The Democrat Party and the Pin-Head-In-Chief have now taken their massive, silly and fully embraced un-truism "Too Big To Fail" and now lowering the bar quite a bit have recast it as "Too Stupid To Fail".
And exactly what does he propose to do with slobbering dreck that this knee-pad-eye-view journalism is going to produce?
Give it away for free? Force me to buy it?
I am already SEETHING mad that my Sat TV company won't let me buy ala-carte by network, so I can do my part to DE-FUND leftist crap holes like CNN, MSNBC and NBC.
The Democrats are blind, tone deaf and are racing toward huge, and virtually permanent defeats in 2010 and 2012.
I was just sitting here by my open sliding glass door, humming my favorite Squeeze tune and I noticed three deer nearby listening to me and tapping their little hoofies.
"If an answer key is infringing, then wouldn't that make student answers infringing as well?"
Oh, God how I wish I was a law student today getting ready to take a test in my "Intellectual Property" class and suddenly be armed with this juicy-bit-o-knowledge.
If any atty was stoooopid enough to copyright a brief for submittal to the court, the Clerk should simply deny the filing until the copyright is removed (or amended with a free to distribute license) as copy and dissemination of documents is part of the Clerks job. And some court systems have gone all electronic so even the initial input scan would violate the copyright.
This unwarranted tax subsidy is a naked pay-off to Seattle/Tacoma liberal print media for looking the other way for years, ignoring voter fraud, waste and malfeasance.
My Wife recently cut her subscription to Sunday only.
Sooo, I'm now actively working on getting her to dump the Seattle-Slimes entirely.
(Must think of alternate Sunday Morning activity for her.)
Means returning to "Ethical, Balanced Journalism" and abandoning the politicized, smear job, drive-by hit piece crap that passes for print journalism today.
Print journalism is a form of broadcasting. It is non-interactive. I have said repeatedly here on TechDirt that people are becoming increasingly intolerant of broadcasting as it is a one sided conversation. The internet and especially "Web 2.0" have inculturated an expectation of interactivity in media. "If you're not willing to engage in a conversation, stay the hell home." Nothing makes people more angry than when they see something in print that "pretends" to be balanced and fair journalism, but is clearly political propaganda.
If I were an owner of a print newpaper today, I would do the following before it was too late:
1) Fire any Editor or reporter that cannot leave their political biases at the door.
2) Immediately add unedited, threaded public commentary to the online edition. Use community moderation strategies like SlashDot does to lower administration costs.
3) Recycle insightful commentary from the online edition, back into the print edition on a regular basis, essentially welding the two together.
4) Investigate and expose any party or organization that attempts to inject political bias into the paper.
Mia culpa. The distinction of who pushes them to it is important.
We think a la carte itself is a good idea, and that it will happen naturally. We have problems with forcing cable companies to offer it.
What natural forces are YOU seeing at work to move them toward this... cause I'm not seeing any.
On the pro-ala-carte side, there is only the lowly end consumer and the specter of Internet based competition which is currently being beaten back by broadband caps being rolled out by the Big-ISP mafia.
On the pro-Crap-Sandwich side, you have the cost of implementation (and yes it is technically feasible), on-going support and what I can only guess is a pathological aversion by the Networks to the idea that they could be "fired" by the customer for producing programming laced with dreck, political bias or too many commercials.
On the whole, I'm seeing the pendulum swinging away from ala-carte.
If I'm not mistaken, both Mike (blogger God Masnick) and Carlo (left field Longino) have been past defenders of the "Eat the Crap Sandwich" model for pay TV.
Here's where -that- business model makes PAY TV more fragile and less responsive to consumers (remember, the customer?), and hence an easier target for Web Based TV Distribution.
If I had the power as a consumer to vote with my dollars for the programming (and -programmers-) by choosing which networks I pay for on a monthly (or even quarterly) basis, Jackalope brained TV execs like this twit casserole over at NBC would be out on the street already.
