[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-22 Thread Timm Murray
<> > > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with > > Video4Linux and a big > > hard drive (40-80 GB). Unless you find the right software, you > > wouldn't get the full range of features you'd get on a TiVo (like > > skipping commercials), but it'll record of the TV just f

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2002-01-22 Thread Timm Murray
> > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:44:42 -0600 Mark J Roberts writes: > > Timm Murray: > > > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with > > > Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). > > > > What's worth watching? > > Lots of things. Alias is GOOD!! And OMG I LOVE Dark Angel!

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2002-01-22 Thread David McNab
kjc> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:44:42 -0600 Mark J Roberts writes: >> Timm Murray: >> > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with >> > Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). >> >> What's worth watching? kjc> Lots of things. Alias is GOOD!! And OMG I LOVE Dark Angel!!! :

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2002-01-22 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:27:26 -0500 David T-G writes: > You have *wy* too much patience. I don't need the tuner, but as > soon > as the sound went it would be in the yard sale pile :-) [Our VCR is > a > fairly effective, though basically dumb, hub for our digital input > as > well as som

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2002-01-22 Thread David T-G
Aaron -- ...and then krepta at juno.com said... % % On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:37:25 GMT "Timm Murray" % writes: % > % > fact, my VCR is on the fritz (it only records in black & white, ... % % I've got a VCR that gradualy stoped being able to view channels until the % tuner completely went out.

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2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:44:42 -0600 Mark J Roberts writes: > Timm Murray: > > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with > > Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). > > What's worth watching? Lots of things. Alias is GOOD!! And OMG I LOVE Dark Angel!!! :)

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2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:37:25 GMT "Timm Murray" writes: > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. > But TV, > > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier > stuff at > > > particular times of

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2002-01-21 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:03:38 -0500 (EST) Kevin Atkinson writes: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. > But TV, > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier > stuff at > > particular times of

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2002-01-21 Thread David McNab
TM> If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with Video4Linux and a big TM> hard drive (40-80 GB). Unless you find the right software, you wouldn't get the full range of features you'd get on a TiVo (like skipping commercials), but it'll record of the TV just fine. In TM> f

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2002-01-21 Thread David McNab
>> > As I side note does anyone here believe that the Recording Industry does >> > *not* deserve to die. >> >> The music recording industry *as it currently exists* is a filthy cesspool >> of corruption. I'm not sure what the best remedy for this condition is. KA> Simple, let them die. We really

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2002-01-20 Thread Travis Bemann
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 09:04:56PM -0500, Aaron Guy Davies wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Travis Bemann wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 06:54:27AM -0500, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > > I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. If > > > this develops into a flame war I'm

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2002-01-20 Thread Aaron Guy Davies
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Travis Bemann wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 06:54:27AM -0500, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. If > > this develops into a flame war I'm out of here. > > > > With the reality that copy protection is going to fail

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2002-01-20 Thread Timm Murray
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. But TV, > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier stuff at > > particular times of day or night, or during special events like the Super > > Bowl. They wi

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2002-01-20 Thread Mark J Roberts
Timm Murray: > If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with > Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). What's worth watching? ___ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat

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2002-01-20 Thread David McNab
Simple solution to winning the war. BUY LOTS OF: * Hardware with good storage and transfer capacity * Bandwidth that allows 2-way transfer without excess restriction * If $$ allows, support agreements with open-source developers DON'T BUY ANY: * Hardware or bandwidth which inhibits information tr

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2002-01-20 Thread David McNab
TB> Do *any* businesses, or industries for that matter, have a "right" to TB> exist? To answer this question one would first have to ask, does any *person* have a right to exist? -- Regards, David mailto:david at rebirthing.co.nz Windows XP XP = eXterminating your Privacy Please don't us

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2002-01-20 Thread Kevin Atkinson
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. But TV, > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier stuff at > particular times of day or night, or during special events like the Super > Bowl. They will try hard

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2002-01-20 Thread Kevin Atkinson
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Travis Bemann wrote: > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 10:44:32AM -0700, colbyd wrote: > > I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that elite producers will not win > > the content-control battle. > > > > why?: > > > > 1. asymmetrical bandwidth access--consumers can't run servers; do

