And in all of these cases, the customers are those mirroring the content from Wikileaks, not Wikileaks themselves. Also the Webhosts are disabling the account of their customers, not the customers refusing to mirror Wikileaks.
Because your question of whether Mike hosts or not a Wikileaks mirror has NOTHING to do with whether Mike's webhost would disable or not Mike's account for hosting said mirror.
Because nowhere in the Terms of Service does it state "we can terminate your account if you post anything political that we disagree with." Because "kinda maybe future DDoS attacks" is a bullshit weasel argument to disable said account. Because it represents a breach of contract between two parts (the contract states exactly which Terms are ground for termination). Because it is a service they are paying for. Because it is a poorly hidden attempt to please those that wish to trample on your freedom-of-speech rights.
And because none of the above apply to some random guy with a blog on the net. Only to the actual service providers that have signed a service contract with the customer.
Yes, they definitely should host a Wikileaks mirror because some anonymous coward in the intertubes dared them to.
What's next? Super special double dare? According to your logic, TD should mirror every single thing that has been unfairly taken down on the internet by anyone at all.
I guess you could always donate to buy servers for that. But you would have to give personal information... too bad.
I guess Techdirt is also covering up their asses from the great tomato controversy, since http://tomato.techdirt.com also redirects to the main Techdirt page.
There are many reasons to want to use a mobile device for shopping on the spot: first, if you're going shopping at all, usually you're browsing (unless you saw something online and made a beeline to the store to buy it for some reason), and if something strikes your fancy, you'll buy it. But more people would rather know if that specific camera brand is better than some other specific camera brand, or if there are lots of negative reviews about how long it takes the flash to charge, or if the whole thing will break down in a week. Other is of course, price comparison. Maybe you'd like to know if it comes in more colors than what they have available in this Walmart?
In most of these cases you didn't have a knowledge beforehand you went out to shop to make your research in your PC. Not everyone is Batman-crazy-prepared like that.
Does that mean the store needs less staff? I don't know.
As has been proved over and over and over and over, there is money to be made and ways to make people want to pay, and they're happening RIGHT NOW.
Just because you're blinded with the old-school way of thinking "gimme money for DVDs/plastic music discs/lightning in a bottle" doesn't mean the world isn't going to keep moving on and past that.
It is not so much an article of faith, as saying that the OPPOSITE is an article of gloom and doom. Do you think what made HBO special is some sort of unique cosmic event, and that the last true artists are going to die with it?
If there's money to be made, there will be those who invest large amounts of money. Did you think companies like HBO just popped out during the big bang?
If HBO goes away because it failed to adapt, something as good or better as HBO will pop up to fill that void, and it will be made with the current technology as its foundation.
Then "old content" will go away, the companies will disappear, and new upstarts will come that create the content in a way that actually makes money that isn't run by dinosaurs, and by then there will be nobody left to sue them.
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Because your question of whether Mike hosts or not a Wikileaks mirror has NOTHING to do with whether Mike's webhost would disable or not Mike's account for hosting said mirror.
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And because none of the above apply to some random guy with a blog on the net. Only to the actual service providers that have signed a service contract with the customer.
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If Chrome is acting up, maybe you're using https? Browsers warn you if the URL doesn't match the one in the cert.
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What's next? Super special double dare? According to your logic, TD should mirror every single thing that has been unfairly taken down on the internet by anyone at all.
I guess you could always donate to buy servers for that. But you would have to give personal information... too bad.
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Next time, try harder.
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In most of these cases you didn't have a knowledge beforehand you went out to shop to make your research in your PC. Not everyone is Batman-crazy-prepared like that.
Does that mean the store needs less staff? I don't know.
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Just because you're blinded with the old-school way of thinking "gimme money for DVDs/plastic music discs/lightning in a bottle" doesn't mean the world isn't going to keep moving on and past that.
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