There is a reason I dislike, avoid and have no interest in organized sports. That reason is the same as what you do with sports and cable packages. Cram sports down my throat by force.
Can you conceive of the idea that some people really have no interest in sports?
What do you think the world would be like if you could be forced to participate in every topic, as well as pay for it? Want to learn to code an mp3 decoder using discrete cosine transforms? Want to learn to read Hebrew?
Sincerely
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The technology is not being "exploited" by terrorists, it's being used by them, just as they use telephones or microwaves or washing machines.
Shouldn't washing machines be required to detect explosive residues in clothing and report it? Shouldn't the government be able to remotely sniff all soiled laundry when it is loaded into the washing machine? Washing machines that fail to provide this capability are "friendly to terrorists".
Comcast and Time Warner, a match made in . . . somewhere
It is truly sad that we will be deprived of Time Warner getting the Customer Service that Comcast is (in)famous for, while at the same time Comcast getting the forward looking understanding of technology that Time Warner, a copyright focused company would have brought to the relationship.
The end was inevitable when they merged with Universal.
The insanity is under such high pressure that it is not possible for sanity to filter in, but rather the insanity filters out into the rest of the entire organization.
There was a recent TD about the MPAA wanting to fix it's reputation. They have irrevocably tainted Sony's name. I would never buy a Sony product.
Once the **AA holes can arbitrarily censor anything they like for any conceivable reason, misconception, misunderstanding, or rationalization, the internet will break.
If one user on a major site links to the wrong thing, or maybe even just says the wrong thing, then the entire site will disappear in a puff of smoke.
And it won't be just the **AA holes, it will be any big corporate interest. So nothing will exist on the internet unless it absolutely offends nobody and can not be construed as being a crime, even if it is not. Like fair use. Or reporting of news facts that are embarrassing.
You think they won't go this far? They will do even worse. Until the world wakes up to the level of abuses and takes their ability to do it away.
Sony installed a rootkit onto innocent people's PC's. If anyone else had done that it would be a crime. When Sony causes millions of people to have to get their PCs repaired to remove Sony's malware, it's all okay.
BitTorrent was created specifically for a legitimate purpose. How can Sony claim that it has no legitimate purpose. A legitimate purpose was the reason for its very creation. Ditto crowbars, and screwdrivers -- even though these can be used to commit crimes. Oh, and computers can be used to commit crimes -- just ask anyone who has been hit over the head with a computer.
Sony, aren't they the ones who have been hacked multiple times? Until they can demonstrate knowing something about technology, maybe they should not be taken too seriously.
Is CE the new euphemism for Censorship Enablement? Or what exactly does Sony's "CE" efforts refer to?
Sony adapting to the reality of BitTorrent as a superior way to distribute files, after taking such a public stance against it will be like watching Microsoft try awkwardly to embrace Open Source after having burned all bridges and then some.
Hosting an infringing mp3: RIAA leaves the host alone even though it is the only source of actual infringement throughout the rest of what comes below.
Linking to an infringing mp3: RIAA goes after that, even though it is actually a tool to find the actual infringing material.
But do they stop there?
Linking to a site that links to infringing mp3: Shut it down because it is facilitating and enabling.
Linking to a site that links to a site that links to infringing mp3s?
Linking to a site that links to a site that links to a site that links to infringing mp3s?
Oh, wait! Now it makes sense! So that is why SOPA is about shutting down the entire internet!
Do they think removing this from search engines is going to make it go away? What about search engines they don't know about?
What about foreign search engines?
Even so, what if mp3skull changes it's domain name?
Do they think they can get every ISP in the entire world to block the IP address? What if mp3skull changes IP addresses? Then should the new owner of the IP address get to sue the major record labels? (Like if you bought a house that all services and utilities were forbidden from servicing because of some former owner's actions.)
