If I can reluctantly give the proverbial devil his due, I really enjoy the experience I get out of AT&T's HBO Max service. It has all the movies and TV shows I want to watch, and the fact that they put their new releases on their streaming service the same day they put their new releases in theaters (in a goddamn pandemic, no less!) may have pissed off the likes of Christopher Nolan, but it brought Roku back into the negotiating table and I as a Roku user benefit from having HBO Max as one of the services to which I subscribe. Since HBO Max has all the shows and movies I want to watch, it's my most-watched Streaming service and well worth the money. I do watch Disney+, but it's mainly to watch The Simpsons and The Muppet Show with my mom.
I personally think all these streaming options, while extremely imperfect, are better than cable seeing as we can pick and choose which streaming service we want and exclude ones we don't instead of getting cable channels we don't want bundled with channels we do want. Also, we could pick up where we last left off on our smartphones and temporarily download some movies and TV show episodes. Is there any wonder so many people are cutting the cord?
I did a search for the word "Gatsby" in itch.io's search function, and I came across this game. I told Robert Tyler to submit it to the Gaming Like It's 1925 gamejam, and the rest is history.
I very much am glad he won this prestigious award, as I think he deserved it!
From what I gather, the first amendment doesn't protect Journalists as a class, but the act of speech itself. This just seems like it's going to be dead on first amendment grounds.
Gosh, I've seen political grandstanding, but this proposed bill doesn't just take it to 11, it takes it to 13! I mean, it would help if they would just read the section, but apparently reading one page is too much work for demagogic state representatives…
I just want to thank you for that book recommendation. I have recommended it to those who would be interested as well and will request it from my local independent book store (the fact that the publisher is HarperCollins leads me to believe that there is no DRM-free version of the ebook, which means I am withholding my money from any retailer who sells it with DRM unless none is applied).
In addition, there are some works that are public domain in one country but copyrighted in another. For instance, A.A. Milne's When We Were Very Young has been in the US public domain since last year but has been copyrighted around the world outside of the US because A.A. Milne died in 1956 and E.H. Shepherd, the illustrator, died in 1979, so assuming copyright won't be retroactively extended, it won't enter the public domain until 2050 in countries where copyright terms are the life of the author plus seventy years.
Officers will still respond to calls involving weapons or "imminent risk of harm." This leeway should keep mental health professionals out of harm's way. But it will also increase the risk that mental health crises will see force -- rather than knowledge and de-escalation -- deployed in response to certain 911 calls.
Officers will still respond to calls involving weapons or "imminent risk of harm." This leeway should keep mental health professionals out of harm's way. But it will also increase the risk that mental health crises will see force -- rather than knowledge and de-escalation -- deployed in response to certain 911 calls.
If you had bothered to read that, maybe you wouldn't have made that stupid comment of yours. Or are you just trolling us?
Also, Chris Cox isn't in congress; he became SEC chairman of the George W. Bush administration in the second term and then went back to his lawfirm. Only Wyden is still in Congress (and moved up a chamber from the house to the senate).
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With the exception of Macmillan, whose Tor science-fiction imprint is 100% DRM-free in all online stores.
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HBO Max
If I can reluctantly give the proverbial devil his due, I really enjoy the experience I get out of AT&T's HBO Max service. It has all the movies and TV shows I want to watch, and the fact that they put their new releases on their streaming service the same day they put their new releases in theaters (in a goddamn pandemic, no less!) may have pissed off the likes of Christopher Nolan, but it brought Roku back into the negotiating table and I as a Roku user benefit from having HBO Max as one of the services to which I subscribe. Since HBO Max has all the shows and movies I want to watch, it's my most-watched Streaming service and well worth the money. I do watch Disney+, but it's mainly to watch The Simpsons and The Muppet Show with my mom.
I personally think all these streaming options, while extremely imperfect, are better than cable seeing as we can pick and choose which streaming service we want and exclude ones we don't instead of getting cable channels we don't want bundled with channels we do want. Also, we could pick up where we last left off on our smartphones and temporarily download some movies and TV show episodes. Is there any wonder so many people are cutting the cord?
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Confession…
I did a search for the word "Gatsby" in itch.io's search function, and I came across this game. I told Robert Tyler to submit it to the Gaming Like It's 1925 gamejam, and the rest is history.
I very much am glad he won this prestigious award, as I think he deserved it!
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So is Billion$.
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Back to the future…
Is it 1994 again? Are we listening to CDs, watching a fantastic Simpsons episode on Television, and making sure copyright is fucked for the next twenty years (not to mention the destruction of a whole generation of film) thanks to the impending death of Sonny Bono and the 20-year retroactive term © extension named for him?
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That's more of a social issue than a legal issue, though.
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How is this remotely constitutional?
From what I gather, the first amendment doesn't protect Journalists as a class, but the act of speech itself. This just seems like it's going to be dead on first amendment grounds.
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better at being worse, you mean.
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What kind of ignorant motherfucker are you taking about?
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Whaaa???
Gosh, I've seen political grandstanding, but this proposed bill doesn't just take it to 11, it takes it to 13! I mean, it would help if they would just read the section, but apparently reading one page is too much work for demagogic state representatives…
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I just want to thank you for that book recommendation. I have recommended it to those who would be interested as well and will request it from my local independent book store (the fact that the publisher is HarperCollins leads me to believe that there is no DRM-free version of the ebook, which means I am withholding my money from any retailer who sells it with DRM unless none is applied).
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Then I'll make an, um, "Authorsright" on the words "Author's Right"!
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In addition, there are some works that are public domain in one country but copyrighted in another. For instance, A.A. Milne's When We Were Very Young has been in the US public domain since last year but has been copyrighted around the world outside of the US because A.A. Milne died in 1956 and E.H. Shepherd, the illustrator, died in 1979, so assuming copyright won't be retroactively extended, it won't enter the public domain until 2050 in countries where copyright terms are the life of the author plus seventy years.
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Re: Re: WHY? Because drugs destroy lives.
Not only that, but we're figuring out the exact same thing on Marijuana that we learned long ago on Alcohol.
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Basically Devin Nunes:
"Who will rid me of this meddlesome cow?"
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*ahem*, from the article:
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Cory Doctorow's aphorism.
Cory Doctorow once said that "Every Pirate becomes an Admiral". Well, now the Admirals are back to being pirates.
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If you had bothered to read that, maybe you wouldn't have made that stupid comment of yours. Or are you just trolling us?
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or always an indicator of being a rapist.
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Also, Chris Cox isn't in congress; he became SEC chairman of the George W. Bush administration in the second term and then went back to his lawfirm. Only Wyden is still in Congress (and moved up a chamber from the house to the senate).
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