"The folks at On the Media point us to a truly hilarious imagining by Tom Scott of what would happen after your physical body "died" in an age of both "The Singularity" and excessive copyright laws."
I think it's apparent that Mike was pointing out that this is an amusing idea, but something worth thinking about.
If I hadn't read the alchemist for free a couple of months ago I wouldn't even be contemplating buying any of Paulo's other books.
Now I'm going to buy 3 or 4, and if they are good I'll probably buy everything he writes in the future.
How has pirating hurt him?
Exactly - most of my colleagues all have a hobby that is in the same field, but not exactly applicable to their jobs. We enjoy the challenge.
I remember reading about this prize when it was still in competition and at least a few of the challengers didn't seem to think they had a chance to win, but kept working on it making incremental progress.
I think this probably has less to do with control, and more to do with Amazon charging publishers for the wireless fees when users buy books or periodicals thru the 3g.
I've read articles in the past where publishers cite this as the reason they have not created more periodicals for the Kindle.
Maybe I missed it, but I don't think he ever said he wouldn't sale the rights to some company to print DVD's and put it into stores, or let netflix rent it out. In stores might be a hard sale - who wants to buy a dvd when you can get it for $5, but netflix and other streaming services would be a no brainer.
I think in the future he should do these things as it will only help him to increase the long term revenue.
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"The folks at On the Media point us to a truly hilarious imagining by Tom Scott of what would happen after your physical body "died" in an age of both "The Singularity" and excessive copyright laws."
I think it's apparent that Mike was pointing out that this is an amusing idea, but something worth thinking about.
I don't see a logical stretch here at all.
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Not only that but they wanted all data for 6 months to try to find one person who may have bought one item from this site.
Looking at the site it appears that Sparkfun doesn't manufacture the items it sells. So who says the item was bought there?
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If it includes a counter clockwise swirl and 1 finger insertion I already have that patent and would like to discuss licensing costs.
I used to enjoy reading Techdirt, now I come back daily for a dose of depression.
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I'm beginning to miss the days of VHS and easy fast forwarding....
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If I hadn't read the alchemist for free a couple of months ago I wouldn't even be contemplating buying any of Paulo's other books.
Now I'm going to buy 3 or 4, and if they are good I'll probably buy everything he writes in the future.
How has pirating hurt him?
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Exactly - most of my colleagues all have a hobby that is in the same field, but not exactly applicable to their jobs. We enjoy the challenge.
I remember reading about this prize when it was still in competition and at least a few of the challengers didn't seem to think they had a chance to win, but kept working on it making incremental progress.
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If your beaches aren't horrid pits of sin and obscenity then you need to find a better beach ;)
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I agree completely. It's one of the few Sci-Fi books I recommend to everyone.
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I'd say they have issues whether christian or not.
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here's one source:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/46244-kindl e-we-have-a-problem-amazon-s-pricing-policies-affect-publishers-.html
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I think this probably has less to do with control, and more to do with Amazon charging publishers for the wireless fees when users buy books or periodicals thru the 3g.
I've read articles in the past where publishers cite this as the reason they have not created more periodicals for the Kindle.
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Are we sure this isn't simply the worlds greatest excuse thought up by the worlds greatest hoarder?
Re: Internet for all? How about food for all?
Exactly - given the choice between food and clean water or watching videos of cats in funny situations - I vote for the food and water.
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Sadly most of them went into corporations.
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I wonder how many of those new domains are people who never had a godaddy domain and are registering to be part of the boycott?
I thought about it....
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Calling you a dirty boy might not have meant he was selling soap.
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Maybe I already have that :)
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I will be setting up a new profile for the sole purpose of getting the only empty row on the plain.
Anyone want to sit next to Matt "I'm afraid of flying and want to release some tension"
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I paid the same and didn't even need to download the album.
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Maybe I missed it, but I don't think he ever said he wouldn't sale the rights to some company to print DVD's and put it into stores, or let netflix rent it out. In stores might be a hard sale - who wants to buy a dvd when you can get it for $5, but netflix and other streaming services would be a no brainer.
I think in the future he should do these things as it will only help him to increase the long term revenue.