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• On the post: Google Ideas Boss's Really Bad Idea: Kick ISIS Off The Open Web

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2016 @ 07:11am

  First of all, it's impossible.
  Apparently, someone doesn't know just how powerful Google's ability to censor the internet really is.
  
  I strongly suggest taking a stroll on the real internet using TOR to see just how confident Google can be about cleaning up anything from the internet.

• On the post: VPN Providers Laugh Off Netflix's New Futile War On VPNs

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 06:20am

  ...but it's a temporary hiccup on the path toward Netflix's eventual goal: uniform, consistent content licensing that looks the same in every country...
  
  *pulls out the Magical Editing Internet Pencil™
  
  ...but it's a temporary hiccup on the path toward Netflix's eventual goal: owning 100% of its own content while flipping off Hollywood's RICO law breaking tactics, known as licensing, to deliver what people actually want to see...

• On the post: Challenged By Cord Cutting, The Discovery Channel Seeks Redemption In The Wake Of Honey Boo Boo

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2016 @ 03:20am

  If any of these CEOs read this site, a message for them all:
  
  Too little, too late. You had one job and you blew it.
  
  What's worse is these idiots still don't get it: we pay for these channels. Why in the hell are we dealing with ads to begin with.
  
  Never going back.
  
  Never.

• On the post: NBC Exec: Netflix Poses No Threat To Us, God Wants You To Watch Expensive, Legacy TV

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2016 @ 03:02am

  Nobody denies that cable TV's audience still towers over that of streaming video services.
  I'm denying it.
  
  The problem is the measurement. It's flawed.
  
  There's a big difference between recording a show for later viewing and watching it when it airs.
  
  Given most new shows are still unavailable online, of course cable still has the lion's share of "viewers".
  
  Nothing like pretending choice exists when everything still revolves around the "captive" audience.

• On the post: Metallica Sends 41 Page Legal Threat To Canadian Cover Band [Updated]

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2016 @ 07:44am

  Forget the lawsuit. The bigger headline is the fact Metallica is still around.

• On the post: Hateful Eight Pirated Leak Harms Film All The Way To Box Office Records

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2016 @ 08:26am

  "holy shit, look at all the money!"
  
  Uh... something's amiss here. Let me grab out my pencil so I can fix it.
  
  "holy shit, look at all the money, for which our accounting firms will make quick work to ensure not a single, fucking penny will be moved to the profits column."
  
  Better.
  
  As for the rest of the article, meh. New year. Same rhetoric. Nothing changes. Moving on.

• On the post: Comcast-Funded Think Tank: Broadband Usage Caps Make Netflix Streaming Better. You're Welcome.

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2016 @ 08:21am

  This means that at times when the Internet is most susceptible to congestion, Netflix alone is responsible for one out of every three packets sent through the network.
  
  Damn it, Netflix. Just how many times do I have to tell you to stop going into my house, logging onto my laptop, and taking over the limited bandwidth of my AT&T account?
  
  Oh, I see what AEI did there!
  
  Joking aside, Google should pay attention. If Netflix is gone, guess what's next in the moving target line.

• On the post: TVs Now 'Smart' Enough To Get Hijacked, Pick Up Malware

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2016 @ 10:30am

  This isn't an issue about television security. This is an issue about consumer stupidity being so damn problematic as to hook a fucking television to the internet.
  
  No excuses will ever be accepted as to justify any reason to hook a television to the internet.
  
  These consumers get everything they deserve being this fucking stupid.
  
  Next, they'll want to hook a teapot, light bulb, toaster, refrigerator, oven, or any other electrical device to the internet because "IT'S SO KEWL!"
  
  Poetic justice, dispensed.

• On the post: ESPN Employees Keep Failing To Disclose Their Advertising Tweets As Advertising

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2016 @ 03:08am

  There's nothing wrong with native advertising, but for one of the largest sports broadcasters on the planet to be actively attempting to deceive the public is shameful.
  No, what's shameful is anyone in the public who didn't see these tweets as advertising and disclosure wouldn't help with this level of stupidity.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of 2015 At Techdirt

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 03:16am

  Re: Re:

  Wow. It's been two years since my last win?
  
  Okay, it's now official. I'm freaking old. >:[
  
  I could have sworn it was last year.
  
  Wait. What's today? Where am I? Whose clothes are these?
  
  Mom?