"The AP is working on methods to attach rights information to content as well as create new models for distribution and revenue, she said."
Is it just possible that the Asshat Posse (AP) is thinking about going down the DRM road to nowhere?
Goddammit, AP. Just face the truth. You are a "Wire Service" in the age of the Big Pipe internet and TERABYTES on the desktop. You are no longer needed nor useful. Your endless stories about driver-less SUV's running amok and killing people have no audience. Your blatant liberal political slant is obvious. Nobody wants to be BROADCASTED at by whiny, depressing liberals anymore. Today, you either engage in a discussion or you stay home.
Why is it so hard for you to understand this??
Do all your executives still have their assistants print their emails out on paper for them to read?
That one is actually a great example of remix culture. The original apparently was Beaker mi-mi-mi-ing his way through "Feelings". Lots of skillful editing there.
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Re: Re: Re: I Believe it has Started
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. "
But I agree, your version make more logical sense.
One less thing I can trust now in life: The Internet.
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Re: I Believe it has Started
"First they laugh at you, then they ignore you, then they fight with you, then you win."
Welcome to stage three Mike.
On the post: Frugalista! Frugalista! Frugalista! Now... Where's My Cease And Desist?
Natalie P. McNeal is no longer a "Frugalista"!
And if she keeps this crap up, she graduates to "AssHatista".
On the post: Obama Open To Helping Newspapers, To Avoid Reporting Becoming 'All Blogosphere'
Well, well, well...
The Democrat Party and the Pin-Head-In-Chief have now taken their massive, silly and fully embraced un-truism "Too Big To Fail" and now lowering the bar quite a bit have recast it as "Too Stupid To Fail".
And exactly what does he propose to do with slobbering dreck that this knee-pad-eye-view journalism is going to produce?
Give it away for free? Force me to buy it?
I am already SEETHING mad that my Sat TV company won't let me buy ala-carte by network, so I can do my part to DE-FUND leftist crap holes like CNN, MSNBC and NBC.
The Democrats are blind, tone deaf and are racing toward huge, and virtually permanent defeats in 2010 and 2012.
On the post: ASCAP, BMI Demanding Payment For 30 Second Previews At Web Stores
Dear Mr. Carnes...
I was just sitting here by my open sliding glass door, humming my favorite Squeeze tune and I noticed three deer nearby listening to me and tapping their little hoofies.
Ummmm....So -bill me-, asshat.
On the post: Why Do Content Creators Get Control Over Derivative Works?
Ohhhh...The irony...
Oh, God how I wish I was a law student today getting ready to take a test in my "Intellectual Property" class and suddenly be armed with this juicy-bit-o-knowledge.
On the post: Argentinean News Report Worries About Kids Drinking GrogXD
Ummmmmm...
Battery acid -IS- Sulfuric acid.
On the post: Trademark Lawsuit For Using Kazoos To Quack Like A Duck
Time to update an old saw...
Where are people this stipid and petty finding lawyers that are this stupid and petty?
Oooops. I think I just answered my own question.
On the post: Swedish Regulators Say The Word 'bank' Not Allowed In Any Domain Names... Except If You're A Bank
Damn, Damn, Damn...
Good domain names are so hard to get these days.
On the post: Are Legal Briefs Filed With A Court Covered By Copyright?
Ummm...(Raises Hand...)
On the post: The Details Behind Amanda Palmer's Amazing Impromptu Music Video
Wow...
Go Amanda!
On the post: Is The AP Even Relevant Any More?
Ummmmmm...
Go away now.
Go away hard.
Go away long.
And go away you -will-.
On the post: Associated Press Tries To DRM The News
Bring it ON!
The sooner the 'Asshat Posse' (AP) rides off into the bankruptcy sunset, the better.
The AP looks like damage to the internet and news is being routed around it just fine thank you.
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Come on, Mr Cook...
Then we can see for ourselves just how slimy this hack job really was.
On the post: Why Is Washington Singling Out Newspapers For A Tax Break Instead Of Journalism?
