I live in a rural area. 3 miles from the nearest town 24k plus a little bit more from the nearest phone company central office. I have their "extended DSL" plan. My speed, well, they won't guarantee me ANY speed, only a connection, right now I'm at 256k, and for this I get charged $40 a month. Wireless you say? $60 a month and speeds equal to or less than my current DSL speed of 256k. Satellite, tell me another joke, minimum $400 for the equipment and the lag time is ridiculous. No cable in my area, why would they deploy cable three miles out from the nearest town? Now, a fried of mine, lives about 50 miles away, she is over 10 miles from the nearest town, but rather than a major phone company, her internet service is provided by a locally owned co-op. She pays about the same as my DSL and has a 10Mb fiber connection. If competition existed in my area, I might have at least a 2Mb connection, but without competition, why should the phone company or the laggy wireless and satellite providers do anything to improve, I have to take what i can get or go without.
You are correct in that companies are not Congress, despite the fact that Congress seems to be controlled by corporations, despite that, a company has no greater rights to restrict your freedoms than any individual. Now, if he signed a contract in which he gave ESPN the right to tell him what he could or could not say, well, that's another story altogether.
In point of fact, yes, very big deal. Have you not heard of freedom of speech? You want to know why they didn't fire him? Very simple, they had no justification, and they knew it. The fact that a company employs you doesn't mean they have the authority to tell you what you can and can't say, unless you do it in a way that makes it appear that you are speaking for the company.
Sorry to muddy the waters further, but I really need to understand this. So the ISP has fulfilled a, and I quote, "legal responsibility of notifying the proper authorities that a crime may have been committed"? I wasn't aware of any legal responsibility that involved reporting a possible crime. So I should have notified the police when the guy blew past me on the interstate and I was going the speed limit? If that's the case, then we're probably all guilty of failure to report a possible crime. Does this mean I should immediately turn myself in for prosecution?
I agree with you concerning the whole issue of photographers retaining copyright over an image I paid them to take. Certainly seems to me to be a work for hire, since they were contracted specifically to take pictures of you for you and were paid for the work, but hey, what do I know about work for hire, I'm not a lawyer.
It might be wise to note that here in the US, even rights can be taken away, although it usually requires a felony conviction of some sort. Of course, that doesn't seem to apply to things the RIAA is involved with either.
Thanks, I appreciate being termed a slack jawed yocal just because I'm ex-military. Perhaps rather than criticize vets you should just quietly say thank you for my freedoms and go your way without antagonizing people for no reason.
As we saw with some of the issues in Iran, sometimes having someone who is actually there tweeting is actually a good source. Now, does that mean all the tweets they were reading actually came from someone on scene? No, but I think the blanket statement from this "informed journalist" goes farther than necessary and borders on the insulting to millions of people.
DH, and the rest of you, while I realize there are no sarcasm tags, I think he might actually know that the Stanley Cup is for hockey, not football. Just a guess on my part, but it certainly sounds like sarcasm to me.
Unless you have served in those organizations which ensure and protect your freedom, then it is, at least to you. Although there are those who have paid the cost for you. Just like advertisers pay for you to watch network television or read the newspapers, etc, etc. Of course, the price paid for you freedoms isn't measures in dollars.
Let me just say that if anyone shows up to my house, without a warrant, insisting they have a right to seize my property, they will be met with whatever force I feel necessary to defend my home, family, and property.
I read an article about the Sony thing yesterday that presented it in an even worse light. You could download the movie free if you bought a new Sony HD television. Otherwise pony up the $25.
and then again, maybe there isn't a reasonable answer. Point blank, it was sold, they should be able to play. Once again artificial restrictions have been placed on something just as a control means.
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