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• On the post: Lucasfilm Threatens And Threatens Non-Profit Over Lightsaber Battle Event

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2016 @ 02:00pm

  Make sure everybody knows what happened.

  The event organizers should prominently post notices around the event explaining the legal fight. And make announcements over the PA system about why they can't use lightsaber.

• On the post: Netflix's Assault On VPNs Is Stupid, Annoying And Erodes User Security

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2016 @ 02:01pm

  Maybe Netflix should. ..

  The most straight forward policy would be to allow VPNs but require they be from the same region as the billing address.

• On the post: FCC Takes Aim At The Pathetic Lack Of Cable Set Top Box Competition

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2016 @ 04:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: I have an idea.

  I haven't had to deal with Comcast directly, so I don't know if they include the first box gratis, but around here they charge $13 for the extras.

• On the post: FCC Takes Aim At The Pathetic Lack Of Cable Set Top Box Competition

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2016 @ 04:42pm

  Re: Re: I have an idea.

  Yes I did. By minimum would mean one SD STB or a cable modem with an ethernet port I can either plug in to directly or connect to my own router.

• On the post: FCC Takes Aim At The Pathetic Lack Of Cable Set Top Box Competition

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2016 @ 02:19pm

  I have an idea.

  I suggest a rule that the "minimal necessary hardware" for a service be included in the base fee for that service. In regards to cable services that would mean a set top box or basic modem.

• On the post: VPN Providers Laugh Off Netflix's New Futile War On VPNs

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 10:43am

  Maybe Netflix should. ..

  Maybe Netflix should just make their VPN policy be "You I must match the region of your billing address.

• On the post: DA Claims He'll Charge Drone Operators Near Wildfires For Murder

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2015 @ 02:14pm

  Re: Re: Intent

  Interfering with the flight of a Comercial aircraft is a felony.

• On the post: Defense Department Keeps Losing 'Sensitive' Explosives Gear, Then Finding It For Sale On Ebay

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2015 @ 02:23pm

  ITARs

  As I understand it ITARs only applies to the import and export not the domestic sale of these items.

• On the post: Ford Foundation Joins Hewlett Foundation And Gates Foundation In Requiring Research They Fund To Be Released Under CC BY Licenses

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2015 @ 09:15am

  Really?

  You expect researchers are going to be willing to forgo getting credit for their papers?

• On the post: YouTube's Offer To Musicians Isn't As Bad As Some Believe, But YouTube Should Still Change Its Policies

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2015 @ 02:18pm

  Just one problem.

  Your right ContentID does need to be separate from the paid music. However, there is something that would prevent me from signing up.
  
  "5) The contract lasts for 5 years."
  
  In today's fluid music scene, a multi year contract for electronic distribution is crazy. Even Amazon doesn't require more than three months exclusivity for KDP Select (which includes the Kindle Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited.)

• On the post: DailyDirt: Christmas Dinner Isn't The Same Without…

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 24 Dec, 2014 @ 10:41pm

  Puerto Ricans eat baked Ziti?

  My brother in law is a NYC Puerto Rican and his family Christmas meal is a slow cooked pulled pork roast, with rice, salad, empanadas, and baked ziti. most of those I don't think are weird but the baked ziti through me.

• On the post: Netflix/CRTC To Showdown Over Confidential Business Information The Government Refuses To Protect

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2014 @ 07:33pm

  I don't even think Netflix is in Canasa.

  My understanding is that Netflix doesn't have a Canadian office or employes. They also don't have servers in Canada.
  
  They do have a .ca website that contains the content they have Canadian licences for. However, claiming because they have a .ca website the CRTC has jurisdiction over them is like claiming Tuvalu has jurisdiction over Twitch.tv.

• On the post: KlearGear Apparently Healthier Than Ever, Announces Plans To Start F**cking Customers Through Amazon Fulfillment

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2014 @ 06:58pm

  I saw Kleargear in the wild!

  I was visiting some family and we were watching Jeopardy. In the credits they gave kleargear.com a photo credit. I just about fell off the couch.

• On the post: Musician Whose Works Are At Center Of Copyright Lawsuit Against YouTube Star Slams Lawsuit And Copyright

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 23 Jul, 2014 @ 07:23pm

  If she has a license...

  Since they brought a suit and she says she has a license, if she produces the license could she counter sue for attorneys fees?

• On the post: Amazon Taunting Antitrust Regulators By Screwing Over Customers Who Want Books From Hachette

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 14 May, 2014 @ 10:05am

  Re:

  +1 internets

• On the post: Amazon Taunting Antitrust Regulators By Screwing Over Customers Who Want Books From Hachette

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 13 May, 2014 @ 02:42pm

  Re: Disapointed to see such a poorly put together hatchet job parroted on Techdirt

  Can't agree more. The original article being referenced absolutely reads as a pro Hachette hatchet job.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Abandoned Space Vehicles

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2014 @ 06:03pm

  Cheops was insufficiently ambitious

  The key to Orion was to think BIG

• On the post: Self-Pub Platform Autharium Issues Bogus DMCA Notice In Hopes Of Whitewashing Its Past

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2014 @ 02:21pm

  Re: Bit weird

  I sent in the tip before the update.

• On the post: Defense Department Privatizes Giant Public Domain Media Archive

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2013 @ 06:39pm

  Re: Yet another panic over stuff you didn't know existed.

  Do you even know the meaning of "public domain" or its relationship to works created by US federal employees or officers?
  
  As to paying a fee to receive a copy of the work in the public domain. It is a regular practice to charge a nominal fee to make copies of public records. I don't think anyone would mind paying for high quality images or videos.
  
  Personally I think the company should not both get paid to digitize and make the works available while charging for access to the works.

• On the post: YouTube Fails In Explaining Flood Of Takedowns For Let's Play Videos

  

  BS Simon ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2013 @ 12:24pm

  It's not just freeloaders

  Channels that actually pay for a license to use music are being hit by this. Here is an explination from Docm77 http://youtu.be/dNaLY_2_Uzc
  
  This reminds me of when the Curiosity rover landed on Mars and NASA's videos got flagged because a news network put one of their broadcasts into the Content ID system.

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