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The funny thing is it actually does not show commercials, it just streams a message saying "There's a commercial in progress. We'll be right back"

I find this odd since as the viewer, I'd be perfectly fine with having the TV commercials while I'm watching the ESPN stream.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110512/13563714254/teen-who-used-facebook-images-to-rank-looks-female-classmates-arrested-disorderly-conduct.shtml#c247 Fri, 13 May 2011 10:44:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110512/13563714254/teen-who-used-facebook-images-to-rank-looks-female-classmates-arrested-disorderly-conduct.shtml#c247 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c765 Mon, 9 May 2011 13:15:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c765 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c114 Mon, 9 May 2011 10:26:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c114 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c105 Mon, 9 May 2011 10:24:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/23273614200/acdc-says-their-songs-will-never-be-available-download-rest-internet-laughs.shtml#c105 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110506/00362014173/wsj-launches-wikileaks-competitor-says-it-can-reveal-your-info-to-law-enforcement.shtml#c188 Fri, 6 May 2011 08:45:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110506/00362014173/wsj-launches-wikileaks-competitor-says-it-can-reveal-your-info-to-law-enforcement.shtml#c188 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110330/03340313694/boston-college-tells-students-that-using-wireless-router-is-sign-copyright-infringement.shtml#c1187 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:16:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110330/03340313694/boston-college-tells-students-that-using-wireless-router-is-sign-copyright-infringement.shtml#c1187 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110322/03485913583/am-i-violating-dmca-visiting-nytimes-with-noscript-enabled.shtml#c180 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:01:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110322/03485913583/am-i-violating-dmca-visiting-nytimes-with-noscript-enabled.shtml#c180
There are even browsers that don't have Javascript (Lynx anyone?)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110315/12420813503/ea-banned-forums-cant-play-single-player-game-either.shtml#c201 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:16:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110315/12420813503/ea-banned-forums-cant-play-single-player-game-either.shtml#c201 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110204/01253512962/redskins-owner-sues-local-paper-over-satirical-listing-grievances-making-sure-more-people-read-it.shtml#c163 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:17:14 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110204/01253512962/redskins-owner-sues-local-paper-over-satirical-listing-grievances-making-sure-more-people-read-it.shtml#c163 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110204/01253512962/redskins-owner-sues-local-paper-over-satirical-listing-grievances-making-sure-more-people-read-it.shtml#c94 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 12:04:33 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110204/01253512962/redskins-owner-sues-local-paper-over-satirical-listing-grievances-making-sure-more-people-read-it.shtml#c94 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101113/16375911857/is-it-a-first-amendment-violation-for-public-universities-to-tell-athletes-they-can-t-tweet.shtml#c94 Thu, 2 Dec 2010 04:40:01 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101113/16375911857/is-it-a-first-amendment-violation-for-public-universities-to-tell-athletes-they-can-t-tweet.shtml#c94 "Indiana University indefinitely suspended a player from the football team after he sent Tweets criticizing the school's coaching staff."

Suspending someone for publicly criticizing their coach has little to do with Twitter. It has everything to do with undermining their authority. This isn't anything new.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/21485811928/200-students-admit-to-cheating-exam-bigger-question-is-if-it-was-really-cheating-studying.shtml#c204 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:21:37 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/21485811928/200-students-admit-to-cheating-exam-bigger-question-is-if-it-was-really-cheating-studying.shtml#c204
A lot of the students prepared for the exam expecting similar questions to the previous semester and diligently learned from the "sample" exam I provided. Day of the exam, our professor gives us our exam and it's the EXACT same exam as the previous semester with the numbers mixed around. Needless to say the whole class did very well (class avg was around 85%).

Come time for the final, our prof made the second exam completely different from the previous one, realizing his mistake.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101028/16432111643/new-cable-talking-point-against-cord-cutters-they-may-be-cutting-but-they-re-poor-nobodies.shtml#c51 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:06:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101028/16432111643/new-cable-talking-point-against-cord-cutters-they-may-be-cutting-but-they-re-poor-nobodies.shtml#c51 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04205511542/jailbreaking-your-iphone-legal-jailbreaking-your-xbox-3-years-in-jail.shtml#c1653 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:50:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04205511542/jailbreaking-your-iphone-legal-jailbreaking-your-xbox-3-years-in-jail.shtml#c1653 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04205511542/jailbreaking-your-iphone-legal-jailbreaking-your-xbox-3-years-in-jail.shtml#c32 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:50:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101022/04205511542/jailbreaking-your-iphone-legal-jailbreaking-your-xbox-3-years-in-jail.shtml#c32
If I am allowed to jailbreak my iPhone, I am most certainly allowed to pay someone to jailbreak my iPhone just as much as that someone is allowed to charge for doing a service]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101019/17422111490/democrats-are-from-cablevision-republicans-are-from-fox-in-retransmission-fee-dispute.shtml#c353 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:04:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101019/17422111490/democrats-are-from-cablevision-republicans-are-from-fox-in-retransmission-fee-dispute.shtml#c353 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100928/23323311207/boy-scout-magazine-says-don-t-listen-to-legally-burned-cds-as-they-re-too-similar-to-piracy.shtml#c642 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:10:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100928/23323311207/boy-scout-magazine-says-don-t-listen-to-legally-burned-cds-as-they-re-too-similar-to-piracy.shtml#c642 "but I strongly agree with a lot of the idiotic opinions"

that's definitely supposed to say disagree.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101019/17422111490/democrats-are-from-cablevision-republicans-are-from-fox-in-retransmission-fee-dispute.shtml#c7 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:07:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101019/17422111490/democrats-are-from-cablevision-republicans-are-from-fox-in-retransmission-fee-dispute.shtml#c7
As for the political standing, I always thought most people who really give a damn about tech issues seem to lean towards the Libertarian point of view. And everyone else just tends to think of us as paranoid wackos. At least, this is my experience.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100928/23323311207/boy-scout-magazine-says-don-t-listen-to-legally-burned-cds-as-they-re-too-similar-to-piracy.shtml#c291 Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:32:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100928/23323311207/boy-scout-magazine-says-don-t-listen-to-legally-burned-cds-as-they-re-too-similar-to-piracy.shtml#c291