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• On the post: US Commerce Secretary Sides With RIAA: Warns ISPs To Become Entertainment Industry Cops

  

  Matt ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2010 @ 03:54pm

  Re: Anyone who disagrees with you is "uninformed"?

  No, it's just that the majority of people that disagree with Mike are uniformed or don't give the whole picture to their audience. Mike just points out why they are wrong and what they should consider before making speeches.

• On the post: US Commerce Secretary Sides With RIAA: Warns ISPs To Become Entertainment Industry Cops

  

  Matt ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2010 @ 03:44pm

  "This isn't just an issue of right and wrong. This is a fundamental issue of America's economic competitiveness."
  Funny a quick look at the billboard 100 found that quite a few of tracks featured or were by a non American artist.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:41pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Festival seating

  its the same but in a city. unless you have a building with a lot of exits (unlikely) or a large queueing area (unlikely, because most venues are in cities)the same thing can happen. Out of town venues there is less of a problem as long as they're are well prepared and have a larger capacity than expected.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:32pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Festival seating

  So, the only problem with that is that people rush to try and get the best seat.
  
  That's fairly easily sold, randomly alocate seats to tickets (and be vocal about it), meaning there would be less reason for crowds to rush to the gates or doors.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:28pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Festival seating

  Couldn't you have barracades set up to direct a peaceful flow of traffic
  They used crowd control baracades at Love Parade and it caused a bottleneck mainly because, the entrance was too small and people weren't going all the way on to the site they were staying at the enternce (where they could see the bands just as well) blocking the way for people trying to enter and leave. If you could overcome those problems, maybe have more than one big entrance/exit or have seperate entrance and exit queues it might work, but no promoter would try it, just in case.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:20pm

  Re: Re:

  you could use passport style photo verification, instead of uncrackable drm, you would need to take a photo of the ticket buyers (which cannot be changed at any point) with the phone at time of purchase and photo id them. Almost uncrackable (unless you use plastic surgery (a bit extreme for concert tickets)).

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:19pm

  Re: Re:

  you could use passport style photo verification, instead of uncrackable drm, you would need to take a photo of the ticket buyers (which cannot be changed at any point) with the phone at time of purchase and photo id them. Almost uncrackable (unless you use plastic surgery (a bit extreme for concert tickets)).

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 01:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Festival seating

  This is essentialy what happened at the Love Parade. Police failed to stop people entering and a bottleneck caused several deaths.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 11:32am

  Re: It would be nice

  It would only be non-transferable if you confirmed with your credit/debit card, what about people purchasing tickets, ending the credit card and selling the card though.

• On the post: Bob Dylan Gets Around Service Fees & Scalpers With A Simple Plan: Pay Cash At The Door

  

  Matt ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 11:29am

  I'm not sure if this is possible, but a lot of people have smartphones so why not sell tickets via an app, which could then download a non-transferable code to the phone which the venue would then check against a database. You would have to find some kind of uncrackable drm though.

• On the post: Professor Says News Should Get Special 24 Hour Protections So No Aggregator Can Link To It

  

  Matt ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2010 @ 04:21pm

  "the “hot news doctrine”, would prevent rebroadcast not merely of the wording of the article itself, but of its essence"
  
  So does that mean I couldn't post a news story on facebook that had been covered by a newspaper or am I misinterpreting this?

• On the post: U2 Manager Blames 'Free' And Anonymous Internet Bloggers For Industry Troubles

  

  Matt ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2010 @ 02:26pm

  So if free is bad, why did Coldplay release LeftRightLeftRightLeft for free (it was estimated to make them £3.5m if sold conventionaly)? I have discovered bands, even whole labels from these ad-supported free download sites, that he claims do not work, maybe he should try using one to promote his bands

• On the post: French Court Orders ISPs To Block Gambling Websites

  

  Matt ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2010 @ 02:12am

  Re: move to a more democratic country

  The UK won't block sites except for copyright reasons, too many UK based online gambling servies (mostly bingo, but have you seen UK advertising breaks?)

• On the post: Vote On Whether Or Not I Get To Speak At SXSW

  

  Matt ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2010 @ 02:04am

  Re: I vote 'no'

  If you don't like it, don't read it (nobody cares about you anti-Mike essay, and since Mike is on the list they clearly think has 'qualifications', and the organisers probably know a lot more than you do.

• On the post: Vote On Whether Or Not I Get To Speak At SXSW

  

  Matt ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 01:45pm

  Re: Re: Suggestions for Debates...

  I doubt they'll even bother coming to see him, why waste time with Realistic people?

• On the post: Vote On Whether Or Not I Get To Speak At SXSW

  

  Matt ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 01:41pm

  Suggestions for Debates...

  I'd like to see you debate with RIAA and record label representatives (oh wait, you disagree with them they won't do it (http://bit.ly/bPAiV7))

• On the post: Is Apple Willing To Challenge Label's Claims That Streaming Purchased Music Needs A License?

  

  Matt ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 11:06am

  Re: Unlimited sharing?

  Apple's service allows unlimited sharing (no username or password required)

  No this is not true, unless converted iTunes files require authorization using the username and password of the purchaser, this can only be done on 3 (or 5 can't remember) devices

• On the post: Is Apple Willing To Challenge Label's Claims That Streaming Purchased Music Needs A License?

  

  Matt ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 02:23am

  When you buy a song off iTunes, the license says you can have it on up to 3 (or 5, can't remember which) devices. Does the music locker not count as a device which you are legally alowed to put it on as part of the license?

• On the post: New Zealand Authors Demanding Compulsory Blanket 'You Must Be A Criminal' Internet Charge

  

  Matt ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2010 @ 07:12am

  so this is confusing me, after you pay the "licenceing fee" are then allowed to download author's content legally or is it still illegal?

• On the post: New Zealand Lawyers Suggest Full Internet Ban For Repeat Infringers

  

  Matt ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2010 @ 08:22am

  If they illegally download an item why not just make them pay for it? But suspened illegal uploaders internet connections. OR just block access to servers that host illegal content?

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