Around here, smart meters have been used to push through a hidden hike in the price of electricity. How? They were supposed to work by allowing the utility to charge more for peak power use, encouraging people to put off large power useage to off-peak times when the rates would be lower. The sneaky part was that the off-peak "lower" rate was set to exactly the same as the previous flat rate. This means that if you push all of your power use to off peak periods, you pay exactly the same as before the smart meter was installed. If you use any electricity at all during the peak hours, you end up paying more.
Yes, there are others out there, but if you're looking to license exclusive content, you're going to go with the bigger players who have established the customer base.
Or, as the article mentioned CBS doing, you could also go with the service you control, meaning consumers may end up having to subscribe to one service per production studio.
Remember, this is the NYPD we are talking about. They consider international terrorism to be within their jurisdiction. Why would you assume they feel jurisdiction matter at all?
I'd say that this is not a case of "fair use" but rather a case of trademarks working as intended. The trademark holder has created an association between the trademark and a particular venue. Using that trademark to refer to that venue is exactly what trademarks are intended to protect. Having someone else use the trademark to refer to that same venue does not harm the association created by the trademark holder. If anything, it reinforces it.
True, but if the DOJ goes after someone like a manufacturer of hard drives with whole drive encryption, and force them to break the encryption, the DOJ can then use that precedent to come back after Apple.
So now that Apple has shown it will fight any such request to crack the security on a phone, which other company will the FOJ go after in an attempt to get the precedent it wants?
So then any "import" ban would come down to someone being forced to magically comb the entire global internet and make sure no one from the US could ever see or find that code
You sir have discovered the whole purpose of the bill. To give the government justification for snooping on all in ternet traffic.
Are they in the business to provide entertainment and news to readers or to provide an audience for the ads? I'm starting to think it's the latter.
This has always been the case. Newspapers, magazines, and blogs are all a method of aggregating reader attention and then selling that attention to advertisers. It's just that most of them won't admit it.
And once implemented, providers will likely look to simply recoup that lost revenue from broadband users in uncompetitive markets in the form of more fees, usage caps, zero rating and other potentially anti-competitive behavior.
It's also possible that when this does happen, it will provide the FCC with more ammuntion for forcing the cable companies to share their last mile infrastructure with other companies.
OK, I'm not a real gamer. I admit it. Now, why should I avoid Gamasutra? If all you can say is "because I say so" then I'll just consider it to be your paranoid imagination and discount not only your opinions on Gasmasutra, but also your opinions on pretty much anything else.
Why is this needed at all? If a cop suspects cellphone use while driving, lay charges. Then use a subpoena to obtain cell records from the provider. the cop won't need evidence at the side of the road. The evidence is only needed at the trial.
Google is a US based company, and I strongly suspect that this is a result of political pressure being brought to bear on Google by US politicians.
You are right though, a more general question is how to maintain a free and open internet in spite of many different organizations who want to restrict or eliminate things they find uncomfortable or embarassing.
It's more like one fool says all innovation is bad, while the other says all innovation is good. Your insistance that blocking innovation before it happens is a good idea is proof that you are one of the former.
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The sneaky part was that the off-peak "lower" rate was set to exactly the same as the previous flat rate. This means that if you push all of your power use to off peak periods, you pay exactly the same as before the smart meter was installed. If you use any electricity at all during the peak hours, you end up paying more.
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Or, as the article mentioned CBS doing, you could also go with the service you control, meaning consumers may end up having to subscribe to one service per production studio.
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You sir have discovered the whole purpose of the bill. To give the government justification for snooping on all in ternet traffic.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/08/22/americas-10-deadliest-jobs-2/#51d71a45095c
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This has always been the case. Newspapers, magazines, and blogs are all a method of aggregating reader attention and then selling that attention to advertisers.
It's just that most of them won't admit it.
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It's also possible that when this does happen, it will provide the FCC with more ammuntion for forcing the cable companies to share their last mile infrastructure with other companies.
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If a cop suspects cellphone use while driving, lay charges. Then use a subpoena to obtain cell records from the provider.
the cop won't need evidence at the side of the road. The evidence is only needed at the trial.
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You are right though, a more general question is how to maintain a free and open internet in spite of many different organizations who want to restrict or eliminate things they find uncomfortable or embarassing.
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How do you stop anyone's speech without violating the constitution?
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