As I recall, ad agencies used to use the actors and sets of TV programs back in the 50's to promote their products. Seems to me that I recall seeing an add for Lucky Strike or something similar promoted by someone like James Arness on a Gunsmoke set or something of the like. I think that if USPO did a look at prior art, like looking at programs from the 50's and 60's they'd see it was already done.
It says "...downloading without out purchase ...". Well, if the site you're at is licensed for free downloads, then you have, in face, made a purchase, allbeit, the price was zero (just like free apps at iStore). So, what they say is correct. Maybe heavy handed, but still correct.
Per the drawing, the patent would only apply to watching a cartoon character having someting rather odd done to its bottom. And, only while watching said cartoon character on a Sony Bravia connected to a Playstation. All whilest sitting on a funky armchair.
Did Sony really submit that cartoon with the application?
How does the equipment know you're laughing at something on the TV as opposed to something someone else in the room said or did?
OK, this made me laugh.
But, I wonder when the company will figure a way to disable the cable boxes when no image is being recorded by the camera? So, to watch, you gotta be watched.
Oh, new revenue stream: the cable companies can have a channel that randomly displays what's being captured by some other cable box camera. It would be a whole new entertainment idea: streamed casual voyuerism.
My early exposure to SciFi was from reading Bradbury's books; still do enjoy them. Oddly though, I never knew he was a techophobe. When I saw him speak at a local college some years back he commented on how he never learned to drive and I thought, "How eccentric". But, his talk was not against technology but instead focused on imagination. To be fair, the Internet at that time was a text based bunch of chat rooms so maybe he did not have all the resentment he needed to produce the quotes in the article. Ah well, Ray, your writing stands well and is memorable. And, you're still eccentric.
Why can't TicketMaster refund the ticket? Since there is now no chance for fraud, they can just reverse the charge on the original credit card and then resell the ticket. Of course, that means that they would have to work a bit more because their ticketing application actually has to be more than just a money taker.
... could the band have been used as an argument against TPB if the band, in fact, had no problem with TPB? The article says the prosecution held up the band as having been harmed but the defense could have simply called band members and management and asked the question "Were you financially harmed by TPB?". If the answer was "No" then their value as a part of the prosecution case would have become zero (could maybe have been viewed as detrimental to the quality of the prosecution's preparation for the case) and defense would have been enriched by that same answer.
Why is it that if all this stuff about the RIAA and MPAA and collection agencies is true (and, I'm not saying it's not, just that I'm only reading about it and have no first hand knowledge) that the peole responsible for actually enforcing the law have not arrested all these people and charged them with various theft, embezlement, fraud, etc. felonies? If I did even a quarter of the sh*t they are doing I'd be spending the next 15-20 years, with time off for good behavior, at some federal institution.
... that the good voters of these states where the AG's are grandstanding will realize that any person who stoops to such a low to get their votes desrves neither the vote nor any public confidence in their current job.
The guy was apparently fired because he expressed an opinion that was opposed to the views of his employer: . I believe that in the US the employer would need to state that the employee was somehow disruptive to the workplace not that simply that the employee's views were at odds with the employer's views (most of the US would be unemployed if that were the case). And, as pointed out earlier, that employee was fired apparently because of a private communication with his government representative, who then violated a trust, not because the person was doing something like spouting off in the office or something of the sort.
So the guy was dismissed because he expressed an opinion that was opposed to the employer's? Apparently the concept of free speech does not apply in France?
And, I don't think the French are a particularly stupid group; no more so than any other. But they do seem to have terrible luck with their governments. In the Revolution, the masses rose up and toppled (or de-topped) the reigning government. Maybe it's now time for a new revolution to make a government that is truly responsible to the people.
You mean YouTube cannot simply suspend an account without deleting all its content? With all the false/illegal notices the content Nazis are sending, you'd kinda think that any provider who was forced to do a take down would start by making it revesable; since it's likely an appeal would shortly follow (Mike, you wrote that the account was suspended but later write "... he has no option to have his account reinstated". Was it suspended or deleted?). I presume this guy got his fair notice that there was an issue and he either chose to ignore it or replied with the equivalent of "F*ck you and the horse you rode in on".
I see that Yusuf Islam's adopted faith has not prevented him from being a prick. As far as I'm concerned, he's still Cat Steven's and his time passed 20 years ago.
Adding noise to a vehicle, or virtually anything where noise is a by product of operation, is a dumb idea. Suggest that we start enforcing laws that require right of way for pedestrians, etc. If they legislate additioanl noise makers in my Prius, I'll cut the f*ckin' wires.
... I saw three articles this morning saying that there are more $.69 than $1.29 songs on iTunes (OK, somebody finds that 50%+1 are less than $1.29 and another person can't find more than 2 out of 100K items??). There will come a point where the cost of these things will exceed the willingness of the public to pay for them and then the public will look for other sources. Then, the music publishers will once again bitch until iTunes creates a higher price tier so that they can charge more to make up for the lost sales because people went elsewhere to get music when iTunes was too expensive.
F*ck the lawyers and the horses that rode in on them.
Maybe it's time for some anarchy; as a group, ignore the sleazy lawyers and see what actually happens (yeah, I know, chaos). Maybe the group who developed the script should have placed it out in the public so there were too many copies in use and then let the sleazy lawyers try to stop a country's worth of "violators".
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Ummm ....
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Not New
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So?
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No Worries
Did Sony really submit that cartoon with the application?
How does the equipment know you're laughing at something on the TV as opposed to something someone else in the room said or did?
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Re: You know what? Do it.
But, I wonder when the company will figure a way to disable the cable boxes when no image is being recorded by the camera? So, to watch, you gotta be watched.
Oh, new revenue stream: the cable companies can have a channel that randomly displays what's being captured by some other cable box camera. It would be a whole new entertainment idea: streamed casual voyuerism.
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Too Bad
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Ray
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Ummm...
April fools??
I have GOT to start submitting some patents. I have crap ideas like this all the time.
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Why Not?
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How ...
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Why
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I Hope ...
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Re: Re: Dismisal and th French
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Dismisal and th French
And, I don't think the French are a particularly stupid group; no more so than any other. But they do seem to have terrible luck with their governments. In the Revolution, the masses rose up and toppled (or de-topped) the reigning government. Maybe it's now time for a new revolution to make a government that is truly responsible to the people.
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You Mean?
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Yusuf
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Ading Noise
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And yet ...
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Lawyers
Maybe it's time for some anarchy; as a group, ignore the sleazy lawyers and see what actually happens (yeah, I know, chaos). Maybe the group who developed the script should have placed it out in the public so there were too many copies in use and then let the sleazy lawyers try to stop a country's worth of "violators".
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Cyberwar
C'mon, let's see whose god is stronger!
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