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  • On the post: Comcast's Top Lobbyist Pens Editorial To Remind Americans That US Broadband Service Is Awesome

    ken ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2013 @ 06:45am

    Conflict of Interest

    Comcast as well as Time Warner Cable have an interest in keeping residential Internet Service Slow. It inhibits growth of services such as Netflix that they compete with as well as having to compete against their own cable services. It is a blatant conflict of interest for cable companies to be Internet Service Providers.

  • On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

    ken ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 03:09pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about penalties with teeth for bogus takedowns

    Judges should be given the prerogative to strip copyrights and patents for that matter when they are being abused.

  • On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

    ken ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 03:09pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about penalties with teeth for bogus takedowns

    Judges should be given the prerogative to strip copyrights and patents for that matter when they are being abused.

  • On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

    ken ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 03:06pm

    Re: Re:

    Yes music is no longer regarded as a product that we pay for per song. Instead we pay for it indirectly through services or subscriptions.

    Music is an enticement to get you looking at ads or having access to vast libraries of songs or get you to live performances.

    The industry needs to get it out of their heads that they are creating a product for direct sale. There is a disconnect between the industry and those that consume their product and until they reconnect with music listeners they will continue to suffer the consequences like people turning to alternative means to get the service the "legitimate" services are not adequately offering.

  • On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

    ken ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 02:30pm

    Re:

    What is an obsolete business model is the music industry insistence that recorded music can still profitably be placed on pieces of plastic with 16 songs where only a few are worth listening too then shipping it to stores and playing it on a big clunky device where it is easily rendered unplayable with a single scratch.

    Same goes for movies.

  • On the post: EFF Gives Prince A 'Lifetime Aggrievement Award' For DMCA Takedown Abuse

    ken ( profile ), 08 May, 2013 @ 04:02pm

    Has Been

    The artist formerly known as having a music career.

  • On the post: Super Meat Boy Developer To EA: DRM Hurts Your Bottom Line More Than Piracy Does

    ken ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 06:39am

    One pirated copy of a movie or video game does not equal a lost sale but customers demanding a refund and getting it or customers that would have bought your product but won't due to problems with your DRM does equal lost sales and a lot more than piracy ever will.

  • On the post: Project Launched To Fix The Anti-Circumvention Clause Of The DMCA

    ken ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2013 @ 07:26am

    This is like someone building a fence that blocks the public sidewalk and then making it illegal to jump the fence.

  • On the post: Launch Day Punishment: SimCity's Online-Only DRM Locking Purchasers Out Of Servers, Purchases

    ken ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2013 @ 06:20am

    Self Inflicted Losses

    The true losses in revenue over piracy is not the piracy itself but all the money companies spend trying to stop it.

  • On the post: Stop Calling Electronic Espionage Cyberwar

    ken ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2013 @ 06:28am

    The term "war" is way overused. War has a specific meaning and in fact must be declared by Congress.

  • On the post: Obama Administration, Once Again, Says $222,000 For Sharing 24 Songs Is Perfectly Reasonable

    ken ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2013 @ 06:42am

    For those of you who say she deserves it because she could have downloaded mp3s legally through services forget that the music industry wanted to make mp3s illegal and resisted and sued out of existence every early music service. It wasn't until Napster that mp3s and downloading music became main stream and the music labels very reluctantly were forced to allow legitimate music services. Without "piracy" there was little incentive for the music industry to move into digital distribution.

  • On the post: Dish Turns CBS' Actions Against It; Touts Its Revoked 'Best In Show' Status With A Damning Footnote

    ken ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 07:22am

    Funny since CBS owns C-Net and Download.com which was and remains the main conduit for file sharing sites such as Kazaa, Limewire, Morphius, Grokster, and even Napster.

  • On the post: US Copyright Office Seeking Comments On Resale Royalties For Visual Artists

    ken ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 04:58pm

    Sense of Entitlement

    The self entitlement mentality of artists is astounding. Who else believes they should be paid perpetually for work they do? Its insane and does not promote creativity. It allows artists to create one thing then live on their laurels for life.

    We hear artists say copyright is there to guarantee them an income. Sorry sister but no one is guaranteed an income. You get paid when you find willing buyers. Money is earned by convincing people your work is valuable and is worthy of them paying you for it. Anything apart from that is dishonest and corrupt.

  • On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards

    ken ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 05:54am

    Bogus Take-downs is Theft

    Unlike copying that does not deprive the holders of their content bogus take-downs most certainly does. They call the first theft while routinely engage in the latter. They are the true thieves.

    This will not stop until there are severe penalties. If the government does not act victims of bogus take-downs need to start suing for damages.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Will Refill Cartridges For Food Printers Be Insanely Expensive?

    ken ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 05:34pm

    3D Printing Could Change the World

    3D printing may make the fights over music and movie copying look tame in comparison. Imagine when you can print physical objects. The interests that manufacture these things are going to demand their products be covered under copyrights.

    What this will do is make a lot of manufacturing obsolete. It could fundamentally change our economy since we may no longer rely on corporations nor the work others to provide for our own needs.

    When we can provide our own wants and needs their is little need for money or other trading instruments since the basis for money changing hands is because person A has something person B wants and must trade something B wants to get it. If Person A can get what he wants without person B then there is no need for any kind of trading.

  • On the post: People Who Pay For A Service Are A Lot Nicer Than Those Who Don't

    ken ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 07:01pm

    Re: Re: Free stuff gives sense of entitlement.

    You would be surprised.

  • On the post: People Who Pay For A Service Are A Lot Nicer Than Those Who Don't

    ken ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 06:59pm

    Free stuff gives sense of entitlement.

    Before becoming a programmer I worked for an airline for many years as a reservation agent and the thing that generated the most complaints was the Frequent Flyer Program.

    Yes the freebie. The give-away. It generated more complaints and ill-will by customers far more than even lost baggage, late or cancelled flights, extra charges, or airline food.

    Free stuff gives people a feeling of entitlement. When they pay for something they are much more grateful for what they have and subsequently are less demanding and satisfied. People want to feel like they actually worked for something. It gives them self worth and a sense of accomplishment.

  • On the post: Where Do Teens Discover New Music? YouTube.

    ken ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2012 @ 05:55pm

    If your music is not on Youtube does it really make a sound?

    If 64% of teenagers are exposed to new music via Youtube. This means that those labels and bands that refuse to put their music on Youtube might as well not even exist to one of the largest music buying demographic.

  • On the post: It's Never Enough: Both RIAA & MPAA Aren't Satisfied With Google Punishing 'Pirate' Sites

    ken ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2012 @ 08:11am

    Make the Internet more like cable TV

    What this will do is put usefully sites that have user generated content down while giving an advantage to read only sites that mainly just spoon feed information and services. This is one step closer the the RIAA/MPAA's main goal of having the Internet be a one way communication like cable TV.

  • On the post: Google Caves To Hollywood Pressure: Will Now Punish Sites That Get Lots Of 'Valid' DMCA Notices

    ken ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 03:16pm

    Re: valid copyright removal notices

    Google and Youtube get a lot of removal notices? Are they going to exempt themselves? If so this could open Google to anti-trust and anti-competitive suites.

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