Internet Zen Master (profile), 14 Jan 2014 @ 10:31am
My only gripe is that people who are cheering ruling as a good thing because it's 'stifling the free market' are telling everyone who knows this ruling potentially has devastating consequences to the Internet if the current telco oligopoly gets their way that it's good because "competition!" and "if you don't like your provider, vote with your wallet!".
It's not exactly a free market when your city's only real options are Craptastic company A or Craptastic Company B, and that's if your lucky. A virtual duopoly (or worse, monopoly) a free market does not make.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 14 Jan 2014 @ 10:16am
So in other words
Pray that the current FCC chair doesn't go full telco shill on us and let the telcos run roughshod over the Internet?
That's... not exactly reassuring, but it considering (as far as I've heard anyway) he's not a total corporate lapdog people expected him to be, we might not be as doomed as I originally thought.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 14 Jan 2014 @ 9:37am
Re: Sorry, South Carolina...
In addition, your privileges to watch any tv shows depicting violent criminal activity, including, but not limited to: Law&Order, NCIS, NCIS:LA, CSI (and its various spinoffs), Burn Notice, White Collar, Almost Human, Agents of Shield, Person of Interest, Castle, Hawaii Five-O, Criminal Minds, Sherlock Holmes, etc. have been revoked.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 10 Jan 2014 @ 12:20pm
Re: HOLY CRAP! TECHDIRT IS STILL IN THE 20TH CENTURY!
I can't read Glyn's mind so I can't speak for him, but here's some food for thought ootb:
The GPS in those cars is installed to primarily benefit the customer when they want to use things like, oh I don't know, the navigation system? Something that people like to have in order to find their way around?
Yes, there is definitely a possibility it could be used for "everyday surveillance", maybe even by your favorite scapegoat Google. However, it still requires customers to give consent for the systems to be used.
The 'GPS and gyro sensor package' in the CNC mill provides absolutely zero benefit to the customer, just like regular DRM. The only one who's better off in this situation is the manufacturer.
Please stop and digest this before you start ranting again.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 10 Jan 2014 @ 11:59am
Hm
Part of me thinks you might be blowing this out of proportion Glyn. I mean, why would anyone install Geolocation measures on physical products unless the products were like CNC mill, and being illegally exported to Iran.
Then the cynical side of me points out that if they can do it in something huge like a CNC mill, what's stopping companies like Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo from eventually doing something similar when the next round of consoles comes out? What if the video game industry decides they really want to enforce the whole "region-lock" thing? Got that new PS5/Xbox4.0 in a country where it's not being released yet/won't ever be released due to whatever stupid regulation?
Those gaming companies won't even have to worry about you using their product where you're not supposed to, even if you're not hooked up to the net! They'll just use the GPS and gyro sensor package they installed in the machine and turned the expensive console you bought with your own money into a big fat doorstop.
Yes, it's hyperbolic, but that's where I can see stuff like this headed, depending on how small they're able to make the gyro sensor/GPS package.
Seriously, who the hell thought Physical DRM was ever a good idea anyway?
Internet Zen Master (profile), 9 Jan 2014 @ 2:29pm
Hold on...
Unless the US government changed when I wasn't looking, passage of bills goes first House then Senate, and then they have to come to an agreement on it, and not the other way around?
We all knew this was coming back at the end of November when nothing happened despite the USTR/Obama begging Congress to pass the legislation giving the scumbags at the USTR the ability to force the TPP down our throats on a silver platter.
However, we're forgetting that midterms are this year, so the drop in Congressional productivity will hamper any chance of the Senate Finance Chair getting his bill passed...
Internet Zen Master (profile), 7 Jan 2014 @ 4:16pm
So in other words, the RIAA was trying to recoup the losses for letting a hasbeen waste a decade on what was the music industry equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever?
Duke at least had the excuse that his game was dragged through development hell, among other things. What's Axl's excuse for Chinese Democracy being absolute shit?
