10-28-2012, 10:20 AM | #76 |
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10-28-2012, 10:44 AM | #77 |
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The US Copyright Office is unable to define the category of tablets. I get that. Only, who is supposed to answer the question when a phone becomes a tablet or when a tablet becomes a phone?
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10-28-2012, 10:47 AM | #78 | |
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The people advocating for return of bandwidth are beneficiaries of the return because 1) they have plans for the bandwidth, and 2) they compete with those who currently use the bandwidth. Right now, cable companies are paying to retransmit local stations. If OTA goes away, they can charge to host the content. PLUS everyone who wants TV has to choose among pay providers who have historically fought competition (franchise agreements). I'm not a hater of Big Government, I'm an advocate of Good Government. Big Government created IP protection; Good Government created Fair Use. I'm generally opposed to IP protection. More so when the Big Government that created it exempts itself from it. This fork of the topic began when I suggested that we not support companies that do not voluntarily sell/license products with consumer friendly terms. In this age of crowdsourcing, it's possible to produce entertainment without the support of production, promotion, and distribution infrastructure. Logically, this should lead to more innovation, lower costs, and more choice. Unfortunately, powerful people have a stake in stifling this. Fortunately, they are losing. |
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10-28-2012, 10:55 AM | #79 |
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In the long-run, perhaps. In the short-run, they had just another victory. If I am not allowed to decide for myself what operation system I run on my tablet, then I consider this a severe and unjustified restriction on my individual personal freedom. In fact, I am deeply distressed because all of a sudden my hobby is turned into a potentially criminal act.
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10-28-2012, 12:02 PM | #80 |
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10-28-2012, 12:04 PM | #81 |
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Funny that with "jailbreaking" most people refer to the iPhone or the iPad, whereas Android users usually prefer to use the term "rooting" for the process.
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10-28-2012, 12:15 PM | #82 |
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What you can decide is to buy another tablet or phone. Since we do not depend on Apple and Samsung to bring us Chinese products, we can get purchase 'open' products if we are willing to forego the service subsidies and cool logos.
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10-28-2012, 12:18 PM | #83 | |
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10-28-2012, 12:51 PM | #84 |
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10-28-2012, 12:57 PM | #85 |
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You need to read this the US copyright office says that if you buy it you own it and should have the right to do what you wish.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10...ma_exemptions/ |
10-28-2012, 01:30 PM | #86 | |
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As I don't know if iOS incorporates an unixoid user account and file permission system it might as well be plainly wrong to speak about rooting there. |
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10-28-2012, 01:51 PM | #87 | |
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10-28-2012, 02:19 PM | #88 |
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Maybe I'm missing it, but I can't imagine this will affect Kindles (e-Ink or the Fires). I mean, the code is there for anyone to mess with. They have to distribute it under the open source license it's under, right? You're not actually breaking any encryption scheme when you root.
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10-28-2012, 02:31 PM | #90 |
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Oh, okay. I was under the impression the only thing the Fire added was the launcher. I thought they took Android, turned off some services, and added the Launcher. Guess not.
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