More reasonable would be to not be a smart-ass and just say "I don't get it. To what is this in reference?"

I think that I should restrain myself from posting "over-demanding" jokes.

Jough: thank you for the explantion and for backing me up. And I am sorry if I have confused the member that expressed dissatisfaction with the tiny joke. I thought the reference was self-indicative, esp on this forum.


Cheers,
Pro-B

Some people are really getting touchy here. Is this the first sign of dvdprofiler withdrawal?

........nope, I WILL stay with them as they have the best international selection!!

after I read that...I really wanted to SEE yer titles. I forgot why the thread was here and clicked on the link so I could drool over the collection...but nothing. you make me weep.

maybe you should file for divorce, or at least come to this side of town and cheat.

dvdprofiler has been down all day

DVD Profiler still down, anyone know what's up?

Nothing new. They've been down since last Thursday.

Well, one of the DVDProfiler guy posted a saying they had multiple problems with their ISP and hardware. Read some of the older messages in this thread for the exact reason.

Right now, it's safe to say no one know what's going on. The only thing we can do is wait and hope the DVDProfiler guys can get it back up soon.

If any DVD profiler employee is reading, please be back soon. I love your software. I usually use your program at work to choose what to watch that night after driving home from work. Not having to connect to the internet to browse my collection ... priceless.

Well there is one minor change . . . you can now read the "Temporarily Unavailable" message on their home page when using Netscape.

....maybe you are not clicking as you are supposed to ....

well, I have been slacking off anyway....I am about to move back to Chicago so my collection has been locked up for awhile now because....well.....I have been lazy, nope busy...that sounds better, with my dissertation so....

You know what though....one day after I move to Chicago I will get into my car and drive to Dead Moines...to see YOU.

Cheers,
Pro-B

ProBassoon....

What area of Chicago are u moving to? Im in the Northwest burbs.

Since we're hijacking a dead thread, I'm in the southern burbs. Sounds like DVDTalk party in the makin'.....

Oh, and I still have faith that the Intervocative guys will have a new, healthy DVDProfiler ready for us within a day or so......

Niles guys....that's where my brother and family lives (behind the Golf Mill mall)....he's got some music business and films....and is looking into expanding into the foreign films market....so perhaps I could be of some help....

O, yes.....once I move everything up there...watch out.....there will be a "DVDTALK" meeting for SURE!!!

Cheers,
Pro-B

so you're very close to fye and best buy. you know you're a dvd addict when given a mall name, you can name all the dvd stores around it.

I'm on the skokie/chicago border - the village crossing mall: best buy, circuit city, costco, and walmart. I'm thinking of moving closer to deepdiscountdvd

right on mate....Best Buy is less than a minute away from my brother's door.

Yep, you are on my team for sure ..sounds like you got a dvd problem as well.

I'll be seeing you all...SOON.

Cheers,
Pro-B

pro-bassoonist

I live in Munster now, but raised in Lake Forest and raised my young family on Ballard just behind Golf Mill, before the renovation. Check out Old Orchard you won't beleive it.

Randy,

I know the Old Orchard Mall all too well (so does my wallet )

Looks like a lot of people from the Chicago area are hanging around here...In fact I met a DVDtalker in the Starbucks at Old Orchard(on the corner) back in 2000.

Now before we (I) get accused that we are hijacking the thread.... I was just over at the Danish DVDforum...and there is a lot of disccusion going on there as well. People really are missing DVDPROFILER.

I am going to check what the French have to say about it in a few min...

Cheers,
Pro-B

Just found this posting at HTF. Take if FWIW.

"Hello all, I imagine this post may be deleted, but I cannot bear to keep my silence any longer. Let me just say for the record that I do not work for Intervocative Software nor do they have any knowledge or control of my actions here.

The IDSA has issued them a demand for all copyrighted images to be taken offline. Since this is a major part of their program, and the major reason individuals have been paying money for the "premium" version of their program, they have hired legal representation and are currently trying to figure out a way to bring their site and program back, and keep the value there for "premium" customers. If and when it does come back however, it will likely be without the "cover scans."

They have been keeping this under wraps but at this point it looks grim for users of the program who like to download the cover images. They will probably make this public very shortly anyway.

I apologize to Intervocative Software about my posting, but I do believe you have been doing your loyal customers an injustice with the misleading message that you currently have posted on your site, and they deserve to know what is happening."

This is more belieaveable, though not more desireable, than the hardware issue story. I don't know how credible this information is, so i'll wait and see.

I wonder if dvdaf and guzzle will be asked to do the same, but I hope not since the thumbnail pictures there are too small for anything else than simple identifications.

If intervocative is going to take out the cover serving, at least they should keep the feature in the client so we can always scan and store our own covers.

how is this any different than say DVDaficionado or Guzzel....it is all based on the same principle.....they should be off then as well.


horrible predicament.

While I'm suspicious of their "official" reason for being down (just because it's so unlikely that they could possibly be this incompetent) the cover image thing isn't really an issue - the cover images are considered "promotional" material and isn't *as* protected as other intellectual property.

You can use cover images, heck, even a few stills from a film, in support of posting a movie review or writing about a film. It's protected under "fair use."

What's next? They ask Amazon.com to remove the cover images?

I guess the other differences between profiler and dvdaf/guzzle is exactly what the original htf pointed out: that the biggest value of paying $25 to intervocative is the cover scans. IDSA may be only going after them since in their minds, intervocative is making a profit from their copyrighted materials and does not pay the "protection money" to the movie industry. This is different than Amazon, who is making money for them.

I highly doubt this to be the case. The IDSA is the trade organization for video games created to protect console, arcade, and PC software copyrights. The IDSA wouldn't be going after them, if it were any group, it would be the MPAA, the trade organization for the movie industry. Also, the IDSA no longer exists, a while back they changed their name a while back to the ESA (Entertaiment Software Association). Personally, I think this post was originally made by someone trying to stir up a little trouble.