Maybe Netflix owns the rights to a particular expression of the content, but there's no way they own the rights to the content itself. So Jim can simply point a camera at himself, do the routine, and post it. Or post the routine from a different show if he wants the atmosphere of the crowd interactions.
"We emphatically distance ourselves from anything baseball-related since we don't want to be even remotely associated with an organization who's douchebag lawyers have nothing better to do than harass unrelated small businesses like ours."
Stand(ing) in the place where you work (now face West)
[Mitchell Langberg, outside counsel for Wynn Resorts], claims it's small businesses that will be hurt the most...
IANAL, But if he's really working for Wynn, he has no standing to represent small businesses in this matter, so that line of reasoning is ultimately irrelevant.
Reading this article, I just realized the insidious condition that makes this sort of "fuckery" possible: network speeds are an area where—similar to transistor density on chips—the status quo requires continual significant improvement.
For most things, if you pay $X for product Y or service Z today, that's still a fairly reasonable deal next month, next year, and heck even several years from now given inflation. But for things like networking service, a good deal today is a marginal deal next year, and complete extortion several years from now.
They don't need to do anything actively nefarious. They can be passive, do nothing, and by doing so anchor their offering to today's standard while the rising tide submerges them and their value.
I'm growing tired of TechDirt's "no HTTPS" whinging
In this case, since videos of public government hearings for news purposes would clearly fall under fair use (if not public domain), why don't you just host the video yourself? FTFY
Sounds like prior restraint to me, opposing someone doing something because the something they do might eventually lead to bad things in the future. Why don't we just punish those hypothetical bad things when they actually if and when they come to pass?
I think of internet bandwidth like other utilities: electricity, gas, water. What if GE offered a line of appliances that let you use them as much as you wanted, and the gas, elec, and water used by them didn't show on your bill? Isn't that just smart marketing, and good for the consumer?
Of course first thing I'd do is turn them into a utility hub for my house, having them feed to all other devices and appliances. GE can subsidize my whole house :-)
Another thought: what if it turns out that per mile traveled, Uber rides are actually safer? Are the taxi companies prepared to let Uber lawyers go through the discovery process on their collision and safety documentation? Given the strong feedback loop resulting from public reviews, I'd bet that Uber drivers are more incented to drive in a calmer and perhaps safer manner. Just a hypothesis, but it'd be very interesting to see what the data shows.
Regardless of the language they choose for this fee, as a consumer I think it's reflects poorly on a company to tack fees onto the base charge for the service for what should just be a cost of doing business. It makes me think of TicketMaster and telecom companies who use it as a way of extracting more and more profits. Unfortunately Lyft also has a "Trust and Safety" fee, so it looks like a bad precedent has already been set here.
My understanding is that any member of congress can read and submit any document into the congressional record as a part of their duties and be free from repercussions. Well at least legal ones. They could be shunned and excluded from the sphere of influence after that.
And that's probably the crux of it. No Congressional member thinks this is the ditch worth dying in. Especially if there's no chance the fast track will be passed by both bodies AND signed by the president.
Why yes, I speak jive politician. Allow me to translate...
I've never sent [an email].
Translation: I am completely out of touch with the American people—who I ostensibly represent—and I have no understanding or empathy for the nuances of this issue.
I don't know what that makes me.
Translation: I am either unable or unwilling to perform basic self-reflection and evaluation. Not only can I not empathize with you, I am not even in touch with my own thoughts and feelings.
Insert any newly mainstreamed technology in that sentence to see just how ridiculous it is:
I've never made a phone call. I've never driven a car. I've never written on papyrus with a quill. I've never used spoken language* (obviously communicated via emphatic grunts and gestures)
And there goes any possibility I will vote for her in 2016. I hope she doesn't get the nomination. This shows an absolute appalling lack of respect for the law, and if she does it here so blatantly, she will undoubtably do so in any other situation she sees fit.
The stock change looks more like market noise to me
I took a look at Gemalto's stock price over the past year, and noticed it was in the mid-$80s a year ago, and dropped to below $60 4 months ago. The blip from $73 to $67, which then trended back up to $70 looks like minor fluctuations compared to the macro trend.
So it seems that investors initially overreacted to the news (as it seems they always do), and then it corrected. It doesn't look like they care too much about this news. Should they? Are they seriously going to lose business because of this? Does anyone seriously think that the NSA won't simply hack any other SIM card provider?
On the post: Jim Jefferies 'Official' Clip Of His 'Gun Control' Routine Taken Down Thanks To Copyright
Can't use that clip? make a new one.
