If journalists called someone out or did some real critical analysis, they'd lose "access" to all those anonymous sources and/or take a hit to their social standing. Only a person who writes a gossip column should be that chummy with a source.
Don't forget, AP has tried to push the idea for years that they own "hot news" content, regardless of source or copyright. Think of the money to be made suing people for linking to non-AP content if it happens to fall under their interpretation of the "hot news" doctrine!
Lamar Smith thinks that only Google opposes SOPA because that was the entire point of the legislation - to get Google to start dumping piles of money into campaigns in order to get the legislation killed. They see Google's market cap and start salivating. Of course, Google isn't playing that game and Hollywood et al does, "giving" more than a twelve times more to Congress than the tech sector. That's how Congress works - propose something odious and rake in the cash to get it killed. "You's got a nice Internet here, shame if anything was to happen to it."
As anyone who's tried to move away from GoDaddy can tell, transferring to another registrar is not a instantaneous process. GoDaddy could be sitting on thousands of transfers out for the maximum number of days allowed while processing all transfers in as soon as received. Other registrars also accused them of providing incomplete records in transfer, causing further delays. I helped a friend move from them months ago and it look weeks, because confirmation emails with the necessary auth codes required by GoDaddy were never sent (it was to my mail server, so I could see the logs that no attempts to send were ever made).
They should charge him for what they are really upset about: contradicting and/or embarrassing the police via audio and/or video. They could expand that to any sort of public official or institution, if needed to get them on board to change the laws.
Many years ago I worked as a projectionist at a theater that had $1.50 second run movies. This was when the full price was around $6. We were the most profitable theater in the chain due to concession sales, apart from the drive-in which sold burgers, pizzas, nachos, etc. Concessions is the prime way theaters make money - most of the ticket price goes back to the studios on a sliding percentage based on the number of weeks the film has been released. That's why studios also like to have one or two huge weekends at the highest rate, then cut the number of screens so they can maximize their percentage on their next release. The theaters, however, have no leverage to change this.
Who needs the opinions of experts when lobbyists have truckloads of cash to hand out?
Public financing of elections, blind trusts for their personal wealth and strict bans on hiring family members of politicians, lobbying by former politicians, or politicians retiring to join companies whom they had previously written laws governing (and the reverse, getting elected to assist your current employer) would help put a stop to some of this. There's way too much money and personal enrichment in US politics.
Large corporations will be the only ones with 1st and 4th Amendment rights soon if things continue the way they are. I wonder what justification Congress or the courts will use to grant voting rights to corporation... Their votes will have to be weighted so as not to discriminate against them, of course. Number of employees or market cap on election day?
..now that she's made a video and a complaint, she'll be subjected to enhanced pat-downs every time she flies. Complaining about security is a sign that you are a potential terrorist threat, after all.
This is as good as when they forced a mom to divide her 12 oz of breast milk in a single container into several smaller containers so each container had less than 3 oz. Totally pointless.
Has anyone looked into who Righthaven's lawyers are and their backgrounds? Such as, are they sloppy with details because they are so aggressive, or are they just sloppy? Maybe their specialty is in some other area of law and they are in way over their heads when it comes to federal or copyright law?
"Charging different amounts based on the hardware is like charging people different prices for listening to the same music on headphones vs. speakers."
Somewhere a music executive just got chills down his spine and doesn't know why.
Without a doubt that domain's an instrument in many crimes, far more than some little known not-a-blog or not-a-discussion-board. Wait, they have money....
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Yahoo is a derelict site
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Re: What I think is a shame
On the post: IFPI & Other Lobbyists Tell Parliament That ACTA Protests Silence The Democratic Process
Voters
On the post: AP Finally Launches NewsRight... And It's Righthaven Lite?
"Hot news"
On the post: Lamar Smith Out Of Touch With The Internet: Still Thinks It's Just Google That Opposes SOPA
Extortion racket
On the post: GoDaddy Boycott Fizzles; Twice As Many Domains Transfer In As Out
Registrar transfers are not instantaneous
On the post: Man Facing 75 Years In Jail For Recording The Police; Illinois Assistant AG Says No Right To Record Police
Inaccurate charges
On the post: Could Facebook Lose Its 'Facebook' Trademark After Being Too Aggressive In Trademark Bullying?
not going to happen
On the post: Forget The Stormtrooper Costumes, Get Worried About UK Courts Saying They Can Judge US Copyright Law
juridiction
They are just following the US's examples.
On the post: DHS Requests $300 Million To Purchase Even More Devices That Don't Work
Corruption
On the post: TSA Takes Security Theater On The Road: Mobile Groping Teams Can Pop Up Anywhere
Re: Re: Re: GL with that.
On the post: Sony's Insane Fear Of 'Piracy' Means Many Movies Now Suck In Digital Theaters
Re: 2D movie please
On the post: The 18 Senators Who Approve Breaking The Internet To Protect Hollywood
Experts
Public financing of elections, blind trusts for their personal wealth and strict bans on hiring family members of politicians, lobbying by former politicians, or politicians retiring to join companies whom they had previously written laws governing (and the reverse, getting elected to assist your current employer) would help put a stop to some of this. There's way too much money and personal enrichment in US politics.
On the post: Major Labels Shamed Into Promising To Give Some Of $105 Million Limewire Settlement To Artists
What? The hired help wants some of this money too?
On the post: RIAA Calls 4th Amendment Passe: Pushes For Warrantless Searches
Re:
On the post: TSA Molests Miss USA, Makes Her Cry... For Your Safety
The saddest thing is...
On the post: We've Trained The TSA To Search For Liquid Instead Of Bombs
On the post: Righthaven Demands Servers Of Website Sued, Even After Court Rejects Demands For Domain
Who are Righthaven's lawyers?
On the post: It Took The NY Times 14 Months And $40 Million Dollars To Build The World's Stupidest Paywall?
Don't give them any ideas!
Somewhere a music executive just got chills down his spine and doesn't know why.
On the post: ICE Boss: It's Okay To Ignore The Constitution If It's To Protect Companies
When will they be seizing google.com?
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