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  • On the post: Apple Accused Of 'Violating The Rights' Of Iconic Swiss Railway Clock

    Tim K ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2012 @ 09:58am

    Re: Not defending but really...

    Yes...

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    I could probably go on, but you get the idea.

  • On the post: Amanda Palmer Destroys/Saves Musicians; Chances Of 'Hitting It Big' As An Artist Remain Unchanged

    Tim K ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2012 @ 06:59am

    If any label musician did a drawing where the winner (out of millions), was able to play on stage with them, and hang out backstage with them, then everyone would think it was great. The person who won would think it was great, and the artist certainly wouldn't be paying this person (despite having lots of money) who already won this which was considered a prize. But since Amanda is offering it directly to lots of people, and not doing some drawing or contest she's now an immoral terrible person?

  • On the post: Kickstarter Introduces New Rules To Try To Limit Disappointment

    Tim K ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2012 @ 02:55pm

    I would have to agree with you, I think the first one is good, the others, maybe not so much. If a product is in the early stages, where a lot are, they might not have a working prototype just yet. This is an investment, and being able to see what it is your actually investing in is rather helpful. Saying that it is going to do xyz is not always equivalent of showing xyz. I understand where they are coming from, but as you said, I definitely think it would be much better for them to just make them clearly label it as a mockup or rendering. As for the multiple quantities. As for the multiple quantities, I do not see the harm in people doing that, even if it's not a store, by allowing people to get more than one you can help decrease the overall cost.

  • On the post: More Evidence That Legacy Gatekeepers Just Don't Understand Modern Business Models

    Tim K ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2012 @ 08:41am

    Trying to learn from SACEM?

    Sounds like the publishers are trying to learn from SACEM. We'll take money people want to pay you directly, and then we'll give you back a portion of it. Just trust us, we're doing it to help you...

  • On the post: MPAA & RIAA: If People Can Sell Foreign Purchased Content Without Paying Us Again, US Economy May Collapse

    Tim K ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2012 @ 10:03am

    Re:

    It's not like anyone is making 50-75% margin on things, they cannot afford to take the hit.

    If by anyone you mean the artists you're correct, if by anyone you are referring to the overpaid people at the *AA's then your are not so correct. Also, if they spent less money buying legislation, they'd have plenty of extra money. Also, if they removed low prices from areas that would do nothing other than drive up piracy. And decrease sales

  • On the post: Book Publishers Latest War On Technology: How Dare You Share Your Kindle Highlights! [Updated]

    Tim K ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2012 @ 06:02am

    Re: Uh, I think Amazon is really behind it

    Leave it to Bob again to throw in 'Big Search' at any chance possible. Clearly they don't want snippets of books out in the world, because that's exactly what the dreaded 'Big Search' does, with it's scanned books. They may be a little bigger than the Kindle highlights' but they are just snippets from the books and the publishers hate that

  • On the post: Book Publishers Latest War On Technology: How Dare You Share Your Kindle Highlights! [Updated]

    Tim K ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2012 @ 05:59am

    Re:

    Isn't that still to be determined? They have said the terms of the settlement from the 3 publishers that settled, but I think they still have the lawsuit to go with Apple and the remaining 2 or 3 publishers (which hopefully will end up even worse off then those who chose to settle).

  • On the post: A Hard Paywall Can Be A Huge Barrier Between A Customer And Paying You

    Tim K ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2012 @ 06:31am

    Re:

    At the very least, a free demo is almost required in gaming now, there are too many out there to assume any one of them are really any good.

    This is one of the reasons why I think the OOYA will be interesting, as they said that every game available for it will be required to have some free to play aspect, whether it's a demo, or it as a freemium style game.

  • On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

    Tim K ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 10:51am

    Re: Re: Re: Why this sympathy for libraries?

    Taxpayer money which is used to provide Taxpayers (ie everyone in the country) access to the libraries. Not taxpayer money used to provide private corporate policing. There is a big difference there

  • On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

    Tim K ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 10:48am

    Re: Re: Re: Why this sympathy for libraries?