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2002-01-20 Thread Kevin Atkinson
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Greg Wooledge wrote: > Kevin Atkinson (kevin at atkinson.dhs.org) wrote: > > > if people can get the show > > they want when they want with little to no cost then why will the average > > joe bother hunting down the video on file sharing services? > > You are absolutely correc

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2002-01-19 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Kevin Atkinson wrote: > With the reality that copy protection is going to > fail and the fact that > once everyone gets high speed internet connections > entire movies will we > able to be swapped much like music is now, does > content on demand TV have > a future? My theory is that it might

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2002-01-19 Thread Travis Bemann
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:49:10AM +1300, David McNab wrote: > > TB> Do *any* businesses, or industries for that matter, have a "right" to > TB> exist? > > To answer this question one would first have to ask, does any *person* > have a right to exist? No, one does not need to ask this. First, t

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2002-01-19 Thread Timm Murray
> I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. If > this develops into a flame war I'm out of here. Umm, this is freenet-chat. You'd have better luck having an intelligent conversation on Slashdot. > > With the reality that copy protection is going to fail and the fact

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2002-01-19 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 10:49:10 +1300 David McNab writes: > > TB> Do *any* businesses, or industries for that matter, have a > "right" to > TB> exist? > > To answer this question one would first have to ask, does any > *person* > have a right to exist? I don't think that question needs to be as

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2002-01-19 Thread Josh
Hey travis, do you have a job? -Original Message- From: chat-admin at freenetproject.org [mailto:chat-ad...@freenetproject.org] On Behalf Of Travis Bemann Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 4:10 PM To: chat at freenetproject.org Subject:Re: [freenet-chat] Does Content on

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2002-01-19 Thread Travis Bemann
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 10:44:32AM -0700, colbyd wrote: > I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that elite producers will not win > the content-control battle. > > why?: > > 1. asymmetrical bandwidth access--consumers can't run servers; download > speeds much higher than ul speeds; use of virt

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2002-01-19 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 08:47:05 -0500 Travis Bemann writes: > Do *any* businesses, or industries for that matter, have a "right" > to > exist? Well, they only have a right to exist so far as the law is concerned. In other words, they have the right to not be taken out of existance by legal actio

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2002-01-19 Thread kre...@juno.com
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 06:54:27 -0500 (EST) Kevin Atkinson writes: > I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. > If > this develops into a flame war I'm out of here. Sounds good so far. :) > > With the reality that copy protection is going to fail and the fact > that >

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2002-01-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
Kevin Atkinson (kevin at atkinson.dhs.org) wrote: > if people can get the show > they want when they want with little to no cost then why will the average > joe bother hunting down the video on file sharing services? You are absolutely correct here. But I don't think that the media companies are

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2002-01-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
Travis Bemann (bemann at execpc.com) wrote: > Do *any* businesses, or industries for that matter, have a "right" to > exist? This is based upon the right of property -- i.e., to maintain an exclusive privilege of use over a physical resource. I think most people (including me) believe in the rig

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2002-01-19 Thread colbyd
I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that elite producers will not win the content-control battle. why?: 1. asymmetrical bandwidth access--consumers can't run servers; download speeds much higher than ul speeds; use of virtual private networks to reduce content-serving by end-users, etc. 2.

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2002-01-19 Thread Travis Bemann
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 06:54:27AM -0500, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. If > this develops into a flame war I'm out of here. > > With the reality that copy protection is going to fail and the fact that > once everyone gets high speed in

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2002-01-19 Thread Kevin Atkinson
I am going to try once again to start an intelligent conversation. If this develops into a flame war I'm out of here. With the reality that copy protection is going to fail and the fact that once everyone gets high speed internet connections entire movies will we able to be swapped much like musi

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2002-01-19 Thread Mark J Roberts
Kevin Atkinson: > With the reality that copy protection is going to fail and the fact that > once everyone gets high speed internet connections entire movies will we > able to be swapped much like music is now Why? > if people can get the show they want when they want with little to > no cost the