Thing is you don't even have to go on the street corner to get this stuff. For example during the 2010 Winter Games VANOC and The Hudson Bay Company (the lover of all things Indian/First Nations/Native) were happily flogging off counterfeit Cowichan (Indian) Sweaters at nearly the same price the genuine article is sold for. Now a genuine one with some small care will last a lifetime or two while the knock offs are probably already falling apart which didn't lead either organization to lose a microsecond's sleep.
Go to any tourist trap area of any large city and you'll find stores filled to the brim with them which will later appear in thrift stores such as Value Village a few weeks after the tourist "season" ends. (For Vancouver there are two of them: Summer or Grouse Grind Season and Winter or Ski Season.)
It's gaining hold in Canada. That may be because we've caught an infection or other drifting across the 49th parallel. ;-)
Would this suit be successful up here? In a way it would be though Righthaven would be slapped down hard. (See my post with the straw man alert in it.)
The lunacy here isn't as much about creators, as we both know, but about how much the parasitical middlemen can suck out of the creator before, maybe, paying them something.
One thing I do know is that Bob isn't the least bit creative. I'm sure he has a list of stock phrases that he strings together which create posts of varying readability and sense. No human could actually write that poorly after Grade 4!
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I guess this is another way from getting out from under when you don't have an argument.
BTW, speaking for myself, yes I do regularly click through in those circumstances.
And did you read the story Mike linked to?
Ms Wong republished the story out of concern for the animals who were the centre of the story not to make a profit (her blog didn't show ads) but out of concern.
Part of deciding any case, this one included includes motivation and this is certainly innocent enough if not, admittedly, the correct decision on her part. An email or letter pointing out her mistake or a conversation with her by Righthaven would have cleared this up without the lawsuit. Just as importantly Righthaven's motivation in filing suit without following normal procedures is or will be part of the decision.
In my country Ms Wong would be found to infringe, undoubtedly, but the award to Righthaven would have been on the order of $1 and Righthaven would be on the hook for Ms Wong's costs. Keeps frivolous and trolling lawsuits down to a minimum it does. Stirkes me this is both.
Problem is that this outfit sues over a teaser, as it's called in the trade, with a link to the entire story. Teaser being the first paragraph or two to gain interest and then the Read More link.
You're not taking a darned thing away from the "creator" or their ad revenue, if anything you're contributing to it to it doing that.
Strikes me that that's a hell of a way to lose revenue for a "creator" though I have some issues with calling a news organization a creator and yes, I've worked in that industry. Writing to an inverted pyramid style isn't all that creative, you know.
Not really, the whole plan is just so incredibly wasteful and stupid that no one here is quite able to believe that intelligent adults could come up with such a thing.
A quick glance says that it's got CMS programs like Joomla and Drupal covered, news sites like MSN and HuffPo covered and more than likely the blinking light one often finds in window displays in malls and the few remaining department stores.
Jackpot!!
Paul better hurry up and add Microsoft to the list of defendants, along with blogs. He'd crack another 13 billion in no time flat!
How to ruin your reputation and legacy all at the same time.
Ahhh, you want to tell me that monopolies are any better?
Let me point you to the Rev Adam Smith who penned a small volume called "The Wealth of Nations". I think, though I can't be sure, that it's out of copyright and in the public domain now.
You see the thing about writing about trends is that trends aren't considered "hard news" which is more like "man bites dog who bit man" than trends are.
Trends are anything a writer or editor thinks they are. The problem here is that while you can dash off a piece about trends in fashion with no facts whatever to back it up because no one will fact check you. Same with movies, plays or tv shows.
This bit of nonsense strays more to hard news which requires some, a little I hope, fact checking instead of the almost none the errors indicate.
If is a surprise that getting too close to a bison will invite a charge? No.
Is it a surprise that feeding a bear may, in some cases with grizzlies, kodiaks and almost always with polar bears ends up with the feeder becoming lunch themselves?
Is is a surprise that anyone with a camera might end up falling into a big hole if they're not paying attention be it a pin-hole, film, bad cell phone camera, 35mm film or whatever? No, it's called pay attention, regardless of technology?
Is it a surprise that there are urbanoid jerks who suddenly appear in summer in the woods or on the water (fresh or salt) that have no idea and have made no preparation for what they're about to get into? No, because these people have a Disnified idea that the wild is a nice friendly place where all the animals sing and dance and wouldn't feel threatened by or afraid of the top predator on the planet? Try telling a Wolverine to sing and dance!
