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• On the post: IMAX Sues Cinemark For Building Competing System… While Being An IMAX Customer

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2009 @ 05:33am

  Re: Nitpicking

  Glad someone else made this point. Not commenting on the broader case, but they are headquartered in Texas, so it makes sense that they'd file the case here.

• On the post: Jenzabar Finds 'Expert Witness' Who Will Claim Google Relies On Metatags, Despite Google Saying It Does Not

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2009 @ 09:25am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  My clicking skills aren't up to the level of my commenting skills. My intent was to call out the trolling of the original anonymous coward who (successfully) attempted to hijack this thread into a discussion around Google's IP, which is only tangentially related to the merits of the lawsuit.

• On the post: Jenzabar Finds 'Expert Witness' Who Will Claim Google Relies On Metatags, Despite Google Saying It Does Not

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2009 @ 09:04am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Troll = you

• On the post: 60 Minutes Puts Forth Laughable, Factually Incorrect MPAA Propaganda On Movie Piracy

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2009 @ 09:18am

  I watched the whole segment vacillating between thinking, "What utter garbage!" and "I can't wait to see what Mike says about this tomorrow."
  
  The worst was when they trotted out the French "3 Strikes" law and implied that the U.S. wasn't doing its part by not enacting similar legislation.

• On the post: Ad Agency Claims It Owns The Right To Product Placement; Sues Competitors

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2009 @ 04:37pm

  An ad agency creates ads. An ad agency markets products. Denizen seems to have done neither.
  
  Based on their website, I'd guess it's more a shell company (surprisingly, not in East Texas), set up to shake down real agencies.

• On the post: Microsoft Pulls Out Of Family Guy Sponsorship… Gets Half The Benefit For None Of The Money?

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2009 @ 05:39pm

  I doubt MS got out of it without having to pay anything. Those type of partnerships don't happen without some sort of upfront financial commitment. It's entirely possible MS will stay have to pay the entire agreed-upon cost, given how close the episode/ad (episad?) was to airing.

• On the post: Bad Idea Central: Toyota Sued After Viral Marketing Attempt Convinced Woman She Was Being Stalked

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2009 @ 01:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Twits

  Not at all, nor would I make all encompassing statements about an industry employing several million people based on the stupid behavior of one agency/client.

• On the post: Bad Idea Central: Toyota Sued After Viral Marketing Attempt Convinced Woman She Was Being Stalked

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2009 @ 12:18pm

  Re: Twits

  Yes, and I've heard guys named thomas see nothing wrong with making overly-broad statements about industries with which they're clearly not familiar.

• On the post: UK Parliamentary Group Blames Entertainment Industry For File Sharing Problem, Opposes Kicking People Off The Internet

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2009 @ 03:33pm

  Re:

  I'd say the music industry's less of a rape victim and more of a hooker who charges you for sex, then wants to charge you every time you think of the sex you had with her.
  
  Oh, and troll much?

• On the post: UK Parliamentary Group Blames Entertainment Industry For File Sharing Problem, Opposes Kicking People Off The Internet

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2009 @ 03:32pm

  Re:

  I'd say the music industry's less of a rape victim and more of a hooker who charges you for sex, then wants to charge you every time you think of the sex you had with her.
  
  Oh, and troll much?

• On the post: Craigslist Gives In To Misplaced AG Anger… Again

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 13 May, 2009 @ 01:02pm

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  This guy!
  
  And that guy, and that other guy.

• On the post: Tracfone Tells Customer The Meaning Of Life… Is One Year

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2009 @ 11:28am

  Definition of "life"

  Tracfone's seems in line with that of our penal system. And, given the jaded view most in the telecom industry have of pre-paid users, perhaps they thought they were speaking in the same terms.

• On the post: Mock Outrage Over An Ad You Paid For? Reverse Streisand Effect

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2008 @ 05:26am

  Probably the Truth

  I tend to think the reporting on this one is mostly right (but I work in marketing, so take that for what it's worth).
  
  Saatchi recently won the JCP account. It's common for agencies to produce "spec" spots for pitches - advertising that the client doesn't see and isn't aware of before the pitch. It's done to show the client that the agency "gets" their brand. The work usually never sees the light of day. I'd guess that's what happened in this case. The agency worked with a director (who was probably trying to build his reel) to produce the spot on the cheap for the pitch, then it was likely leaked by someone at the agency or by the director after the pitch w/o JCP's approval.
  
  The people at JCP are as conservative as they come regarding protecting their brand (I live near their HQ). Red state Americans are their bread and butter, so I doubt that they'd have any interest or willingness to participate in a reverse "Streisand Effect" type plot.

• On the post: Microsoft Keeps DRM Servers Alive For Now; Won't Screw Over Own Customers For A Few More Years

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2008 @ 11:19am

  Outside Pressure?

  I have to wonder if they were pressured by outside forces (music industry?) to keep it running so as not to provide yet another example of why DRM is ultimately bad for consumers.

• On the post: RIAA Goes Judge Shopping After One Judge Actually Pushes Back

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2008 @ 12:07pm

  Re: Re: Not quite accurate

  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080613-third-times-the-charm-riaa-tries-end-run-around-old-case.html The specific quote from the RIAA spokesperson: "We recently uncovered evidence in the course of the litigation that another member of Ms. Cassin's household is likely the infringer." As I said, their actions were still highly questionable, but not as blatantly awful as some of the other stuff they've done.

• On the post: RIAA Goes Judge Shopping After One Judge Actually Pushes Back

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2008 @ 05:15am

  Not quite accurate

  My understanding is that the RIAA's reasoning for dropping and refiling was that they realized it wasn't Cassin doing the sharing but someone else with access to his open network. The whole thing is still questionable (the failure to mention the original cases in the refile, for example), but it's a little (very little) less fishy than this article makes it sound.

• On the post: Boy, Those Corn Farmers Sure Are Interested In Internet Politics

  

  LumpyDog ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2008 @ 07:14am

  Bad Link

  The link in the article seems to be bad. Or maybe just already down from a DMCA letter?