Best part of the whole TV thing: It's been my experience that gamers are more likely to be 'cord cutters' than other demographics. Good job on picking the thing we don't want to try and sell us.
If one removed Google and all it's services from the web, it'd take... a week to recover. I'd be grumpy about losing GMail, people would use Bing, youtube would be replaced quite quickly, and no one would notice + was gone.
During the senate write in campaign I wrote "my" senator- Mr. Leahy. His response reeks of a "Pft! what ever, I'll do what I want"
Thank you for contacting me about the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
The growth of the digital marketplace is extraordinary and it gives creators and producers new opportunities to reach consumers, but it also brings with it the perils of piracy and counterfeiting. The increased usage and accessibility of the Internet has transformed it into the new Main Street. Internet purchases have become so commonplace that consumers are less wary of online shopping and therefore more easily victimized by online products that are unsafe or stolen. Online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods cost the American economy billions of dollars. This is unacceptable in any economic climate, but it is devastating today.
I introduced the bipartisan PROTECT IP Act on May 12, 2011, and the full Senate was set to begin consideration of it on January 24, 2012. Unfortunately, debate on this important bill has been postponed. It is disappointing that the Senate could not proceed to debate solutions to a problem on which there is consensus – that the theft of American intellectual property by foreign websites devastates our economy.
The PROTECT IP Act is a balanced solution that gives law enforcement the tools to go after foreign websites that do nothing but steal our intellectual property. Websites that engage in this behavior in the United States are subject to a number of remedies, including copyright infringement lawsuits, Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices, and even civil forfeiture of domain names. Meanwhile, foreign websites can steal American intellectual property without fear of recourse as they exist beyond the scope of American laws. It is unacceptable that we have a system in place that treats foreign websites engaged in criminal activity better than we treat American sites that do the same.
The PROTECT IP Act targets only the worst of the worst foreign websites, those that have no significant use other than infringement. I support this narrow definition of a rogue website even though it would allow many websites outside of the United States that engage in the theft of American intellectual property to continue to reach the U.S. market. In my view it is important to have a narrow definition, as well as explicitly include significant due process protections for websites, because these are safeguards that will prevent abuse and ensure that only the most egregious and potentially dangerous websites are targeted.
In drafting this bill, I have been committed to an open process. I have been open to hearing and addressing concerns from all stakeholders, which is why I have been willing to hold back one of the most significant remedies contained in the bill for future study. That the Senate cannot debate even the most narrowly tailored solutions to this problem is indicative of the political climate we live in today. I will continue to work on solutions to put an end to this rampant theft because it must be stopped.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please keep in touch.
True, but the last time mid term elections generated a >40% turnout was 1970 (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html)and if we assume most people who signed those petitions intend to vote, that puts it closer to 6%. Then consider the number of people who didn't sign the petition for one reason or another. Awareness is much higher then 2.5% there are many issues I've been aware of but I didn't sign a petition about. I just used my vote... Many people are of that mind set.
I still can't wrap my head around how an original idea can be sold. If you bought it, you didn't create it. If you didn't create it, you shouldn't be given the rights and protections awarded to creators.
I think if you originator dies or abandons a work, it should become public domain. Make IP nontransferable!
Actually, wireless tether has been built into android's code since 2.2, carriers remove the feature cause they want you to pay more. Then people make apps, and now verizon is trying to break the phones again.
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(If it's displaying different for you, both of our names are showing up as 'Nick' and it even highlighted your post as one I wrote.)
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That being said, Microsoft totally sold me a PS4 with that mess of a reveal.
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That being said, Microsoft totally sold me a PS4 with that mess of a reveal.
Minor observation
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Re: Web comic called it.
http://forums.leasticoulddo.com/index.php?showtopic=29327
Web comic called it.
March 7th, 2009. The idea is actually older than the nook! Comments are gone, but some people said it's brilliant, other said it'd never work.
Makes me wonder if someone at the Times was combing the archive of LICD during work hours
Doesn't care
Thank you for contacting me about the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act. I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
The growth of the digital marketplace is extraordinary and it gives creators and producers new opportunities to reach consumers, but it also brings with it the perils of piracy and counterfeiting. The increased usage and accessibility of the Internet has transformed it into the new Main Street. Internet purchases have become so commonplace that consumers are less wary of online shopping and therefore more easily victimized by online products that are unsafe or stolen. Online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods cost the American economy billions of dollars. This is unacceptable in any economic climate, but it is devastating today.
I introduced the bipartisan PROTECT IP Act on May 12, 2011, and the full Senate was set to begin consideration of it on January 24, 2012. Unfortunately, debate on this important bill has been postponed. It is disappointing that the Senate could not proceed to debate solutions to a problem on which there is consensus – that the theft of American intellectual property by foreign websites devastates our economy.
The PROTECT IP Act is a balanced solution that gives law enforcement the tools to go after foreign websites that do nothing but steal our intellectual property. Websites that engage in this behavior in the United States are subject to a number of remedies, including copyright infringement lawsuits, Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices, and even civil forfeiture of domain names. Meanwhile, foreign websites can steal American intellectual property without fear of recourse as they exist beyond the scope of American laws. It is unacceptable that we have a system in place that treats foreign websites engaged in criminal activity better than we treat American sites that do the same.
The PROTECT IP Act targets only the worst of the worst foreign websites, those that have no significant use other than infringement. I support this narrow definition of a rogue website even though it would allow many websites outside of the United States that engage in the theft of American intellectual property to continue to reach the U.S. market. In my view it is important to have a narrow definition, as well as explicitly include significant due process protections for websites, because these are safeguards that will prevent abuse and ensure that only the most egregious and potentially dangerous websites are targeted.
In drafting this bill, I have been committed to an open process. I have been open to hearing and addressing concerns from all stakeholders, which is why I have been willing to hold back one of the most significant remedies contained in the bill for future study. That the Senate cannot debate even the most narrowly tailored solutions to this problem is indicative of the political climate we live in today. I will continue to work on solutions to put an end to this rampant theft because it must be stopped.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please keep in touch.
Re: Re: A good start?
swap 6% for just shy of 5% as election year turn outs are >50% but
Re: A good start?
leahy
Bills become toxic, at what point does a senator?
To sell an idea
I think if you originator dies or abandons a work, it should become public domain. Make IP nontransferable!
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Logic win!
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http://androidandme.com/2010/05/news/native-tethering-spotted-in-android-2-2-froyo/
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I'm sorry guys, I didn't think they were reading this.
God help us
Quick! give all the children colonoscopies!
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