    Uh, no. Have you tried to lend a book to a friend? I was just at the library last week and you can't do it. It has nothing to do with the publishers. They have to track their physical inventory.

    What library do you go to where they watch every move you make with the book? How the hell can they stop you from giving the book to a friend to read before you (or even your friend) return it?

  • On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

    Tim K ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 08:46am

    Re: Re: Why this sympathy for libraries?

    "FAIL #6: Librarians sleep. The Internet is a 24 hour invention."

    Jesus christ. I'm ignoring this "brilliant" point as well. Someone else deal with the stupid on this one.


    Aren't the publishers trying to make it so people have to go to libraries to check out e-books? Libraries currently let you check out e-books from home (which makes sense) and so would be 24 hours.

  • On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

    Tim K ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 08:41am

    Re: Why this sympathy for libraries?

    Of course you have to throw in 'Big Search' into your mindless rant...


    If this blog were to apply its usual principles, it would choose the library as the failing, rusty industry being disrupted by a better business model.
    Libraries are trying to adapt, but they are being restricted by the publishers. If they were fighting the change, then maybe your argument(s) might make some sense, but as usual, they don't

  • On the post: Hollywood Lobbyist Hasn't Seen The TPP Text, Cannot Read The TPP Text, But Knows What's In The TPP Text?

    Tim K ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 09:39am

    Why didn't he ask him how he could claim that "TPP will result in 'kicking people off the Internet'" was a myth if he couldn't legally have read the document?

  • On the post: The Math Says HBO Shouldn't Go Direct, But They Left Innovation Out Of The Equation

    Tim K ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 06:08am

    Re: Bah. Innovation as defined around here is pretty meh

    That just seems to be a collection of mildly amusing cat videos shot with someone's cell phone.

    You fail ay using youtube, here's an awesome video related to GoT.

  • On the post: Judge Quickly Approves Ebook Pricing Settlement; Says It's In The Public Interest To Stop Price Fixing

    Tim K ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 12:14pm

    but to protect the public from the failure of the market

    Now if other judges could figure out that the laws are made to protect the public and not industries maybe we could start getting more good news.

    Also, can't wait to see what happens with the lawsuit. Hopefully Apple along with the remaining publishers (one of which one of my favorite Author unfortunately uses) will quickly lose.

  • On the post: The Content Industry Keeps Penalizing The People Who Actually Pay

    Tim K ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 11:40am

    Re:

    there is still no justification for piracy.

    There are lots of justifications for piracy. Just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean they don't exist. Look at the first comment, and removing those things is a very big justification for a lot of people.

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

    Tim K ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 08:04am

    Re: Re: Re:

    You mean any and all amendments made to clarify language that were shot down. Amendments that just explicitly said what your side claimed it was supposed to do? What reason is there to not pass an amendment where your side says in the bill it means X, and the amendment says right out X, yet it still cannot get passed. Let alone the amendments that were proposed to make it slightly less shitty. The few reps who were against it had every single amendment they proposed shot down, so to say we offered no compromise is complete bs.

  • On the post: Crime Inc. Produces Thoughtful, Nuanced Episode About Piracy (Haha, Just Kidding! Cue Scary Music)

    Tim K ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 11:14am

    Swat

    Yep, they definitely need the SWAT team to break down the door and go in with shotguns for those filthy media pirates. I mean, can you imagine what Dotcom would have done if they didn't have all that stuff when they took him down?

    I think they just always forget to mention that the majority of the money that piracy is costing is in the bribes, I mean donations, and the 'enforcement'.

  • On the post: The TSA's Infamous 'Behavior Detection' In Action: Mandatory 'Chats' About Every Detail Of Your Trip

    Tim K ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 10:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Busybodies grab your hatchets!

    Though according to the guy in the video's site, there are 11 states who still say it's illegal, including Michigan where the case was.

  • On the post: Want To Know How Weak The GOP's Internet Freedom Platform Is? The MPAA Loves It

    Tim K ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 09:48am

    Re:

    FTFY:
    Mike Masnick just hates it when bad intellectual property laws are supported.

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