...Others have pointed out how MIA tweeted out a journalist's phone number. None of these involved accounts being shut down.
I don't understand the lack of understanding over the incidents mentioned in this paragraph. The policy IS very clear, it states that the user whose private information was tweeted publicly must report the violation themselves. So apparently the kid and reporter whose phone #s were tweeted publicly, George Zimmerman/the couple whose address was accidentally tweeted didn't report the incidents to Twitter. As stated in their policy, unless it was the people directly or a legal representative of any of those people, they would ignore all reports of the tweets. Doesn't that explain why none of the violating accounts were shut down?
Obviously NBC is compensating Twitter in some way to have actual Twitter employees working on the NBC/Twitter Olympics 'hub', apparently including monitoring any tweets mentioning either NBC or the Olympics. This is a different practice than usual for them which is why they are violating their own policies. This doesn't excuse Twitter's actions in my opinion but it does explain them.
That said, this raised some questions when i was writing this: What is twitter's policy when private information is tweeted for people who don't have a twitter account? Do they have to create an account just to file a complaint? If others report the incident, do they at least investigate whether the person(s) has a twitter account before dismissing it? If so, do they then make an effort to notify those people?
In order to provide better copyright and IP 'protection', all sub-federal governments must have greatly diminished power.
That is the apparent underlying message behind all of these ACTA type laws. The sad thing is that the federal governments are corrupt enough to overlook that basic fact, preferring to be blinded by their greed to increase their power. If they could look beyond their own greed, they would remember that the US system (the one that many others have come to model in one way or another) was initially established with the intention of never allowing that exact thing to happen. So in other words, the majority of our (USA) federal government's representatives have shown their intentions and underlying beliefs to be Anti-American at heart. How did they get elected?
i have to agree with some other posters here, the WSJ has really lost touch with what constitutes a newspaper and has started operating as a very slanted blog with the goal of electing a new President. I was a subscriber up until last month and i chose not to renew b/c there was no point in paying for what i get for free elsewhere more quickly and more accurately. Its a 'conservative' blog (with a print edition). Though the term 'conservative' confuses me since they are a news organization, which traditionally present unbiased facts to inform their readers. WSJ presents biased falsehoods to sway their readers while posing as a traditional and reliable news organization, that seems pretty 'radical' to me.
I agree with the other person who replied to your comment. As i learned mostly from this site, the Olympic Committee apparently has enough power (money) to get laws passed in countries that would otherwise be 'unconstitutional' (or whatever the British have in this case). For example, the Olympic IP Police were allowed to go around London, search businesses, and look for any non-sanctioned merchandise with the Olympic logo. That is not normally legal.
SO, its possible that the IOC did make it illegal to use these devices and, if they chose to do so, could make it mandatory that you only use iPhones inside the venue.
this is appalling. i feel that we are completely helpless to do anything about this obvious shift from democracy to monarchy. Does anyone really think that Romney would give power back to Congress if he were elected instead of Obama?
Soon there will be guys driving around neighborhoods in vans with 12 computers monitoring conversations and cataloging all the data collected to determine actual public opinion on certain subjects so they can tell the 'Central News Authority' what to report for the evening news. Wait, that was "V for Vendetta", not America...
I feel like we will have reached a critical mass (of corruption) if the Verizon Cable-Spectrum deal is approved and allowed to happen and undoing the damage will be 10x harder than if we started right now.
have to agree with most of the other comments, while i applaud BitTorrent's efforts here, this won't work if users actually have to install the software for anyone to make money. I'm pretty tech savvy but even my mom knows not to allow software installers to install other software packages, she always unchecks the box(es) w/o reading what the other software is - like me.
This doesn't matter though, once Verizon's deal is approved by the FCC, most of the country will lose the ability to access the 'free internet' we all know and love today. Looks like the smart pipe will snake its way into our infrastructure anyways :(
I am a little baffled by the argument. Are we in some other economy than the one i read about on a regular basis? How would users paying for any currently free service suddenly benefit that service (when doing so would drop the service's usage rate down to probably around 10%) or more appropriately, who, besides the super rich, would believe that argument?
It steps dangerously close to what mobile carriers are/were wanting to do in terms of making their internet a 'smart pipe' and being able to charge their customers for each app/service they use instead of a single, constant monthly bill. I know this argument is on the basis of Twitter charging directly but the fact that an argument about charging consumers for a service that relies on consumer input can get any support is baffling to me. How well would our election system work if there was a fee to vote, or even a fee to vote for each category.
"eliminating court trials including jury trials in patent cases by expanding the authority and procedures of the Patent and Trademark Office to make it the trier of patent cases.."
