True, but they don't block e-mails just because they come from a certain provider. Like for example: Yahoo blocking all e-mail sent from @hotmail.com addresses. Not just spam, but any e-mail.
Wrong. Providers are blacklisted more often than you think.
Wrong. Providers are blacklisted more often than you think.
I wasn't aware of Yahoo being blocked from Hotmail, or vice-versa. Since you seem to be the one with the knowledge of things of this sort, would you be kind enough to give us some examples?
I'm talking about them being blocked as a rule, not as an exception. And by providers I mean 3-5 big competitors: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, etc.
Obviously something -- a LOT of things -- need to change where the use of copyrighted material is concerned. The idea of "fair use" needs to be re-explored. What we have right now is a system that was not prepared for the digital age and is using inadequate logic to catch up to reality.
You are allowed to make copies of your CDs onto cassette so that it'll work in your old boombox. You're NOT allowed to copy your DVD to VHS so that it'll work in your old VCR.
You are allowed to put a 99 cent track from iTunes on as many iPods as you'd like. A husband and wife can each put that track on their respective iPods, but husband and wife can't legally put it on his iPod and her Rio.
You are allowed to have a 99 cent track on your iMac and your iPod, yet you are not allowed to put iLife on your iMac and iBook without buying two licenses.
Either the belt needs to be tightened or loosened. Either "fair use" needs to essentially disappear -- i.e. you pay 99 cents for each iPod you want a song on -- or it needs to be much more open -- i.e. You are allowed to put your DVD copy of Toy Story on your iPod.
I completely understand cracking down on people illegally distributing music, movies, pictures, etc. and making money off them; but we need to stop criminalizing 99% of Americans because they want to watch their DVD on their iPod.
We need to stop criminalizing every computer user who buys one copy of Photoshop and then puts it on their Power Mac AND Powerbook.
Do these things make more money for companies? No, but they're already not getting it. I'll be honest with you: When iLife 05 came out, my parents and I bought the family pack and installed it on our three machines but (*gasp*) we don't live in the same household. We intend to do the same thing with iLife 06.
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Originally posted by Gene Clean
True, but they don't block e-mails just because they come from a certain provider. Like for example: Yahoo blocking all e-mail sent from @hotmail.com addresses. Not just spam, but any e-mail.
Wrong. Providers are blacklisted more often than you think.
Originally posted by audiopollution
Wrong. Providers are blacklisted more often than you think.
I wasn't aware of Yahoo being blocked from Hotmail, or vice-versa. Since you seem to be the one with the knowledge of things of this sort, would you be kind enough to give us some examples?
I'm talking about them being blocked as a rule, not as an exception. And by providers I mean 3-5 big competitors: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Mail.com, etc.
You are allowed to make copies of your CDs onto cassette so that it'll work in your old boombox. You're NOT allowed to copy your DVD to VHS so that it'll work in your old VCR.
You are allowed to put a 99 cent track from iTunes on as many iPods as you'd like. A husband and wife can each put that track on their respective iPods, but husband and wife can't legally put it on his iPod and her Rio.
You are allowed to have a 99 cent track on your iMac and your iPod, yet you are not allowed to put iLife on your iMac and iBook without buying two licenses.
Either the belt needs to be tightened or loosened. Either "fair use" needs to essentially disappear -- i.e. you pay 99 cents for each iPod you want a song on -- or it needs to be much more open -- i.e. You are allowed to put your DVD copy of Toy Story on your iPod.
I completely understand cracking down on people illegally distributing music, movies, pictures, etc. and making money off them; but we need to stop criminalizing 99% of Americans because they want to watch their DVD on their iPod.
We need to stop criminalizing every computer user who buys one copy of Photoshop and then puts it on their Power Mac AND Powerbook.
Do these things make more money for companies? No, but they're already not getting it. I'll be honest with you: When iLife 05 came out, my parents and I bought the family pack and installed it on our three machines but (*gasp*) we don't live in the same household. We intend to do the same thing with iLife 06.
Drag me off to jail.