This is just another attack in the onslaught that is legacy systems trying to twist the law into their favor, especially since other attempts failed.
Eventually, one will stick, and that one will change the internet forever.
Especially when it's being decided by 12 very stupid Americans in the jury pool who gleefully throw their money at Disney because new "Star Wars" while being woefully ignorant of copyright law.
Wait a second! There's a morally ambiguous sense of irony with his opinion.
Posner, I'm a veteran of the US Navy, and I'm going to tell you what I tell any person who spews rhetoric like you do: I may not like what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death you're right to say it.
Re: "Oh by all means, don't let me stop you from blowing your own foot off."
+1 Insightful, because you took the words right out of my keyboard.
Screw CBS. Screw Disney. Screw all of these asshats.
The world would be a better place without their antiquated, racist, misogynistic programming where the highlight of such piss poor programming has a show where two people are battling a hacker by using a single keyboard together.
I'm so looking forward to the day where the Emmys and Oscars are battled out between Amazon and Netflix original broadcasts.
This is one of those "sounds good when you say it, but what does it really mean" kind of statements.
You can try to explain to this asshole his words are meaningless, but he'll just look at you, point, then say, "Kid, we're already doing it. Shut the fuck up. We own the internet. Don't you forget that."
It's easy to blame the company for its lack of security, but the ultimate responsibility lies on the consumer, who did not use any common sense while purchasing and using the product.
Companies don't care about security for one reason: they're not held accountable for any breach of information. While it's true they must offer credit protection, the consumer is still required to take the offer. Otherwise, the company walks and the consumer deals with the fallout.
Cord cutting has nothing to do with ESPN's loss of viewership.
Has anyone at Techdirt actually seen the channel lately? Rhetorical, since the answer is obvious.
When ESPN first hit cable, it was an add-on which had a separate subscription cost.
The more popular it got, the more it made sense to include it into cable packages (as well as other channels).
Then ESPN had two whammys hit them about the same time: 1) They grew in popularity, thus causing them to turn into mega jerks and price gouge for their fame and
2) Disney bought the station, and you deserve a lobotomy if you didn't know what was going to happen after that.
Cutting the cord isn't helping, I'm sure, but most people just got tired of the crap that's Disney ESPN.
Nothing can save it now. It's not even a shell of its former self and all the anti-sports fan idiocy it could throw at viewers: -Now with more ads, turning the viewer into the product for the last 10 years!
-placing stats in sport score tickers no one gave a damn about, forcing "viewership" until the team you cared about rolled past because the NFL/MLB won't let you watch that team on television.
-side-stepping hot issues in order to appease the NFL until it became (thanks, internet!) "newsworthy" that finally discussing it won't piss off Goddell and company.
-Evolving into more stations no one asked for or watched.
I'm relishing and salivating at watching ESPN become a has-been, since calling it a "sports station" lost its meaning more than 20 years ago.
So why is it that law enforcement and the intelligence community (and various politicians) around the globe are using the attacks as a reason to ban or undermine encryption? The best way to cover up complete ineptitude is to create a boogeyman which doesn't exist.
...and who recently bought a controlling stake in Business Insider for $343 million... Well, this certainly explains things.
Might as well scratch off BI as a reading source.
I've lost 4 in the past two months for being assholes: -Ars Technica, with its bullshit "You WILL obey" page-destroying ad.
-Cheat Sheet, fun little site until it now demands an email address to view its contents (and we all know how that will pan out).
-IMDB, which I'm currently working out with Amazon. For some reason, the site constantly resets its connection over VPN. A loss I'm not fond of.
-Business Insider, the Fox News of "business". Always fun to read garbage until the horror sets in others won't read the articles as anything but truth. Recently, it also changed its page to require "ad watching" before moving on.
I always said Corporate America would ruin the internet. I should have said "Corporate Global".
In effect, this is a patent attack on Apple's supply chain in China, and one that would be devastating for the US company if successful. I don't see a problem here.
My prediction for 2016: not a damn thing will change. The FCC will balk at these price hikes and the FTC (the only regulatory power to actually take the teeth out of companies) will whine and bitch the FCC stole its thunder to "protect" consumers.
I also see the company changing its tagline: "Good luck with that."
"Yes, one's wearing a police uniform and the other an expensive suit. They're claiming 'civil forfeiture'. Help!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but 911 cannot assist you with your request. There's no one to police the police and the prosecuting attorney has a financial gain here. You're fucked, so just bend over and deal with it. Have a nice day."
A few years ago, Indiana released its "in god we trust" license plates, and it's been a problem since.
First: Indiana releases these plates as the default unless the person expressly states otherwise, which is absolute bullshit. It should be the non-verbiage version that's the default, and those who want the other should be required to ask for it.
