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• On the post: Sense Of Entitlement? TV Show Creator Wants A Cut Of Hulu IPO Proceeds

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 11:53am

  sigh

  I've seen this mentality again and again from people in the industry. They're promised potential windfalls down the road in exchange for doing things (relatively) cheaply up front. So, their sense of entitlement makes some kind of sense given the current business practices.
  
  Of course, that's exactly why Hollywood won't survive the coming upheaval. Unless they can leverage their current status to get laws to prevent such a thing, of course.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 11:34am

  Re: Re: Festival seating

  You realize that the method of selling seats has nothing to do with how those seats are distributed, right?

• On the post: Police Arrest Researcher Who Showed E-Voting Machines Are Not Secure

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 08:56am

  Re: Re: Re: This gave me a great idea

  Next thing you know, they'll be putting Goldman Sachs execs in charge of Treasury.

• On the post: New Book Shows How Our Common Culture Has Been Locked Up Via Copyright

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 06:26pm

  Re:

  You can't apply property rights to non-scarce goods. Just ask your mom.

• On the post: Appeals Court Overturns Judge's Ban On LA Times Printing Photo Of Murder Suspect

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 04:16pm

  More like

  The First Amendment wins eventually...

• On the post: Do US Visa Documents Have A Typo?

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 10:41am

  Re: Occam's Razor says otherwise....

  Like cats, the government will always address mistakes with that "I meant to do that" look. Only without the cute.

• On the post: Felicia Day's Success With The Guild Highlights The Importance Of Authenticity With A Community

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 09:02am

  Re:

  I think the key here is that MS isn't a traditional media company, so it probably doesn't occur to them to 'send notes' about scripts et al. I suspect you'll see more of these kinds of companies building the web content marketplace.
  
  (Also, Hi Al!)

• On the post: Little Ceasar's Says Pizza Pizza Pizza Menu Offering Infringes On Its Pizza Pizza Slogan

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 09:22am

  Re: Re: Jesus...

  1. Yeah, if it's not a NY-style 'za, it's not pizza. Chicago apparently is trying to pass off casserole as the real thing.
  
  2. Wait. What?

• On the post: Another Woman Asks Google To Name People Who Were Mean To Her Online

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 08:50am

  I have to wonder sometimes

  These things strike me as "any publicity is good publicity" moves, but then I'm probably giving drama queens too much credit.
  
  Still, if she wants to optimize "whore" and "Carla Franklin" for google, I'm happy to oblige.

• On the post: Industry Groups Back To 'Negotiating' Net Neutrality

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 07:21pm

  Thank you Mike!

  I've been trying to remember what I always think of as the "Don't trust the merchants" quote from AS, and google has failed me (due to miserable retention on my part.)

• On the post: NY Times Tests A Paywall With A Regional Paper

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 10:03am

  Re: Not many expense accounts.

  Bingo. That's half the reason that the financial papers can make it sorta work. They're being paid with a third party's money. The other half is that the timely access to their reporting is more valuable (to a certain group) than it is expensive.
  
  That doesn't really work for local reporting. Or for 99% of the NYT.

• On the post: Rethinking Peer Review As The World Peer Reviews Claimed Proof That P≠NP

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2010 @ 11:08am

  Re: Re: Re: from a scientist...

  1) You'd be surprised at the expertise that is available in the crowd. Teasing out the actual expertise is part of the art that I mentioned above.
  
  2) You'd be surprised at how tenacious the crowd can be at following the chain of evidence (assuming it's present, and at this point why wouldn't it be?)

• On the post: Rethinking Peer Review As The World Peer Reviews Claimed Proof That P≠NP

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 05:58pm

  Re: from a scientist...

  "Something key here: not all published science is expected to be correct! All kinds of slightly incorrect/misinterpreted data get published all the time."
  
  Well, yeah, so there's room for improvement. That's the point of crowd-sourcing review. It's not going to be perfect either (interpreting the crowd is an art in itself) but it'll likely improve things.

• On the post: Discovery Channel Ignores Repeated Twitter Questions, Sends Content-Free Statement

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2010 @ 10:45am

  Re: Re: Y'know...

  "You are aware that the moment a lawyer is sworn he/she becomes a law enforcement officer in the state he/she is sworn in at?"
  
  What does that mean, in practical terms?

• On the post: Music Festival Producer Pre-Sues Bootleggers

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2010 @ 10:35am

  Wait. What?

  Don't you need standing to file a suit?

• On the post: The Cycle Of Copyright: Originally A Tool For Censorship, Attempted As A Tool For Incentives… Back To A Tool For Censorship

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2010 @ 10:15am

  Re: Re: Censorship

  "Look through your contract and you'll find all the copyrights are owned by your employer."
  
  Because it's all about protecting the rights of the artists. Or something.

• On the post: Discovery Channel Ignores Repeated Twitter Questions, Sends Content-Free Statement

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2010 @ 10:03am

  Y'know...

  I'm struck at the similarity between how lawyers and cops (at least, my cops) behave. The idea seems to be to establish your authority by leveraging your advantage and being the biggest asshole in the room.
  
  The only downside is that everyone is your profession is assumed to be an asshole.

• On the post: ISP Owner Finally Able To Admit That He Stood Up To The FBI Over Questionable Data Request

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 06:54pm

  Re:

  IN SOVIET RUSSIA... no, it's pretty much the same.

• On the post: FBI Prioritizes Copyright Issues; Not So Concerned About Missing Persons

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 10:51am

  Re: Re: Priorities

  If relatives of missing persons *really* gave a shit, they'd raise millions of dollars.
  
  Poseurs.

• On the post: Newsweek Insists People Don't Do Stuff For Free… And Then Shows Why People Do Stuff For Free

  

  ChurchHatesTucker ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re: Where's our money!

  OMG! And here I've been submitting story ideas like a sucker...

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