It's also no surprise that some of "genus urbanoid" would press the panic button when there's no need to. They get one chance here and next time they're told to get in the chopper which has changed from Search and Rescue to RCMP and taken back to the detachment and charged with being a public nuisance or anything else the creative constable can come up with at the time. (At sea, in these parts, its the Coast Guard and oh boy can these people learn the finer points of maritime and naval law in a hurry!)
In the meantime, I have to agree with SR84 that these devices are invaluable to air/sea/land search and rescue and save valuable time when there is a real emergency which, sadly, there often is when "genus urbanoid" wanders off without preparation and gets lost or finds themselves suddenly between a mama cougar and her cub despite all the evidence that there's a big cat around any maybe one should be careful and make a lot of noise to tell mama cougar to collect her cub(s) before you get there.
No doubt the "reporter" and "editor" of this piece are members of "genus urbanoid" who do things any member or "genus rural" would think three times about doing. Makes for a good laugh of two at the pub or coffee shop, mind you!
conservative/liberal/libertarian or just plain lunatic they're all politicans and they all act and do the same thing with about as much research. So does the WSJ, btw.
As Mike noted in his post the source isn't the strongest, Roy Schestowitz is far from one of the best sources of anything given his penchant for rumour mongering and outright attack before research but even he gets things right from time to time.
Nor is he above shameless self promotion by placing Dr before his name to indicate his PhD.
As a veteran let me say that I have complete and total confidence in organizations like the military which have always geared up to fight the last war they were in.
Homeland Security doesn't strike me as doing much different than various militaries have have thousands of years of practice in getting wrong.
There are places like borders, too, where inspections are legally done without warrant and where you're already being x-rayed as you cross. Both ways on major Canada-US border crossings.
That said what Mike is pointing at is use inside the country where one can reasonably expect that law enforcement will stay out of things unless they have reasonable grounds enough to get a warrant for this kind of stuff.
As it's already on the road in the US I suspect our boys and girls in red serge up here in Canada are packing it around in their 4x4 SUVs now and scanning just as randomly as I suspect is going on in the US. Oh well.
By the way, I have a new line of x-ray reflecting clothing and bin liners for pickups coming out in a week!
In two weeks I'll have a device when it detects a scan will send back an x-ray of something innocuous like a family of european tourists on a trip to do some serious tree hugging.
Well, we are crossing the border in hordes to buy up all the cheap land in Seattle and Portland, OR cause the locals can't afford it anymore.
These things are also needed to ensure that we don't smuggle oranges into the United States which might do something nasty to the orange crops in Florida and California when all we're doing is packing a lunch for a day of shopping for deals and porn in Bellingham, WA.
As for the BC Bud we've found a way for it to piggy back on the oil pipeline Sarah Palin was so hot to have built from Alaska to the Lower 48 so it never goes near an inspector!
Please note that along with the State of Washington we here in British Columbia are engaging in a program so scanning vehicles for tell tale indications that the occupants are from California so that we can divert them into the Columbia River as it empties into the Pacific Ocean.
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Go to any tourist trap area of any large city and you'll find stores filled to the brim with them which will later appear in thrift stores such as Value Village a few weeks after the tourist "season" ends. (For Vancouver there are two of them: Summer or Grouse Grind Season and Winter or Ski Season.)
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Therefore, you owe me $20 for reading your inane drivel.
(I don't know of any formal link between Nina and Techdirt though she's a frequent poster here. Maybe you could ask her.)
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Would this suit be successful up here? In a way it would be though Righthaven would be slapped down hard. (See my post with the straw man alert in it.)
The lunacy here isn't as much about creators, as we both know, but about how much the parasitical middlemen can suck out of the creator before, maybe, paying them something.
One thing I do know is that Bob isn't the least bit creative. I'm sure he has a list of stock phrases that he strings together which create posts of varying readability and sense. No human could actually write that poorly after Grade 4!
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I guess this is another way from getting out from under when you don't have an argument.
BTW, speaking for myself, yes I do regularly click through in those circumstances.
And did you read the story Mike linked to?
Ms Wong republished the story out of concern for the animals who were the centre of the story not to make a profit (her blog didn't show ads) but out of concern.
Part of deciding any case, this one included includes motivation and this is certainly innocent enough if not, admittedly, the correct decision on her part. An email or letter pointing out her mistake or a conversation with her by Righthaven would have cleared this up without the lawsuit. Just as importantly Righthaven's motivation in filing suit without following normal procedures is or will be part of the decision.
