"With so little left to argue, Disney surely can't want to throw money for lawyer's fees just to keep some kids from having fun at their birthday parties... can it?"
Maybe if we had good, reliable services that offered content without fragmentation, with ease of access, no bullshit windows and that could be used offline in conjunction with such apps if the user wanted? I mean, why do they like to leave money on the table that much?
It's becoming more frequent. I've already taken a look outside to make sure that doomsday meteor isn't coming.
Ahem. Jokes apart, I guess it's inevitable. There's only so much you can produce without relying on previous work to build upon and the Public Domain is sorely deprived of new stuff for several decades now. Disney had a whole nice pool of Public Domain material to work. Now that they overexplored it and are in need of material to further create they are hitting face first into the wall they created themselves. Sweet irony.
One has to wonder how they have been dealing with those pesky in person conversations that won't have any recorded content or those destroyed pieces of paper with information critical to cases. It's almost as if law enforcement has multiple means of acquiring evidence to build a solid case instead of just encrypted communications eh?
Pai: Well, regarding this affair... WOW look at this marvelous oversized mug, don't you with you had such cool thing?
Congress member: But regarding the DDoS..
Pai: Oh, you should watch my Harlen Shake video, I look so neat!
Congress member: Mr Pai, please restrain yourself and keep on topic.
Pai: DINOSAURS!!
Congress member: ...
Pai: IT'S ALL OBAMA'S FAULT!!! COVFEFE!!
Re: Any fine is negligible when someone else foots the bill
This. If a fine is being imposed because of police misconduct then the cop(s) involved must foot at the very least part of the bill. But then again there are many cops that have murdered people without any conceivable reason and are still on duty so it's just wishful thinking at this point.
And you repeated the wrong argument then. One service can be essential but you can still go without a determined company. Some Google services may be essential but not everything so I don't classify Google itself as essential. And you can go without Google even if you consider the essential services because they can be found elsewhere very easily. A monopoly is only a monopoly if there aren't alternatives. Google is not a monopoly. It offers awesome products and quality which is why it holds the bigger slice of the market but it's hardly a monopoly.
Re: You're careful to specify "natural monopolies"...
Google is not a natural monopoly. You can go without it. Infrastructure like water, energy, telecom networks are since you have both financial and physical limits to deployment.
Re: Re: No. Context is always: FALSE report intended taken for real.
He also needs to define what the heck common law and natural law means because at the very least he won't look like a complete lunatic like he does when he starts swinging these empty words around.
Re: No. Context is always: FALSE report intended taken for real.
The Government cannot preempt any speech, including yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater but you will face the consequences if you do it.
That's the point you fail miserably to understand when talking about free speech. It's about not letting the government control what speech is allowed and to reach such goal you must not prevent any kind of speech be it hateful or that endangers others.
I'm inclined to think it's pretty much the same situation everywhere with some variation in the details. I think the main scenarios you'll find are: state owned infra-structure that gone private, state funded infra-structure that is private but tied to obligations (ie: you get tax breaks but you must deploy network in this rural area) or partially state owned infrastructure that is open to use by the private sector that spawns private network coverage that co-exists with the state network (either as redundancy or as complementary coverage). I've yet to see anything built from the ground without some state support that has any meaningful coverage.
In any case, it's clear that the financial barrier to enter this market is high enough that justifies help from state with regulations to foster competition on the other end. Seems reasonable and fair. And needed since most companies won't want to share the wealth voluntarily.
I don't think this model would work for TD mainly because of the way it is published (blog style) but I think news outfits could take a more hybrid approach by racing to have the breaking part and posting some kind of teaser clearly stating it is a developing issue that will have detailed follow ups and then go for the slow route providing insightful, in depth analysis. You know, report the known facts as soon as the news break in and highlight the murky parts for further development. And then do the further development. It seems like a pretty balanced way of having the hot stuff while also providing the slow cooked yummy bits.
Nintendo has that special place in my "don't buy" list for a while now because of these copyright fuckeries. Seems it won't be leaving anytime soon.
I'm fairly sure these roms will live through the pirates in magnets and other less known places and will make a comeback as soon as Nintendo loses interest again. Nintendo should have lost copyrights the moment the consoles and titles were not commercially available anymore. As always, pirates saving culture from a completely broken copyright system.
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"With so little left to argue, Disney surely can't want to throw money for lawyer's fees just to keep some kids from having fun at their birthday parties... can it?"
I find your lack of faith... disturbing.
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On the post: Irony Alert: Disney (Yes, DISNEY!) Whines About 'Overzealous Copyright Holders'
It's becoming more frequent. I've already taken a look outside to make sure that doomsday meteor isn't coming.
Ahem. Jokes apart, I guess it's inevitable. There's only so much you can produce without relying on previous work to build upon and the Public Domain is sorely deprived of new stuff for several decades now. Disney had a whole nice pool of Public Domain material to work. Now that they overexplored it and are in need of material to further create they are hitting face first into the wall they created themselves. Sweet irony.
On the post: Irony Alert: Disney (Yes, DISNEY!) Whines About 'Overzealous Copyright Holders'
Re: REALLY? You think Mickey Mouse THE key cause?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: You're careful to specify "natural monopolies"...
On the post: On Thursday, Ajit Pai Has To Explain Why His FCC Made Up A DDOS Attack And Lied To Congress
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On the post: On Thursday, Ajit Pai Has To Explain Why His FCC Made Up A DDOS Attack And Lied To Congress
Pai: Well, regarding this affair... WOW look at this marvelous oversized mug, don't you with you had such cool thing? Congress member: But regarding the DDoS.. Pai: Oh, you should watch my Harlen Shake video, I look so neat! Congress member: Mr Pai, please restrain yourself and keep on topic. Pai: DINOSAURS!! Congress member: ... Pai: IT'S ALL OBAMA'S FAULT!!! COVFEFE!!
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Re: Any fine is negligible when someone else foots the bill
On the post: Court Rejects Ajit Pai's Bid To Reduce Broadband Subsidies For Tribal Areas
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On the post: Court Rejects Ajit Pai's Bid To Reduce Broadband Subsidies For Tribal Areas
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On the post: Court Rejects Ajit Pai's Bid To Reduce Broadband Subsidies For Tribal Areas
Re: You're careful to specify "natural monopolies"...
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Re: Re: No. Context is always: FALSE report intended taken for real.
On the post: Free Speech Pro-Tip: You Can Yell Fire In A Crowded Theatre
Re: No. Context is always: FALSE report intended taken for real.
That's the point you fail miserably to understand when talking about free speech. It's about not letting the government control what speech is allowed and to reach such goal you must not prevent any kind of speech be it hateful or that endangers others.
On the post: Oh Look, Yet More Efforts To Strangle Broadband Competition
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In any case, it's clear that the financial barrier to enter this market is high enough that justifies help from state with regulations to foster competition on the other end. Seems reasonable and fair. And needed since most companies won't want to share the wealth voluntarily.
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A hybrid
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I'm fairly sure these roms will live through the pirates in magnets and other less known places and will make a comeback as soon as Nintendo loses interest again. Nintendo should have lost copyrights the moment the consoles and titles were not commercially available anymore. As always, pirates saving culture from a completely broken copyright system.
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