I think there's at least some room for mergers or consolidadtion out there. Peacock and Paramount Plus, for example, don't exactly attract a hell of a lot of viewers.
It's been a while since I last touched defamation law. But last time I recall, communication to a third party was an essential element of a defamation claim. I'm not seeing that here.
How does this come down on police using publicly available info to research a person? While I'm not in favor of police using in-house info to research critics, it seems to me the police, like any other gov't organization, ought to be able to use publicly available resources to research critics.
Is the law outlawing making fun of people for their accents? Or does it outlaw discrimination in services like housing, retail, etc. and in employment? If the latter, they're not targeting speech, but something that actually harms folks.
I don't know anything about French politics or society, but it also strikes me that discriminating against people based on their accents may also serve as a proxy for other types of discrimination (i.e., racial or religious).
Is the law outlawing making fun of people for their accents? Or does it outlaw discrimination in services like housing, retail, etc. and in employment? If the latter, they're not targeting speech, but something that actually harms folks.
I don't know anything about French politics or society, but it also strikes me that discriminating against people based on their accents may also serve as a proxy for other types of discrimination (i.e., racial or religious).
I'm a long-time Verizon customer. In my area, Their FIOS TV and broadband service has been a great alternative to the cable company. I cut off the TV years ago because I don't need it anymore, but I was satisfied when I had it, and their customer service was several notches above the legacy cable company.
But I never cared one whit about Go90 or anything else.
I'm actually OK with the police destroying the house if the shoplifter was shooting at them. But the city government should have immediately found other shelter for this family and paid them fair market value (pre-police ventilation) for the home.
Note that like HBO, Netflix's love of sharing only goes so far; the company's base $10 version restricts your account to two simultaneous streams, which bumps to four should you pay for the company's $12 plan.
Seems pretty sensible to me. Instead of yelling and screaming, they just say, "OK, guys. That's enough, K?"
You expressed this much better than I did above. An employee of their accountant threatened to contact their auditor over a purely personal matter ... highly unprofessional at best. IMO, he would have probably done better to resort to the small claims system.
Comcast completely screwed this guy on the service end. However, if the guy (an employee of Comcast's accounting firm) implied that Comcast ought to be investigated, then, yeah, I could see firing him.
One thing worth noting -- the pic was already taken. I think that if a photographer, even an amateur, was told, "We'll pay you thirty bucks to go get us a photo of a jar of coins as a work for hire," that photographer would be foolish to take the contract. Once he'd spent the time to find a jar of coins, set up the jar of coins, photograph the jar of coins, sort through the photos of the jar of coins, and Photoshop the picture of the jar of coins, that photog would have taken so long to do it that the thirty bucks couldn't even begin to pay for his time.
On the other hand, if the photog has a photo of a jar of coins lying around, and the mag says, "Hey, that's a great photo of a jar of coins. Here's 30 bucks!" The photog just made his thirty bucks with no new work.
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Mergers
I think there's at least some room for mergers or consolidadtion out there. Peacock and Paramount Plus, for example, don't exactly attract a hell of a lot of viewers.
Defamation
It's been a while since I last touched defamation law. But last time I recall, communication to a third party was an essential element of a defamation claim. I'm not seeing that here.
Some permutations
How does this come down on police using publicly available info to research a person? While I'm not in favor of police using in-house info to research critics, it seems to me the police, like any other gov't organization, ought to be able to use publicly available resources to research critics.
Is the law outlawing making fun of people for their accents? Or does it outlaw discrimination in services like housing, retail, etc. and in employment? If the latter, they're not targeting speech, but something that actually harms folks. I don't know anything about French politics or society, but it also strikes me that discriminating against people based on their accents may also serve as a proxy for other types of discrimination (i.e., racial or religious).
Is the law outlawing making fun of people for their accents? Or does it outlaw discrimination in services like housing, retail, etc. and in employment? If the latter, they're not targeting speech, but something that actually harms folks. I don't know anything about French politics or society, but it also strikes me that discriminating against people based on their accents may also serve as a proxy for other types of discrimination (i.e., racial or religious).
Fiber is good for me
I'm a long-time Verizon customer. In my area, Their FIOS TV and broadband service has been a great alternative to the cable company. I cut off the TV years ago because I don't need it anymore, but I was satisfied when I had it, and their customer service was several notches above the legacy cable company.
But I never cared one whit about Go90 or anything else.
Samsung TV
Clicked the TV link, and it was $1199.
I'm actually OK with the police destroying the house if the shoplifter was shooting at them. But the city government should have immediately found other shelter for this family and paid them fair market value (pre-police ventilation) for the home.
Seems pretty sensible to me. Instead of yelling and screaming, they just say, "OK, guys. That's enough, K?"
Re: Re: hmmm
Carrot Top DVDs.
Re: Please don't make me defend Comcast
You expressed this much better than I did above. An employee of their accountant threatened to contact their auditor over a purely personal matter ... highly unprofessional at best. IMO, he would have probably done better to resort to the small claims system.
However ...
Comcast completely screwed this guy on the service end. However, if the guy (an employee of Comcast's accounting firm) implied that Comcast ought to be investigated, then, yeah, I could see firing him.
Fair Use??
If it's a biopic, why not use some short snippets of his music (a minute or less) call it fair use, then dare the Hendrix estate to come after them?
I notice that this does not preclude a business and customer from signing a binding NDA to settle a lawsuit.
Payin' for the photograph
One thing worth noting -- the pic was already taken. I think that if a photographer, even an amateur, was told, "We'll pay you thirty bucks to go get us a photo of a jar of coins as a work for hire," that photographer would be foolish to take the contract. Once he'd spent the time to find a jar of coins, set up the jar of coins, photograph the jar of coins, sort through the photos of the jar of coins, and Photoshop the picture of the jar of coins, that photog would have taken so long to do it that the thirty bucks couldn't even begin to pay for his time.
On the other hand, if the photog has a photo of a jar of coins lying around, and the mag says, "Hey, that's a great photo of a jar of coins. Here's 30 bucks!" The photog just made his thirty bucks with no new work.