If they are successful, do they realize what a Pyrrhic victory this will be? Sort of like shutting down Napster was. It just caused an explosion of new ways to distribute infringing material that was no longer centralized. (am I making a threat (gasp!) for mentioning the possibility of how other people than myself might react? Make no mistake, I am a lifetime subscriber to the practice of buying and listening to zero of the RIAA member's products. Yes, really.)
If this backdoor SOPA censorship happens, I can make a few technical predictions. 1. A new decentralized way of looking things up by name (directory) 2. A new decentralized way of searching for things not reachable by major search engines (search, index) 3. Source and destination endpoint encryption or anonymizing of communications. (Tor on steroids)
How will censorship, errr... I mean copyright deal with that?
Tell the positive side of 'censorship'. Tell the positive side of 'totalitarian regimes'. Tell the positive side of 'disease'. Tell the positive side of 'death'.
For censorship, you don't have to hear anything the censorer doesn't want you to year. (Is that actually good?)
For totalitarian regimes, the trains run on time. (If they are running.)
For disease, it increases commerce and profits of those who profit from diagnosing and treating disease.
For death, it reduces use of limited planetary resources for the rest of use.
A twisted Pollyanna can probably find an up side to just about anything. That doesn't mean the any of the above listed things are desirable.
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Dear ESPN
Can you conceive of the idea that some people really have no interest in sports?
What do you think the world would be like if you could be forced to participate in every topic, as well as pay for it? Want to learn to code an mp3 decoder using discrete cosine transforms? Want to learn to read Hebrew?
Sincerely
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Union Pacific Railroad
Lawrence KS Police Department
Neighborhood Children
Birds in nearby trees)
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Washing Machines
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Re: "Well, no, not really"????
So do you still think this law is a good idea?
On the post: Japanese Court Orders Google To Remove Customer Reviews From Its Maps Service -- Globally
Just change a few words for each case
Just change a few words.
China's censorship has to apply globally if it is to be effective.
Some state's kindergarden reading room policies of decency have to apply globally if it is to be effective.
Some other state's anti-gambling laws have to apply globally if it is to be effective.
Should someone say: this will break the internet?
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Comcast and Time Warner, a match made in . . . somewhere
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How to commit the perfect crime
2. If caught, have your lawyer ask for access to the Stingray evidence
3. Case not prosecuted in order to preserve secrecy of Stingray
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Re: Re: Several things
On the post: Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails
Re:
The insanity is under such high pressure that it is not possible for sanity to filter in, but rather the insanity filters out into the rest of the entire organization.
There was a recent TD about the MPAA wanting to fix it's reputation. They have irrevocably tainted Sony's name. I would never buy a Sony product.
On the post: Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails
Re: Re: Re: Re: Pounding sand
BSF's job is to write a letter, no matter how wildly untrue that is not outside the bounds of what the law will allow them to get away with.
That is quite a different thing that writing a letter that is strictly about what the law allows.
If you don't understand this, then see BSF's work in SCO vs. IBM on Groklaw.
On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA
Re:
Once the **AA holes can arbitrarily censor anything they like for any conceivable reason, misconception, misunderstanding, or rationalization, the internet will break.
If one user on a major site links to the wrong thing, or maybe even just says the wrong thing, then the entire site will disappear in a puff of smoke.
And it won't be just the **AA holes, it will be any big corporate interest. So nothing will exist on the internet unless it absolutely offends nobody and can not be construed as being a crime, even if it is not. Like fair use. Or reporting of news facts that are embarrassing.
You think they won't go this far? They will do even worse. Until the world wakes up to the level of abuses and takes their ability to do it away.
On the post: Sony Execs Freaked Out That Its Marketing People Wanted To Use Torrents For Marketing
Several things
BitTorrent was created specifically for a legitimate purpose. How can Sony claim that it has no legitimate purpose. A legitimate purpose was the reason for its very creation. Ditto crowbars, and screwdrivers -- even though these can be used to commit crimes. Oh, and computers can be used to commit crimes -- just ask anyone who has been hit over the head with a computer.
