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  • On the post: ASCAP Claiming That Creative Commons Must Be Stopped; Apparently They Don't Actually Believe In Artist Freedom

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2010 @ 11:08am

    Re: @27

    "...WOW sounds good to me....
    when movies decide thats not so bad and watch the fan mixes that could generate more sales of the originating work....THEN they will have "got it"...."

    I am so looking forward to the day when a "Hulu" like site is able provide "Arrested Development" like content without having to worry about broadcasters like "Fox" to determine it's worthiness.

    Let the production crew go straight (or straighter) to the consumer - sink or swim in front of them - not the gate keepers.

    -CF

  • On the post: Judge Says Commerce Outweighs Free Speech Issues When It Comes To Reporting On High School Football

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2010 @ 01:44pm

    Re: Re: Need more details

    Excellent point. But do the public funds equate to state ownership or business development?

    Probably business development - but if the state maintains a stake in the stadium then that would be much more interesting.

    In the school case - if it is a public school - we are probably looking at school property that is really owned (and maintained) by the city/county/state - i.e. "public".

  • On the post: Judge Says Commerce Outweighs Free Speech Issues When It Comes To Reporting On High School Football

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2010 @ 10:11am

    Need more details

    My understanding (which I acknowledge is limited) is that images obtained in a public venue is fair-game for rebroadcasting.

    If this is the case, then one can see why/how a league like the NFL can control the broadcast.

    However - in the case of a public high school, this becomes more problematic. Sure the stadium may "belong" to the school, but if it's a public school then is it not public property? And if it's public property (bought with tax payer money) then the "press" can not be excluded from entry - nor can their recording devices, and certainly they would have the right to rebroadcast - regardless of "exclusivity" rights that the school may assign in a contract (indeed this questions whether the school even has the right to assign such broadcasting "rights").

    Of course the school stadium may very well have been paid for without tax-payer money - these details are not known (by me).

    These are really questions framed as statements. I would enjoy hearing the discussion around them.

    -CF

  • On the post: Verizon Handing Over Names For US Copyright Group's Mass Automated Lawsuits

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2010 @ 09:59am

    Isn't blackmail illegal?

    How is this not blackmail, and there-fore not illegal?

  • On the post: Nice Work ASCAP: Convinces Yet Another Coffee Shop To Stop Promoting Local Bands

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 20 May, 2010 @ 08:20am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Why

    "....as for this example, my question is simple: do these bands never play happy birthday, or play any other cover song ever, ever, ever?..."

    In the US our legal system is "innocent until proven guilty". Is there a band somewhere out there that plays covers? Yes. Do all bands have to pay a consequence for that? No.

    "... does the coffee shop not profit from the presence of live music in their venue?" Absolutely. And it's none of RIAA's or anyone's else damn business if they are making money off of a band an unsigned local band.

    "...is there a reason this coffee shop should be ignored but the bar next door charged a license? it seems odd..."

    Nope - no reason. Neither place should be charged a license. It does seem odd that you think both should...

    -CF

  • On the post: Kaleidescape Introduces Expensive And Almost Pointless Blu-ray Jukebox… And Hollywood Still Thinks It's Illegal

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 01:03pm

    You're buying what they're sell'n

    I refuse to pay the man: No blue ray player in my house. No cable in my house. No cell-phone "contracts".

    Vote with your wallet.

    -CF

  • On the post: Dish Network Lies About Having 200 HD Channels, Hopes Nobody Notices

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2010 @ 06:06am

    I avoid the controversy

    I have 1 channel and love it. It's called the "DVD" channel and shows what ever I put in my DVD - totally on demand - and pretty cheap too.

    I don't need "Modern Family" or "Chuck" or "Archer" in HD, so I am happy to watch those on Hulu.

    Boggles my mind why anyone would pay a subscription fee just to watch TV. But hey - it's your $600/year.

    -CF

  • On the post: Frontier Communications "Testing" To See How Users Respond To Being Ridiculously Overcharged For Bandwidth

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2010 @ 01:58pm

    Time for PBiNet

    (Public Broadcasting Internet)

    Why not start a not-for-profit (not to be confused with a non-profit) internet (small i).

    Take a look at the current coverage of free hot spots (http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/coverage.php). Why not build a service that utilizes these hotspots - and let 802.11(a,b,g,n,x) be the backbone rather than landlines.

    I'm up for sharing and broadcasting in a mesh network.... anyone else? Kind of like an Amateur Radio network....

    Thoughts?
    -CF

  • On the post: Has the New York Times Run Afoul of the FTC's Endorsement Guides?

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2010 @ 03:27am

    iPad is just a media viewer

    The iPad is *just* a media viewer which is why Hollywood and The Media love it.

    -CF

  • On the post: Apple Blocks Google App From iPhone While Trying To Patent The Same Invention?

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2010 @ 06:44am

    Get ready for a lot less Google

    I suspect Apple will be shutting out Google at every turn possible. Which I also suspect will work for them short-term and kill them them long term.

