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• On the post: UK ISP Says It Will Not Follow Digital Economy Bill Rules

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2010 @ 02:02am

  Re:

  What about answering my questions above rather than ignoring them? And "just buy" is not how things work.

• On the post: UK ISP Says It Will Not Follow Digital Economy Bill Rules

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2010 @ 01:31am

  Re: andy

  Well, they'd send letter for the first dead body! ;-)

• On the post: UK ISP Says It Will Not Follow Digital Economy Bill Rules

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2010 @ 01:22am

  Re: pay for your entertainment

  Anyone is free to keep concealed what they do, it is their choice, regardless of whether they are file sharing or not. I hate hearing the old "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to hide" bull shit argument.
  
  If someone is looking for free stuff then they probably weren't going to buy it in the first place, so no lost sales.
  
  If someone file shares, likes what they've downloaded and then buys it, what's wrong with that?
  
  If someone file shares, finds that the content is crap and then decides not to buy, what's wrong with that?

• On the post: UK ISP Says It Will Not Follow Digital Economy Bill Rules

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2010 @ 12:24am

  Re: TalkTalk are all Talk Talk

  Maybe they are concerned about wasting money on unenforceable laws? As TalkTalk are aware, it is VERY easy to hide what you are doing.
  
  If more people start using various encryption techniques then *what* can they do? Cut everyone off?

• On the post: Digital Economy Bill Shoved Through With Minor Modifications

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2010 @ 03:50pm

  I'm absolutely livid. There were some MPs doing a good job though: Tom Watson, Bill Cash, John Hemming (possibly others, but I forget).

• On the post: Peter Mandelson Accepts Responsibility For Copyright Infringing Political Poster?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2010 @ 08:08am

  Re: Tagging on twitter...?

  Oops, I meant future Digital Economy Bill related articles! :-)

• On the post: Peter Mandelson Accepts Responsibility For Copyright Infringing Political Poster?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2010 @ 08:06am

  Tagging on twitter...?

  Mike, would it be possible for you to tag #debill on the twitter post? There are lots of people using this tag and it will help highlight how stupid the bill is, as well as getting more traffic to your site! ;-) Cheers.

• On the post: North Face Decides South Butt Lawsuit Is Not Worth Exploring

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2010 @ 06:36am

  I hope that North Face wasted a lot of money, and lost lots of customers, because of this idiotic court case.

• On the post: Extortion-Like Mass Automated Copyright Lawsuits Come To The US: 20,000 Filed, 30,000 More On The Way

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2010 @ 11:58am

  Here goes a long shot:
  
  Perhaps the US Copyright Group are tricking the independent film makers into thinking that file sharing will harm the films they make. And by that, the film makers may denounce *fans* who do download their films. There by causing the indie film makers not to get noticed, not making money and then believing the USCG were right all along.
  
  Conspiracy theory or what? :)

• On the post: Solicitor General Tells Supreme Court That First Sale Shouldn't Apply To Foreign-Made Goods

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2010 @ 11:51am

  Do Omega make their watches from US manufactured goods only? If not then they can't even sell their own watches in the US!

• On the post: Are Publishers Putting Too Much Stock In The iPad, Or Are They Just Doing It Wrong?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 12:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I meant honest breakdown, not skewed to favour either.
  
  I'd also like to see the cost breakdown of a new, digital only, player in the book market. Old companies with old business models (and restricted new business models) have bloat.

• On the post: Because NBC Could Never Have Figured Out How To Put TV Shows On The Internet By Itself…

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 12:30pm

  Re: Re: I can't speak for this one specifically, but...

  "Nowadays the fast food business model would have been patented and McDonalds would not have been able to even attempt to compete. They would have been sued."
  
  Or fast food industry reps would lobby the government for bailout money if they could no longer compete! Maybe they are... I'm not sure! :)

• On the post: Are Publishers Putting Too Much Stock In The iPad, Or Are They Just Doing It Wrong?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 12:19pm

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  "Now package the iPod with a Camera, GPS, SD slot, and a screen that is suitable for long term ebook reading as well as a being a good 5X7 screen and I would buy it in a second. I can live with a touch screen key board. As it stands there is not real reason for me to buy the iPad."
  
  Which is why I'm now quite interested in the Notion Ink Adam. pretty much fits your description, but with a 10" screen (perfect for technical books).

• On the post: Are Publishers Putting Too Much Stock In The iPad, Or Are They Just Doing It Wrong?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 11:56am

  Re: Re: Re:

  netflix are the ones choosing not to support linux users, not some overseeing internet authority. The web *is* open for most of the world, China for example, does not have open internet.

• On the post: Are Publishers Putting Too Much Stock In The iPad, Or Are They Just Doing It Wrong?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 11:29am

  Re: Re:

  I'd like to see an *honest* breakdown of costs of creating a hard/paperback book: manufacture, distribution, maintenance of book making machines, labour, etc. Then I'd like to see the cost breakdown of the digital version of the same book.
  
  I understand that $10 is not a lot of money, but I'm betting most of the $10 is pure, infinitely scaling, profit that lines the publisher's pockets and not the author's.

• On the post: Are Publishers Putting Too Much Stock In The iPad, Or Are They Just Doing It Wrong?

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2010 @ 11:07am

  Publishers are putting too much stock in the iPad if they think I'll pay $10 for an ebook!
  
  I'm all for paying content creators if I like and/or want their product, but $10 for an infinitely available resource is madness.

• On the post: BPI Says That UK Spies Are Against Digital Economy Bill

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2010 @ 01:33pm

  If the intelligence agency are seriously worried about this bill then I'm sure some back room deals, or what ever, will mean that this bill won't become law.
  
  Being spied on FTW!

• On the post: BPI Says That UK Spies Are Against Digital Economy Bill

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2010 @ 01:30pm

  Re: If true

  the intelligence community will be more worried about terrorists/etc possibly using encrypted methods. have to be a pretty dumb terrorist *not* to use encrypted techniques anyway, but who am I to judge? :)

• On the post: MPAA Brags About How Awesome The Movie Business Is; Right After It Claims File Sharing Is Destroying The Industry

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2010 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Best year ever is deceptive...

  exactly. backpacks are amazing inventions.

• On the post: MPAA Brags About How Awesome The Movie Business Is; Right After It Claims File Sharing Is Destroying The Industry

  

  bishboria ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2010 @ 10:38am

  Re: Best year ever is deceptive...

  Have you ever thought about buying cheap popcorn and drinks outside of the cinema and bring them in?

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