I just want to cheer Google on as they move into more and more markets and DECIMATE the competition.
The cable and phone company ISPs have forgotten how to compete.
All I want is for Google to move Google Fiber into 10 or so major metropolitan areas and take 90% of the competitors business because they actually give a damn about the customer!!!
I love watching Time Warner cry for mommy government to come and save them because Google is taking their customers. Boo effin hoo.
The ISPs are trying to tell us that we need (even want WTF?) bandwidth caps. Then Google moves into KC with a service 1000% better than what the telcos and cable companies are offering. Its called COMPETITION assholes.
I don't care if Google can get this deployed nationwide. I just want them to HURT the other ISPs.
Isn't it telling that in today's day and age, in many industries, customers are forced to do business with companies that they hate and abhor.
But companies better beware because if a competitor comes in and actually is just plain marginally nice to the customer they will crush the incumbent monopolies.
No if Google will only start to move to becoming a wireless provider. ;-)
I predict the next silly lawsuit to come from this tattoo nonsense will involve a game developer deliberately changing a tattoo for an athlete's likeness in a game and being sued for defamation of character by not representing them correctly as they are in the game....
It is truly a dark time for the internet and technology.
One wonders if in the next generation or two there will be a groundswell in new thought on copyright and IP, similar to the Protestant Reformation or the Enlightenment.
The alternative, should the Maximalists win, will result in a new Dark Age for the internet and by consequence the whole world...
I count the internet as the fifth greatest creation of mankind. Copyright Maximalists count it as a nuisance. The Maximalists are in the end IMHO the enemy of mankind.
This company says they have 1 million infringers. There are only 30 million Canadians total. They are seriously talking about suing 3% of the Canadian population!! Depending on the distribution of the infringers in some of the larger Canadian cities you could be looking at up to 5% of the population getting served notice of a $5000 lawsuit.
This will be a great way to start some riots demanding better copyright legislation.
I have an rsync setup to copy every song I buy from my Mac to my Linux DVR. The files work fine (AAC codec is needed, but there's an apt-get for that).
Where are you people even finding music that still has DRM on it in this day and age??
Yes, yes they are. The record companies have been told for decades to provide legal download services. They have utterly failed to ever lift a finger and even try.
Instead they have allowed tech companies control the distribution of their music digitally. Apple and Amazon distribute almost all of the legal music downloads. The record companies even lost their beloved DRM because they needed to allow Amazon to compete with Apple on a level playing field. Now Google will be getting into the music distribution business.
Stupid is an understatement for what the record companies are doing. They have willingly handed over total control of their distribution channel to other companies. Ironically, these companies all sell music playing devices that don't have and do not connect to CD's. Even the last five updates of Apple's full computers no longer have CD drives. Phones, ipads, fires, and nexus' do not have drives either. The CD is dead, digital distribution is all that will be left soon. And Apple and Amazon OWN distribution.
I always wondered why Apple, Google, or Amazon didn't buy a record company and show the others how its done in the digital age. But I've come to the realization that they don't have to.
Companies used to threaten to pull their songs from iTunes to hurt Apple. Now they will face a future where they can pull their songs from the digital stores, but doing that will now be no different from just going out of business.
The record companies are screwed, the endgame is beginning to be played out.... Illegal downloads aren't their biggest problem, the fact that they don't control the distribution of their own product is. As artists begin to realize that they don't need record companies and can just send their tunes to Apple, or Amazon, or Google to sell (hell and even promote), it'll be game over.....
I love how one arm of the government (FTC) goes after Google because it might be harming consumers who need to be protected, while another arm (DOJ) actively assists huge megacorporations in harming consumers by assisting them in pursuing violations of civil law.
This has to get out. Its now crystal clear. We need to overwhelm the Republicans in the House with INSISTANCE that they adopt this policy!!
It is the time for the people to take control again. The RIAA and MPAA assume that the SOPA backlash was "orchestrated." No it wasn't. MPAA and RIAA we, your customers, HATE YOUR FUCKING GUTS!!! Get it.
WE WANT REASONABLE COPYRIGHTS BACK AND WE WANT IT NOW!!
