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• On the post: Fox Publicity Department Trying To Exert Editorial Control Over Dollhouse Fan Site?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 26 May, 2009 @ 03:10pm

  It's FOX they hate to renew SCI-FI

  It's FOX they don't get a slow building show. If it isn't a blockbuster right out of the gate they tend to cancel it. SF shows often take a while to build and SF fans tend not to watch FOX shows until they look like they got legs. They have broken out hearts too many times.

• On the post: Usenet Community Sues Anti-Piracy Group For Calling It Criminal

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 18 May, 2009 @ 04:37am

  I wonder if they can go after Cuomo? He smeared usenet and usenetters with a similar brush.
  
  Yes it can be used to deliver illicit images but so can ftp and a host of other things. You don't shoot the messenger.

• On the post: Usenet Community Sues Anti-Piracy Group For Calling It Criminal

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 18 May, 2009 @ 04:37am

  I wonder if they can go after Cuomo? He smeared usenet and usenetters with a similar brush.
  
  Yes it can be used to deliver illicit images but so can ftp and a host of other things. You don't shoot the messenger.

• On the post: One More Reminder That You Don't Own The Books On Your Kindle

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 15 May, 2009 @ 01:15pm

  Re: Re: I smell a class action suit brewing.

  There are at least two big fat grounds to sue here. One taking away something that people bought the device for and two discrimination against the handicapped and learning disabled. Do reading machines for the blind also violate the performance rights?
  
  I think Amazon would really like to lose that suit but they need it to be able to tell the writer's guild to take a walk.

• On the post: WSJ To Try Micropayments: What A Bad Idea

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 11 May, 2009 @ 07:11am

  Re: Enter CC number

  A micro payments system would need to work more like an Easy Pass where you put $30 in an account and have it diminish that account by say a quarter every time you pass through a gate. When the account drops below a set amount- say $5 it dings your credit card for another $30.
  
  Someone would need to setup a similar service to paypal to manage all this and be a fairly universal service to prevent a plethora of competing services to keep down the amount of money individuals would have out for micropayments.

• On the post: Prosecutors Want To Give Lori Drew 3 Years In Jail For Symbolic Reasons

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 07 May, 2009 @ 03:16pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  The point was that what she did was reprehensible and not specifically a crime. She should be a pariah, shunned and possibly stoned. Of course the opportunistic prosecutors deserve the same with possibly smaller but more numerous stones.

• On the post: Why Was It Bad For The Chicago Tribune To Find Out What Readers Wanted?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 04 May, 2009 @ 06:00am

  I think it depends on the Focus Group but they sure do seem to be cause of a lot of bland material. Movies remove sad endings because the test screening didn't like it. They don't like the story of Darfur so it doesn't make the paper.
  
  It might be better to use the web page to gauge what is popular by reads and throw everything up there.

• On the post: Inducement Standard For Section 230 Could Put A Significant Chill On Innovation

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 01 May, 2009 @ 11:03am

  Re: Delusions

  >I just don't understand what parallel universe this judge >must inhabit wherein gun, automobile and screwdriver >manufacturers are innocent of the crimes committed with >their products yet software developers and (legal) service >providers are somehow guilty of "inducement".
  
  But since the Patriots are originally selling the tickets aren't they ultimately the party inducing the resale of tickets.

• On the post: Hybrid Vehicles Are Quiet — Maybe Too Quiet, According To A Couple Of Lawmakers

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 01 May, 2009 @ 10:33am

  Re:

  Imagine the custom car noises market. Hey that hybrid sounds like a Harley, a stage coach, any number of vehicles from Star Wars...

• On the post: Orlando Police Chief Threatens Critical Blogger, Saying Truth Isn't A Defense

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 01 May, 2009 @ 04:51am

  Re: Re: Re: Crooked cops in Orlando? Say it isn't so.

  The problem is that the gun is the least important part of the story. When a stolen police weapon is the least important part of the story it is BAD.
  
  I guess no one told her the main lesson of Watergate- It's not the crime it is the cover up.

• On the post: Get Overly Aggressive With Your Trademark… And Watch Your Reputation Fall

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2009 @ 02:26pm

  Re: Re: And this is why I stay the hell away from reviews.

  >But are they a moron in a hurry? Isn't that
  >the real question?
  
  These Lawyers are professional moron's in a hurry to build up billable hours.

• On the post: It's Not Twitter's Power To Misinform That We Should Be Worried About…

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2009 @ 05:45am

  Shooting the Messenger

  Since when have we not had to worry about reporters misinforming us? We should be eliminating newspapers, television, the internet and the garden fence as well.

• On the post: Entertainment Industry Really Really Really Wants To Believe Pirate Bay Verdict Is A Win

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2009 @ 09:13am

  This is just another case of plaintiff inadvertently advertising for the other side. I wonder if they did more than 3 million dollars of damage to themselves.

• On the post: Law To Ban Broadband Caps Moves Forward

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2009 @ 01:18pm

  >So what about cell phone minutes? Or calling
  >cards, if anyone uses them. And didn't dial-up
  >come in tiers at some point in time?
  
  But do they sell those plans as unlimtied cell phone service? It is one thing to sell a package of a known quantity of anything by either weight, volume or time and entirely another to say it is unlimited as long as you don't use too much.
  
  I think what governments can and should mandate is the acceptable methods to measure band width use and how these limits are advertised.

• On the post: Daytona Beach Charity Movie Night Put On Hold Due To Copyright

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2009 @ 04:38am

  Re: Re: Public Domain

  They just need to go old enough. I think a bunch of silent shorts would work if they are good enough. Just call it nostalgia but I like Chaplin and Keaton.

• On the post: Looking For The $0.69 Songs On iTunes

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 07 Apr, 2009 @ 01:30pm

  Re: Well...

  60 gb ipod? 120 is the only size for the big one now.

• On the post: Designer Threatened With Copyright Infringement Claims… On His Own Work

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2009 @ 05:40am

  Haven't the thieves opened themselves up for a big old libel case on top of everything else? This should pay enough of a contingency fee to cover the suit.

• On the post: Protests Against The Authors Guild For Forcing Amazon To Disable Kindle TTS

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2009 @ 06:36pm

  I keep waiting for the law suit to against google to prevent this accessibility feature from being blocked. The Americans with disabilities act should provide fodder for this.

• On the post: Book Publishers Misguided Complaints About Scribd

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2009 @ 01:59pm

  The Blind following the Blind and stupid.

• On the post: Oh Look, Investigative Journalism Still Isn't Dead

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2009 @ 04:21am

  I always figured Investigative reporting might be done outside the newspapers and sold to the highest bidder later.

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