What I think many cord cutters want is essentially "Netflix with everything"
What it looks like we're being offered is the content of cable tv being broken up over 20 different providers with exclusivity contracts so that you'd have to pay even more than you did for cable tv to get it all.
Remember, the goal is to improve the public culture
Copyright is supposed to be a limited protection in order to promote cultural development. If created items are never allowed to enter the public domain until anyone who might remember them has long ago died, then there's no question we're missing the mark.
A short copyright protection is sensible. One that is "X number of years, or life, whichever comes second" is pushing the outer limits of a copyright law that does what it's supposed to do. But it's still within reason.
Current law is a travesty, and for us to be pushing it on other countries who doesn't yet have this particular travesty, that's just worse.
I didn't think it was safety from accidents, I thought it was safety from the driver being a psychopath, since Uber's background checks were more strict than the cab companies. (I spoke at length with one of my Uber drivers, who also drives a cab, and he said a number of other cab drivers he knew couldn't pass the required checks.)
This is not odd at all. It is no more weird than Verizon arguing for Title II one moment, and against Title II the next whenever either suits them. It's not that they forgot the former, it's that they don't actually care about the law, only its effects. One costs them money, the other doesn't, so they go with the one that doesn't.
It's not ironic if you look honestly at the motivations.
I know a girl who works for Keureg. The reason for the DRM is because off-brand cups aren't made of the same non-recyclable plastic, and would warp and sometimes burst spraying scalding hot coffee everywhere. So the engineers made it so you needed an approved cup. That's basically to avoid a McDonalds-style lawsuit.
The PR people are the ones who completely flummoxed that message. It could have been handled much better.
If my office environment is any indicator, Netflix has in no way quelled the desire of fans to talk about their favorite shows. But, rather than talk about the last episode, they talk about the last season. Ad nauseum.
My understanding of Greece's economic woes was that pretty much everyone was dodging the taxes everywhere. Not just businesses dodging sales tax, but homeowners dodging property tax, and everything else in-between.
In my head, it's like The Untouchables, where it just takes someone deciding to walk next door from the police department to "find" the scofflaws.
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On the post: UK Green Party Speculates On Idea To Shorten Copyright To 14 Years... Leading To Mass Freakout
Bad idea, but...
On the post: US Marshal Shuts Down Citizen Recording By Grabbing Phone And Smashing It On The Ground
Re: Nah, when these bad boys act up the taxpayers get to pay
On the post: Chris Dodd Implies US Gov't Should Go After Wikileaks For Publishing Leaked Sony Emails
Re:
On the post: Chris Dodd's Email Reveals What MPAA Really Thinks Of Fair Use: 'Extremely Controversial'
Corporations are people.
On the post: One ISP's Prices Are So Bad, It Refuses To Tell Anyone What They Are
What's the saying?
On the post: DEA Phone Tracking Program Would Have Continued If Not For Snowden
I think that'll be my toast at the bar tonight.
On the post: John Oliver Takes On Government Surveillance With Help From Ed Snowden And... Some Dick Pics
Those weren't all softballs
On the post: State Trooper Disciplined For Taking Photo With Person With 'Well-Known Criminal Background'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicans_convicted_of_crimes
On the post: Cord Cutting Denial Is Alive And Well
I don't entirely disagree with him.
What it looks like we're being offered is the content of cable tv being broken up over 20 different providers with exclusivity contracts so that you'd have to pay even more than you did for cable tv to get it all.
On the post: Congressional Rep. John Carter Discovers Encryption; Worries It May One Day Be Used On Computers To Protect Your Data
On the post: A Growing Chorus Is Trying To Rewrite The History Of Net Neutrality -- And Blame Absolutely Everything On Netflix
Do these jobs pay well?
On the post: US Pressured Japan, Canada, New Zealand And Others Into Extending Copyright
Remember, the goal is to improve the public culture
A short copyright protection is sensible. One that is "X number of years, or life, whichever comes second" is pushing the outer limits of a copyright law that does what it's supposed to do. But it's still within reason.
Current law is a travesty, and for us to be pushing it on other countries who doesn't yet have this particular travesty, that's just worse.
On the post: California Taxi Companies Team Up To Sue Uber For 'False Advertising'
Safety from what?
On the post: Stop The Presses: Disney Tells Court About The Importance Of The Public Domain
This is familiar.
It's not ironic if you look honestly at the motivations.
On the post: Congressional Opponents Of Net Neutrality Try To Shame FCC Boss For Standing Up To ISPs
Translates to
On the post: DRM; Or How To Make 30,000-Hour LED Bulbs 'Last' Only One Month
Keureg
The PR people are the ones who completely flummoxed that message. It could have been handled much better.
On the post: Why Are Some People So Intent On Making Netflix More Like Traditional TV?
On the post: White House Celebrates National Freedom Of Information Day By Making Office Of The Administration Completely UnFOIA-able
My stupid idea of the day
On the post: Greece Wants To Use Amateur Snoopers Wired For Sound And Video To Catch Business Tax Dodgers
Huh
In my head, it's like The Untouchables, where it just takes someone deciding to walk next door from the police department to "find" the scofflaws.
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