Comments on: There is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark (and DR) http://lillesvin.net/archives/111 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Madsen http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-509 Madsen Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:50:29 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-509 No, it doesn't, but that way I won't make any accidental hits on dr.dk. In my opinion, they can't claim payment for something I'm not using - and their log files won't show a single hit from my IP. I mean, you don't pay for all the things you DON'T buy in the super market... I don't think oaying the fee through the taxes is any better. I think the only reasonable way for DR to go, is access control. If you pay your license fee, then you get access to the online material, otherwise you don't. Can that really be so hard? I mean, NFL does it to some degree - and it seems to be going just fine. Seems my automagical text-to-link converter messed up your links - sorry about that. No, it doesn’t, but that way I won’t make any accidental hits on dr.dk.
In my opinion, they can’t claim payment for something I’m not using – and their log files won’t show a single hit from my IP. I mean, you don’t pay for all the things you DON’T buy in the super market…

I don’t think oaying the fee through the taxes is any better. I think the only reasonable way for DR to go, is access control. If you pay your license fee, then you get access to the online material, otherwise you don’t. Can that really be so hard? I mean, NFL does it to some degree – and it seems to be going just fine.

Seems my automagical text-to-link converter messed up your links – sorry about that.

]]> By: stfi http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-508 stfi Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:21:13 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-508 Fee: 1075 twice a year = 2150 per year ~= 2150 Søborg. Hmm.. Will that mean that when they move from amager the tax will be 2300 per year = 1150 twice a year? But i agree too, that i should be tax as the rest of the tax. Bjarke: DR1: http://simulcast.dr.dk/index.php?url=mms://drcluster.jay.net/dr1&bitrate=high DR2: http://simulcast.dr.dk/index.php?url=mms://drcluster.jay.net/dr2&bitrate=high works with VLC. Madsen: Do you think that equals getting the tv-tuner cut out of a (coulor) tv, in the sense of not having to pay the fee? Fee:

1075 twice a year = 2150 per year ~= 2150 Søborg. Hmm.. Will that mean that when they move from amager the tax will be 2300 per year = 1150 twice a year?

But i agree too, that i should be tax as the rest of the tax.

Bjarke:

DR1: http://simulcast.dr.dk/index.php?url=mms://drcluster.jay.net/dr1&bitrate=high
DR2: http://simulcast.dr.dk/index.php?url=mms://drcluster.jay.net/dr2&bitrate=high

works with VLC.

Madsen: Do you think that equals getting the tv-tuner cut out of a (coulor) tv, in the sense of not having to pay the fee?

]]> By: Madsen http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-505 Madsen Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:49:54 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-505 The old TV license fee was on a per household basis too... Once you paid the color TV fee, you were free to have as many receivers you desired. And, yeah, as their commercials say, "Now we've got you all by the balls. How do you like us now?" Seriously... They're actually just showing how far you have to go to avoid paying up for something you should never have forced down your throat from the beginning... I've set up an entry in my /etc/hosts that looks like this: 62.79.53.147 dr.dk www.dr.dk DR won't get another hit from this IP. The old TV license fee was on a per household basis too… Once you paid the color TV fee, you were free to have as many receivers you desired.
And, yeah, as their commercials say, “Now we’ve got you all by the balls. How do you like us now?”
Seriously… They’re actually just showing how far you have to go to avoid paying up for something you should never have forced down your throat from the beginning…

I’ve set up an entry in my /etc/hosts that looks like this:
62.79.53.147 dr.dk http://www.dr.dk

DR won’t get another hit from this IP.

