News Corp Australasia Executive Chairman Michael Miller, testifying at an unrelated parliamentary hearing, confirmed the impact but said the number of Australians visiting the company’s websites directly had risen.
I wonder whether state subsidies to "consumers" (?) are making it easier to increase prices, as part of the pain won't be felt (initially). For instance, in today's news from Colorado:
$20 million to broadband internet access for educators and students
The thing is, Oracle more or less admits that it's doing this purely out of spite and the fact that it has failed to innovate and keep up with more nimble and innovative competitors.
Yes, but also because they hope to take Google's place in dominating the AdTech business. That's all they've "invested" on in the last decade or so, with billions spent on acquisitions. Oracle's bet is probably that, if they conquer that shady market of data trading, they'll be less exposed to regulatory attacks and might enjoy a semi-monopoly for decades. How many people have heard or remember IAB? Yet everyone complains about Google Ads.
Nice of them, although Twitter doesn't let users set a public license for uploads. Note that an alternative is to use free software in the fediverse, like Mastodon (which is simple to sync with Twitter e.g. through Moa.party). There are some instances devoted to artists.
But it is a plot against conservatives, specifically people who are very keen on conserving their eyes from the tiring business of reading the links they share on Twitter.
Ah yes, the copyright industries lobbied for years to make upload filters and Content ID essentially mandatory across the web in EU with the 2019 copyright directive, while millions of citizens and thousands of entities pointed out they're terribly unfair systems and Google itself publicly claimed it would be dangerous, and now through a puppet they're suddenly lecturing others about how
The superior protections of the Content ID system are completely denied to Plaintiffs and the Class [...]. If a rights holder does not have the economic clout to qualify for Content ID, YouTube refuses to add their works to the Content ID catalog
How very decent. Sure, the industry's lawyer is solely interested in defending the Small Artist from the system the industry itself forced Google to use.
Or in other words,
it is unclear which [...] conflicting representations [...] were accurate. But either way, [the supporters of upload filters have] made misrepresentations [to lawmakers and the public]
Inside the JPMorgan Trading Desk the U.S. Called a Crime Ring: The U.S. says the precious metals desk at JPMorgan was a racketeering operation. Now the bank is poised to pay a record penalty for spoofing. Here’s a look behind eight years of alleged conspiracy
To prosecutors, the evidence fit the template for a racketeering conspiracy — a pattern of illegality over time, with individuals working together to further the goals of the allegedly criminal enterprise. There was limited precedent applying the RICO law to trading and finance, though. Racketeering charges were leveled against Michael Milken in 1989 but dropped when he reached a settlement with authorities. The statute was successfully applied in the early 1990s against eight traders in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange soybean pits.
To guard against overuse or abuse of the statute, the Justice Department keeps a tight handle on RICO charges. The department’s organized crime and gang section gave Perry the green light.
Matt Levine wrote a series of funny articles on Nikola. It's the kind of company that would probably never have managed to get that valuation with a real IPO.
Obviously Nikola is an exception! People talk about companies that were founded in garages and then grew and went public and became multibillion-dollar companies, but Nikola is a multibillion-dollar public company that is just puttering around upgrading its founder’s garage. God bless them, this is such an endearing 10-Q and now I hope it works out for them. I hope in 10 years all goods travel via Nikola trucks and they’re a trillion-dollar company and in the Dow and an American institution and there are occasional wistful, incredulous articles in the financial press being like “little-known fact but back when it went public Nikola’s future was so uncertain that it actually made money installing solar panels on Trevor Milton’s house.”
When I formally introduced the boredom markets hypothesis last month, we talked about how retail traders loved Tesla Inc. even before the pandemic. The closer a company is to Tesla in its combination of social mission, high volatility, general drama and business of making cool toys, the more appealing it will be to bored retail traders.
Nothing is confirmed yet, but if this is true then the deal does achieve something:
Under ByteDance’s latest proposal, Oracle would assume management of TikTok’s U.S. user data, sources told Reuters on Sunday. Oracle is also negotiating taking a stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations, the sources added. The TikTok user data is currently stored in Alphabet Inc’s cloud, with a backup in Singapore.
There are no meaningful privacy protections in USA, so once Oracle puts its hands on the data of tens of millions of teens you can be sure they'll be immediately on sale through its adtech and marketing services.
Under the proposal, Oracle will be ByteDance’s technology partner and assume management of TikTok’s U.S. user data, the sources said. Oracle is also negotiating taking a stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations, they added.
Drain the swamp! Pump all that personal data into the USA advertisement corporations, where it will only be used for good purposes, like the next Cambridge Analytica.
Photo collections are more easily uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Flickr is fine though, as long as you use a free license tag and you can afford the pro subscription to make sure it can last.
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Tweaks upcoming?
The minister/lawmaker who wrote the bill says:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/19/misinformation-runs-rampant-as-facebook-says-it -may-take-a-week-before-it-unblocks-some-pages
Applying the law before it actually entered into force allows to tweak it before it's too late. I'm curious what changes will be made if any...
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Traffic jumps
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-facebook/undeterred-by-facebook-news-blac kout-australia-commits-to-content-law-idUSKBN2AI2ZY
So, everyone happy? (At least the big news sites.) That's what the big players were salivating for, more direct traffic.
