Until reading up on this story, I had never heard of the Burzynski Clinic, which is a controversial "cancer treatment" clinic in Houston.
Replace the word "controversial" with "fake" and the sentence will be just fine. There are any number of other adjectives that would also be appropriate.
I think Thompson is more concerned about the potential financial conflict of interest for the university with it's core mission of teaching. (Well, two core missions: education and research, but this concern is about education.) With investments from faculty, deans, and wealthy alumni, the university could be disincentivizing some students from obtaining a degree. Certainly students have left the university in the past without graduatuing to form very successful companies, but likely without the university (or major players at the university) so regularly having a financial interest in the students' doing so. (Although I could be wrong about that.)
son, anonymous, and your various other incarnations:
Allow me to explain this to you slowly and clearly, using small words:
1. Horrible bombing happens. No claim of responsibility, and no evidence of any kind to tell us who was responsible.
2. Rep. Steve King wants to promote his agenda, which by all evidence available (none) is completely unrelated to the bombing.
3. Rep. King takes advantage of this tragedy to advance his career and spread fear and prejudice and general bullshit.
I'm wondering how they arrived at this number. Does Wolfe Films pay another company to search for links and file DMCA takedown notices, or is the $30K an estimation of Wolfe's employees' time value spent on this? If it's an outside vendor, then I'd guess it's the vendor who told Wolfe Films that they'd be out of business without their service.
You left out Hansmeier's great response about the financial records:
Well, in the financial records I reviewed there were some Excel spreadsheets, I guess if you're going to call them books, that had some sort of numbers on them. They weren't very complete and they weren't very well labeled, but they were in Mark Lutz's possession.
The whole deposition is a work of inspired comic and tragic genius.
Assembled spectators in the courtroom gallery: "I'm Alan Cooper!" "No, I'M Alan Cooper!"
...
I work in Downtown L.A. and am thinking about taking a long lunch on Monday to witness this spectacle in person.
Do you suppose they allow popcorn in the courtroom?
I don't know about writers' groups, but John Scalzi at least has a post about this on his Whatever blog, and Ken at popehat.com has sent up the Popehat Signal for pro-bono help.
On the post: Takedown (Non-DMCA) Filed Against YouTube Video Challenging Controversial Cancer Clinic
#correction
Replace the word "controversial" with "fake" and the sentence will be just fine. There are any number of other adjectives that would also be appropriate.
On the post: Anti-Piracy Enforcer Degban Publishes Some Info-less Graphics Stating Atlanta Is File Sharingest Place On Earth
Re:
On the post: Anti-Piracy Enforcer Degban Publishes Some Info-less Graphics Stating Atlanta Is File Sharingest Place On Earth
But such pretty colors
Key links at the bottom of the page:
I want a refund of my time spent staring at unlabeled y-axes.
On the post: Because Some Students At Stanford Go To Startups, That Somehow Means Stanford Is No Longer A University?
Conflict of interest
And... I see now that Thompson has a follow-up post ( http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/04/the-end-of-stanford-part-ii.html ) that ends with "When the needs of education conflict with the prerogatives of headlong enrichment, which will Stanford choose?"
On the post: Med Express Sues Marginally Dissatisfied Customer For Posting Accurate Feedback On eBay
On the post: Rep. Steve King: Because Boston Bombing May Have Been Done By An Immigrant, We Should Block Immigration Reform
Allow me to explain this to you slowly and clearly, using small words:
1. Horrible bombing happens. No claim of responsibility, and no evidence of any kind to tell us who was responsible.
2. Rep. Steve King wants to promote his agenda, which by all evidence available (none) is completely unrelated to the bombing.
3. Rep. King takes advantage of this tragedy to advance his career and spread fear and prejudice and general bullshit.
THIS is what the article is about.
On the post: Justice Department Looking To Change The Law That Made It Impossible To Serve Megaupload
Re: We are not the global dictator.
On the post: Transcript Of The 12 Minute 'We're Done' Prenda Hearing Released
I love this judge.
On the post: Copyright As Censorship: University Threatens Own Faculty With Copyright Infringement For Campus Survey
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I'd post the footage, but it's copyrighted.
On the post: Indie Film Distributor Spends Half Her Profits Sending DMCA Takedowns, But Is It Worth It?
$30,000?
On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court -- But Prenda Law Is The Star
Now I'm sad
On the post: Deep Dive Analysis: Brett Gibbs Gets His Day In Court -- But Prenda Law Is The Star
Perfect.
On the post: Latest Prenda Filing: John Steele Knows Who Alan Cooper Is, But Won't Say, Plus Almost 300 Pages Of Tap Dancing Around Important Questions
The books
The whole deposition is a work of inspired comic and tragic genius.
On the post: Prenda Law Showdown Happening Monday: Judge Orders Everyone To Show Up In Court
Spartacus
...
I work in Downtown L.A. and am thinking about taking a long lunch on Monday to witness this spectacle in person.
Do you suppose they allow popcorn in the courtroom?
On the post: Bizarre Legal Threat Of The Day: Confused Zoo Owner Threatens Popehat Over... Well... Just Read It
Re: Re: Re:
Have you never had a boss?
On the post: The Worst Article You Might Ever Read About 'Cybersecurity'
Can't help but wonder
On the post: Games Workshop Proves It Would Rather Bully Authors Than Be A Culture Participant
Re:
On the post: Games Workshop Proves It Would Rather Bully Authors Than Be A Culture Participant
On the post: Teri Buhl Responds To Our Story; Still Confused About The Internet And The Law
Is it possible...
On the post: Another Notch In 'Cyber Threat' Rhetoric's Belt: Former UK Head Of Cyber Security Brings 'AIDS Epidemic' Into The Mix
It's quite easy to see if (like Shaw) you envision a "cyber war" that puts government on one side and private individuals on the other.
Next >>