Seems very clear to me who should be held responsible.
Piracy, a huge international problem, shouldn't be dealt with directly.
Sounds sensible to me. Piracy is a real problem and people are getting killed. It funds terrorism.
I'm glad Weatherley is on it: "Unfortunately, the attacks on ships – and their subsequent looting – has been facilitated by refineries of marine diesel and, ultimately, shipbuilders who do have to step-up and take some responsibility.”
Unless this were an area of some special interest, like a high level of gang activity, I would expect a kid to have a pocketknife. Hell, I always have one, plus a bigger one in the car (along with a lot of other tools, like tire iron, hammer, screwdriver etc), and I am hardly, as far as I am aware, a terrorist.
DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), 15 Apr 2014 @ 11:22am
Net Neutrality and the dawn of telephony
Not only is it an existing problem, it's one that goes back at least until the 1880s. Telephone numbers were invented as a way to bypass network control and subversion by telephone operators.
If you don't know about the Strowger switch there's a not very good wikipedia page on it here.
DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), 31 Mar 2014 @ 11:43am
Can EMC sue?
Since the government impaired the value of RSA (which was purchased by EMC) could EMC sue the government for destroying their asset? Seems like this would fall after the last clause of the fifth amendment: "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"
DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), 28 Mar 2014 @ 11:41am
Asymmetry of consequence
The worst thing about this is that there is no feedback in the system. If you unfairly prevent someone from traveling you (TSA) dont suffer at all in fact you could be praised. While the innocent traveler is screwed.
On the other hand if you fail to find a gun-carrier, well, theres an X ray machine to (maybe) find it.
DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), 25 Mar 2014 @ 11:00am
Re: Will there be any penalty?
I assume youre referring the judges rather direct appeal to the Justice Department to take a look on the basis of collusion or racketeering:
Either way, the judge makes it quite clear that he views ASCAP's activities as "coordinated" with the major publishers, rather than any sort of independent competitive market,
Sadly, the Obama/Biden administration (referring in particular to Biden) appear to be strongly in favor of supporting the old guard in preference to the upstarts.
She is suffering from the politicians nighmare: being forgotten. As long as her name is out there theres a chance she could be re-elected. So any press is better than no press at all.
I'm not sure in what plane of reality the cable and broadcast industry ever passes on savings to you...
I think you have missed the mathematical property that savings is a signed quantity.
Thus what you consider a price increase of 30% is really a savings of -30%, which is a savings of unprecedented magnitude thanks to our wonderful telcos! Be thankful we live in the USA USA USA rather than, say, Europe, where those socialists believe that companies should compete.
I'm not sure in what plane of reality the cable and broadcast industry ever passes on savings to you...
I think you have missed the mathematical property that savings is a signed quantity.
Thus what you consider a price increase of 30% is really a savings of -30%, which is a savings of unprecedented magnitude thanks to our wonderful telcos! Be thankful we live in the USA USA USA rather than, say, Europe, where those socialists believe that companies should compete.
DV Henkel-Wallace (profile), 17 Feb 2014 @ 10:05am
Craig Moffett
former Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett, who spent years insisting [...]hat cord cutters weren't real, only to recently move to his own firm, where he now readily admits cord cutting is an important trend (you're to ignore the fact he was not just wrong, but aggressively wrong, for many years).
It seems likely that you're to embrace it, not ignore it. Moffett appears to be saying, "I am the standard analyst who will shill for whoever pays my bill. I am signaling that the cablecos are not paying me but am available to the highest bidder."
It's possible he's saying "now I'm a free agent and will speak my mind" but it will take a long time for him to overcome the old reputation, if he could even pull that off at all.
Sadly this is how most analysts, in most industries, seem to behave. There are some notable exceptions (Ben Bajarin in the PC sector comes to mind) but they are quite few and far between!
Say, Mike: this makes me realize that Techdirt deserves to win some awards. Perhaps you could enter the JD Powers contest for "Best tech blog with an earth-related term in its title." Or, come to think of it, "Most effective farm machinery". I'm sure with payment of a small entry fee either, or both, would be forthcoming.
PS: the part about Powers sounds like a joke, though sadly it isn't. The part about TD deserving an award is not a joke.
I would like to see [Google] ... be more generous to the ecosystem that started their success a few years ago
I love his tunnel vision of internet-as-TV-replacement. Apparently the Internet had no value to anyone until the professional music and film industries discovered it (and thereby gave Google a reason to exist).
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Antibiotics
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pedantry, sorry!
AT&T actually has a strong interest -- in eliminating DSL subscriptions.
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But did he use a selfie gun?
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Seems very clear to me who should be held responsible.
I'm glad Weatherley is on it: "Unfortunately, the attacks on ships – and their subsequent looting – has been facilitated by refineries of marine diesel and, ultimately, shipbuilders who do have to step-up and take some responsibility.”
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wait, a _knife_???
Unless this were an area of some special interest, like a high level of gang activity, I would expect a kid to have a pocketknife. Hell, I always have one, plus a bigger one in the car (along with a lot of other tools, like tire iron, hammer, screwdriver etc), and I am hardly, as far as I am aware, a terrorist.
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Wait, what about love letters?
Luckily I don't live in Germany right now so this is hypothetical.
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Net Neutrality and the dawn of telephony
If you don't know about the Strowger switch there's a not very good wikipedia page on it here.
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Can EMC sue?
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Asymmetry of consequence
On the other hand if you fail to find a gun-carrier, well, theres an X ray machine to (maybe) find it.
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Re: Will there be any penalty?
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She is HOPING for the streisand effect
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I would think the FCC would prohibit this
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Sounds like he has a new name!
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Telecom ALWAYS passes the savings on
Thus what you consider a price increase of 30% is really a savings of -30%, which is a savings of unprecedented magnitude thanks to our wonderful telcos! Be thankful we live in the USA USA USA rather than, say, Europe, where those socialists believe that companies should compete.
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Telecom ALWAYS passes the savings on
Thus what you consider a price increase of 30% is really a savings of -30%, which is a savings of unprecedented magnitude thanks to our wonderful telcos! Be thankful we live in the USA USA USA rather than, say, Europe, where those socialists believe that companies should compete.
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Craig Moffett
It's possible he's saying "now I'm a free agent and will speak my mind" but it will take a long time for him to overcome the old reputation, if he could even pull that off at all.
Sadly this is how most analysts, in most industries, seem to behave. There are some notable exceptions (Ben Bajarin in the PC sector comes to mind) but they are quite few and far between!
Say, Mike: this makes me realize that Techdirt deserves to win some awards. Perhaps you could enter the JD Powers contest for "Best tech blog with an earth-related term in its title." Or, come to think of it, "Most effective farm machinery". I'm sure with payment of a small entry fee either, or both, would be forthcoming.
PS: the part about Powers sounds like a joke, though sadly it isn't. The part about TD deserving an award is not a joke.
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Re: Artists controlling the use of thier work
Toyota doesn't try to control how drive their car, even if you use it as a getaway vehicle.
Apple doesn't try to control what you say with a phone they made.
I don't try to control what source code you compile.
Why to these guys get special treatment?
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Re: Artists controlling the use of thier work
Toyota doesn't try to control how drive their car, even if you use it as a getaway vehicle.
Apple doesn't try to control what you say with a phone they made.
I don't try to control what source code you compile.
Why to these guys get special treatment?
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Reminds me of the famous quote
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Best quote was overlooked
The stupidity...it burns!
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