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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Dogscoff, do I read you right? Did you mean that the BBC is ad-free because of this tax? Or am I just daydreaming?
We have one similar tax in France, but "public" channels still have to rely on ads to fund their programmes. Granted, the channels that do get the government funding may have slightly fewer ads than the others, but I would say the difference isn't too important.
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September 9th, 2004, 11:29 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
When I went to work in England a few years ago I bought a portable television. I thought the authorities would never find out but twice I received letters warning me about watching TV without a licence. As a paranoid, dictator  I find it fascinating that a democratic country has vans driving the streets detecting illegal tv watching (and I still can't figure out how they can detect you "receiving" transmissions), similar to the Gestapo in Occupied Europe detecting resistance radio. |
September 9th, 2004, 11:33 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
The US congress wants to make Ipods and VCRs sick!
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September 10th, 2004, 02:40 AM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
They can detect you receiving TV transmissions because a TV receiver contains a local oscillator that is used to downconvert the television signal from high frequency to low frequency. You know, when they broadcast the signal, they use a carrier that is much higher frequency than the original video signal, and when you receive the signal, you have to convert the frequency down again to be able to watch it. The oscillator in the TV receiver leaks out a signal that can be picked up by antennas on those vans driving by.
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September 12th, 2004, 02:50 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Alneyan - yes, the BBC is completely free of commercial ads (it does show some ads for its own shows and products). It's great - it means those "one hour" american shows only take 45 minutes to watch!
Seriously though, this anti-piracy garbage makes me puke. Give us reasonable prices and we won't "steal" IP. Screw us for US$30 for a music CD and $60 for a PC game and we start to think about it.
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September 12th, 2004, 03:05 PM
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Seriously though, this anti-piracy garbage makes me puke. Give us reasonable prices and we won't "steal" IP. Screw us for US$30 for a music CD and $60 for a PC game and we start to think about it.
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Usually it is more like $10 to $15 US per song, due to most CDs only having a couple of worthwhile songs, the rest being crap... |
September 12th, 2004, 04:21 PM
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Supreme court will strike the law down, given the precedent set by the "Betamax" decision. Then again, this is a conservative court, being the Rehnquist court.
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September 12th, 2004, 05:16 PM
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They can pry my iPod away from my cold dead hands...
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September 12th, 2004, 05:21 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
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I may not have an iPod (I have a Phillips MP3 Player, not as good  ) But i agree entirely. Its even worse today. I remember Albums in the Uk used to cost £12, nowadays they're almost £20 unless you're fortunante to have a shop nearby with "honest" prices  |
September 12th, 2004, 09:22 PM
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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill
Good ol' Canada...did you know that downloading music is legal here?? Not just "not illegal, not legal" but actually legal! (At least, I hope my information isn't out of date, or just plain wrong.  
That means, instead of buying a CD for $20 CAN, and getting 2, maybe 3 songs I like, I can just download them for the cost of the CD, the internet, and the burner, and have 20 songs, that I actually like! God, I love the internet.
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