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Comment Re:Or just boycott the major movie studios (Score 1) 371

There are actually three options: use DRM, infringe copyright, or voluntarily do without.

Or fourth option: movie/tv show owners can wake up to the fact the digital file is worthless

I was referring to things that an end user can do. Most lack the billions of dollars needed to dictate terms to the incumbent movie studios. Most lack even the millions of dollars to start an indie movie studio that can produce a desirable feature-length motion picture to sell on GOG.

Comment Drop Comic Sans in favor of what? (Score 1) 387

I've always hated cursive. It's always sloppy, impossible to read, and for the last 30 years has done nothing but piss me off. I'm glad to see it dead.

Unless you speak Arabic, in which case you even have to type in cursive.

Next up, comic sans.

If not Comic Sans, then which font to simulate neat manuscript writing would you recommend? Is Comic Neue fine?

Comment Updates (Score 1) 119

Barring a standard port like a cablecard slot that lets me plug an embedded computer into my TV

There is a standard port. It's called MHL.

You can build a SFF PC for under $100 that will play 1080p video just fine. Why would you ever buy a smart TV?

If you build a PC, you have the maintenance headache of keeping the PC's operating system and applications up to date. And in case you figure that out, which parts do you use for a $100 SFF PC so that I can recommend them to others?

Comment Re:Shifted to PVR or just not watching (Score 1) 224

The change was I switched from downloading TV shows after they have aired to PVR'ing every series I might want to watch.

PVR works so long as what you want to watch is shown on TV. But there are a lot of movies and TV series that aren't shown on TV, DVD, or streaming. How is one supposed to lawfully watch the film Song of the South, the film Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, or the TV series Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea?

Comment Pub + 50 vs. life + 50 (Score 1) 224

The Berne Convention treaty requires a minimum of 50 years.

No, it requires a minimum of life + 50 years.

You're both right. Most motion pictures are works made for hire. Berne defines "life of the author" as zero years when determining the copyright term for a work made for hire. US law defines it as 25 years after publication or 50 years after creation, whichever is sooner.

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