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UK man threatened with BitTorrent lawsuit
Talkback Whilst I sympathise with the large media company that the copying of music and films is a problem, one has to wonder what the reason behind why people want to infringe, is it because we are all inherantly criminal minded, or is it that most people...
About: UK man threatened with BitTorrent lawsuit
[March 21, 2005, 11:05]
It might be 2008, but guess who's stuck in 1988? DVD retailers! Yay!
Blog Films. Thirty films! Clueless. Clueless. I'm in HMV. I'm looking to buy, at retail, actual physical product. Clueless. On DVD. You may remember this ancestral custom or rite (hence the saying, the custom-er is always rite), which involves handing...
[January 2, 2008, 19:25 in Not Safe For Work by Rupert Goodwins]
spynova
Talkback whilst on the subject of councils[the people at the top] i,d like comment from other idiots like me who paid our dues and constanly get ripped off downloading half baked films duds and idiot message type films saying go here for a bug player or...
About: Councils sack staff over misuse of DWP data
[August 29, 2009, 22:21 by lezlow]
RE: HD-DVD explodes on the launchpad
Blog Comment Chris, my advice to you is; unless you need a games console, its ok to wait, my bet is 2 years from now we'll see a £50 Blue-Ray player in Asda.by then, even the films will be realistically priced. In the mean time, i believe the studios will...
[February 19, 2008, 18:05 by harpless]
RE: US immigration system: bordering on the ridiculous
Blog Comment Please view and share comments: http://films.thelot.com/films/19561 US immigration has been a concern of mine for quite some time. I am American and my wife is from Venezuela.so I am very familiar with the racial profiling that occurs when crossing...
[March 2, 2007, 23:24 by BorderlineWrong]
Filesharing and bilesharing: a 'three-strikes' rant
Blog Mr Woodward said: "The growing threat of illegal P2P (peer to peer) file-sharing threatens [the creative industries], as films go unmade, DVD sales deteriorate and jobs are lost in production and distribution of content.
[May 12, 2009, 12:43 in by David Meyer]
InFocus LP70
Member Review It arrived, I was excited, but I soon noticed flickering in some films. Since I had only bought it for films, it was rather worrying. A friend watched the same films on my DVD player connected to his TV -- there was no flickering.
[March 15, 2004, 10:12]
Sony shows how to give it away and still make money
Blog Sony Pictures can give all this software away without any fear that they'll lose competitive advantage, because although it uses this software to make its films better, it's not a substitute for knowing how to make good films in the first place.
[August 4, 2009, 14:51 in Beyond the Code by Jonathan Bennett]
Hollywood homes in on student swappers
Talkback I dont think that the universities have a chance of catching people downloading films and music from the classrooms When I was at university last year, most of my friends would download the material from the halls of accomodation as there was no...
About: Hollywood homes in on student swappers
[April 20, 2004, 11:41]
PalmOne LifeDrive
Member Review Can watch films, play games etc when i am waiting for clients. Needed to get satelite navigation for my taxi and this was the perfect answer. Superb.
[November 2, 2005, 15:06]
Thanks Bill.
Talkback Thanks for getting the rights and publishing the films. The Feynman lectures he's talking about are great. How about helping out the MIT OCW?
About: Gates talks education, Chrome and Project Natal
[July 17, 2009, 18:49 by Xwindowsjunkie]
Record industry accuses BT of aiding pirates
Talkback i find people would love to have the original cd of there favorat singers /films but wtf is with the prices of them now if you lower the prices to a sanes price you will see more people will start bying them again your main byers are kids how much...
About: Record industry accuses BT of aiding pirates
[March 2, 2004, 12:50]
Star Wars fans stung by Jedi email
Talkback Although I'm not an expert on Star wars films, from what I've seen the 'Jedi', have a rather more coherent view of reality than say Christianity ,and the other old world view religions. I may yet have to join up .
About: Star Wars fans stung by Jedi email
[May 20, 2005, 19:19]
Apple 15in. PowerBook G4
Member Review Mine ran six films without 'stutter', the sound is good for its size and it is slick, professional and envy-making in design. This machine looks stylish and has more power than anyone could need. What a machine.
[January 15, 2004, 10:37]
Nortel: Video will drive telcos towards 20Mbps broadband
Talkback If video over broadband was to really take off you would find people watching the films at similar times. Nice idea but what about the contention ratio on ADSL? The contention ratio would then become the problem s the users would eat each others...
About: Nortel: Video will drive telcos towards 20Mbps broadband
[May 14, 2004, 11:37]
Logitech DiNovo Media Desktop
Member Review Just used the Media Pad to play films on my TV, it's kind of like a dumbed-down Windows Media Centre display except you use the Media Pad as a remote control.Don't be put off by the price just buy one, you won't be sorry.
[March 1, 2004, 13:12]
RE: Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment Take a step back though, this extreme is the result of the other extreme, where anybody (and pretty much) everybody downloads music (and to a growing extent films) without considering the need to pay someone for their work.
[November 20, 2009, 10:07 by project10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I am predictably unmoved by the release of the final -- please, great creator of the cosmos, let it be so -- instalment of the cretinous Matrix series of films. Friday 7/11/2003 I found the first one a simple-minded parody of thoughtful science...
[November 7, 2003, 15:55 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
RE: What makes an e-book ? Now the Nintendo DS enters the fray...
Blog Comment Ever tried to scan books to an e-reader very messy, who buys that many films for the Sony playstation portable, but with the publisher throwing books into the download store just a matter of time. yes I was thinking of the mini disc but at least...
[December 2, 2008, 13:56 by utzy]
Linux 'needs DRM support' for consumer success
Talkback If the songs and films that people are breaking open were available at sensible prices with sensible fair use policies, then people simply wouldn't bother .or at least not in the sort of numbers that would make any difference.
About: Linux 'needs DRM support' for consumer success
[April 10, 2006, 12:30]
