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Apr 24, 09 - 06:51 pm Comment from: Virus Free

Look out SnapZ Pro X...

But then again, Hollywood won't let Apple record their movies or any copyrighted material.

So is Apple offering a new feature, or trying to cut the profits at Ambrosia etc?

Or is this part of the demands of the MIAA/RIAA?, to slowly cut off any avenue to recording material?

Is Obama involved? He hired 5 RIAA lawyers to the Justice Department.

We all know Hollywood is pure Liberal, the few Conservatives are in fear of their life there.

Hmmm...

@ Virus Free
Nah, its it's just a free X-tra.

Apr 24, 09 - 07:02 pm Comment from: Virus Free

Problem is, what about all the copyrighted free content shown online under the impression a user can't copy it?

If it becomes widely known (which it will) that all Mac users can copy anything, on any website, will OS X users be prevented from accessing the content?

This is going to stir considerable debate I'm sure.

The question is: will the screen be a video source for Quicktime Broadcaster to use. If you can bounce your screen feed off of a QTSS that would be huge.

About time. SnapzPro is one clumsy app.

Apr 24, 09 - 07:55 pm Comment from: Virus Free

Apple (via Hollywood) will obviously have to have some method to prevent recording (and then broadcasting) of copyrighted material.

Think rent clubs, one rents and broadcasts the screen stream to others to watch anywhere on the internet.

Even Apple can't allow this to happen with iTMS Movie rentals, the content creators will have a hissy fit.

So I think this "new feature" will be limited in some way to non-copyrighted material. Which will drive Ambrosia out of the legal reason for their software and into pure illegal reasons, thus becoming a target for the MIAA/RIAA.

Right now SnapZ Pro X has dual reasons, depending upon the user. Like a baseball bat, used to hit mailboxes or baseballs. So it has a right to exist, catch the user copying copyright material (if you can)

Apple giving the screen movie record feature for free, but not for copyrighted material, gives Apple (and Hollywood) control over what a user can or cannot do.

It also cuts deeply into Ambrosia's revenue stream, only pirates will need their software, and most pirates know where to get it for free. It's only the quasi-pirates that will buy it, the honest folks won't need it.

Future Apple software updates will check to see if SnapProZ XII is installed...

Apr 24, 09 - 09:08 pm Comment from: Cubert

Progress keeps moving forward. Third party developers should know this by now - just like the whole Dashboard controversy.

and regression keeps going backwards

Apr 24, 09 - 10:29 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

@ Virus Free--

You don't think Apple has thought of that? Have you ever noticed that you can't get a screen grab of a movie playing in Apple's DVD Player? That was done to satisfy Hollywood.

Apr 25, 09 - 12:39 am Comment from: Predrag

Can anyone tell me what is MIAA? I know RIAA is Recording Industry Association of America, and MPAA is Motion Picture Industry of America. I couldn't find anything even remotely related to Holywood among various MIAAs (Maryland Intercollegiate Atheltic Association...).

QuickTimeX will be laden with DRM capabilities.

Apr 25, 09 - 06:48 am Comment from: Virus Free

Yea Dashboard,

http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2006/07/how_to_disable_.html

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2183

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroogle

http://www.scroogle.org/scraper.html

Apr 25, 09 - 07:04 am Comment from: Hm...

@ Virus Free

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you..."

Apr 25, 09 - 07:52 am Comment from: Virus Free

I think it goes:

"Just because your not paranoid, doesn't mean they are not out to get you."

It's people need to be aware of the slow and steady erosion of the control they have over their machines and their privacy.

And yes, my tin foil hat was put on when I saw this article. Being a fan of SnapZ Pro and all to allow me the option to temporarily save episodes of my favorite TV shows, like Lost for instance, so I can keep track of the storyline.

It's not that I want to "destroy Hollywood" with illegal file sharing, that I don't do. I just want to be able to record a show so I can go back and review it as the ABC site only keeps a few past shows online.

Once in awhile I free up drive space and dump all the older shows.

And to the dismay of Liberal Hollywood people, I'm not made of money for them to simply take by forcing me to buy the shows on iTMS. I'll watch the ads and they can get paid that way.

Apr 25, 09 - 09:19 am Comment from: Roger Knights

BTW, the original version, from which VF's is a take-off, went, "Even paranoids have real enemies."

Typo in the article's third line:
"exiting repertoire" should be "existing repertoire"

Apr 26, 09 - 03:24 am Comment from: derekcurrie

I see only minor competition with SnapzPro:

Despite the wishful thinking of the artist's mockup of the new QuickTime capturing copyrighted video off a Mac's screen, I seriously doubt Apple will provide that ability.

Remember iTunes version 4.0 being able to share music anywhere across the Internet. That was rapidly killed in the next update.

Ever tried to get your Mac to make take a screenshot while Apple's DVD Player is running? You can't.

Expect the same in Snow Leopard's QuickTime.

@virus free:

That is silly to think that this feature will cause any problems. You can already record anything you want using other third party software. And for those that like to copy dvds, you dont need to record the screen, you can just use Handbrake and extra the video.