I am curious as to why the Crown would want to suppress things. Either they are guilty, or they just don't like things that are not under their control. As a general rule of thumb, law enforcement wants to be in control of everything. They probably never thought about the fact that there would be a CCTV network that they did not have control over.
It would be much smarter to issue a license to use the case for DVD distribution. After all, what could be better product placement than putting replicas of the case into the hands of viewers? That would protect them from dilution problems. But the lawyers would probably make more money suing than the would drawing up a simple license.
It would be much smarter to issue a license to use the case for DVD distribution. After all, what could be better product placement than putting replicas of the case into the hands of viewers? That would protect them from dilution problems. But the lawyers would probably make more money suing than the would drawing up a simple license.
Most of the people non-cord cutters that I know are keeping cable because of college and pro sports. This is probably great news for the sports industry in the short term. It gives ESPN and other sports channels good reason to extort more and more money from the cable industry.
But in the long term sports is losing the next generation. I am the mentor to one of our campus's residence halls. Students are not connecting to the free cable TV that is provided by the University. Most of them do not even have TV's. Most of the ones who do have TV's are connecting them to the Internet but not the cable outlet. Keep in mind that the cable is provided FREE, students just have to buy their own patch cable. But in my dorm the TV outlet is in an inconvenient location, so it isn't worth hooking up for most students. This is the flip side of "you can't compete with free." In this case free can't compete with paid services like HuluPlus and Netflix.
Ten years ago if you went to the residence halls on Friday or Saturday you would hear football or basketball coming from most of the rooms. Now it is rare to hear even a single TV on football on Sunday afternoon. Sports is losing a generation because they are dependent on cable revenue.
In my experience, most of the apps missed the important difference between the Internet age and the print days. Print media was aimed at "Consumers." Most of the magazine and newspaper apps still think in terms of consumers. But now people want to interact with their media more. Comments are a start,but most of them are poorly implemented and don't get any actual interaction with the author. People want more interaction and also want to link via Reddit, FB, Twitter, Pinterest, and a host of other services.
What amazes me is how most publishers have ignored the smartphone market. Most of the "mobile" news sites are still aimed at flipfone viewers. Lots of them do not even have ads to generate revenue. They also tend to put out information in very small bites which means that you have to download the story in multiple pieces.
Trademarks that use common words should be less exclusive than unique words. Specifically, common words like monster or virgin should be usable in the names of other companies as long as there is a meaningful link to the meaning of the word, it is not the same type of product, and it is used in a way that avoids confusion.
Companies who use common words as trademarks have chosen a mark that has already suffered a form of dilution, and therefore their ability to claim exclusive use should be weakened.
I have become a fan of self-published textbooks. They are usually physical books, although most offer ebook versions. The interesting phenomenon with self-published ebooks is that they often develop a community of educators who help with the writing of future editions. The community approach seems to be more effective than the traditional editor approach.
Now, think 50 years in the future. You go back and try to get permissions when the artists are dead or scattered and the companies that currently hold bits and pieces of the copyright have been acquired by other companies, gone through bankruptcy and had their assets sold, and a half dozen other things we have not even thought of. Now try to get the rights.
Roll over entire bill of rights. Well, that's not quite true. The governmenent does a fair job of defending the parts that have a business model attached. Yes, I am looking at you, Second Amendment.
If they didn't want the Olympics associated with politics, then they probably should not have hired a politician to run the Utah games. Yes, he had moved to the private sector at the time, but it was clear to a lot of people that he planned to use the Olympics as a springboard to the national stage.
The problem is that the recording industry is still in hard-core denial. They have lied about the problem for so long that the lie is now ingrained into corporate culture. You don't get promoted to a decision-making position unless you are loyal to the company line that says the only reason that the music industry is in trouble is because of piracy, and if we could roll back the clock to 1985 then everything would be peachy-keen again.
I would like to know one additional detail about the NPD staffer who prepared the report and the RIAA executive who commissioned it. Did they get fired or was their career damaged by producing a semi-honest report that did not support the company line? I really hope they both kept their jobs because it would be a glimmer of hope that the industry is finally beginning to understand the real problems.
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But in the long term sports is losing the next generation. I am the mentor to one of our campus's residence halls. Students are not connecting to the free cable TV that is provided by the University. Most of them do not even have TV's. Most of the ones who do have TV's are connecting them to the Internet but not the cable outlet. Keep in mind that the cable is provided FREE, students just have to buy their own patch cable. But in my dorm the TV outlet is in an inconvenient location, so it isn't worth hooking up for most students. This is the flip side of "you can't compete with free." In this case free can't compete with paid services like HuluPlus and Netflix.
Ten years ago if you went to the residence halls on Friday or Saturday you would hear football or basketball coming from most of the rooms. Now it is rare to hear even a single TV on football on Sunday afternoon. Sports is losing a generation because they are dependent on cable revenue.
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Re: Re: Obviously...
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What amazes me is how most publishers have ignored the smartphone market. Most of the "mobile" news sites are still aimed at flipfone viewers. Lots of them do not even have ads to generate revenue. They also tend to put out information in very small bites which means that you have to download the story in multiple pieces.
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Re: Sports is just another profit-oriented industry
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Companies who use common words as trademarks have chosen a mark that has already suffered a form of dilution, and therefore their ability to claim exclusive use should be weakened.
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Re: pft..
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You don't pull on Superman's cape.
You don't spit into the wind.
You don't pull the mask of the old Lone Ranger,
and you don't mess around with Anon.
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Re: Wow
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Re: Re: So what now?
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Re: Cyber-Lockers account for a tiny fraction.
I would like to know one additional detail about the NPD staffer who prepared the report and the RIAA executive who commissioned it. Did they get fired or was their career damaged by producing a semi-honest report that did not support the company line? I really hope they both kept their jobs because it would be a glimmer of hope that the industry is finally beginning to understand the real problems.
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Opportunities for artists are threats to traditional business models.
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