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  • On the post: Expectations Matter, Even If You're Not 'A Customer'

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2010 @ 03:58am

    Re: html5

    go figger :). five minutes later:

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-document-embedder/

  • On the post: Expectations Matter, Even If You're Not 'A Customer'

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2010 @ 03:52am

    html5

    issue 1: your article was fantastic mike, would have been even better if you had included some thoughts on the perils of trusting a third party, this "cloud" we speak of way too often, which leads to

    issue 2: i researched the subject but came up empty...how to self-host embeddable pdf documents. as the html5 standard becomes more and more implemented, hopefully some enterprising young coder will put together such a tool: a plug-in for your c.m.s. to accomplish just that.

    after all, it makes sense for a leading professor (mr. goldman) or a leading blogger to be a repository of such documents and resources.

  • On the post: Hulu: We Know That Hulu Plus Sucks, But It's Not Our Fault

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2010 @ 01:24pm

    too much credit

    hulu has cried wolf for the last time for me. paraphrasing, "i know it sux, i get it, i don't want to do it, it's not my fault..."

    a not so thorough search of this magnificent site turns up a slew of similar entirely consistent stories, here's one:

    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090218/1627113821.shtml

    may i suggest mike that in the future you drop the dichotomy: if they're being honest they must want to disrupt their patrons, if only said patrons weren't idiots, and get to the heart of the matter...

    hulu is nothing more than internet protocol broadcasting, and broadcasters are, of course, fully deserving of your most withering sneer :).

  • On the post: ACTA Negotiators Don't Seem To Know Or Care About What They're Negotiating

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2010 @ 04:09pm

    Re:

    If there are issues, then he should focus on those he believes are of paramount importance...


    uhmm.....does this work: http://keionline.org/acta

    Mr. Love seems to be quite adept at generating "OMG" scenarios...


    ad hominem for the fail.

  • On the post: Discovery Channel Ignores Repeated Twitter Questions, Sends Content-Free Statement

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2010 @ 03:49pm

    Re: I guess they forgot to send that response to me

    as my kiwi friends say john, good on'ya! i know a fight isn't what you wanted, but you've got a good one on your hands, with lots of support out there in internet-land.

    ianal, but you've got a bunch of options available short of court, where even if they file, you fold at that point. the court of public opinion has its own resources and leverage.

    continued success.

  • On the post: Discovery Channel Forcing Deadliest Catch Fan Site Offline; Claims Embedding Official Videos Infringes

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2010 @ 01:17pm

    Re:

    ditto. felt good :)

  • On the post: Not Very Transparent: EU ACTA Negotiators Present To EU Parliament In Secret

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 09:18pm

    Re:

    if you have nothing to add, troll

  • On the post: Not Very Transparent: EU ACTA Negotiators Present To EU Parliament In Secret

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 04:59pm

    Re:

    ...by the time the product reaches me , it no longer has the DRM in it.


    hehe....what are you going to do when the deer have guns?

    i'll agree, watching the old world in it's death throes, violently lashing out, is entertaining.

    i'll disagree though, to wit: you should care, as the power and violence of the old world order will take out innocents (that's you and me) on its way out.

  • On the post: Do We Really Want An ASCAP For News?

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2010 @ 06:53pm

    discuss with the source

    i took the liberty of posting on the original article. hopefully more folks 'round here will as well, politely inform the author of what an ostrich the poor guy is.

    so while i cannot present any bona fides from any legacy industry, i can only hope my thought passes moderation.

    mr. langeveld, you speak again and again of "the bounds of their own sites", and "confine news content to tightly-controlled channels", and the horror of "when content moves outside those bounds", to the point where you appear risibly cervante-esque.

    this network of networks against which you tilt (we call it now colloquially the internet), from it's initial design and purpose, to its subsequent design principles (open with open standards), to the accretion of sophisticated developments, hardware and software innovations, later democratization and mass acceptance and use, all mean one thing:

    you have lost control of distribution. full stop.

    you can either fight to re-gain a lost nirvana of monopoly rents, or you can embrace a present and future of leveraging an infinite non-rivalrous artifact to sell something scarce and compelling.

    a licensing fee (for news? really?), its attendant bureaucracy and market distortions, is neither.

  • On the post: Terrible News: Court Says It's Okay To Remove Content From The Public Domain And Put It Back Under Copyright

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2010 @ 07:50am

    Re:

    ...but it does not give them a veto card over government legislation, unless it is very specifically limited free speech.


    which this decision does. end of discussion.

    if this decision curtailed your free speech rights, posting about it would break the law...


    left, meet field. together the two of you might be able to re-direct this conversation.