Internet Zen Master (profile), 7 Jan 2014 @ 3:53pm
Re: Content is only created when profits are possible.
"Content is only created when profits are possible."
The entire CreepyPasta genre proves your argument invalid. All those nightmare-inducing, paranoia-causing shit was written for free. No guarantee of profit whatsoever.
Or does purely web-generated works not qualify as content in your fantasy world?
Internet Zen Master (profile), 6 Jan 2014 @ 1:55pm
Re: Re: Can we get a "we the people" petition going
Considering the rabid Tea-Partiers he has to put up with in the House, I can't say I blame the guy if he is drunk. I'd be hitting the booze every night if I had to deal with that kind bullshit.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 2 Jan 2014 @ 4:40pm
Something something elephant gun
Is essentially what Kelly's logic breaks down to.
"Have there been any terrorist attacks in NYC since the NYPD started using all those invasive, civil liberty violating techniques? No? Then my actions were completely justified."
Internet Zen Master (profile), 2 Jan 2014 @ 1:42pm
Re: Re: Compete With Free
I dunno, I've been able to stream CW's Arrow without much trouble on their website. Seriously, I can count the amount of times that streaming site (at least for Arrow anyway) has glitched on me with one hand. And if I want to find an episode that aired 6+ weeks ago, I can stream it somewhere else/torrent the damn thing if necessary.
Of course, when I try to use Showcase.ca's streaming service, it is... skittish, for lack of a better word at the moment.
But the majority of TV companies who provide decent streaming services are definitely in the minority right now.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 30 Dec 2013 @ 12:53pm
Re:
Which corporate sponsors is it keeping happy, exactly?
Because the exploits the NSA's doing have kinda done a bit of damage to American's tech corporations (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Apple, etc.) by destroying consumer trust in U.S. tech [which, last I checked, is one of the only industries America hasn't completely outsourced yet].
So, who are they trying to appease again?
All that being said, following the 'stacking the deck against them' line of thought, it feels like we're seeing the judge/dealer let the DOJ start out with a full house and deals weev's defense a bad hand and they're only allowed to bluff.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 30 Dec 2013 @ 9:46am
Re: Re: Where's the incentive?
Actually, I wouldn't mind if he wrote more books, but only if he somehow managed to cut those greedy parasitic jackasses at the estate out of the picture first.
On the post: As Expected, Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules: Now What?
Re: How long before?
Sad thing is, I wouldn't put it past them to try something like that if they got desperate enough in terms of public opinion.
On the post: As Expected, Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules: Now What?
It's not exactly a free market when your city's only real options are Craptastic company A or Craptastic Company B, and that's if your lucky. A virtual duopoly (or worse, monopoly) a free market does not make.
On the post: As Expected, Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules: Now What?
So in other words
That's... not exactly reassuring, but it considering (as far as I've heard anyway) he's not a total corporate lapdog people expected him to be, we might not be as doomed as I originally thought.
As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."
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Re: Sorry, South Carolina...
On the post: Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation
Re: HOLY CRAP! TECHDIRT IS STILL IN THE 20TH CENTURY!
The GPS in those cars is installed to primarily benefit the customer when they want to use things like, oh I don't know, the navigation system? Something that people like to have in order to find their way around?
Yes, there is definitely a possibility it could be used for "everyday surveillance", maybe even by your favorite scapegoat Google. However, it still requires customers to give consent for the systems to be used.
The 'GPS and gyro sensor package' in the CNC mill provides absolutely zero benefit to the customer, just like regular DRM. The only one who's better off in this situation is the manufacturer.
Please stop and digest this before you start ranting again.
On the post: Latest Twist On DRM Of Physical Products: Machines Locked Down By Geolocation
Hm
Then the cynical side of me points out that if they can do it in something huge like a CNC mill, what's stopping companies like Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo from eventually doing something similar when the next round of consoles comes out?
What if the video game industry decides they really want to enforce the whole "region-lock" thing? Got that new PS5/Xbox4.0 in a country where it's not being released yet/won't ever be released due to whatever stupid regulation?