On the post: Indian Government Requires Educational Establishments To Obtain Its Approval For The Subject Matter And Participants Of International Online Conferences And Seminars
University funding
Err, universities are underfunded in many countries, especially on the Mediterranean. OECD has good data on it.
https://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/
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Re: Narrator
I wonder if she's even including WhatsApp and Instagram.
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State subsidies
I wonder whether state subsidies to "consumers" (?) are making it easier to increase prices, as part of the pain won't be felt (initially). For instance, in today's news from Colorado:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/30/states-resources-coronavirus-relief-451926
On the post: When You Can't Innovate, You Litigate: Oracle Gleefully Takes Credit For Attacks On Section 230 And Google
Re: purely out of spite
Yes, but also because they hope to take Google's place in dominating the AdTech business. That's all they've "invested" on in the last decade or so, with billions spent on acquisitions. Oracle's bet is probably that, if they conquer that shady market of data trading, they'll be less exposed to regulatory attacks and might enjoy a semi-monopoly for decades. How many people have heard or remember IAB? Yet everyone complains about Google Ads.
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Re: Internet connection
Sorry? You don't see why the Treasury's mailserver was connected to the internet?
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Domestic Policy Council
I wonder whether this is one of the things that an outsized "Domestic Policy Council" run by Susan Rice will have some role in...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/10/susan-rice-domestic-policy-council-denis-mcdon ough-biden-administration
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Re: Side note
Nice of them, although Twitter doesn't let users set a public license for uploads. Note that an alternative is to use free software in the fediverse, like Mastodon (which is simple to sync with Twitter e.g. through Moa.party). There are some instances devoted to artists.
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Wrong kind of conservation
But it is a plot against conservatives, specifically people who are very keen on conserving their eyes from the tiring business of reading the links they share on Twitter.
On the post: If Something Is Advertised As A Knockoff Product... Is It No Longer Counterfeiting?
Replicas of sport merchandise
There is actually ample jurisprudence already on the question, thanks to countless court proceedings spawning from sports merchandise. The Supreme Court of Italy has over 50 recent rulings discussing the "falso grossolano" ("clumsy counterfeit" products).
https://www.altalex.com/documents/news/2014/02/24/marchio-falso-falso-grossolano-riconosc ibilita-ricettazione-contraffazione
On the post: If You're Going To Sue YouTube For Infringement, Maybe First Don't License Your Music To YouTube Or Setup Fake Accounts To Upload Your Own Works
Unlikely enemies of upload filters
Ah yes, the copyright industries lobbied for years to make upload filters and Content ID essentially mandatory across the web in EU with the 2019 copyright directive, while millions of citizens and thousands of entities pointed out they're terribly unfair systems and Google itself publicly claimed it would be dangerous, and now through a puppet they're suddenly lecturing others about how
How very decent. Sure, the industry's lawyer is solely interested in defending the Small Artist from the system the industry itself forced Google to use.
Or in other words,
Old habits die hard.
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Sometimes it's RICO after all
Or at least I hope so:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-28/inside-the-jpm-precious-metals-desk-calle d-a-crime-ring-by-prosecutors
On the post: How To Nuke Your Reputation: The Nikola Edition
Hardly surprising
Matt Levine wrote a series of funny articles on Nikola. It's the kind of company that would probably never have managed to get that valuation with a real IPO.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-06/it-s-a-good-and-bad-time-for-ipos
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-09/the-bad-stocks-are-the-most-fun
On the post: Copyright Companies Want Memes That Are Legal In The EU Blocked Because They Now Admit Upload Filters Are 'Practically Unworkable'
HTML version of Julia Reda's thread
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1304084452767928326.html
On the post: Oracle Doesn't Buy TikTok, But Gets A Lucrative Hosting Deal, And Trump & Friends Will Pretend This Means Something
Personal data is something
Nothing is confirmed yet, but if this is true then the deal does achieve something:
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks- u-s-sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUKKBN265002
There are no meaningful privacy protections in USA, so once Oracle puts its hands on the data of tens of millions of teens you can be sure they'll be immediately on sale through its adtech and marketing services.
On the post: If Oracle Buys TikTok, Would It Suddenly Change Its Tune On Section 230?
Oracle will manage TikTok's U.S. user data
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks-u-s- sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUKKBN265002
Drain the swamp! Pump all that personal data into the USA advertisement corporations, where it will only be used for good purposes, like the next Cambridge Analytica.
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Photo dataset
Do I understand correctly that the photos used for the project are all stored in the corresponding Flickr album?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/newpalmyra/
I can't see if any of them came from Wikimedia Commons. (They don't have to be attributed if they're in the public domain or CC-0.) I would be curious, because there were a few Wikimedia efforts to collect photos of Palmyra specifically for such efforts (including Bassel Khartabil's "New Palmyra" project).
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connected_Open_Heritage/Physical_Photo_Exhibition#Syria:_S ite_of_Palmyra
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Re: Internet Archive
Photo collections are more easily uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Flickr is fine though, as long as you use a free license tag and you can afford the pro subscription to make sure it can last.
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Side effects
Worth doing, if only for this positive externality.
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