There will come a time when the total backwardsness of the US ISPs is going to cost us any and all technological edge we think we may have.
When other countries have 10x the bandwidth we have for 1/10th the price, they will technologically innovate while we will stand still.
It is time for the FCC to drop the hammer on ISPs and make caps, throttling, filtering, and monitoring illegal. Its way past time that the internet be declared a common carrier network. But of course the FCC has be regulatory captured and refuses to serve the public like its supposed to.
When your paper came out and the copyright industry induced a hissy fit about it, I immediately contacted my (republican) representative and told them that the actions taken against you were unfair and uncalled for.
I indicated that many of your suggestions should be made law and that anyone opposing them would not get my vote (and yes my Rep. has previously gotten my vote, twice).
The Republican party could make great headway on this issue if they remembered that they should be the party advocating for limited involvement of the government in people's lives.
The Pirate Party really needs to get this information in their promotional material. This publicity could really help them expand.
It will be nice to see the Pirate Party get some representation in parliament, so they can really start fighting back against these maximalist assholes.
As Google continues to expand its service in KC, we'll start to see a trend of Tech companies moving/starting up there because of the draw it will have for their workers.
Re: And it could be soooo much more easier for Google
Yeah, because pissing off and ditching their customers and users on behalf of a whiny industry that feels itself entitled to, to put it bluntly, A POLICE STATE to make sure they get paid is a great idea.
Due to the one way, permanent, no turning back nature of migrating games to the Wii U, we have made the decision in our household to NOT move the games. We'll run two consoles, thank you very much.
Nintendo cared so much about not allowing game saves and downloaded games to move to the Wii U that they made it worthless to move games to the Wii U.
I was gobsmacked that the process was one way only and one time only.
Wii compatibility on the Wii U is worthless to me, they just as well could have left the feature out.
On the post: Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion
This will cost us
When other countries have 10x the bandwidth we have for 1/10th the price, they will technologically innovate while we will stand still.
It is time for the FCC to drop the hammer on ISPs and make caps, throttling, filtering, and monitoring illegal. Its way past time that the internet be declared a common carrier network. But of course the FCC has be regulatory captured and refuses to serve the public like its supposed to.
On the post: France, Cradle Of 'Three Strikes' Punishment, Explores Another Bad Idea: Killing Net Neutrality
France
On the post: Carmen Ortiz Refuses To Reflect; Insists Her Office Will Do Everything The Same As Before
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Do you know what Libertarianism even means?
On the post: Six Strikes Administrator: Loss Of Open WiFi Access At Cafes Is Acceptable Collateral Damage
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Now, you're getting it. They TRULY do want to destroy the internet, one of the greatest inventions of mankind to protect their profit.
The RIAA/MPAA are organizations of pure evil.
On the post: Six Strikes Administrator: Loss Of Open WiFi Access At Cafes Is Acceptable Collateral Damage
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Sadly, both ISPs in my town subscribe to this "give the users features they loath" copyright "strikes" strategy.
My rule: on the 1st strike, all my traffic will become encrypted.
On the post: NRA: Games To Blame For Violence! Also, Here's A Shooting Game For 4-Year-Olds!
Wait what?
AND you're arguing that violent games are protected under free speech?!!!
Contradiction much? Sure the NRA may be hypocrites here but you don't have to jump on that bandwagon.
Oh and being hypocrites is NOT adequate evidence to have their app pulled from the app store.
On the post: Carmen Ortiz's Husband Criticizes Swartz Family For Suggesting Prosecution Of Their Son Contributed To His Suicide
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The prosecution's threats actually carried MORE weight than a cyberbully's.
The disproportionality of all Copyright law is mind-blowing and the citizens (subjects?) are beginning to notice....
On the post: CNET Finally Reports On Its Own Fight With CBS Over Dish CES Award
They're done...
....Not anymore....
...You also stood by and let your corporate masters and the minutes of thought they put into censoring you destroy those years of work....
CNET is now and forever a tarnished technological news source. How are we supposed to know what news has been filtered by their powerful owners?
The best option, and really only option is to abandon them as a reliable news source.
On the post: CBS Sports Writer Feels It's OK To Issue 'Stealth' Corrections Because It's Just 'The Internet'
Still
Thats an actual true fact.
On the post: Techdirt Interview With Derek Khanna, Author Of The RSC 'Fix Copyright' Policy Briefing
Thank you
When your paper came out and the copyright industry induced a hissy fit about it, I immediately contacted my (republican) representative and told them that the actions taken against you were unfair and uncalled for.
I indicated that many of your suggestions should be made law and that anyone opposing them would not get my vote (and yes my Rep. has previously gotten my vote, twice).
The Republican party could make great headway on this issue if they remembered that they should be the party advocating for limited involvement of the government in people's lives.
On the post: Confusing Value And Price, Choir Demands £3000 Per Download
So....
On the post: More Post-Newtown Fallout: Gun Owners Vs. Journalists In New York
The real lesson
On the post: BPI Threatens To Sue UK Pirate Party Leaders Personally Due To Internet Proxy
Re:
It will be nice to see the Pirate Party get some representation in parliament, so they can really start fighting back against these maximalist assholes.
On the post: China Tries To Block Encrypted Traffic
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How about, don't snoop on my network communications?
On the post: Time Warner Cable Doesn't Think There's Demand For Google Fiber
Prediction
This might also draw telecommuters to KC as well.
On the post: Italian Prosecutor Still Wants To Put Google Execs In Jail Because Of A Video Uploaded By Some Kids
Google comment reader
On the post: DMCA Copyright Takedowns To Google Increased 10x In Just The Past Six Months
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On the post: DMCA Copyright Takedowns To Google Increased 10x In Just The Past Six Months
Re: And it could be soooo much more easier for Google
On the post: DMCA Copyright Takedowns To Google Increased 10x In Just The Past Six Months
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Copyrights on song that can even be 80 years long is a huge part of the problem. We need LIMITED copyrights again.
People don't respect copyright anymore because copyright has become ETERNAL for the big media companies.
On the post: Nintendo Still Loves DRM; The Internet Not So Much
I won't transfer from our Wii
Nintendo cared so much about not allowing game saves and downloaded games to move to the Wii U that they made it worthless to move games to the Wii U.
I was gobsmacked that the process was one way only and one time only.
Wii compatibility on the Wii U is worthless to me, they just as well could have left the feature out.
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