom, Brian, Ziggy, Max and Zen.Premium
join:2004-12-20
La La Land
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said by McRat:Remember Macrovision and other failed attempts as security that caused a poor quality or unreadable media to legitimate buyers? Yep!!
And people STOPPED buying software that used it..
Do you remember what the fix was??
LOWER PRICES!!!
When the price came down for the software, people chose to buy it, and the accompanying documentation rather than copy it..
Amazing how when a certain price point is found, people BUY your product.. 
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said by McRat:Not a problem. Have the RIAA/MPAA just pay for it. Assume a millisec for processing a file move/open transaction (anything could be copyright theft), and 1000 transactions a day per computer. So 1 second per day times 300,000,000 computers times whatever Screen Actors Guild union rate is. $25/hr? In my head that would be about $800,000,000/yr for leasing time on our computers. That's a great idea! If they do this, I will generate and send them a new invoice every day until they block my email address, then change and start over with a new one. If we all did this either electronically, or by snail mail, we'd bury them. "OMG! We got 4 million invoices today alone! If this keeps up, we'll have no room on our servers. We can't delete them fast enough!"
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 ReformCRTCSupport Your Independent ISP
join:2004-03-07
Canada | reply to Gbcue
Too much junk software and preloads out there as it is. If you don't feed a beast, the beast dies.
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