I cannot believe a judge suggested stalking someone. How did our legal system stoop so low as to rely on techniques employed by criminals to serve other criminals?
:( this is the death of the internet. maybe it's just me but i have a sense that all of these anti-Google/anti-piracy sentiments springing up around the globe are just a misdirection brought on by someone/some group scheming a much larger plan.
And i don't think the fact that I've been listening to all of the Star Wars audiobooks for the past 2 months has anything to do with my thought process here.
I haven't read all the other comments but its safe to say that HBO would make more money if they had an offering for those 'off the cord' as well as for those 'on'. Consider that more people watch True Blood via torrents than HBO has subscribers, then remember that at least as many people stream the episodes , then assume that, on the low end, 25% of those people would be willing to pay for the service instead of how they currently get it. HBO would still make money on this deal, even if they lost service provider incentives. I think that closer to 40% is a more realistic number to use.
Summary: Current HBO subscribers + [Current HBO subscribers x 2 (torrents) x 2 (streaming) x .4 (40%)] x $12/month = more profit than what they make today.
Does anyone honestly believe that releasing this report is the only way ITIF works to achieve it's end goals? We know they get funding from the MPAA and we know the MPAA has serious influence and access to the TPP negotiations so what need is there to release this report at all when it seems the linking organization (MPAA) can directly impose the 'recommendations' from said report? It seems to me that this type of 'report' is merely a public announcement - a kind of perverted transparency measure for the TPP.
Agreed on the Gizmodo sentiment. First TC, now Giz.. :(. My Reader feed is looking sparse lately. At least Techdirt always has bad news (but great articles) waiting for me.
If these types of fundraisers don't fail completely I think a dramatic change will happen in the ones that are actually successful. The first example that comes to mind is a recent crowd funding campaign for a book from a well known/liked author. This is more of a guaranteed success than a disruptive new business model and is far more likely to deliver what is promised with each tier of investment. The future of crowd funding success will be reserved for those bringing a 'completed product' or at least 'far enough along that it will be completed' and asking for crowd funding to help bring the product to market (and to pay for the creator's/developers' initial investment).
The problem with crowd-funding entrepreneurs is that there is virtually no risk for the people receiving the money. Without equal risk on both sides, someone is bound to end up unhappy and those w/o risk are less likely to appreciate/respect the money from their investors. Do you walk into a bank and ask for $500,000 to start a business w/o collateral to back up the banks investment? Well you could do that but the answer would be 'No'. Typically the person asking for the loan will need to have more money invested/available than the amount of the loan they are asking for OR have a very long track record of success - preferably both. Crowd-funding will adjust to incorporate some of the prudent methods 'old school' investors have learned or it will fade and be thought of as a naive trend.
Craigslist had to be in the process of developing the this long before PadMapper announced their version. It doesn't make sense to suddenly develop it (after PadMapper's announcement) then let the media know shortly after suing another company for making the same tool. Perhaps PadMapper even heard about the development of the tool directly from Craigslist and rushed to develop their own version before CL could release theirs.. This post seems to condemn Craigslist simply b/c their news came second w/o knowing the complete background.
I'm just trying to keep hope alive that Craigslist isn't becoming evil.
If this follows the same path as we've seen in other industries then right now there is a proposal in the works that would require a 'seal' prior to bringing video games to the public market. The purpose of the seal is to ensure each video game is safe for public viewing and not likely to inspire terrorism, shoplifting, and/or copyright infringement/piracy/research. The cost of obtaining the proposed seal would be prohibitively expensive as well as a lengthy process, possibly with tiered fees for faster processing. Accordingly, the timing of this proposal is not related to recent news or industry trends but due to its importance, it will be passed into law 1 hour ago.
A) Onity charges a fee to its customers to fix a defective product: customers pay the fee or go to a new manufacturer for all new locks. Onity will have trouble getting new/repeat customers, it's value will decline and it will struggle to survive.
B) Onity amends its solution and talks/compromises with its customers to get the problem resolved quickly and at a cost acceptable to both parties - perhaps with Onity showing a little generosity on the customer's behalf to inspire goodwill and what not. Onity's reputation improves overall while also strengthening customer loyalty, profits rise, etc.
All of this, of course, is contingent upon Onity's customers actually resisting the current solution. The public may have an opinion but if hotels find the cost acceptable then there isn't really a problem. The most important thing is that the locks get fixed.
Seriously, you want Congress to get involved? Have you been reading this site lately? If Congress gets involved we'll have enough TLDs to have 'complete sentence' URLs instead of today's 'short phrase' URLs. It would be like Christmas for them.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Disingenuous Mike...They're not bailing out the RIAA...
Thank you, Leigh! I was reading these comments and couldn't help but feel this entire argument was counter-intuitive. One cannot claim another is misinformed after admitting their only source of information is the one from whom they have just claimed is misinformed. That is called 'denial': (from merriam-webster) "a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality."
All of his subsequent comments further indict him as a troll. He states that he read the article twice, read all the links provided in the article and then 'did his own search'. In other words, he had little or no information on this topic prior to reading Mike's article, then only after reading it, sought to disprove it and proceeded to draw both mis- and un- informed conclusions on the topic while accusing Mike of doing the exact same thing. His comments continuously claim Mike's article is ambiguous while ambiguously citing the reason as a difference between acronyms of organizations, a minor point to the larger topic. Finally, he admits to his error, only after being called out, but does not cede his point, instead choosing outright denial and maintaining his 'victory' (grow up).
