Andrew 's Techdirt Comments

Latest Comments (48) comment rss

  • On the post: Political Campaign Against Craigslist Ratchets Up

    Andrew ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2010 @ 02:04pm

    Who knew it was so easy?

    Millennia of prostitution and child sex trafficking, but who knew it would only take banning Craigslist to put a stop to all of that?

  • On the post: Court Asks: If Fleeting Expletives Are Okay, How About Fleeting Nudity?

    Andrew ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 02:29pm

    Re:

    Every network has its own rules. Some won't air asshole, some will do so gleefully. Hell, some will bleep 'jesus' when used as an exasperated swear.

  • On the post: Microsoft Debated Privacy vs. Advertisers In Internet Explorer… And Advertisers Won

    Andrew ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2010 @ 10:41am

    The problem of integration

    The problem here is that Microsoft serves two masters (apart from the shareholders). They serve the consumer, in supplying software like IE; but they also serve the advertisers. And these two will often be at odds with each other. A similar problem comes from Sony - they not only serve the content consumers with DVD writers, but are also content makers who have a vested interest in people ... not buying DVD writers. When you start to serve two masters, one will ultimately fail, and be split off.

  • On the post: If Andy Warhol Painted His Campbell's Soup Paintings Today, How Fast Would The Cease & Desist Arrive?

    Andrew ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2010 @ 11:39am

    Re #3

    Depressing either way; either he gets away with it because he's rich, and less well-known people would get the C&D, or he got away with it because things were different then, and wouldn't get away with it now. Either it's a double standard, or it's a depressing shift in how we look at artistic freedom.

  • On the post: Connecting With Fans… In The Porn Industry?

    Andrew ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2010 @ 08:27am

    Re: Re: Strip clubs

    It's not like I picked her exactly; she's the one porn star I've ever heard of to strip in Charlotte, so I figured I'd go. :P

  • On the post: Weak Anti-SLAPP Laws Don't Help Anyone

    Andrew ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2010 @ 06:37am

    Re: Re:

    Re "level of protection based on where you live": of course, that's how all laws are, even federal laws. The United States is still a place where we live. You'd have different protection from Canada, Belarus... why stop there?

    The argument that you have 'different protection based on where you live' doesn't fly in a world where any borders still exist.

  • On the post: Is Famed Trademark Troll Leo Stoller Trying To Stealthily Reclaim Bogus Stealth Trademarks?

    Andrew ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2010 @ 10:54am

    Disturbed

    My only thought is that this guy has to be mentally disturbed in some way. There's just no sane reason someone would do this.

  • On the post: Old Spice Man Is Horsing Around On Social Media

    Andrew ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2010 @ 10:44am

    It's not really advertising Red Zone

    The "Red Zone" name is never mentioned or even really showcased in the ads, certainly not to the level that Odor Blocker Body Wash is in the Tim and Eric nightmare comedy ads. A better metric would be, where have Old Spice sales *as a whole* gone since they hired Isaiah Mustafa?