My belief is that this will very slowly work its way into the collective consciousnesses of government and businesses. If you look at past disruptive innovations, it is always business as usual until it is to late. Mike talks about disruption quite a bit, from what I have seen he even understands it in a minor way. Most people do not get the exponential growth part, and see the trends are farther off than they actually are. I am not worried about them waking up to this threat tomorrow.
"If they ignore long enough the unsatisfied ppl will reach a critical mass beyond the point that doing one thing right will make them cool down"
The critical mass has already been reached to protect the internet. The techie, "Nerds", and w3 crowd are the ones fighting laws that would affect the internet.
The critical mass to actually change things will not occur for a coupe years. When AARP types point their gnarled fingers at the politicians and say that's a stupid idea stop it. We know we are there. :)
Kind of Ironic if you think about it. The government creates the internet, the geeks love it and protect it, the internet becomes the thing that screws business as usual politics.
"If I got your point then I think exactly the same."
My personal hope is that they continue down the same path that they are following and continue to ignore the signs that things are changing. Right now they see the failures of ACTA and SOPA as blips and believe this is a short lived internet only thing.
They haven't put together that the anti IP demonstrations, Arab spring, Uber vs the DC taxi and limo commission, etc are all part of the same growing trend. A trend that is now breaking out of the Geek only stereotype and going more mainstream. Looking at the Stop Monsanto movement you have farmers, tree huggers, organic food types, and techies all working together, you can see this. Slowly the number of people under the curve of this change are increasing.
I can't wait for five years from now when groups like AARP start getting into the mix.
We would like to apologize for the failure of a pipe on our oil platform. It was due to a faulty regulator. This will undoubtedly shorten lives, lead to oil toxicity (aka gulf war syndrome), cause birth defects, and cancer among a large large portion of gulf community.
How about Lord that is currently not called shampoo? We can even make up an imaginary pictograph. The pictograph I vote for is a single upraised finger.
The thing about monitoring is, once it starts it gets out of hand very quickly. You find what people actually think of you, the jokes they tell about you. You find one person sending something that "Might" be a problem to another. You then look at this other person who leads you elsewhere.
Its why the monitoring of citizens will lead to more monitoring. Because when you know what people actually think of you, you begin thinking there is a conspiracy behind every door.
Truth be told people like the troll we are chatting with are doing more harm than good to their cause. The more they show up and spout their bullshit, the more we resent the entire industry. It is self defeating.
Isn't it ironic, they want to remove several constitutional amendments to save their business model, and then they won't have the right to insult us anymore.
First - You are the one that's scared. All you do is throw out insults and change the subject. You use disproved talking points and are insignificant in the large picture.
Second - you really do not understand what is happening in the world do you? If you look at what I have written here and elsewhere you will see I am balls accurate when it comes to predicting future trends. This rising up of the masses against ACTA-SOPA-etc is just the beginning of a much larger social change that is occurring worldwide. Don't be surprised if in five to ten years mandatory worldwide licensing, shortening of copyright lengths, and registration is required of all copyrighted material.
Third - And most important. Take Wil Wheaton's advice "Don't be a dick" or in your case stop being one.
Hey look a shiny blue area in the middle of the wall of words. Its a comment, I think I will read it and comment. :)
For the first time these copyright maximalists, are having all their schemes and machinations trounced. To them, these defeats, are outside their belief system, and unprecedented. The unruly masses have risen up, and they do not have a target to blame, attack, or propagandize against. You, Techdirt, Michael Geist, the EFF, Google, Wikipedia are convenient surrogate targets for their blame.
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The trend is for more Mr. Normal's to use the tools of the Geeks and cause disruption.
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"If they ignore long enough the unsatisfied ppl will reach a critical mass beyond the point that doing one thing right will make them cool down"
The critical mass has already been reached to protect the internet. The techie, "Nerds", and w3 crowd are the ones fighting laws that would affect the internet.
The critical mass to actually change things will not occur for a coupe years. When AARP types point their gnarled fingers at the politicians and say that's a stupid idea stop it. We know we are there. :)
Kind of Ironic if you think about it. The government creates the internet, the geeks love it and protect it, the internet becomes the thing that screws business as usual politics.
"If I got your point then I think exactly the same."
Contact me at my blog or hit me up over at Google+
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They haven't put together that the anti IP demonstrations, Arab spring, Uber vs the DC taxi and limo commission, etc are all part of the same growing trend. A trend that is now breaking out of the Geek only stereotype and going more mainstream. Looking at the Stop Monsanto movement you have farmers, tree huggers, organic food types, and techies all working together, you can see this. Slowly the number of people under the curve of this change are increasing.
I can't wait for five years from now when groups like AARP start getting into the mix.
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It�s Official: Social Media Users Happier With Google+ Than With Facebook
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As if this will ever happen ...
For this we apologize,
BP
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You missed it probably violates EU privacy laws, as it requires the company to monitor and scan a persons files.
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I was wondering is that, "funny Ha Ha" or "Oh god we are seriously fucked" followed by uncontrollable laughing?
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Who here would sign it?
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That is a great visual image. :D
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Wouldn't it be funny if in five years some kid with a tablet walks into a Close exhibit and says, "I have filter for that on my tablet".
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Its why the monitoring of citizens will lead to more monitoring. Because when you know what people actually think of you, you begin thinking there is a conspiracy behind every door.
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Read this ...
http://www.hephaestusproject.com/blog/2012/01/25/why-internet-trolls-are-a-good-thing/
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Second - you really do not understand what is happening in the world do you? If you look at what I have written here and elsewhere you will see I am balls accurate when it comes to predicting future trends. This rising up of the masses against ACTA-SOPA-etc is just the beginning of a much larger social change that is occurring worldwide. Don't be surprised if in five to ten years mandatory worldwide licensing, shortening of copyright lengths, and registration is required of all copyrighted material.
Third - And most important. Take Wil Wheaton's advice "Don't be a dick" or in your case stop being one.
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Lazy ... LOL ... The man can type a wall of nonsense, but can not type in a 1-20 letter name.
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For the first time these copyright maximalists, are having all their schemes and machinations trounced. To them, these defeats, are outside their belief system, and unprecedented. The unruly masses have risen up, and they do not have a target to blame, attack, or propagandize against. You, Techdirt, Michael Geist, the EFF, Google, Wikipedia are convenient surrogate targets for their blame.
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