There's nothing fundamentally wrong with starting a sentence with "And". The reason many English teachers tell this to their students is to prevent fragments when students use periods instead of commas. It's not improper English. You should reserve your lectures for actual errors.
Another issue here is also that the "people" mentioned are not just the end viewers, but also the advertisers and other attached business models that go toward the bottom line. If the advertisers or the "t-shirt sales" pay enough, then it doesn't matter whether any viewers are paying directly for the content.
Seriously? Do you have any idea how many people are upset about StarCraft 2 requiring an internet connection when you start it up? And I don't think that's even required to be constant.
This, my thinking-inclined friends, is why you should not try to get out of jury duty. I've done it recently; I thought it was kind of fun. Just remember to bring a long book for whenever you're not in the courtroom.
I always find it depressing that, if I were on trial, most of the people in the jury would be the people not smart enough to get out of it.
Ever read Atlas Shrugged? Because that's what you're talking about. All people capable of being successful are bound with red tape by a clueless or malicious government, until they get frustrated and leave. The issue in the real world is that there's no hidden valley for people to run to that they won't be found. We're all stuck on this planet, especially in the probable future of more global government and laws so that nowhere allows innovation.
Sorry about the slightly offtopic response, everyone.
Those things amount to a poor introductory article trying to make Google sound stupid. He certainly sounds biased, but those were simply the stupid introductory attention-getter background summary paragraph that everyone's so fond of now.
I don't think the article has much substance, but those things you listed are just the intro. It's mostly a recap of the failed Microsoft purchase of Yahoo, and then a summary of some recent lawsuits against Google. And the article says it may come back to bite them in the future, not that it already has.
If they had called it "Citizens united against Citizens United" would they have been all set? If they didn't capitalize the "united" then it would be clear that they were not using the proper noun which refers to the organization. Can trademark be dependent on something as flimsy as internet name capitalization?
The devices themselves aren't infected. This infection is in the driver package that you can (could?) download from the website. From the article:
"We also saw from the manufacturer’s website that the software is not distributed with the physical USB charger itself and instead it must be downloaded separately from the site"
Why did you switch from the common term of "file sharing" to "file trading"? I realize this may have already been explained somewhere, but it seems strange to me.
Your point is especially true for NIC, which can stand for either Network Interface Controller or Card. As in, from Wikipedia, "The most common NIC is the network interface card."
I'm sorry, but your post doesn't appear to make sense. There is no way a "design copyright" would have protected him from a patent infringement lawsuit.
That's what I was going to say. I bet that a lot of smaller bands would be willing to participate for free, for the promotional boost it would give them.
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I always find it depressing that, if I were on trial, most of the people in the jury would be the people not smart enough to get out of it.
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Sorry about the slightly offtopic response, everyone.
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I don't think the article has much substance, but those things you listed are just the intro. It's mostly a recap of the failed Microsoft purchase of Yahoo, and then a summary of some recent lawsuits against Google. And the article says it may come back to bite them in the future, not that it already has.
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If they had called it "Citizens united against Citizens United" would they have been all set? If they didn't capitalize the "united" then it would be clear that they were not using the proper noun which refers to the organization. Can trademark be dependent on something as flimsy as internet name capitalization?
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"We also saw from the manufacturer’s website that the software is not distributed with the physical USB charger itself and instead it must be downloaded separately from the site"
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