I'm kinda surprised Techdirt readers HONESTLY expected any different. I laugh at all of those who "voted for change". Like has been said, Obama voted FOR telecom immunity as a Senator, gotta question the sanity/logic of anyone who thought he would do different just because he moved from the Senate to the White House.
The way I see it is the current administration is holding out because they wish to protect for themselves the excesses expanded by prior administrations.
Well, that, and I suspect they are protecting some pretty high up notables that during the bruhaha back then were publicly on the side of "we shouldn't give them immunity" but privately were in favor of it. Yeah, I'm that cynical about our executive and legislative branches of government.
Why harm your affiliates (if you are Amazon or Overstock or whoever)? Just stop allowing shipments to NY addresses for anything sold via your site. Problem solved. When enough consumers get ticked off about this (which will take only a very short time), consumers (i.e the public these lawmakers are supposed to serve) WILL encourage a change in NY law.
My experience has been similar. There were 405 people in my graduating class. I KNOW I've received far more emails than that from them. And of the 405, there surely weren't more than 20 or 30 that I would have considered "friends" who would want to contact me now, almost 30 years later!
Okay, now if NBC would get off their butts with HD and catch up with the rest of the networks! Amazes me that studio shows like "Deal or No Deal" or "America's Got Talent" that just SCREAM to be produced in HD are not, yet CBS can shoot/produce a show in the jungles of Africa in HD (i.e Survivor) and "American Idol" has been in HD for at least the past two seasons.
Techdirt, you are TOO funny! You blog in here repeatedly about copyright holders who don't actually have a product, just a portfolio with which they conduct business by lawsuit. So here's a company (Hasbro) that does the things you guys suggest should be done (get a product out there) and you beat them up for it? I don't care how popular the infringing game was, and I'm not arguing for or against the merits of their claim, but Techdirt should get it's story straight!
who really CARES anyway? I mean that is TRULY impacted at this point in wireless evolution? AT&T's 3G coverage is SO miniscule it's laughable, most people (reports abound) can't even get a 3G data connection driving around New York City with an iPhone 3G! Let alone the rest of the country. And trying to do ANY p2p over EDGE would just be downright STOOPID.
I laugh at the lemmings heading over the Apple cliff.
Don't like Roger rates? Tough shxt, don't buy an iPhone. Don't buy anything Rogers offers. And PLEASE, don't go crying to the Canadian government to intercede on your behalf. The way to influence Rogers to change their ways is by customers leaving and making it clear to them WHY.
It's really funny, cuz I believe it was the FTC that said they didn't NEED this new law in order to help in the fight against spyware. As Ed has pointed out so frequently over the many years I have followed him, enforce the existing laws, don't create new ones just because it's politically expedient to do so. Ah, but there's the rub, politics.
More than campaign finance reform, we NEED term limits. There is NOTHING that more corrupts our political process than those who make a "career" out of politics.
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surprised? no.
I'm kinda surprised Techdirt readers HONESTLY expected any different. I laugh at all of those who "voted for change". Like has been said, Obama voted FOR telecom immunity as a Senator, gotta question the sanity/logic of anyone who thought he would do different just because he moved from the Senate to the White House.
what they don't want us to see...
The way I see it is the current administration is holding out because they wish to protect for themselves the excesses expanded by prior administrations.
Well, that, and I suspect they are protecting some pretty high up notables that during the bruhaha back then were publicly on the side of "we shouldn't give them immunity" but privately were in favor of it. Yeah, I'm that cynical about our executive and legislative branches of government.
don't allow shipments to NY
Why harm your affiliates (if you are Amazon or Overstock or whoever)? Just stop allowing shipments to NY addresses for anything sold via your site. Problem solved. When enough consumers get ticked off about this (which will take only a very short time), consumers (i.e the public these lawmakers are supposed to serve) WILL encourage a change in NY law.
Re: classmate.con
My experience has been similar. There were 405 people in my graduating class. I KNOW I've received far more emails than that from them. And of the 405, there surely weren't more than 20 or 30 that I would have considered "friends" who would want to contact me now, almost 30 years later!
Okay, now if NBC would get off their butts with HD and catch up with the rest of the networks! Amazes me that studio shows like "Deal or No Deal" or "America's Got Talent" that just SCREAM to be produced in HD are not, yet CBS can shoot/produce a show in the jungles of Africa in HD (i.e Survivor) and "American Idol" has been in HD for at least the past two seasons.
A perspective on mobile TV on Blackberry smartphones:
http://www.berryreview.com/2008/08/14/poll-results-interest-in-mobile-tv-is-not-promising/
Techdirt, you are TOO funny! You blog in here repeatedly about copyright holders who don't actually have a product, just a portfolio with which they conduct business by lawsuit. So here's a company (Hasbro) that does the things you guys suggest should be done (get a product out there) and you beat them up for it? I don't care how popular the infringing game was, and I'm not arguing for or against the merits of their claim, but Techdirt should get it's story straight!
silly
who really CARES anyway? I mean that is TRULY impacted at this point in wireless evolution? AT&T's 3G coverage is SO miniscule it's laughable, most people (reports abound) can't even get a 3G data connection driving around New York City with an iPhone 3G! Let alone the rest of the country. And trying to do ANY p2p over EDGE would just be downright STOOPID.
laugh laugh
I laugh at the lemmings heading over the Apple cliff.
Don't like Roger rates? Tough shxt, don't buy an iPhone. Don't buy anything Rogers offers. And PLEASE, don't go crying to the Canadian government to intercede on your behalf. The way to influence Rogers to change their ways is by customers leaving and making it clear to them WHY.
It's really funny, cuz I believe it was the FTC that said they didn't NEED this new law in order to help in the fight against spyware. As Ed has pointed out so frequently over the many years I have followed him, enforce the existing laws, don't create new ones just because it's politically expedient to do so. Ah, but there's the rub, politics.
More than campaign finance reform, we NEED term limits. There is NOTHING that more corrupts our political process than those who make a "career" out of politics.