    The iPhone will become the next Mac. Highly gated Apple controlled environment with 25% market share. Android will become the next Windows - Highly configurable/run anywhere with 75% market share.

    The Mac (iPhone) lovers will complain about how sucky and confusing Android is because the interface will lend to non-confomity in its apps. Android lovers will complain that the iPhone is nothing but a toy for pompous-asses.

    -CF

  • On the post: Behind The Scenes Of The Duke Nukem Vaporware Party And Demise

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2009 @ 05:15pm

    Re: by Lucretious

    I think you nailed it....

  • On the post: That Random Coin Toss? Not So Random Afterall…

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2009 @ 11:04am

    But imagine a jar full of pennies

    What are the chances of life? I use pennies to illustrate:

    "The creationist/IDers (Intelligent Design advocates) love to say “Life is too complex to have been created by chance”. The problem is that they are looking at the end results and then computing the probability that it got there - rather than computing the probability for any life.

    To demonstrate what I mean I would like you to do a little experiment. You will need two things - a jar of pennies (the more pennies the better), and a 5×4 foot (or larger) unobstructed clean flat spot on the floor - preferably with out any carpet - the larger the area the better....."


    http://blog.chronofish.com/?p=47

  • On the post: That Random Coin Toss? Not So Random Afterall…

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2009 @ 10:59am

    Re: Ok this is weird, but 2

    @RD:

    You call it in the air to prevent the way the flip is performed. If you call it while it's on the thumb, then the flipper can aim for 3 flips versus 4 flips. 3 would produce the same side (provided you "flip-catch-smack") while 4 would produce the opposite. If you "call it in the air" the flip has been performed and the flipper can no longer influence the result. (Actually the advantage would go the "caller" as he now has a split second to determine height and flip speed.)

    -CF

  • On the post: Lily Allen, Don't Apologize To Me, Apologize To Everyone Else

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2009 @ 12:49pm

    I love the use of scanned newspapers

    Wow - could you violate a newspaper any more egregious than this?

    http://idontwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com/2009/09/press-coverage.html

  • On the post: Lily Allen, Don't Apologize To Me, Apologize To Everyone Else

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2009 @ 12:42pm

    She may be a hypocrite...

    ...but I still dig her music...

    -CF

  • On the post: Obama Open To Helping Newspapers, To Avoid Reporting Becoming 'All Blogosphere'

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2009 @ 06:28am

    Even if he's right - he's wrong...

    For starters I don't think his characterization of Blogs is all that wrong. The media in general is much about editorial than it is about *news* - much less "investigative" news. This site - is no different - and personally I think it represents the core of blog content.

    Having said that - a bailout for the news-paper industry is not only disturbing from a influence point of view - but the fact is the news-paper industry is self-destructing. It should fail - leaving a vacuum that will be filled with something better (eventually).

    -CF

  • On the post: Revisiting The Replicator Analogy: How Infinite Goods Create More Jobs

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2009 @ 06:56am

    Replication is the end of the economy as we know it

    While a little of topic, I would like to extend the discussion about replication rather than focus on DRM.

    It's an interesting analogy RE the tomatoes. But what happens when EVERYTHING can be replicated? Then the only things that can be truly bought and sold are 3 things:

    1. Services
    2. Original Ideas (which takes us to DRM)
    3. Raw materials (where branding is irrelevant -> commodity)

    No distribution channels (your computer (desktop, laptop, phone) is the "store").
    No manufacturing (everything can be "printed")

    What remains? How do you buy food and raw materials if you can't find some sort of basic income. I'm sure the economy/society will evolve with "the replicator" where there is no limit to goods beyond the raw materials you have on hand.

    Maybe all that is left is relationships and conquest?

    -CF

  • On the post: iPhone Haters Are Stick-Shifters In An Automatic World

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2009 @ 10:40am

    Stick shifts and safety belts have all got to go.....

    I drive a stick shift AND I don't own an iPhone.

    Hmmmmmm


    -CF

  • On the post: Why Does Wal-Mart Need A 3,379-Word Terms Of Use For Its Twitter Account?

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2009 @ 12:42pm

    Even more....

    Because the "Term of Use" was not enough, they also have a separate "Twitter External Discussion Policy"

    http://walmartstores.com/9179.aspx

    I love that "by using the service" you agree to the terms of use. I'm a bit confused though - I didn't realize that Walmart ran Twitter!

    -CF

  • On the post: Is Hulu 'The Greatest Destruction of Media Value In Our Lifetime'?

    ChronoFish ( profile ), 29 May, 2009 @ 11:40am

    Re: and who will pay for all the content you watch on Hulu

    "...Hulu is nothing more than youtube...random UGC and some old archived programming..."

    Well it's a bit more than Youtube. For one it's not just "any uploaded content". Two, it's not "old archived programming" - while it has that, it is also (often) "just days old" temporarily available (e.g. Chuck, Bones, House, Colbert Report) content.

    And finally - they have a revenue model - all the shows contain embedded advertisement.

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