At first the lolz come easy. A little public stunt, some message board posts. But pretty soon that just doesn't cut it. It's not delivering the lolz. You have to go bigger.
It starts to take DDOS and some cooperation to get the lolz. At first that's good, but the small take downs quickly lose their lolz and you have to go bigger. Major DDOS on massive infrastructure bring down major corporations, yeah, there's the lolz.
But then that's not enough. You have move on. The lulz just aren't coming.
Now it takes a highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack to steal personal and credit card information to get the lulz. You're lost to the lulz. You can't stop.
I strongly suspect one of the major pitfalls of 'professional journalism' is exactly that they are trained in journalism. They then think this training grants them expertise in nearly all other areas of life. I would love to see a world in which journalism was only offered as a secondary major, and journalists reported on their primary fields.
I don't remember which organization setup the fake press government agency conference (maybe somebody can pull the link). I'd love to see somebody like that setup a fake security checkpoint and give all the folks in congress the pat down.
No login required. You have to fill out some basic information and identify the infringing material, but there doesn't seem to be any verification of who you are (I don't plan to submit one just for the hell of it)
Seems like it would be pretty easy to anonymously mass submit false DMCA notices and really screw with people.
I wonder. If I struck the arbitration clause from the contract (crossed it out) and then signed it (assuming the employee still completed the sale) would I not be bound by that portion of the contract?
That first graph doesn't even pass the basic laugh test (not that any of them do).
It's measured in albums per person, and they are asserting that individuals would have continued to purchase more and more albums over time.
We're going to ignore that sales plateaued for for six years after a spike and just draw a line going up forever. That graph should be the most meaningful, but the fact that they push crap like that tells me they have nothing.
If I were a judge I'd laugh that one out of the courtroom.
I generally dislike going to the theaters. I'd much rather sit at home and watch a movie where I'm more comfortable. Not only that but it really kills me to spend upwards of $70 for my family to see a movie in the theaters.
Recently one of the theaters near me started swapping out all their seating with large, leather, electric recliners. Really nice and comfortable. I'm not sure how much effort they put into the design, but I can recline all the way back and still comfortably watch the movie and not bother the person behind me.
I kinda like going to the movies now, but I only go to that theater.
Sure there is, it needs to be old enough that we can't remember who started... Oh wait... Well old enough that the guy who started it was dead before it was a... No, that doesn't work either... Well it has to have some connection to an ancient text... Hmm, no that's not right either...
Oh I know, you just have to have somebody who claims to have a vision, and able to put enough political pressure on the government so they declare you as a legitimate religion! that's right.
All people to sue when they don't like something they were actively told about? At some point the consumer has to take some responsibility. Assuming the app in question isn't misleading in it's function I don't see a major problem here.
The permissions for an app may not be very fine detailed, but they do give a good overview. If they were more detailed people would be complaining that the notice is too long and hard to read.
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It starts to take DDOS and some cooperation to get the lolz. At first that's good, but the small take downs quickly lose their lolz and you have to go bigger. Major DDOS on massive infrastructure bring down major corporations, yeah, there's the lolz.
But then that's not enough. You have move on. The lulz just aren't coming.
Now it takes a highly sophisticated criminal cyber attack to steal personal and credit card information to get the lulz. You're lost to the lulz. You can't stop.
Who knows what's next...
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And if you haven't figured out by now that neither party is actually looking out for you, you just can't be helped - Me
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Unskilled and Unaware
There is a fascinating paper (pdf) here:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.64.2655&rep=rep1&type=pdf
It shows how people tend to vastly overestimate their abilities in an area they are unskilled. If you've never read it you should.
Of course seeing as how I'm unskilled in the field of journalism, it's entirely possible I've fallen into my own trap.
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That would be awesome.
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The courts have said no warrant is needed because it's not considered personal information.
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http://www.facebook.com/legal/copyright.php?copyright_notice=1
No login required. You have to fill out some basic information and identify the infringing material, but there doesn't seem to be any verification of who you are (I don't plan to submit one just for the hell of it)
Seems like it would be pretty easy to anonymously mass submit false DMCA notices and really screw with people.
I'm sure that never gets abused.
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Or has it...
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Meh
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Oh, I know. Make it all about Disney movies.
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It's like a dream...
But... But... Piracy AND But... But... Terrorism
in one story!
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Albums per person
It's measured in albums per person, and they are asserting that individuals would have continued to purchase more and more albums over time.
We're going to ignore that sales plateaued for for six years after a spike and just draw a line going up forever. That graph should be the most meaningful, but the fact that they push crap like that tells me they have nothing.
If I were a judge I'd laugh that one out of the courtroom.
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http://xkcd.com/605/
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Recently one of the theaters near me started swapping out all their seating with large, leather, electric recliners. Really nice and comfortable. I'm not sure how much effort they put into the design, but I can recline all the way back and still comfortably watch the movie and not bother the person behind me.
I kinda like going to the movies now, but I only go to that theater.
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Oh I know, you just have to have somebody who claims to have a vision, and able to put enough political pressure on the government so they declare you as a legitimate religion! that's right.
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All people to sue when they don't like something they were actively told about? At some point the consumer has to take some responsibility. Assuming the app in question isn't misleading in it's function I don't see a major problem here.
The permissions for an app may not be very fine detailed, but they do give a good overview. If they were more detailed people would be complaining that the notice is too long and hard to read.
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