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Official Super Bowl 2005 Thread

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cubanb

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Dreamfixx said:
Doesn't Fox receive the money from these ads?
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yes, i assume they meant oppurtunity cost.... whereas they could have sold that spot for $2.4 million instead of using it for 24.... so it did cost that much
 
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goodcow said:
... Napster To Go... unlimited song downloads for $15 a month? How?
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Its the same as the old napster. Sign up for a subscription, your songs come in WMA format, you can get as many as you want. When you stop paying, you have nothing.
 
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sonarrat said:
Pay $15 a month, download from their library as much as you like. Simple, brilliant.
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But how is that legal? Surely the RIAA would want to squeeze a LOT more money out of Napster than that...
 
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Dreamfixx said:
Doesn't Fox receive the money from these ads?
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Yes no kinda. Fox is a conglomerate and the different pieces do pay actual money to each other out of their 'respective' budgets and profits.
 
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DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Staples gets a superbowl commercial and what do they do? Show one they've already been running... brilliant.

:lol Ameriquest!
 
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Tarazet

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goodcow said:
But how is that legal? Surely the RIAA would want to squeeze a LOT more money out of Napster than that...
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Getting new customers who would normally not bother = a good thing.
 
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ShadowRed

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Shit as much as it pains me I think it's almost time to stick a fork in this puppy and call t done. The Eagles are doing nothing different this series were as the Patriots march down the field and score.
 
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goodcow said:
But how is that legal? Surely the RIAA would want to squeeze a LOT more money out of Napster than that...
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The music is all encrypted and unusable without the subscription. The day you stop paying - kiss all your music goodbye. So unless you like renting your music with no option to buy, its the worse deal in music.
 
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Fixed2BeBroken

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Phoenix said:
So unless you like renting your music with no option to buy, its the worse deal in music.
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not really....just record to wav internally then convert to mp3 or record it to tape externally or whatever...
there are ways around it...but its just a pain and better to get music other ways.

peace
 
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ShadowRed

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Phoenix said:
The music is all encrypted and unusable without the subscription. The day you stop paying - kiss all your music goodbye. So unless you like renting your music with no option to buy, its the worse deal in music.
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Hasn't the encryption already been broken? So all you have to do is pay 15 bucks dl their entire library then break the encryption and then cancel you subscription. Wait 6 months a year or whatever and resubscribe and dl all the new songs.
 
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DarienA

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Celicar said:
War of the Worlds? WTF?! I've already seen that...when it was called Independence Day.

Lame.
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We already had this thread... move along.
 
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Fixed2BeBroken said:
not really....just record to wav internally then convert to mp3 or record it to tape externally or whatever...
there are ways around it...but its just a pain and better to get music other ways.

peace
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New WMA spec (which is coming on Longhorn, maybe coming on XP don't know don't use it anymore) will stop other media capture devices from running while a secure WMA format is playing. Microsoft is intent on making sure their little platform won't allow bootleging of music altogether.
 
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Dreamfixx said:
Ok, that War of the Worlds ad said nothing. Good thing I know what the movie is about.
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Can you elaborate or give a quick summary? Because I have no idea what this film will be about.
 
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Fixed2BeBroken

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Phoenix said:
New WMA spec (which is coming on Longhorn, maybe coming on XP don't know don't use it anymore) will stop other media capture devices from running while a secure WMA format is playing. Microsoft is intent on making sure their little platform won't allow bootleging of music altogether.
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but it can be done externally then back to internal again...

so i dont see how it is stoppable.
 
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ShadowRed said:
Hasn't the encryption already been broken? So all you have to do is pay 15 bucks dl their entire library then break the encryption and then cancel you subscription. Wait 6 months a year or whatever and resubscribe and dl all the new songs.
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Lets hit that in another thread after the game :)
 
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goodcow

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Phoenix said:
New WMA spec (which is coming on Longhorn, maybe coming on XP don't know don't use it anymore) will stop other media capture devices from running while a secure WMA format is playing. Microsoft is intent on making sure their little platform won't allow bootleging of music altogether.
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And that'll last what, a week?
 
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ShadowRed

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Phoenix said:
New WMA spec (which is coming on Longhorn, maybe coming on XP don't know don't use it anymore) will stop other media capture devices from running while a secure WMA format is playing. Microsoft is intent on making sure their little platform won't allow bootleging of music altogether.
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Dude did you forget your post in the Steam thread in the gaming section:


Phoenix said:
You cannot prevent piracy. It is technically impossible. So long as you have physical access to the platform that runs the content, access to the content itself, and a debugger such as SoftIce or similar - the best you can do is slow the pirates down.
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DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
That was a sick hurdle attempt.

One of these defenses has to step up now. Neither defense has forced a punt since.....
 
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DarienA

The black man everyone at Activision can agree on
Uh oh Eagles offense might have just blinked...

The only one I didn't recognize was the girl with the umbrella in that animated commercial... isn't she on flour?

:lol Dillon got DRIVEN in to the grass.


Brady/Branch own the Eagles secondary AGAIN!

Corey Dillon can GET around the corner... wow.
 
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