On the post: MLB Drops Trademark Opposition Against WalletHub For 'W' Logo After WalletHub Bows At The MLB Altar
Should have added a second sentence
On the post: FBI's James Comey: I Know All The Experts Insist Backdooring Encryption Is A Bad Idea, But Maybe It's Because They Haven't Really Tried
On the post: Spouting Cliches In A Crowded Theater: Steve Wynn's Lawyer Argues For The Dismantling Of Nevada's Anti-SLAPP Law
Stand(ing) in the place where you work (now face West)
IANAL, But if he's really working for Wynn, he has no standing to represent small businesses in this matter, so that line of reasoning is ultimately irrelevant.
On the post: The Mere Threat Of Real Neutrality Rules Appears To Have Helped Calm Verizon, Level 3, Cogent Interconnection Feud
Condition conducive to "fuckery"
For most things, if you pay $X for product Y or service Z today, that's still a fairly reasonable deal next month, next year, and heck even several years from now given inflation. But for things like networking service, a good deal today is a marginal deal next year, and complete extortion several years from now.
They don't need to do anything actively nefarious. They can be passive, do nothing, and by doing so anchor their offering to today's standard while the rising tide submerges them and their value.
On the post: DC Appeals Court Says Anti-SLAPP Laws Shouldn't Apply In Federal Courts
Seems like a no-brainer for an up and coming congressperson
On the post: Clueless Publicist Doubles Down On Claiming Fair Use Has 'Expired' On Walter Scott Video; Brags About Profiting From Police Killing
Markson logic
Seems straight out of the patent troll playbook.
On the post: AT&T Publicly Promises Tennessee A Broadband Revolution, Privately Fights To Keep It A Broadband Backwater
Broadband now = 25 Mbps+
On the post: Under President's New Cybersecurity Executive Order... Is Wikileaks Now An Evil Cyberhacker For Releasing Trade Deal?
If it's really a national emergency, let's get FEMA involved
On the post: Congressional Rep. John Carter Discovers Encryption; Worries It May One Day Be Used On Computers To Protect Your Data
I'm growing tired of TechDirt's "no HTTPS" whinging
On the post: Showtime, HBO Working With ISPs To Make Their Streaming Services Cap Exempt
Re: Re: Not sure I oppose zero rating
I think of internet bandwidth like other utilities: electricity, gas, water. What if GE offered a line of appliances that let you use them as much as you wanted, and the gas, elec, and water used by them didn't show on your bill? Isn't that just smart marketing, and good for the consumer?
Of course first thing I'd do is turn them into a utility hub for my house, having them feed to all other devices and appliances. GE can subsidize my whole house :-)
On the post: California Taxi Companies Team Up To Sue Uber For 'False Advertising'
Are the taxi comanies prepared for discovery?
On the post: California Taxi Companies Team Up To Sue Uber For 'False Advertising'
This fee does drop my respect for Uber
On the post: TPP Talks Hung Up On Intellectual Property Issues: Maybe Just Drop That Section
Let's focus on the positive: the process is hung up
On the post: USTR Pushes Congress To Approve Trade Deals... But Threatens Reps With Criminal Prosecution If They Tell The Public What's In Them
FUD ignores the Speech and Debate Clause
And that's probably the crux of it. No Congressional member thinks this is the ditch worth dying in. Especially if there's no chance the fast track will be passed by both bodies AND signed by the president.
On the post: Dear Politicians: Responding To The Clinton Email Scandal By Proudly Affirming You've Never Used Email Isn't Helping
Why yes, I speak jive politician. Allow me to translate...
Translation: I am completely out of touch with the American people—who I ostensibly represent—and I have no understanding or empathy for the nuances of this issue.
I don't know what that makes me.
Translation: I am either unable or unwilling to perform basic self-reflection and evaluation. Not only can I not empathize with you, I am not even in touch with my own thoughts and feelings.
Insert any newly mainstreamed technology in that sentence to see just how ridiculous it is:
I've never made a phone call.
I've never driven a car.
I've never written on papyrus with a quill.
I've never used spoken language* (obviously communicated via emphatic grunts and gestures)
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Narcotics Anonymous, NOT Einstein
Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.
—Narcotics Anonymous
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The stand-alone HBO subscription can't come soon enough
On the post: There Is No Way That Hillary Clinton Didn't Know She Was Supposed To Use A Government Email Account
Dealbreaker for me
On the post: Gemalto Takes The Lenovo Approach: Denies Any Real Risk From NSA Hacking Its Encryption Keys
The stock change looks more like market noise to me
So it seems that investors initially overreacted to the news (as it seems they always do), and then it corrected. It doesn't look like they care too much about this news. Should they? Are they seriously going to lose business because of this? Does anyone seriously think that the NSA won't simply hack any other SIM card provider?
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