I still think that it is a good, elaborate joke. I do appreciate good dark humor without "just kidding" disclaimers. Some "rouge" employee in charge of public relations is capable of pulling this stunt. Is this company big enough to have sense of humor - killing and common sence - killing policies in place?
Come on, this is not what you think: the judge doesn't want to see Righthaven competitors' opponents potentially come on with bigger attorney fees, and he is giving them guidance as to what the legal fees should be.
Those who think that the border between good and evil lies along the Aisle are already lost... and hastily revived by the puppeteers of this illusion. "Lost and revived" are zombies by definition.
I lived in Soviet Union for 20 years, so I have an acute feeling how fragile freedom is. Those who take today's freedoms for granted usually don't notice dangerous tendencies, but I feel them with my skin. Freedom is not a stable state: leave it unattended and it will slip to dictatorship. 100%.
After 9/11 my former boss said that if putting handcuffs on him during a flight makes him safer, he would gladly abide. I was so flabbergasted that I could not argue at that time. Now I know what to say: yes, handcuffing makes you safer, but one day authorities decide not to take off those handcuffs upon arrival - all for your safety.
What I don't like about these cartoons is that I feel deprived of my basic human rights every time I share Nina's works. Most of the stuff out there is copyrighted, so I have two choices: procure that stuff legally (buy or secure a permission), or pirate it. Here I have no choice but to share these cartoons legally. Nina trumps my basic right to pirate her wonderful works :(
That's the root of the problem. Mass culture is not compatible with good humor. The sense of humor is dangerous for those who try manipulating homo consumerus' emotions: good sense of humor is inseparable from ability to think critically. As a result of brainwashing, if either laugh track, "I'm kidding" disclaimer, or a smiley is missing, there is a risk of literal interpretation, i.e. gross misinterpretation.
In another TechDirt's discussion I noted that the necessity of solving lots of captchas daily makes our generation smarter. And it was taken literally: someone demanded the proof.
With all these complexities I'm sure there must be a legal way to add Righthaven to the suit and dismiss Democratic Underground, so Righthaven and Stephens Media would sue each other: whoever loses, pays legal fees to Democratic Underground.
I feel stupid. I have hard time understanding this document. Is Righthaven asking to intervene in its own lawsuit? Seems like jurisprudence flying father and father from the areas populated by normal human beings. I have no issue with corporate lawyers fighting with other corporate lawyers – it’s their bread, their chess paly. But apparently some lawyers decided that they are better than gods and started using their sophisticated weaponry against peaceful population of non-lawyers. If two armies fight each other, that’s war. If an army fights with population, that’s atrocity, and it couldn’t stay unnoticed. So Righthaven’s model was doomed from the conception.
I just invented an innovative business model. I’m going to start a new revolutionary Internet advertising business.
That’s how it will work: I pay my clients for directing traffic to them, and I provide affiliates with means to pay me for placing my clients' ads on their personal pages. Affiliates will register their bank accounts with me, so I will be able to deduct fees for each and every click. I’m sure there will be no shortage of affiliates who will be eager to pay for every banner click their visitors make because this is the right thing to do.
Oh, yes, one more note: to be consistent I need to set pricing to make sure my profit is negative.
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Let's streisand this!
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After 9/11 my former boss said that if putting handcuffs on him during a flight makes him safer, he would gladly abide. I was so flabbergasted that I could not argue at that time. Now I know what to say: yes, handcuffing makes you safer, but one day authorities decide not to take off those handcuffs upon arrival - all for your safety.
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Sense of humor
That's the root of the problem. Mass culture is not compatible with good humor. The sense of humor is dangerous for those who try manipulating homo consumerus' emotions: good sense of humor is inseparable from ability to think critically. As a result of brainwashing, if either laugh track, "I'm kidding" disclaimer, or a smiley is missing, there is a risk of literal interpretation, i.e. gross misinterpretation.
In another TechDirt's discussion I noted that the necessity of solving lots of captchas daily makes our generation smarter. And it was taken literally: someone demanded the proof.
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With all these complexities I'm sure there must be a legal way to add Righthaven to the suit and dismiss Democratic Underground, so Righthaven and Stephens Media would sue each other: whoever loses, pays legal fees to Democratic Underground.
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If I was Gibson, I would argue that I mentioned adult actress purely for contrast, and hence what I said was actually a compliment to her virtues.
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I vote for a new TechDirt badge: Lulz Coward.
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"You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone."
Al Capone
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For this particular fill-in(s) - the only thing R. Black taught us is that Internets are cruelly unpredictable when it comes to memezation.
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A million dollar idea
That’s how it will work: I pay my clients for directing traffic to them, and I provide affiliates with means to pay me for placing my clients' ads on their personal pages. Affiliates will register their bank accounts with me, so I will be able to deduct fees for each and every click. I’m sure there will be no shortage of affiliates who will be eager to pay for every banner click their visitors make because this is the right thing to do.
Oh, yes, one more note: to be consistent I need to set pricing to make sure my profit is negative.
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