Corrupt Liberal Government In WA
This unwarranted tax subsidy is a naked pay-off to Seattle/Tacoma liberal print media for looking the other way for years, ignoring voter fraud, waste and malfeasance.
My Wife recently cut her subscription to Sunday only.
Sooo, I'm now actively working on getting her to dump the Seattle-Slimes entirely.
(Must think of alternate Sunday Morning activity for her.)
On the post: WWII Era Advice On Newspapers Still Relevant Today... If Only Newspapers Would Listen
Adding value to newitem commentary and analysis..
Print journalism is a form of broadcasting. It is non-interactive. I have said repeatedly here on TechDirt that people are becoming increasingly intolerant of broadcasting as it is a one sided conversation. The internet and especially "Web 2.0" have inculturated an expectation of interactivity in media. "If you're not willing to engage in a conversation, stay the hell home." Nothing makes people more angry than when they see something in print that "pretends" to be balanced and fair journalism, but is clearly political propaganda.
If I were an owner of a print newpaper today, I would do the following before it was too late:
1) Fire any Editor or reporter that cannot leave their political biases at the door.
2) Immediately add unedited, threaded public commentary to the online edition. Use community moderation strategies like SlashDot does to lower administration costs.
3) Recycle insightful commentary from the online edition, back into the print edition on a regular basis, essentially welding the two together.
4) Investigate and expose any party or organization that attempts to inject political bias into the paper.
On the post: NBC Universal's Great Idea: Let's Make It Harder And More Expensive To Watch The Olympics
Re: Re: Yet another reason for ala-carte Pay TV..
We think a la carte itself is a good idea, and that it will happen naturally. We have problems with forcing cable companies to offer it.
What natural forces are YOU seeing at work to move them toward this... cause I'm not seeing any.
On the pro-ala-carte side, there is only the lowly end consumer and the specter of Internet based competition which is currently being beaten back by broadband caps being rolled out by the Big-ISP mafia.
On the pro-Crap-Sandwich side, you have the cost of implementation (and yes it is technically feasible), on-going support and what I can only guess is a pathological aversion by the Networks to the idea that they could be "fired" by the customer for producing programming laced with dreck, political bias or too many commercials.
On the whole, I'm seeing the pendulum swinging away from ala-carte.
Please, make me more wrong.
On the post: NBC Universal's Great Idea: Let's Make It Harder And More Expensive To Watch The Olympics
Yet another reason for ala-carte Pay TV..
Here's where -that- business model makes PAY TV more fragile and less responsive to consumers (remember, the customer?), and hence an easier target for Web Based TV Distribution.
If I had the power as a consumer to vote with my dollars for the programming (and -programmers-) by choosing which networks I pay for on a monthly (or even quarterly) basis, Jackalope brained TV execs like this twit casserole over at NBC would be out on the street already.
Mike and Carlo...Defend yourselves!
On the post: AP Exec Claims That Its Moves Look Stupid To The Untrained Eye... Not Clear On What The Trained Eye Thinks
I think I know where they may be heading...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21136.html
FAIR USE Excerpt:
"The AP is working on methods to attach rights information to content as well as create new models for distribution and revenue, she said."
Is it just possible that the Asshat Posse (AP) is thinking about going down the DRM road to nowhere?
Goddammit, AP. Just face the truth. You are a "Wire Service" in the age of the Big Pipe internet and TERABYTES on the desktop. You are no longer needed nor useful. Your endless stories about driver-less SUV's running amok and killing people have no audience. Your blatant liberal political slant is obvious. Nobody wants to be BROADCASTED at by whiny, depressing liberals anymore. Today, you either engage in a discussion or you stay home.
Why is it so hard for you to understand this??
Do all your executives still have their assistants print their emails out on paper for them to read?
On the post: Songwriter Claims He Was Exploited By Google... But A Few Seconds Of Logical Thinking Disproves That
Re: Re: I have to.
Thanks for posting that.
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