From Wikipedia: Troll (Internet): In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as a forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
Therefore, with no power whatsoever to do so, I both create and present this commenter with the Repentant Troll Award. "Because its one thing to troll then repent but its a greater feat to troll and repent whilst still trolling."
That said, +1 for not being an AC and I forgive you.
In the shadow of massive user-bases like Twitter and Facebook, its easy to forget how things work when you first start out. If Twitter had a $50 fee when it first launched, would anyone even know what a 'tweet' is today? Probably not. That's b/c an initial fee is called a 'barrier to entry' and typically the smaller the barrier, the more 'entries' you will have. Barriers are not always bad and this site is banking on that fact but for something as casual as Twitter, any $$ barrier is a big one. I doubt this site will ever have a user base larger than 1 million unless they introduce more incentives to climb their barrier or significantly shrink the barrier or both.
I'm glad they filed this suit, otherwise i wouldn't have known the outcome of the original South Butt case that i read about a long time ago. I also wouldn't know about their new company and brand so it really worked out well for me. i'm sure WCM will be fine too so the only victim here is the North Face but since they are also the 'assailant', that cancels out and equals a victimless filing..
If Obama doesn't push this thru: his political opponents will collude to entice terrorists to cyber attack the weakpoints made evident in this legislation. that will finally 'prove' we need more cybersecurity legislation and that Obama was a terrible President.
If Obama does push this thru: his political opponents will claim that he is owned by corporations and special interest groups, that he is anti-american for passing laws in a 'border-line unconstitutional way', and that he and his big government want to take away civil liberties and spy on "the American People"
so i was little when this song came out but was the version posted above allowed on TV? That mesh shirt thing is completely transparent (and hot). Also, totally forgot how hot Madonna was back then. Looks similar to Helena Bonham Carter, any one else think so?
i am a bit disappointed by this article (i'm hoping there is an earlier one i haven't seen yet that actually goes into the details of the ruling). I've been searching for a little bit now and i can't find those "C Block" rules that Verizon violated by blocking tethering apps. What no one seems to think is a big deal is that this settlement only applies to tiered data plans. I just want to know how C Block rules could have put a restriction on tiered data, but not unlimited data plans, back in 2008 when no one offered tiered data plans... Mike, any help on this?
That little kid is a con-artist/spy in the making. Con-artist if he continues to be successful in his elusive tactics; Spy if a govt agency ever catches up to him. Also, he should co-host a tv show with that 3-year-old gun safe cracker. They could call it "Gubment Safety for Kids" (frequent guest appearances by Barney, or whatever is popular these days, to keep ratings up).
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And i don't think the fact that I've been listening to all of the Star Wars audiobooks for the past 2 months has anything to do with my thought process here.
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Summary: Current HBO subscribers + [Current HBO subscribers x 2 (torrents) x 2 (streaming) x .4 (40%)] x $12/month = more profit than what they make today.
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Re: Reminds me of Gizmodo fail
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The problem with crowd-funding entrepreneurs is that there is virtually no risk for the people receiving the money. Without equal risk on both sides, someone is bound to end up unhappy and those w/o risk are less likely to appreciate/respect the money from their investors. Do you walk into a bank and ask for $500,000 to start a business w/o collateral to back up the banks investment? Well you could do that but the answer would be 'No'. Typically the person asking for the loan will need to have more money invested/available than the amount of the loan they are asking for OR have a very long track record of success - preferably both. Crowd-funding will adjust to incorporate some of the prudent methods 'old school' investors have learned or it will fade and be thought of as a naive trend.
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I'm just trying to keep hope alive that Craigslist isn't becoming evil.
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B) Onity amends its solution and talks/compromises with its customers to get the problem resolved quickly and at a cost acceptable to both parties - perhaps with Onity showing a little generosity on the customer's behalf to inspire goodwill and what not. Onity's reputation improves overall while also strengthening customer loyalty, profits rise, etc.
All of this, of course, is contingent upon Onity's customers actually resisting the current solution. The public may have an opinion but if hotels find the cost acceptable then there isn't really a problem. The most important thing is that the locks get fixed.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Disingenuous Mike...They're not bailing out the RIAA...
All of his subsequent comments further indict him as a troll. He states that he read the article twice, read all the links provided in the article and then 'did his own search'. In other words, he had little or no information on this topic prior to reading Mike's article, then only after reading it, sought to disprove it and proceeded to draw both mis- and un- informed conclusions on the topic while accusing Mike of doing the exact same thing. His comments continuously claim Mike's article is ambiguous while ambiguously citing the reason as a difference between acronyms of organizations, a minor point to the larger topic. Finally, he admits to his error, only after being called out, but does not cede his point, instead choosing outright denial and maintaining his 'victory' (grow up).
From Wikipedia: Troll (Internet): In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as a forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
Therefore, with no power whatsoever to do so, I both create and present this commenter with the Repentant Troll Award. "Because its one thing to troll then repent but its a greater feat to troll and repent whilst still trolling."
That said, +1 for not being an AC and I forgive you.
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'nuf said.
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If Obama does push this thru: his political opponents will claim that he is owned by corporations and special interest groups, that he is anti-american for passing laws in a 'border-line unconstitutional way', and that he and his big government want to take away civil liberties and spy on "the American People"
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