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• On the post: Would You Rather Be 'Right' Or Realistic?

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2012 @ 10:47am

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  When Google was celebrating 10 идт downloads they dropped prices on certain apps more than ten times (sometimes 20-30 times) - to mere 0.03 cents. The reports from app makers were astonishingly positive - they made more profit. When you have a product with pretty much zero marginal cost - you have a huuge window for price experiments.

• On the post: Would You Rather Be 'Right' Or Realistic?

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2012 @ 10:39am

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  Last time i'v checked in US Netflix traffic overtaken bittorent traffic. Now why would that be..

• On the post: Apparently Veoh Isn't Dead Enough For Universal Music; Asks For Rehearing Of Its Bogus Copyright Lawsuit

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2012 @ 11:25am

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  Easy Google news search would answer this question for you.
  http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/08/veoh-lives-on-behind-the-acquisition-of-the-video-site/

• On the post: EU Politicians Send Letter To US Congress Warning Of 'Extraterritorial Effects' Of SOPA And PIPA

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2012 @ 02:09pm

  There is an anti-SOPA price written by russian minister of communications in today's Vedomosti paper (it's basically russian WSJ)
  http://www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/news/1480343/kodeks_povedeniya_v_seti

• On the post: Lessig On The Daily Show: The Corruption And Extortion Of Congress

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 04:20am

  Actually, I can watch Comedy central online just fine (Russia). Although it's probable sole exception.

• On the post: Russian President Proposes Creative Commons-Style Rules Baked Directly Into Copyright

  

  Kirion ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 08:48am

  Some insights for Russia

  I work for russian non-profit, Russian Association for electronic communications and we are currently trying to change russian copyright laws to be more internet-friendly.
  
  Resistance is fierce. Usually, when there is some kind of conference or roundtable, people from big content do not hesitate to call internet companies thieves. Same with CC licenses: "you want to make everything free!! How content producers will make money??". We have RAO - licensing organization that is famous for such acts as: suing artists for singing their own songs at concerts without permision; suing barber shops, car washs etc. There was a case, where they threatened to sue WW2 veterans for singing was songs in public. And artists have no clue where this licensing money actually goes. RIAA accounting at it's best. We also have "cd tax" which actually applied for any device that can play music! No safe harbors or anything like that. And both big content and FSB often tries to sneak new Internet regulating laws which would harm companies and users greatly.