I think any law or regulation which limits competition is just fine, as long as the industry that the law protects then is regulated as a public utility. I am as free market as they come, but the minute you pass one law limiting competition, the benefactor of that law should be highly regulated, like any public utility.
I do think that private and public ISPs should operate on the same footing. That said, once the very first law is passed in any locality, county, or state, limiting competition or giving any unfair advantage to any ISP, that service should then be regulated as a utility.
The actual movie never starts until 20+ minutes after the scheduled start time.
That's what gets me. In the past I only went to the movies about once a year, but every time I went the previews and commercials (WTF?!) got longer and longer until I gave it up for good. I can even walk to a theater and don't mind spending a fortune on popcorn and drinks, but fark the commercials.
I think they also sued a brand of whiskey over the shape of their bottle, being square like Jack Daniel's is, with Jack claiming they have been making it for over a hundred years. That was until Evan Williams pointed out that they had the same shape bottle over a hundred years before Jack Daniels.
BTW, Evan Williams is about half the price of Jack and a real bourbon without that vomit-y taste.
I live in a dense upscale suburb of Atlanta and I have a choice of expensive and slow Comcast with a data cap or less expensive very slow 12M AT&T DSL with a smaller data cap. I am looking to move and this is one of the reasons why, and will not even consider moving to another area where there is not community broadband or broadband competition. To me, poor internet choices like I have now is about as undesirable as a high crime rate. If everyone were like me, property values would soon reflect the "internet standard of living" and politicians and community leaders would more quickly remedy the problem of broadband monopolies.
That's the best answer. If she does not state exactly what speech should be taken down, including exact phrases while defining metrics that ensure that non-infringing content which quotes it are not affected so they could automate the process, then the tech companies should assume that the old trope is true: "I'll know it when I hear it." They should therefore automatically forward any questionable content to Downing St to ensure that it meets her approval for posting.
> Olive Garden®, LongHorn Steakhouse®, The Capital Grille®, Yard House®, Seasons 52®, Bahama Breeze®, and Eddie V's Prime Seafood®
I had no clue all these other restaurants were associated. Why would they want to tarnish their image by listing them in the same place as Olive Garden?
I am glad to see that now when you go to read Yelp reviews of Prestigious Pets that a window comes up that you must dismiss before you read the reviews, and it states
"Consumer Alert: Questionable Legal Threats
This business may be trying to abuse the legal system in an effort to stifle free speech, including issuing questionable legal threats against reviewers. As a reminder, reviewers who share their experiences have a First Amendment right to express their opinions on Yelp."
Note that recently, "Google Blocks RipOffReport.com for having “Unacceptable Business Practices”" So at least there's one less ripoff ripoff. http://ripoffreportscam.wordpress.com/
So you call the police that night to report you are being hacked by 127.0.0.1 and they put their best agent on it who calls you back a half hour later and says, "The Hacker is in your House! Get OUT!"
That's because I have not flown since they were created, and don't plan to as long as they exist. As soon as the airlines and airports lobbied for it (yes, they actually pushed for the federal government to take over airport security), I suspected I would never fly again. I was probably right.
My kid can send and receive over 400 texts in one day. 8400 in a month is the most I have noticed. I probably average about 400 texts in one year, not three, so yeah, way to go with the uber exaggeration, Tim.
So Google put them back in general search results, but will keep them removed from Google News results, which is what they said they wanted, unlike the court ruling. However, I bet 90% of the visits to their websites via google were as a result of the news results, not general search results. Think - how often have you come across a newspaper website as a result of a general google search? So, Fear Not! These dummies will still get their due.
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Sorry, too close to What-A-Burger
I say fine.
I think any law or regulation which limits competition is just fine, as long as the industry that the law protects then is regulated as a public utility. I am as free market as they come, but the minute you pass one law limiting competition, the benefactor of that law should be highly regulated, like any public utility.
As a free marketeer...
I do think that private and public ISPs should operate on the same footing. That said, once the very first law is passed in any locality, county, or state, limiting competition or giving any unfair advantage to any ISP, that service should then be regulated as a utility.
Re: The Theater Experience
That's what gets me. In the past I only went to the movies about once a year, but every time I went the previews and commercials (WTF?!) got longer and longer until I gave it up for good. I can even walk to a theater and don't mind spending a fortune on popcorn and drinks, but fark the commercials.
Didn't they try this on another whiskey?
I think they also sued a brand of whiskey over the shape of their bottle, being square like Jack Daniel's is, with Jack claiming they have been making it for over a hundred years. That was until Evan Williams pointed out that they had the same shape bottle over a hundred years before Jack Daniels.
BTW, Evan Williams is about half the price of Jack and a real bourbon without that vomit-y taste.
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Re: Quick Take
I had no idea why all these restaurants were mediocre
I had no clue all these other restaurants were associated. Why would they want to tarnish their image by listing them in the same place as Olive Garden?
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"Consumer Alert: Questionable Legal Threats
This business may be trying to abuse the legal system in an effort to stifle free speech, including issuing questionable legal threats against reviewers. As a reminder, reviewers who share their experiences have a First Amendment right to express their opinions on Yelp."
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One less ripoff ripoff
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The TSA does not bother me one bit
The court was right
24 hours
Re: Remember...
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Stupid Netflix. You would think they would have figured out how to rip a DVD by now.
They are still being punished, but don't know it yet
The real question is....
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