  • On the post: Updated Research Showing, Yet Again, That Weaker Copyright Has Benefited Culture And Society

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 07:12pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    "Enter Blender"


    Excellent reference, I'm very excited about the upcoming changes to the newest version. Seriously turning it into a world-class program. for free!!

    everyone mentions avatar as the be-all-and-end-all of technological sophistication.

    "In five to ten years the processing power to do Avatar will be available on a mid to high end workstation."


    note for reference's sake that a $1,000 bit of software was responsible for the entire virtual art department of this film throughout its production:

    news:

    http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2010/03/08/daily34.html

    product:

    http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/index.php?

    all of which i mention in support of the discussion around the social betterment aims of copyright law and how the law should evolve to meet the capabilities of the tools WE use, not the other way around.

  • On the post: Is BPI Trying To Setup Google For Copyright Infringement Lawsuit?

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 05:56pm

    Not W/O Precedent

    Overall, fun, thoughtful and harmless speculation by Mike here.

    But, most importantly, not without precedent in the sense that the offending organizations and the individuals who run them demonstrably have their heads buried as far up their rear quarters as conceivably possible (as amply noted by Mike).

    And, like probably quite a lot of folks within this community, would be quite excited by such a lawsuit. One for the sheer joy of watching another utter FAIL by the recording industry, but, two also by the fact that such a suit would take, what, 5 years to come to a decision?

    How many millions of kids coming of age and going to college would Big Content alienate in this time? How many millions of young adults graduating from college and entering the world would Big Content alienate in this time?

    Yep, ANOTHER entire generation, lost as potential customers. Tell me that's not fun to watch.....

  • On the post: EFF, Public Citizen And ACLU Ask Judge To Quash Mass Subpoenas From US Copyright Group

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2010 @ 04:28pm

    Re: I wish I Could Come Up With A Subject

    ...more protected free speech and activity as an internet user than in public...


    nah, freedom, anywhere, is overrated.

  • On the post: Remember How Hollywood Promised Lots Of New Content If It Could Break Your TV/DVR? Yeah, That's Not Happening…

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 18 May, 2010 @ 04:29pm

    Re: Re:

    Perhaps if more people voted with their wallet, instead of their ripper, the consumer offering would match up better.


    a vote is a vote is a vote, ad hominem innuendo notwithstanding. a firm either embraces a market signal or gives said market the bird.

  • On the post: RIAA Wins Again: Judge Says LimeWire Induced Copyright Infringement

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 03:59pm

    Re: Inducement Threshold

    my bad :(

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/31150167/Copyright-owners-amicus

  • On the post: RIAA Wins Again: Judge Says LimeWire Induced Copyright Infringement

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 03:58pm

    Re: You know what induces copyright infringement?

    bingo!!

  • On the post: RIAA Wins Again: Judge Says LimeWire Induced Copyright Infringement

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 03:57pm

    Inducement Threshold

    But what if a site was set up that didn't do all of those things, but was still widely used for infringement.


    that's happening right now. big content has filed an amicus curiae in viacom v. youtube claiming just this scenario. oh and claiming as well that the dmca doesn't apply because youtube does not provide a service.

    the only consequence of this decision, which likely will be appealed methinks, will be the same as napster/grokster: said file-sharing will just further de-centralize.

    their only hope is to destroy the network.

  • On the post: EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Admits That 'Piracy' Has Created The Market That Legislators Did Not

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 02:11pm

    market failures

    isn't this point quite similar to matt mason's proposition that historically "pirates" are those who are just quicker to find and exploit failures in an existing marketplace (i.e. web of economic relationships)?

    the pirate's dilemma:

    http://www.amazon.com/Downloading-Sneakers-Reinvented-Capitalism-Innovation/dp/1416532188

  • On the post: Cable TV Won't Lose To The Internet Because It's Making Too Much Money?

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 04 May, 2010 @ 06:15pm

    Re: titleist

    i see your horsehockey and raise you two cow patties.

    disruption always wins. i agree that mr gurley, of all people, should understand this.

  • On the post: Are There More Copyright 'Pre-Settlement' Groups Setting Up Shop In The US?

    Robin Hoover ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2010 @ 01:58pm

    DMCA?????

    ...before we forward the DMCA notice to you.


    maybe someone can respond, but under what provision of the dmca would they file a motion with the court???

    i thought the dmca concerned itself with hosting files, not transmitting them.

    until i learn differently, i'm calling bs on this threat.

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