Second: as noted by many who applied, any religious personal text plates, which aren't under this "god", have been wholly rejected. The reason: it's considered inflammatory (most likely to their religion).
Third: since when is a fucking government allowed to dictate what religion it pushes for its plates? That's the big problem, but of course, the ISC said, "Because the state can, now shut the fuck up and pay the country's highest excise tax on plates."
This is just another ruling in a long list of other issues run by racist, bible-thumping assholes.
Why Does The Press Have To Keep Fixing All Of Comcast's Screw Ups? Probably because Comcast is spending its time trying to convince the world to redefine the word "lobbyist".
Consumers are being trained there are places they can go to avoid ads. This statement comes from an industry which knows not the definition of irony, as when cable was introduced many years ago, one of the benefits was commercial-free programming.
Nickleodeon, MTV, TBS, and even AMC (yes, that AMC) all were commercial free in the early days of "cable".
Then someone woke up one day and said, "We can push ads like never before and customers won't have a choice!"
Then came the on-screen pop-ups. "Hey, watch our next show starting in 12 minutes!" followed by another "Watch this show on Thursdays!". Yep, this is called "value to consumers" by this industry.
The industry wasn't done. Not only did they get away of bilking people of their money by pushing ads and taking a monthly fee, throwing in pop-ups during the show, many cable providers push ads in their own cable guide, as to drive home that we, the consumer, are the product.
Cable can turn itself around, but not with the idiots running it today.
On the post: As Expected, Congress Approves CISA (As Part Of Omnibus)
This is with +/-2 margin of error.
On the post: $25 Million Jury Verdict In Rightscorp Case Raises Serious Questions About Copyright Law
Eventually, one will stick, and that one will change the internet forever.
Especially when it's being decided by 12 very stupid Americans in the jury pool who gleefully throw their money at Disney because new "Star Wars" while being woefully ignorant of copyright law.
A recipe for disaster if I ever saw one.
On the post: Law Professor: ISIS Is, Like, Totally Scary, So Let's Do Away With The First Amendment
You upset me with what you wrote.
I feel...
Wait a second! There's a morally ambiguous sense of irony with his opinion.
Posner, I'm a veteran of the US Navy, and I'm going to tell you what I tell any person who spews rhetoric like you do:
I may not like what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death you're right to say it.
Time to agree to disagree.
On the post: CBS Claims It Will Pull All Content Offline Unless It Can Be An Anti-Competitive Ass
Re: "Oh by all means, don't let me stop you from blowing your own foot off."
Screw CBS. Screw Disney. Screw all of these asshats.
The world would be a better place without their antiquated, racist, misogynistic programming where the highlight of such piss poor programming has a show where two people are battling a hacker by using a single keyboard together.
I'm so looking forward to the day where the Emmys and Oscars are battled out between Amazon and Netflix original broadcasts.
On the post: Eric Schmidt Suggests Building A 'Spell Checker' For Online Harassment And Other Bad Things Online
You can try to explain to this asshole his words are meaningless, but he'll just look at you, point, then say, "Kid, we're already doing it. Shut the fuck up. We own the internet. Don't you forget that."
I can't stand this prick.
On the post: Congress Still Fighting SEC's Investigation Of Alleged Insider Trading By Its Members
It does not say, "We The People, except for us in Congress".
So why the hell is our government... oh, right. That whole "absolute power" truth is poking me in the head again.
On the post: Toy Maker Vtech Hacked, Revealing Kids' Selfies, Chat Logs, & Even Voice Recordings
Companies don't care about security for one reason: they're not held accountable for any breach of information. While it's true they must offer credit protection, the consumer is still required to take the offer. Otherwise, the company walks and the consumer deals with the fallout.
On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses
Has anyone at Techdirt actually seen the channel lately? Rhetorical, since the answer is obvious.
When ESPN first hit cable, it was an add-on which had a separate subscription cost.
The more popular it got, the more it made sense to include it into cable packages (as well as other channels).
Then ESPN had two whammys hit them about the same time:
1) They grew in popularity, thus causing them to turn into mega jerks and price gouge for their fame and
2) Disney bought the station, and you deserve a lobotomy if you didn't know what was going to happen after that.
Cutting the cord isn't helping, I'm sure, but most people just got tired of the crap that's Disney ESPN.
Nothing can save it now. It's not even a shell of its former self and all the anti-sports fan idiocy it could throw at viewers:
-Now with more ads, turning the viewer into the product for the last 10 years!
-placing stats in sport score tickers no one gave a damn about, forcing "viewership" until the team you cared about rolled past because the NFL/MLB won't let you watch that team on television.
-side-stepping hot issues in order to appease the NFL until it became (thanks, internet!) "newsworthy" that finally discussing it won't piss off Goddell and company.
-Evolving into more stations no one asked for or watched.