]]> By: Bjarke Sørensen http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-503 Bjarke Sørensen Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:56:59 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-503 The tax is per household. It's 1075 twice a year. Compared to the previous 1200,- I welcome this. Having a.. I don't know.. a zillion apparatuses (is that a word?) that carry media in question I'm getting off cheap. I do concur that this hurts the smaller ones. And as they say in the ads (on ad-free TV/radio) you pretty much cannot avoid it - then why the heck isn't it charged as usual tax such as for the hospitals (you pretty much cannot avoid those either).. On a DSL-related note. Slow upstream blows. My sad 256 kbps annoys me too :-) Was ready to submit.. but ohh, no. I'm not quite finished :-) As for playing these streams here and there well hidden in their HTML. Try out MediaPlayer Connectivity Plugin for Firefox ( http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/ ) - it really eases the task. Also it let's you playback content in native VLC (or whatever) rather than inside you browser (does wonders for stability in FF2). The tax is per household. It’s 1075 twice a year. Compared to the previous 1200,- I welcome this.

Having a.. I don’t know.. a zillion apparatuses (is that a word?) that carry media in question I’m getting off cheap.

I do concur that this hurts the smaller ones. And as they say in the ads (on ad-free TV/radio) you pretty much cannot avoid it – then why the heck isn’t it charged as usual tax such as for the hospitals (you pretty much cannot avoid those either)..

On a DSL-related note. Slow upstream blows. My sad 256 kbps annoys me too :-)

Was ready to submit.. but ohh, no. I’m not quite finished :-) As for playing these streams here and there well hidden in their HTML. Try out MediaPlayer Connectivity Plugin for Firefox ( http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht/ ) – it really eases the task. Also it let’s you playback content in native VLC (or whatever) rather than inside you browser (does wonders for stability in FF2).

]]> By: Madsen http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-502 Madsen Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:30:28 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-502 Hmm... Weird... It doesn't in mine either... I'll look into it after exams and stuff... Probably... Hmm… Weird… It doesn’t in mine either… I’ll look into it after exams and stuff… Probably…

]]> By: stfi http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-501 stfi Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:35:46 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-501 OT: it doesn't in firefox (2). Dunno why. Might be a setting of mine? OT: it doesn’t in firefox (2). Dunno why. Might be a setting of mine?

]]> By: Madsen http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-500 Madsen Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:04:18 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-500 @ Datadevil >> I think we're as much in the EU as you guys, but I'm afraid there's nothing much to do... I'm pretty sure someone would have discovered that. @ Stfi >> Hmm, it _should_ leave the text as is, if you use your back button. (I think that's standard behavior in all browsers.) On topic, I forgot some links: http://dr.dk/medielicens and http://stopcomputerlicens.dk --- it blows so hard. Does any student have 2000 DKK to spare? @ Datadevil >>
I think we’re as much in the EU as you guys, but I’m afraid there’s nothing much to do… I’m pretty sure someone would have discovered that.

@ Stfi >>
Hmm, it _should_ leave the text as is, if you use your back button. (I think that’s standard behavior in all browsers.)
On topic, I forgot some links: http://dr.dk/medielicens and http://stopcomputerlicens.dk — it blows so hard. Does any student have 2000 DKK to spare?

]]> By: stfi http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-499 stfi Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:47:23 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-499 "We encountered one or more errors * No name given or name contains invalid characters." Ok, I'll add it. But it would be nice if the text I typed in wasn't wasted. What i wanted to say was basically: I didn't even know about this. And it pisses me off. “We encountered one or more errors

* No name given or name contains invalid characters.”

Ok, I’ll add it. But it would be nice if the text I typed in wasn’t wasted.

What i wanted to say was basically: I didn’t even know about this. And it pisses me off.

]]> By: datadevil http://lillesvin.net/archives/111/comment-page-1#comment-498 datadevil Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:13:21 +0000 http://blog.lillesvin.net/archives/111#comment-498 that sucks indeed! Maybe there is some European law that can prevent this, as they have some laws regulating the income of the public broadcasting organizations, or are you danes not a real part of the European union? that sucks indeed! Maybe there is some European law that can prevent this, as they have some laws regulating the income of the public broadcasting organizations, or are you danes not a real part of the European union?

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