I've been hearing from a number of sources that people on Comcast can't access archive.org, and traceroutes stop after 2 or 3 hops, indicating that packets are being dropped at a Comcast gateway.
The same is true of any public corporation. The problem is that investors enforce perverse incentives through their own simple objectives. Investors don't care about how the money is made, so long as it's made; and the executives do anything in their power to meet that goal, provided the consequences are cheap enough to justify the move.
I think we need to force ISPs and utilities (and a few others, like pharma) to reincorporate as public-benefit corporations, so that profits aren't the sole driving factor in business decisions.
There's some evidence of a disconnect between Hasbro and their legal team. They've sent C&Ds to several fan projects, including JanAnimations' "Button's Adventures" project, and it happened entirely without the knowledge of Hasbro's community outreach and executives, and as far as anyone knows, the issue with JanAnimations is still unresolved (though some of his videos are back up).
There's also the matter of Legends of Equestria, a fan-made MMO that's a blatant copy of the show's content. The only reason they haven't gotten a C&D (as far as anyone knows) is because they don't use the official names for anything except Equestria itself. This is another opportunity for Hasbro to enable some kind of licensing, but they've been silent on it.
The people at Hasbro and the studio responsible for My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic have had, for quite a while, a friendly, amicable relationship. Hasbro has been very excited about the massive quantity of creative work coming out of the Brony community (videos, music, fan art, stories, even fan-created episodes like Double Rainboom and Snowdrop, among others). In fact, they've said that the reason they made the movie Equestria Girls was specifically because of the prolific "humanized pony" fan art going around.
It's been a great thing all around for both the fan community and for Hasbro's bottom line.
And then Hasbro's legal team sent a Cease & Desist to JanAnimations over his extremely popular Adventures of Button Mash, which uses a character from the show (one who appears for less than 4 seconds in each of only two episodes.) Worst of all, no one at Hasbro even knew about the C&D letter until someone asked them about it.
Hasbro has since been in talks with JanAnimations about letting him revive the Button Mash work he'd started.
And then Hasbro's legal team sent a C&D to the creators of the also very popular Mentally Advanced series.
Given circumstances like this, I sincerely doubt that Konami and its legal department have even ever communicated about Philanthropy.
These corporate legal teams don't know or care about the secondary effects of fan works. All they see is possible trademark dilution or Copyright infringement.
This only reinforces to me that the NSA is being run by a bunch of paranoid, treasonous terorrists, and they should be treated exactly according to how they have mistreated the Public:
It's always been pretty clear to me that the UK doesn't have a Free Press when I found out that it's illegal to use public video from the House of Commons for the purposes of satire.
Without satire and free expression, no press can be truly Free.
If the analysts they hire are really so lacking in integrity that a few weeks without pay will make them turncoat traitors, why were they hired in the first place? Why didn't their high-security background check flag them as potential turncoats?
Oh, right, this is the NSA we're talking about. They're traitors to begin with.
GetPRSM.com isn't even trying to be subtle: Among the meta keywords are "Utah Datacenter" and "Parody." If you try to sign up, it pops up a dialog that says there are "technical problems" and links you to "technical support" over at the EFF website.
It even says "Made with love at Fort Meade" at the bottom and uses one of the famous pictures of the Utah datacenter.
Comcast seems to be blocking archive.org already.
I wish I could get another ISP.
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I think we need to force ISPs and utilities (and a few others, like pharma) to reincorporate as public-benefit corporations, so that profits aren't the sole driving factor in business decisions.
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... Which turned out to be a very violent chiropractic massage.
They probably didn't even know until after the fact.
There's also the matter of Legends of Equestria, a fan-made MMO that's a blatant copy of the show's content. The only reason they haven't gotten a C&D (as far as anyone knows) is because they don't use the official names for anything except Equestria itself. This is another opportunity for Hasbro to enable some kind of licensing, but they've been silent on it.
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Hasbro has been doing the same thing lately.
It's been a great thing all around for both the fan community and for Hasbro's bottom line.
And then Hasbro's legal team sent a Cease & Desist to JanAnimations over his extremely popular Adventures of Button Mash, which uses a character from the show (one who appears for less than 4 seconds in each of only two episodes.) Worst of all, no one at Hasbro even knew about the C&D letter until someone asked them about it.
Hasbro has since been in talks with JanAnimations about letting him revive the Button Mash work he'd started.
And then Hasbro's legal team sent a C&D to the creators of the also very popular Mentally Advanced series.
Given circumstances like this, I sincerely doubt that Konami and its legal department have even ever communicated about Philanthropy.
These corporate legal teams don't know or care about the secondary effects of fan works. All they see is possible trademark dilution or Copyright infringement.
I'm glad I closed my Chase account
Even if Chase weren't a hypocritical, megalomaniacal, criminal organization, they're still an awful bank.
At first, I was appalled.
Carry on, nothing to see here; it's just Idahoans being Idahoans.
I wish they'd throw money at me
Does Mark Lutz even exist?
Awful.
Arrest under charges of treason.
Re: Where can I contribute?
An attempt to give him this kind of recognition would force him from the bench, and he'd likely be disbarred as well.
It's it clear now?
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Without satire and free expression, no press can be truly Free.
Perhaps if...
So he's saying they're incompetent?
Oh, right, this is the NSA we're talking about. They're traitors to begin with.
Re: I think it's fake.
I think it's fake.
It even says "Made with love at Fort Meade" at the bottom and uses one of the famous pictures of the Utah datacenter.
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