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• On the post: Piracy Harming African Culture… Because Some Professor Says So

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2009 @ 02:35pm

  Re: Are you sure?

  I hate it when the Soamlian pirates hijack my dvd player.

• On the post: Canadian Collection Society Pushing Gymnastics Clubs To Pay Up For Music

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2009 @ 03:48am

  Re:

  Or a loud car stereo...
  
  I would imagine that the owner operator of the venue would be responsible so the local government should be charged for allowing their music to be heard.
  
  I used to think that the Musician's union in Terry Pratchett's Soul Music was an extreme parody now they come off as mild.

• On the post: Australia Moves Forward With (Weakened) System To Have Artists Paid Multiple Times For Same Artwork

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2009 @ 03:40am

  Simple effect of the law

  So the main effect of this law is that all effected art sales will happen outside of Australia.

• On the post: American Airlines Fires Designer Who Reached Out To Disgruntled Customer

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2009 @ 01:36pm

  Re: He spoke for the company

  I have a zero tolerance policy for airlines that fire the wrong people. They need to clear out everyone who was responsible for firing the original guy before I stop taking American Airlines name in vane.

• On the post: Psystar Loses Big To Apple

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2009 @ 03:51am

  How is this going to effect PC manufacturers?

  So if this means that you can't build a master drive and burn daughter drives off of it for the units being sold then does this mean every machine would need to be installed from it's own internal disk drive? That sure removes the ability to scale up production.
  
  I doubt M$ would ever push this point but they could.

• On the post: Judge Says No Twittering From The Courtroom

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2009 @ 05:16am

  Re: Gadgets

  I've never seen anyone held without bail for contempt of cinema.

• On the post: Glenn Beck Not Allowed To Rape And Murder An Internet Meme

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2009 @ 05:50pm

  Re: Re:

  I get feeling that if Glen Beck wipes his ass he uses the constitution. That of course is a big IF given the way he smells.

• On the post: Glenn Beck Not Allowed To Rape And Murder An Internet Meme

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2009 @ 05:47pm

  Re: Re:

  Wurlitzer right is worried about an organless Beck and the next skating party.

• On the post: Murdoch Reconsidering Paywalls? Delaying Implementation

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2009 @ 05:44pm

  It's a Murdoch paper it isn't like it is worth paying for anyway. Just wait until he destroys the WSJ as well.

• On the post: Once Again: DVRs Not Killing TV, But Helping It

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2009 @ 02:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Mama, Mia that's a spicy meat ball.

• On the post: Wrong Number Phone Call Results In Shooting; Some People Need To Chill Out

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2009 @ 12:33pm

  Re: Re:

  It's just evolution in action. Hopefully neither of these bozos have reproduced.

• On the post: Zazzle Sued Because Twilight Fans Like Making Their Own Merchandise

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2009 @ 12:31pm

  Re: In Other News

  >My daughter buys art supplies from the retailer Michael's,
  >and makes her own Wonder Woman Halloween costume. Michael's
  >sued by Silver Pictures.
  
  
  I think Warner Brothers/DC Comics would be the ones with standing. They don't go after costumers at cons so I think she is safe.

• On the post: Smart TVs Know When You Look Away

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2009 @ 06:24am

  Re:

  You forget the off switch costs extra in the Max Headroom universe.

• On the post: Why Not Aggregate Yourself?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2009 @ 06:21am

  Abstract

  In the scientific literature they call this an abstract. In business they call it an executive summary.

• On the post: Lawsuit Against Cable Companies For Not Offering A La Carte Channels Dismissed

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2009 @ 06:40am

  Re:

  Nah they would charge you $15 each for channels X & Y or $25 for the package of X, Y and Z.

• On the post: Lawsuit Against Cable Companies For Not Offering A La Carte Channels Dismissed

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2009 @ 06:36am

  Re: Re: Re:

  But if you like a little channel that may not get many subscribers it would go away. We would never have gotten a Food Channel, Sci-Fi channel or six discovery channels without ala carte pricing and package deals.

• On the post: Lawsuit Against Cable Companies For Not Offering A La Carte Channels Dismissed

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2009 @ 06:33am

  Re: gimme...

  The home shopping channels pay to be on your cable service. They should come to you either cost free or subsidizing some of your current package.
  
  The problem is the math works out that you would end up paying more for a few individual channels than the pile of channels you get now. Your cable sells your eyes to the advertisers as well as selling you the service.

• On the post: Could Redbox Crowdsource Its Way Around Movie Studio Blockades?

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2009 @ 12:29pm

  Re: Re: Red Holdings

  They should have half a dozen shell companies or just order from Amazon.
  
  Actually the user buys for a credits model could work faster if they distributed special submission envelopes to certified users. The envelope would be coded with your account number. You buy the disk, watch the disk, place into special green redbox envelope and deposit into any redbox like any other disk. It would get the disks to the distribution channel more quickly

• On the post: Want To Design Smarter Intersections? Use Less Control, Not More.

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 20 Oct, 2009 @ 11:52pm

  Re: Re:

  Plus there was a cut in the clip. I wonder how big a pile up was removed.

• On the post: Copyright Holders Shutting Down University Copy Shops; Libraries Need To Worry About Photocopier Infringement

  

  John Duncan Yoyo ( profile ), 19 Oct, 2009 @ 05:56pm

  Re: copy shop

  I worked at a Kinko's next to a large University in the late eighties and they would do course packs for classes there. They would only copy what they could clear. We cleared nearly $1 Million in a month at the start of the term.
  
  The self serve area was what ever people wanted to copy. It wasn't any of our business.
  
  Now with scanners people can trade around files with the textbooks. Making text book piracy much more efficient.

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