I still buy digital media, and I still buy DVDs and I still go to movies, but am very close to telling the RIAA and MPAA to fuck of and die. If the don't cut this shit out, I'm just going to stop dealing with them and everything they sell altogether.
Well, Mr. Government toady, thats all fine an good.
But as for the PEOPLE on the Internet, we couldn't care less what "governments" want. We want our Freedom of Expression!! Sorry that's too inconvenient for you.
Take your useless, worthless, outmoded extra-governmental agency and go straight to hell.
While Epic probably contractually has the right to act like rat bastards and screw the band out of proceeds for this album, if they're claiming breach and the band is claiming Epic is breaching the contract (see not counting the album towards their contract commitment), then the contract should be null and void.
The end of this then should be:
1) Epic keeps the masters and does what they want with them. (Although human beings with actual souls recognize this as a vile evil, especially if they're just going to shelve them).
2) The band is required to have no more dealings with their former record company.
That record companies continue to berate customers on morality and then do things to artists that would make the Devil himself blush. Hypocritical bastards.
On the post: Yes, It Would Be Prohibitively Costly For Google To Offer Google Fiber Everywhere, But It Shouldn't Have To
I just want to cheer Google on
The cable and phone company ISPs have forgotten how to compete.
All I want is for Google to move Google Fiber into 10 or so major metropolitan areas and take 90% of the competitors business because they actually give a damn about the customer!!!
I love watching Time Warner cry for mommy government to come and save them because Google is taking their customers. Boo effin hoo.
The ISPs are trying to tell us that we need (even want WTF?) bandwidth caps. Then Google moves into KC with a service 1000% better than what the telcos and cable companies are offering. Its called COMPETITION assholes.
I don't care if Google can get this deployed nationwide. I just want them to HURT the other ISPs.
Isn't it telling that in today's day and age, in many industries, customers are forced to do business with companies that they hate and abhor.
But companies better beware because if a competitor comes in and actually is just plain marginally nice to the customer they will crush the incumbent monopolies.
No if Google will only start to move to becoming a wireless provider. ;-)
On the post: Tattoo Copyright Strikes Again: Tattoo Artist Sues THQ For Accurately Representing Fighter's Tattoo In Game
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On the post: Sega Goes Nuclear On YouTube Videos Of Old Shining Force Game
Hmmmm
Well this ought to solve that.
On the post: Court Orders Yahoo To Pay Mexican Yellow Pages Companies $2.7 Billion In Mystery Case
Re:
One wonders if in the next generation or two there will be a groundswell in new thought on copyright and IP, similar to the Protestant Reformation or the Enlightenment.
The alternative, should the Maximalists win, will result in a new Dark Age for the internet and by consequence the whole world...
I count the internet as the fifth greatest creation of mankind. Copyright Maximalists count it as a nuisance. The Maximalists are in the end IMHO the enemy of mankind.
On the post: Canadian Copyright Law Caps Statutory Damages At $5,000 Just As File Sharing Lawsuits Make Their Unwelcome Return
A million infringers
This will be a great way to start some riots demanding better copyright legislation.
On the post: Recording Industry Could Catch More Flies With Honey, But Keeps Betting On Vinegar
Re: Lower prices? Convenience? Customer-friendly?
On the post: Recording Industry Could Catch More Flies With Honey, But Keeps Betting On Vinegar
Re:
I have an rsync setup to copy every song I buy from my Mac to my Linux DVR. The files work fine (AAC codec is needed, but there's an apt-get for that).
Where are you people even finding music that still has DRM on it in this day and age??
On the post: UK Recording Industry Doesn't Want Google To Reduce Piracy Until It Reduces Piracy
Re:
Yes, yes they are. The record companies have been told for decades to provide legal download services. They have utterly failed to ever lift a finger and even try.
Instead they have allowed tech companies control the distribution of their music digitally. Apple and Amazon distribute almost all of the legal music downloads. The record companies even lost their beloved DRM because they needed to allow Amazon to compete with Apple on a level playing field. Now Google will be getting into the music distribution business.
Stupid is an understatement for what the record companies are doing. They have willingly handed over total control of their distribution channel to other companies. Ironically, these companies all sell music playing devices that don't have and do not connect to CD's. Even the last five updates of Apple's full computers no longer have CD drives. Phones, ipads, fires, and nexus' do not have drives either. The CD is dead, digital distribution is all that will be left soon. And Apple and Amazon OWN distribution.