In my country Ms Wong would be found to infringe, undoubtedly, but the award to Righthaven would have been on the order of $1 and Righthaven would be on the hook for Ms Wong's costs. Keeps frivolous and trolling lawsuits down to a minimum it does. Stirkes me this is both.
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You're not taking a darned thing away from the "creator" or their ad revenue, if anything you're contributing to it to it doing that.
Strikes me that that's a hell of a way to lose revenue for a "creator" though I have some issues with calling a news organization a creator and yes, I've worked in that industry. Writing to an inverted pyramid style isn't all that creative, you know.
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Damn that's covered everything!
Jackpot!!
Paul better hurry up and add Microsoft to the list of defendants, along with blogs. He'd crack another 13 billion in no time flat!
How to ruin your reputation and legacy all at the same time.
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Let me point you to the Rev Adam Smith who penned a small volume called "The Wealth of Nations". I think, though I can't be sure, that it's out of copyright and in the public domain now.
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Isn't that why Americans fought a small revolution starting in 1776? Some tax or other?
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There's ALWAYS a trend
Trends are anything a writer or editor thinks they are. The problem here is that while you can dash off a piece about trends in fashion with no facts whatever to back it up because no one will fact check you. Same with movies, plays or tv shows.
This bit of nonsense strays more to hard news which requires some, a little I hope, fact checking instead of the almost none the errors indicate.
If is a surprise that getting too close to a bison will invite a charge? No.
Is it a surprise that feeding a bear may, in some cases with grizzlies, kodiaks and almost always with polar bears ends up with the feeder becoming lunch themselves?
Is is a surprise that anyone with a camera might end up falling into a big hole if they're not paying attention be it a pin-hole, film, bad cell phone camera, 35mm film or whatever? No, it's called pay attention, regardless of technology?
Is it a surprise that there are urbanoid jerks who suddenly appear in summer in the woods or on the water (fresh or salt) that have no idea and have made no preparation for what they're about to get into? No, because these people have a Disnified idea that the wild is a nice friendly place where all the animals sing and dance and wouldn't feel threatened by or afraid of the top predator on the planet? Try telling a Wolverine to sing and dance!
It's also no surprise that some of "genus urbanoid" would press the panic button when there's no need to. They get one chance here and next time they're told to get in the chopper which has changed from Search and Rescue to RCMP and taken back to the detachment and charged with being a public nuisance or anything else the creative constable can come up with at the time. (At sea, in these parts, its the Coast Guard and oh boy can these people learn the finer points of maritime and naval law in a hurry!)
In the meantime, I have to agree with SR84 that these devices are invaluable to air/sea/land search and rescue and save valuable time when there is a real emergency which, sadly, there often is when "genus urbanoid" wanders off without preparation and gets lost or finds themselves suddenly between a mama cougar and her cub despite all the evidence that there's a big cat around any maybe one should be careful and make a lot of noise to tell mama cougar to collect her cub(s) before you get there.
No doubt the "reporter" and "editor" of this piece are members of "genus urbanoid" who do things any member or "genus rural" would think three times about doing. Makes for a good laugh of two at the pub or coffee shop, mind you!
Nuff said.
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Nor is he above shameless self promotion by placing Dr before his name to indicate his PhD.
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Homeland Security doesn't strike me as doing much different than various militaries have have thousands of years of practice in getting wrong.
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That said what Mike is pointing at is use inside the country where one can reasonably expect that law enforcement will stay out of things unless they have reasonable grounds enough to get a warrant for this kind of stuff.
As it's already on the road in the US I suspect our boys and girls in red serge up here in Canada are packing it around in their 4x4 SUVs now and scanning just as randomly as I suspect is going on in the US. Oh well.
By the way, I have a new line of x-ray reflecting clothing and bin liners for pickups coming out in a week!
In two weeks I'll have a device when it detects a scan will send back an x-ray of something innocuous like a family of european tourists on a trip to do some serious tree hugging.
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These things are also needed to ensure that we don't smuggle oranges into the United States which might do something nasty to the orange crops in Florida and California when all we're doing is packing a lunch for a day of shopping for deals and porn in Bellingham, WA.
As for the BC Bud we've found a way for it to piggy back on the oil pipeline Sarah Palin was so hot to have built from Alaska to the Lower 48 so it never goes near an inspector!
Please note that along with the State of Washington we here in British Columbia are engaging in a program so scanning vehicles for tell tale indications that the occupants are from California so that we can divert them into the Columbia River as it empties into the Pacific Ocean.
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