Those gaming companies won't even have to worry about you using their product where you're not supposed to, even if you're not hooked up to the net! They'll just use the GPS and gyro sensor package they installed in the machine and turned the expensive console you bought with your own money into a big fat doorstop.
Yes, it's hyperbolic, but that's where I can see stuff like this headed, depending on how small they're able to make the gyro sensor/GPS package.
Seriously, who the hell thought Physical DRM was ever a good idea anyway?
On the post: President Of CBS News Knew 'Reporter' John Miller Would Go Back To NYPD Before His 60 Min Propaganda Piece Aired
Re: Re: Re: What about the people?
On the post: The Lies The USTR Is Spreading About Fast Track Authority To Push TPP Through Congress
The good news
The bad news is that the mainstream media hasn't noticed yet.
On the post: House Intel Committee Releases Fact-Free Fearmongering About Impact Of Snowden Revelations
Re: New oxymoron...
On the post: Congress Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill To Abdicate Its Own Role And Screw Over American Public All At Once
Hold on...
We all knew this was coming back at the end of November when nothing happened despite the USTR/Obama begging Congress to pass the legislation giving the scumbags at the USTR the ability to force the TPP down our throats on a silver platter.
However, we're forgetting that midterms are this year, so the drop in Congressional productivity will hamper any chance of the Senate Finance Chair getting his bill passed...
On the post: The Full Story Behind The RIAA & FBI's Insanely Wasteful Prosecution Of The Dude Who Streamed Guns 'N Roses Album
Duke at least had the excuse that his game was dragged through development hell, among other things. What's Axl's excuse for Chinese Democracy being absolute shit?
On the post: Not Cool: MPAA Joins The W3C
Re: Content is only created when profits are possible.
The entire CreepyPasta genre proves your argument invalid. All those nightmare-inducing, paranoia-causing shit was written for free. No guarantee of profit whatsoever.
Or does purely web-generated works not qualify as content in your fantasy world?
On the post: Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda
Re: Re: King's attack on Rand Paul is even more crazy
PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN is almost worse than the Chewbacca Defense.
On the post: Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda
Re: Re: Can we get a "we the people" petition going
On the post: FBI Admits It's Not Really About Law Enforcement Any More; Ignores Lots Of Crimes To Focus On Creating Fake Terror Plots
So...
Federal Bureau of Inquisitors?
Federal Bureau of Interrogation?
On the post: Retiring NY Police Chief Kelly Takes One Last Swing At The FBI -- And His Critics -- On His Way Out The Door
Something something elephant gun
"Have there been any terrorist attacks in NYC since the NYPD started using all those invasive, civil liberty violating techniques?
No?
Then my actions were completely justified."
On the post: Oh Look, Hollywood Had Yet Another Record Year At The Box Office
Re: Re: Compete With Free
Of course, when I try to use Showcase.ca's streaming service, it is... skittish, for lack of a better word at the moment.
But the majority of TV companies who provide decent streaming services are definitely in the minority right now.
On the post: Former Pop Star Angry At Google News For Providing Relevant Search Results
What's that phrase again?
"Don't shoot the messenger."
You can't really blame Google's algorithm for the mistakes made by the web's collective hive-mind.
On the post: Appeals Court Says Feds Can File Oversized Brief In Weev Case, But His Defense Has To Keep Its Reply Short
Re:
Because the exploits the NSA's doing have kinda done a bit of damage to American's tech corporations (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Apple, etc.) by destroying consumer trust in U.S. tech [which, last I checked, is one of the only industries America hasn't completely outsourced yet].
So, who are they trying to appease again?
All that being said, following the 'stacking the deck against them' line of thought, it feels like we're seeing the judge/dealer let the DOJ start out with a full house and deals weev's defense a bad hand and they're only allowed to bluff.
This stinks of bullshit to high heaven.
On the post: Judge Says That Sherlock Holmes Is In The Public Domain
Re: Re: Where's the incentive?
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