I always wondered why Apple, Google, or Amazon didn't buy a record company and show the others how its done in the digital age. But I've come to the realization that they don't have to.
Companies used to threaten to pull their songs from iTunes to hurt Apple. Now they will face a future where they can pull their songs from the digital stores, but doing that will now be no different from just going out of business.
The record companies are screwed, the endgame is beginning to be played out.... Illegal downloads aren't their biggest problem, the fact that they don't control the distribution of their own product is. As artists begin to realize that they don't need record companies and can just send their tunes to Apple, or Amazon, or Google to sell (hell and even promote), it'll be game over.....
On the post: Google Asks Germans To Protest 'Pay To Link' Proposal As It Comes Close To Becoming Law
Re: "If sites like Google are making money"...
Aren't you the asshole that always takes the side of the ginormous multinational media companies?
You can take your effing "concern for the poor" hat off now.
The only serious "ethical" value you seem to have is to disagree with Techdirt.
Well at least Mike can be comforted in knowing that you drive hits to the site so he can make money off of you.
On the post: Russian Supreme Court: ISPs Need To Proactively Block 'Illegal Content'
Six Months
It makes you yearn for the day we it was always a non-starter to propose that we do things like Russia does....
On the post: Early-Morning Raid Sent To Confiscate 9-Year-Old's Winnie The Pooh Laptop For Downloading Music
Re: Classic example of appeal to emotions.
The retail industry writes off their losses due to shoplifting, while the content industry desires a full police state to recoup their losses.
Writing off the losses to piracy would make all our lives easier and without the police state monitoring and raids (home invasions).
The RIAA's actions are nearly indistinguishable from a criminal protection racket.
On the post: Google Staredown With FTC May Result In FTC Blinking
hypocitical
On the post: That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform
Stand Firm
It is the time for the people to take control again. The RIAA and MPAA assume that the SOPA backlash was "orchestrated." No it wasn't. MPAA and RIAA we, your customers, HATE YOUR FUCKING GUTS!!! Get it.
WE WANT REASONABLE COPYRIGHTS BACK AND WE WANT IT NOW!!
I still buy digital media, and I still buy DVDs and I still go to movies, but am very close to telling the RIAA and MPAA to fuck of and die. If the don't cut this shit out, I'm just going to stop dealing with them and everything they sell altogether.
On the post: Doug Stanhope: Piracy Is A Problem Only If You Think Of It As A Problem
Six Months
Nice going...
On the post: Patent Office, Perhaps Forgetting What Year It Is, Locks Down Mobile App Development Platforms
Developers
also
I have had it with these $#%#$%#@ patents on %$#%@#$ software!!
On the post: ITU Boss Explains Why He Wants The UN To Start Regulating The Internet
Re:
Encouragement of member governments to impose police state tactics.
QED.
On the post: ITU Boss Explains Why He Wants The UN To Start Regulating The Internet
"Governments are looking for..."
Well, Mr. Government toady, thats all fine an good.
But as for the PEOPLE on the Internet, we couldn't care less what "governments" want. We want our Freedom of Expression!! Sorry that's too inconvenient for you.
Take your useless, worthless, outmoded extra-governmental agency and go straight to hell.
On the post: Epic's 'Music First' Approach: Delay Album Release; Drop Band When They Leak It
Re: Re: @Keii" "I look forward to Death Grips making a million dollars without Epic."
*See Grateful Dead
On the post: Epic's 'Music First' Approach: Delay Album Release; Drop Band When They Leak It
Re: Do you not understand contracts, Mike?
While Epic probably contractually has the right to act like rat bastards and screw the band out of proceeds for this album, if they're claiming breach and the band is claiming Epic is breaching the contract (see not counting the album towards their contract commitment), then the contract should be null and void.
The end of this then should be:
1) Epic keeps the masters and does what they want with them. (Although human beings with actual souls recognize this as a vile evil, especially if they're just going to shelve them).
2) The band is required to have no more dealings with their former record company.
That record companies continue to berate customers on morality and then do things to artists that would make the Devil himself blush. Hypocritical bastards.
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Re: Re:
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