• On the post: Understanding David Lowery's Lawsuit Against Spotify: The Insanity Of Music Licensing

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 10:48am

  Swift Economics 101:
  When negotiations with the publisher [1] for increased earnings fail, target distributors for legal recourse [2].
  
  [1] Who own our distribution copyright because we freely gave it away and now regret it.
  
  [2] Because they'll cave, and fans have no problem paying for the same song multiple times.
  
  When will artists like Taylor Swift and David Lowery get it through their heads by pulling crap like this, it's their fans who pay for their ignorance.

• On the post: House Intelligence Committee Orders Investigation Into Surveillance Of Congress That It Authorized

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2016 @ 08:24am

  It's almost as if Congress thinks it represents its own interests, rather than those of the American public...
  
  Are you fucking kidding us? That's exactly what it is.
  
  When was the last time our government actually did anything for the public.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of 2015 At Techdirt

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2016 @ 06:44am

  Okay, this can't be a coincidence.
  
  Two years running, I place #1 in "Funniest" despite both comments not aimed at being funny.
  
  I don't know my audience. ;)

• On the post: Who Needs A No-Fly List When You Can Just Ground 91 Million Citizens?

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 11:07am

  Welcome to the Unites States of North Korea. We appreciate your patronage on North Korean Airlines as we approach the militarized zone "Lima Alpha X-Ray". Please ensure your tray and seat are in the upright position as we land. If you do not have state-approved ID, you will be detained indefinitely.

• On the post: Book Publisher Has No Idea How Google Works But Pretty Sure It Could End Piracy If It Tried

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2015 @ 08:47am

  As a long-time publisher, I’ve been reasonably successful in this business; I also have always attempted to do everything right.
  Shur you did.
  
  The fact that, as a publisher, you raped the hell out of authors signed by your business isn't an accurate justification of "successful". All it means is you can legally fuck over your clients because if they refuse, you don't sign them.
  
  In our society, that's call blackmail, asshole.
  
  So your "attempt" translates to "I've seen other publishers get rich off the backs of others, so perhaps I will too."
  
  Karma. Maybe it be delivered one e-book at a time, asshole.

• On the post: What Net Neutrality? T-Mobile Abusing Its 'Binge-On' Effort To Throttle Non-Partner Video

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2015 @ 08:59am

  T-Mobile turned it on for everyone, without telling users, and has not made it at all clear to users what's happening.
  Inaccurate information.
  
  I received a text.
  
  My wife received both a text and email.
  
  The only reason I didn't get the email was lack of updating my account info (email no longer used).
  
  While Binge-On was enabled by default, following the step-by-step instructions contained within the information sent by T-Mobile made switching it off easy to do.
  
  The more likely scenario is people received the information sent by T-Mobile and chose to ignore it.

• On the post: Manhattan District Attorney Still Totally Ignorant About Encryption, Slams Tim Cook & Demands Legislation To Wipe Out Encryption

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 08:32am

  Cyrus Vance.
  
  I'm guessing his parents were big Hollywood movie buffs.
  
  This name totally screams "villain".

• On the post: AT&T, DirecTV Deliver 'Merger Synergies' By Raising Rates In Perfect Unison

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 07:46am

  On the 12 days of Christmas, AT&T gave to me,
  12 hours of ads
  11 useless stations
  10 days of outages
  9 service calls
  8 of them canceled
  7 different service agents
  6 different techs
  5 different issues
  4 wrong invoices
  3 separate charges for the same signal
  2 bogus charges
  and another fucking horr-ible year.
  
  Merry Christmas, AT&T.
  
  PS: Tiny Tim doesn't live because he couldn't afford both an internet connection and health care.

• On the post: Law Enforcement Wants To Be Able To Seize The Cars And Homes Of People Convicted On Child Porn Charges

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 03:12am

  Right. Because this law only serves to help. Parents, don't let your teens sext each other. You could lose everything you own.
  
  The resulting funds would be narrowly dispersed, with some going to participating agencies but the bulk of it directly to the special investigative units that handle these crimes.
  Fuck the victims of child sexual abuse.

• On the post: UK Government Has Secretly Created A Huge Database Storing Details About Its Citizens' Private Lives — Since 2000

  

  Violynne ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2015 @ 03:10am

  "We, the governments of the free world, hate terrorism, but realize the only way to stop terrorism is to become a terrorist ourselves. Thus, we have initiated all manners to destroy the very freedoms we hold dear for the sake of a few who don't believe in our ways of freedom." - damn near every politician.

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