nikki wonders who it was who was wondering about amazon's region restricted stuff for mp3s
2013-07-29 21023, 2013
derwin
I saw one where it was region restricted
2013-07-29 21015, 2013
nikki
well, I'm pretty confident now that it's linked to the country the card you pay with is from
2013-07-29 21031, 2013
nikki
because it just told me I couldn't buy something on amazon.de because I'm (apparently) not in germany
2013-07-29 21035, 2013
nikki
which is news to me, I thought I was :P
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CallerNo6
nikki, does that count as region-restriction of the content? or do they simply not want to deal with foreign banks?
2013-07-29 21025, 2013
nikki
I'm pretty sure it's region restricted. I accidentally bought an mp3 from amazon.com once :P
2013-07-29 21038, 2013
nikki
and they're happy to take money from my card for everything else I buy
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kepstin_ ponders the font size on http://www.megrock.com/04_dsc/dtls/lhca_5085.html
2013-07-29 21023, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
there's a difference, though, between "won't sell to X country" and "won't play in X country"
2013-07-29 21040, 2013
nikki
what does playing have to do with it?
2013-07-29 21054, 2013
nikki
my cds play everywhere, that doesn't make them worldwide releases :P
2013-07-29 21021, 2013
nikki
kepstin_: what about it?
2013-07-29 21027, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
well, like DVDs & BluRays are region-restricted in that they won't play unless they're on a player in that region. there's really no such thing for MP3s
2013-07-29 21045, 2013
nikki
oh. people actually have to worry about that? XD
2013-07-29 21055, 2013
kepstin_
nikki: for some reason, with my browser settings, the font is approximately 1mm tall.
2013-07-29 21003, 2013
kepstin_
making it rather hard to read :)
2013-07-29 21036, 2013
kepstin_ notes that dvd region-locking is a non-issue, since you can work around it in software when you play them on a computer with a wrong-region drive.
2013-07-29 21001, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
true, but not on a standalone (non-computer) player
2013-07-29 21010, 2013
nikki
anyway, we don't track that
2013-07-29 21022, 2013
kepstin_
of course, doing that is technically breaking the law in certain countries :)
2013-07-29 21025, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
(console-based) video games are the same. very annoying
2013-07-29 21028, 2013
nikki
maybe one day we will, but right now those are a tiny fraction of the releases
2013-07-29 21053, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
just 'cause I live in Japan doesn't mean I want to play Final Fantasy in Japanese.. it'd take me 600 hours instead of the usual 100. XD
2013-07-29 21058, 2013
nikki
kepstin_: oh, right. well, I have a minimum font size set so I have no idea :D
2013-07-29 21005, 2013
kepstin_ notes that all of the music video dvds that have come with japanese singles that he owns have been, as far as he can tell, unencrypted and region-free.
2013-07-29 21022, 2013
nikki
haha, I played shenmue in japanese once
2013-07-29 21028, 2013
nikki
"played"
2013-07-29 21040, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
true- a lot of the "region 2" music DVDs aren't actually restricted
2013-07-29 21051, 2013
nikki
it was more like "*text rushes past* what? what!? what am I doing!? D:"
2013-07-29 21054, 2013
CallerNo6
I shouldn't have said "region restricted" maybe. I meant, not-for-sale-in-other-regions of course.
2013-07-29 21006, 2013
kepstin_
and they also tend to have uncompressed (lpcm 16bit 48khz) audio, too :)
2013-07-29 21028, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
yeah, just nit-picking terminology :)
2013-07-29 21034, 2013
nikki
pedant :P
2013-07-29 21052, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
heh
2013-07-29 21053, 2013
CallerNo6
good distinction, point taken
2013-07-29 21014, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
i still think it's ridiculous in this day & age to say "what, you live in another country? NO I WON'T TAKE YOUR MONEY FOR THIS THING U CAN'T HAVE IT"
2013-07-29 21040, 2013
nikki
it always was pretty ridiculous :P
2013-07-29 21001, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
"You have to buy this other version of the same thing that'll come out 3 months from now & be twice as expensive."
2013-07-29 21011, 2013
CallerNo6
licensing agreements and artificial scarcity for fun and profit
2013-07-29 21019, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
exactly.
2013-07-29 21027, 2013
CallerNo6
mostly fun, of course
2013-07-29 21027, 2013
th1rtyf0ur
like diamonds! lol
2013-07-29 21048, 2013
nikki
diamonds are kinda boring
2013-07-29 21048, 2013
kepstin_
... as far as I can tell, this release came with a total of 4 possible front covers, as well as a reversible tray/back/spine thing.
2013-07-29 21005, 2013
kepstin_
so 4 possible front covers, 2 possible back covers :/
2013-07-29 21029, 2013
nikki
four covers in the release, or a different cover depending on which you buy?
2013-07-29 21036, 2013
kepstin_
four covers in a single release
2013-07-29 21040, 2013
nikki
ah
2013-07-29 21021, 2013
kepstin_
I guess I just put the default one as the frontiest.
2013-07-29 21059, 2013
ianmcorvidae
that's what's conventionially done for that, I think
2013-07-29 21009, 2013
ianmcorvidae
for small values of convention given how rare, but :P
2013-07-29 21034, 2013
nikki
that's what I've done
2013-07-29 21002, 2013
nikki
I mean, you can also put the booklet back in the case the wrong way, but that's not the front of the release really XD
2013-07-29 21022, 2013
kepstin_
the back/spine/tray thing on this is kind of weird tho, because it has all of legal stuff duplicated on both sides
2013-07-29 21059, 2013
nikki wonders if opera 16 will actually open on here
2013-07-29 21005, 2013
kepstin_
just switches out the main picture, otherwise both sides are the same
2013-07-29 21025, 2013
kepstin_ gets to work cleaning up the scans and uploading them :
2013-07-29 21035, 2013
nikki
the caa is down though
2013-07-29 21043, 2013
nikki
and no, still doesn't run. stupid piece of shit
2013-07-29 21041, 2013
kepstin_
bah, caa down?
2013-07-29 21049, 2013
nikki
yes, like I said :P
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kepstin_
wow, really down.
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th1rtyf0ur
should there be multiple Work entries for a [traditional] song? There's 4 "Hava Nagila"s...
2013-07-29 21001, 2013
CallerNo7
derwin, I might tag along with Adam to a IA Friday Open Lunch. If I do, should I ping you?
2013-07-29 21059, 2013
derwin
adam?
2013-07-29 21038, 2013
derwin
oh yeah
2013-07-29 21047, 2013
derwin
CallerNo7: yes, do, I'll work from home and join you
2013-07-29 21012, 2013
CallerNo7
Cool, might happen in mid-August.
2013-07-29 21052, 2013
CallerNo7
I want to tape a "kick me" sign on the back of the CAA server
