The bigger question here is What The Hell are those mascots supposed to be?!? It almost makes me want to cry out for Odysseus to come save London from the monsters.
My comment is probbly going to get lost in the pile, but I wnted to share link to this guys Youtube account. He does a number of other videos. Some are as good as the one above.
You know, I've never really liked how Czar has been used to describe US federal department heads, but you really gotta hand it to the Obama White House.
IP czar is no longer a slang term; they made the job title a reality.
That's not free music. It's a service that the DC Public Library is buying from Library Ideas LLC.
In effect, the DCPL bought a volume license for the songs. Once they get X number of downloads the DCPL will either have to buy more licenses or turn off the tap.
I don't understand why everyone is freaking out. Opera already made a browser that did just this. It's called Opera Mini and it's been around for a couple years now.
And I don't see the copyright issues; Amazon will likely be able to hide behind the Google Cache ruling.
A Taser is shaped like a gun, is used as an alternative to a gun, and can kill someone if misused. The operative word here should be shot, not tased. It might seem like a small thing but the word shot has a much worse mental image than the word tased. One feels violent and the other does not.
Needless to say, I think the office misused the Taser when he shot the kid.
Stuff like this will continue to occur so long as a Taser is not viewed with the same seriousness as other weapons such as guns.
The site was built by Overdrive. They probably also run it for her, and take a commision. That makes them just as much a middleman as if she sold the ebooks through Amazon.
BTW, her publisher Bloomsbury is also getting a cut, although it's not clear how much. She didn't bypass them.
"So after all that, here’s what we’ve learned: Android might be open-source, but Google maintains tight control over its OEM partners by restricting access to apps like Gmail, Maps, and Market with a strict license agreement that hinges on Android compatibility. That’s what we’ve always suspected, but now we have definitive proof. And since Google both defines the relevant compatibility standards and decides which devices pass, it wields considerable power over its partners. Which, of course, leads to the central question in Skyhook’s case…"
Wouldn't this question really depend on how the account is branded?
If it's a personal account then I don't see how a company could reasonably expect to own it. It would be like asking for a former employee to give up the contact phone numbers in their personal cell phone or hand over the information saved in their personal GMail account.
Heck, I have a huge stack of business cards in my desk and no one has ever asked me to hand those over.
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IP czar is no longer a slang term; they made the job title a reality.
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It's not free!
In effect, the DCPL bought a volume license for the songs. Once they get X number of downloads the DCPL will either have to buy more licenses or turn off the tap.
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And I don't see the copyright issues; Amazon will likely be able to hide behind the Google Cache ruling.
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semantics are everything
The kid wasn't tased; he was _shot_ with a Taser.
A Taser is shaped like a gun, is used as an alternative to a gun, and can kill someone if misused. The operative word here should be shot, not tased. It might seem like a small thing but the word shot has a much worse mental image than the word tased. One feels violent and the other does not.
Needless to say, I think the office misused the Taser when he shot the kid.
Stuff like this will continue to occur so long as a Taser is not viewed with the same seriousness as other weapons such as guns.
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BTW, her publisher Bloomsbury is also getting a cut, although it's not clear how much. She didn't bypass them.
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"So after all that, here’s what we’ve learned: Android might be open-source, but Google maintains tight control over its OEM partners by restricting access to apps like Gmail, Maps, and Market with a strict license agreement that hinges on Android compatibility. That’s what we’ve always suspected, but now we have definitive proof. And since Google both defines the relevant compatibility standards and decides which devices pass, it wields considerable power over its partners. Which, of course, leads to the central question in Skyhook’s case…"
via http://thisismynext.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-lawsuit-motorola-samsung/
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Tell that to Skyhook. Google was quite capable of kicking Skyhook's app off Motorola's phones.
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This paywall is obviously not effective.
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If it's a personal account then I don't see how a company could reasonably expect to own it. It would be like asking for a former employee to give up the contact phone numbers in their personal cell phone or hand over the information saved in their personal GMail account.
Heck, I have a huge stack of business cards in my desk and no one has ever asked me to hand those over.
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