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• On the post: HBO Shuts Down Bar's Game Of Thrones Viewing Party

  

  David ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 07:47am

  Bronx vs Brooklyn

  Less understandable is HBO going after non-pirate fans, such as a GoT viewing party at a local Bronx watering hole.
  HBO recently sent a cease and desist letter to the owners of Videology bar in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, asking them to stop their Game of Thrones weekly viewing parties.

  
  
  
  Not that it matters from a story point of view, but Williamsburg is in Brooklyn, not the Bronx. As it says in the quoted section of the article...

• On the post: Daily Deal: KeySmart 2.0 Compact Key Organizer

  

  David ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2015 @ 01:20pm

  Love mine

  I carry this (have been for ~6 months), with 5 keys in the carrier, plus my car key outside, because of the remote on the key itself. Keeps my keys from jingling or sticking me in my pocket. More compact, and keeps them from scratching my phone screen, on the occasions that I put them into the same pocket.
  
  Plus I paid $20...

• On the post: Canadian Border Patrol Charge Traveler With 'Obstruction' For Refusing To Give Up His Phone Password

  

  David ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2015 @ 07:05am

  Re:

  Good for him. People have not been willing to stand up for their rights, so they have been taken away.

  
  
  FTFY

• On the post: Macy's Trying To Keep Others From Using The Brands It Bought And Then Abandoned

  

  David ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2015 @ 07:03am

  Bamburgers, too

  Macy's bought Bamburgers and re-branded them over 20 years ago in the North East.
  
  It would be neat to start a food truck called BAMBurgers!

• On the post: Nokia CEO: We Have To Get Rid Of Net Neutrality, Otherwise Self-Driving Cars Will Keep On Crashing Into Each Other

  

  David ( profile ), 03 Mar, 2015 @ 07:03am

  How about....

  How about just making the network faster overall?
  
  I guess that option never occurred to him.

• On the post: Musicians Union Threatens To Expel Composer If He Doesn't Pay Fine For Unapproved Videogame Work

  

  David ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2015 @ 08:13am

  Sounds like a government

  This union sounds like the government, with secret, backdoor negotiations, and no citizen/member input...

• On the post: Apple's Insistence On DRM And Other Restrictions Means EFF's New App Is Android-Only

  

  David ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2015 @ 05:49am

  Not the only problems with the Dev Agreement

  Apple also does not allow code that has been written for other platforms. So, if I have an app I have written for Android or Windows, and want to publish it for iPhone/iPad, I have to redevelop from scratch. Technically, code converters break the developer agreements.

• On the post: All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't

  

  David ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2015 @ 06:41am

  I wonder what the whole list looks like

  This is just a list of stuff that should have come into the public domain this year. I wonder what the entire list of items looks like, added together with all previous years, of works that are still locked up.
  
  These items go all the way back to the 20s or 30s, right?

• On the post: Irony: Sony Turns To Google, The Company It Was Plotting Against, To Stream The Interview

  

  David ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2014 @ 11:37am

  What are the chances...

  Maybe, just maybe, one of these days the legacy entertainment players will get the message that innovators and entrepreneurs aren't the enemy. They're the ones providing Hollywood (and music and other industries) with all the tools to better serve the market.

  What are the chances of that, or: how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

• On the post: Film Academy Sues Family Of Oscar Winner For Selling Trophy On Ebay

  

  David ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2014 @ 05:57am

  Re: Here is what the contract states.

  My guess is that the contract is not at the time you receive the award, but when you sign up with the academy (if you don't you are not eligible for awards...)

• On the post: Film Academy Sues Family Of Oscar Winner For Selling Trophy On Ebay

  

  David ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2014 @ 05:52am

  Re: Perhaps I misunderstood

  I am not sure this is true, but the real fact is that they apparently knew it was on eBay when the auction was still live. If they wanted it that badly, why didn't they just outbid everyone?

• On the post: CBS Blames Netflix For Its Own Secrecy Over Streaming Video Numbers

  

  David ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2014 @ 06:55am

  There's another reason Ratings are not useful for Netflix

  One major reason is that ratings look at who is watching a specific show when displayed at a specific time. Netflix's model lets people watch at their pace and time. You don't know when the eyeballs are coming....

• On the post: YouTube Briefly Shuts Down Blizzard's Own YouTube Channel For Copyright Infringement

  

  David ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2014 @ 12:58pm

  PERFECT!

  If this happened more often, the content creators who pressured YouTube to do this in the first place might start pressuring them to stop!

• On the post: After Calling Cord Cutting 'Purely Fiction' For Years, Nielsen Decides Just Maybe It Should Start Tracking Amazon, Netflix Viewing

  

  David ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2014 @ 07:11am

  The problem is...

  Nielsen reports on trends by comparing their current data to their own data from previous years. Their trending data is going to be off, because they are already far behind the curve.

• On the post: Design Patent Granted… On A Toothpick

  

  David ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2014 @ 11:52am

  At least we know...

  ... Next month's stupid patent winner...

• On the post: TiVo Releases A 'Legal' Version Of Aereo, Called Roamio, Proving That Aereo Really Was About Cable Length

  

  David ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2014 @ 11:40am

  Re:

  I don't disagree, but I feel like it's more that they are afraid of losing control. Losing control is the same to them as losing power. Losing power is the same to them as losing money.

  
  
  Actually, "Losing Power" is the same to them as DYING in their heads....

• On the post: TiVo Releases A 'Legal' Version Of Aereo, Called Roamio, Proving That Aereo Really Was About Cable Length

  

  David ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2014 @ 11:38am

  Re: Not new capability

  Not just some: All (at least up until the digital changeover) Tivos could record OTA TV, if that was your video source.
  
  As an early adopter (I would still be using a Tivo, if they could figure out how to get AT&T to toe the line and let them)

• On the post: Administration 'Answers' Tesla Direct Sales Petition With A Brief 'No' And Several Paragraphs Of Self-Congratulatory Text

  

  David ( profile ), 16 Jul, 2014 @ 08:08am

  Re: Re: And this is why...

  This comment right here is why TechDirt needs to add a "Sad but True" button to the Insightful and Funny options...

• On the post: How The US Post Office Killed Innovative Digital Mail Because It Disrupted Junk Mailers

  

  David ( profile ), 02 May, 2014 @ 11:13am

  Wild

  I find it interesting that there are laws against junk mail in electronic form, but when someone tries to make it so the same thing in physical form is avoidable, folks have a caniption...

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Lenses For Your Phone

  

  David ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2013 @ 12:59pm

  re: iPhone only

  There is a great Kickstarter project that reached funding that is for all phones, and uses Binoculars as lenses. It is called SnapZoom. They just started production, and i am sure will be available soon.

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