I'm relishing and salivating at watching ESPN become a has-been, since calling it a "sports station" lost its meaning more than 20 years ago.
GOOD RIDDANCE!
On the post: Details Of How The Paris Attacks Were Carried Out Show Little Effort By Attackers To Hide Themselves
The best way to cover up complete ineptitude is to create a boogeyman which doesn't exist.
On the post: German Publisher Axel Springer Just Can't Stop Suing Ad Blockers, And Attacking Its Own Readers
Well, this certainly explains things.
Might as well scratch off BI as a reading source.
I've lost 4 in the past two months for being assholes:
-Ars Technica, with its bullshit "You WILL obey" page-destroying ad.
-Cheat Sheet, fun little site until it now demands an email address to view its contents (and we all know how that will pan out).
-IMDB, which I'm currently working out with Amazon. For some reason, the site constantly resets its connection over VPN. A loss I'm not fond of.
-Business Insider, the Fox News of "business". Always fun to read garbage until the horror sets in others won't read the articles as anything but truth. Recently, it also changed its page to require "ad watching" before moving on.
I always said Corporate America would ruin the internet. I should have said "Corporate Global".
On the post: Chinese Company Learns From The West: Builds Up Big Patent Portfolio, Uses It To Sue Apple In China
I don't see a problem here.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
I chuck this one up to poetic justice.
On the post: Happy New Year From Comcast: Price Hikes And Misleading Fees For Everybody
My prediction for 2016: not a damn thing will change. The FCC will balk at these price hikes and the FTC (the only regulatory power to actually take the teeth out of companies) will whine and bitch the FCC stole its thunder to "protect" consumers.
I also see the company changing its tagline: "Good luck with that."
On the post: The Nation's Criminals Can't Keep Up With The Government's Legalized Theft Programs
"I'm being robbed! Please send someone!"
"Can you describe the thief?"
"Yes, one's wearing a police uniform and the other an expensive suit. They're claiming 'civil forfeiture'. Help!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but 911 cannot assist you with your request. There's no one to police the police and the prosecuting attorney has a financial gain here. You're fucked, so just bend over and deal with it. Have a nice day."
On the post: Clinging To Relevance, Yahoo Prevents Ad Block Users From Checking Yahoo Mail
Many of its employees won't use the service (which should be a warning they know something we don't).
Those few who do are now blocked from their own account, as employees, since they use ad-block.
Yahoo has firmly planted itself in quicksand. By rushing to catch up to everyone else, it just sinks further into the hole.
On the post: Indiana Supreme Court Says Cop Can't Have His '01NK' License Plate
Re: If it's the government's speech...
A few years ago, Indiana released its "in god we trust" license plates, and it's been a problem since.
First: Indiana releases these plates as the default unless the person expressly states otherwise, which is absolute bullshit. It should be the non-verbiage version that's the default, and those who want the other should be required to ask for it.
Second: as noted by many who applied, any religious personal text plates, which aren't under this "god", have been wholly rejected. The reason: it's considered inflammatory (most likely to their religion).
Third: since when is a fucking government allowed to dictate what religion it pushes for its plates? That's the big problem, but of course, the ISC said, "Because the state can, now shut the fuck up and pay the country's highest excise tax on plates."
This is just another ruling in a long list of other issues run by racist, bible-thumping assholes.
On the post: Hillary Clinton Joins The 'Make Silicon Valley Break Encryption' Bandwagon
Ha... ha?
On the post: Why Does The Press Have To Keep Fixing All Of Comcast's Screw Ups?
Probably because Comcast is spending its time trying to convince the world to redefine the word "lobbyist".
On the post: TV Industry Starts Running Fewer Ads To Combat Netflix, Cord Cutting
This statement comes from an industry which knows not the definition of irony, as when cable was introduced many years ago, one of the benefits was commercial-free programming.
Nickleodeon, MTV, TBS, and even AMC (yes, that AMC) all were commercial free in the early days of "cable".
Then someone woke up one day and said, "We can push ads like never before and customers won't have a choice!"
Then came the on-screen pop-ups. "Hey, watch our next show starting in 12 minutes!" followed by another "Watch this show on Thursdays!". Yep, this is called "value to consumers" by this industry.
The industry wasn't done. Not only did they get away of bilking people of their money by pushing ads and taking a monthly fee, throwing in pop-ups during the show, many cable providers push ads in their own cable guide, as to drive home that we, the consumer, are the product.
Cable can turn itself around, but not with the idiots running it today.
On the post: Is There Any Evidence In The World That Would Convince Intelligence Community That More Surveillance Isn't The Answer?
Yes. It's called a history book.
On the post: More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole
Disney isn't going to allow the mouse to die that way.
If you think copyright has a black hole now, you haven't seen anything yet.
In as little as 6 years, what you know as "copyright" is about to change.
And it's going to get much, much worse.
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