Sony, aren't they the ones who have been hacked multiple times? Until they can demonstrate knowing something about technology, maybe they should not be taken too seriously.
Is CE the new euphemism for Censorship Enablement? Or what exactly does Sony's "CE" efforts refer to?
Sony adapting to the reality of BitTorrent as a superior way to distribute files, after taking such a public stance against it will be like watching Microsoft try awkwardly to embrace Open Source after having burned all bridges and then some.
On the post: Sony Execs Freaked Out That Its Marketing People Wanted To Use Torrents For Marketing
Re: Technology leads to Frankenstein tragedies.
On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA
Let's take this to its logical conclusion
Linking to an infringing mp3: RIAA goes after that, even though it is actually a tool to find the actual infringing material.
But do they stop there?
Linking to a site that links to infringing mp3: Shut it down because it is facilitating and enabling.
Linking to a site that links to a site that links to infringing mp3s?
Linking to a site that links to a site that links to a site that links to infringing mp3s?
Oh, wait! Now it makes sense! So that is why SOPA is about shutting down the entire internet!
On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA
Re:
That is what SOPA is. A big magic off switch for anything not liked -- whether it is infringing or not.
On the post: Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In SOPA
Insanity on several levels
What about foreign search engines?
Even so, what if mp3skull changes it's domain name?
Do they think they can get every ISP in the entire world to block the IP address? What if mp3skull changes IP addresses? Then should the new owner of the IP address get to sue the major record labels? (Like if you bought a house that all services and utilities were forbidden from servicing because of some former owner's actions.)
If they are successful, do they realize what a Pyrrhic victory this will be? Sort of like shutting down Napster was. It just caused an explosion of new ways to distribute infringing material that was no longer centralized. (am I making a threat (gasp!) for mentioning the possibility of how other people than myself might react? Make no mistake, I am a lifetime subscriber to the practice of buying and listening to zero of the RIAA member's products. Yes, really.)
If this backdoor SOPA censorship happens, I can make a few technical predictions.
1. A new decentralized way of looking things up by name (directory)
2. A new decentralized way of searching for things not reachable by major search engines (search, index)
3. Source and destination endpoint encryption or anonymizing of communications. (Tor on steroids)
How will censorship, errr... I mean copyright deal with that?
On the post: Verizon Responds To Internet Video Competition With More Flexible Cable TV Packages, ESPN Immediately Whines
Verizon here is a suggestion
Then replacewith
Similarly, Triple Play with Triple Pay.
Then I think you will be on to something.
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Re:
I would like a side order of unskippable ten year old commercials please.
On the post: MPAA Strategized On How To 'Tell The Positive Side' Of Internet Censorship
Tell the positive side
Tell the positive side of 'totalitarian regimes'.
Tell the positive side of 'disease'.
Tell the positive side of 'death'.
For censorship, you don't have to hear anything the censorer doesn't want you to year. (Is that actually good?)
For totalitarian regimes, the trains run on time. (If they are running.)
For disease, it increases commerce and profits of those who profit from diagnosing and treating disease.
For death, it reduces use of limited planetary resources for the rest of use.
A twisted Pollyanna can probably find an up side to just about anything. That doesn't mean the any of the above listed things are desirable.
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Re: Re:
On the post: MPAA's Chris Dodd Tells Each Movie Studio To Donate $40k To Rep. Goodlatte's Election Campaign
Re: OMG! Therefore do away with all copyright!
Nobody needs to imply extra-ordinary sleaze with the MPAA. The MPAA (and RIAA) proudly attach themselves to sleaze.
Without actual evidence? But the MPAA and RIAA seem to like "without evidence" when it suits them.
Please do not imply that the owner of this site would engage in patent trolling.
If Google is giving the NSA any direct access, it sure isn't willingly, or publicly.
What is wrong with being pro-Some Business one happens to like? Would you be complaining if someone were pro-MPAA? Or pro-Sleaze?
Being pro-pirate assumes facts not in evidence.
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