Mike disagreed with this suggestion and i see his point but i think Posner was thinking more long term. I think his hope was that by expanding the authority and procedures of the PTO, the PTO would end up overhauling the entire patent process. This would result from being overwhelmed by their new responsibilities and would force them to look 'down the line' to see exactly where the kink is (at the initial patent review and approval process). So basically, his suggestion is just a way of forcing the PTO to clean up their own mess.
maybe someone else mentioned this already, i don't understand how charging for Facetime over 3G is any different than charging an additional monthly fee for mobile hotspot usage? Mobile Hotspot is a feature that every cell phone with both an active data plan (3G, EDGE, 4G or LTE), and a bluetooth or wifi chip is capable of but has been disabled by carrier contracts with manufacturers.
The same is currently true for Facetime over 3G so how would AT&T charging extra for this violate Net Neutrality 'guidelines' but mobile hotspots not?
Seriously, I cannot imagine how any business owner would support the Olympic Laws. I understand how the Olympics themselves could drive up business but unless the laws explicitly state what is allowed by the purple people in terms of "entering a store", i would never allow a purple hat in my business w/o a police escort. I envision this law granting full access to a business, as in back room, store room, main office, etc - EVERY part of a business (to check for marketing ambushes, of course). I would kick out a purple hat and call the police and allow them to enter only if the police stayed until they left.
"Evidence has been provided that definitively proves the existence of rivers of lava. The evidence has also shown that these 'lava rivers' can and have disrupted businesses b/c there is no way to travel across them directly. Instead, one must travel above or around them which is costly and inefficient. It is the decision of this court that 'lava boats' be invented and manufactured to ease the difficulties of trade for the benefit of the economy."
Since when can a court declare that a new technology must be invented?
i'm encouraged by the comments on the original article. most of them seem to recognize that the author is a moron and that his information is inaccurate. there's hope!
i haven't read all the other comments but this is exactly what is wrong with education today, especially higher education. The point of going to school now is really more about the experience rather than the education and the schools are catering to that b/c it leads to longer stays before graduation. They just have to balance it with retention rates and they have a golden formula to $$$. Aside from true geniuses, it's not easy to graduate early by more than a year b/c the schools make it hard. My school had 2 solid years of GECs that were completely useless to my degree but they argue a 'well rounded' education is better. While i don't disagree, the point of high school is to provide that well rounded education so i can specialize and focus on my career path in college.
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I don't understand the lack of understanding over the incidents mentioned in this paragraph. The policy IS very clear, it states that the user whose private information was tweeted publicly must report the violation themselves. So apparently the kid and reporter whose phone #s were tweeted publicly, George Zimmerman/the couple whose address was accidentally tweeted didn't report the incidents to Twitter. As stated in their policy, unless it was the people directly or a legal representative of any of those people, they would ignore all reports of the tweets. Doesn't that explain why none of the violating accounts were shut down?
Obviously NBC is compensating Twitter in some way to have actual Twitter employees working on the NBC/Twitter Olympics 'hub', apparently including monitoring any tweets mentioning either NBC or the Olympics. This is a different practice than usual for them which is why they are violating their own policies. This doesn't excuse Twitter's actions in my opinion but it does explain them.
That said, this raised some questions when i was writing this: What is twitter's policy when private information is tweeted for people who don't have a twitter account? Do they have to create an account just to file a complaint? If others report the incident, do they at least investigate whether the person(s) has a twitter account before dismissing it? If so, do they then make an effort to notify those people?
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That is the apparent underlying message behind all of these ACTA type laws. The sad thing is that the federal governments are corrupt enough to overlook that basic fact, preferring to be blinded by their greed to increase their power. If they could look beyond their own greed, they would remember that the US system (the one that many others have come to model in one way or another) was initially established with the intention of never allowing that exact thing to happen. So in other words, the majority of our (USA) federal government's representatives have shown their intentions and underlying beliefs to be Anti-American at heart. How did they get elected?
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SO, its possible that the IOC did make it illegal to use these devices and, if they chose to do so, could make it mandatory that you only use iPhones inside the venue.
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This doesn't matter though, once Verizon's deal is approved by the FCC, most of the country will lose the ability to access the 'free internet' we all know and love today. Looks like the smart pipe will snake its way into our infrastructure anyways :(
On the post: Apparently A Debate: Would Twitter Benefit If Users Had To Pay To Use It?
It steps dangerously close to what mobile carriers are/were wanting to do in terms of making their internet a 'smart pipe' and being able to charge their customers for each app/service they use instead of a single, constant monthly bill. I know this argument is on the basis of Twitter charging directly but the fact that an argument about charging consumers for a service that relies on consumer input can get any support is baffling to me. How well would our election system work if there was a fee to vote, or even a fee to vote for each category.
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Mike disagreed with this suggestion and i see his point but i think Posner was thinking more long term. I think his hope was that by expanding the authority and procedures of the PTO, the PTO would end up overhauling the entire patent process. This would result from being overwhelmed by their new responsibilities and would force them to look 'down the line' to see exactly where the kink is (at the initial patent review and approval process). So basically, his suggestion is just a way of forcing the PTO to clean up their own mess.
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The same is currently true for Facetime over 3G so how would AT&T charging extra for this violate Net Neutrality 'guidelines' but mobile hotspots not?
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Since when can a court declare that a new technology must be invented?
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