The Rise Of Reg-Only Media

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 4, 2004 @05:33AM from the it's-easy-and-it's-the-law dept.

cswiii writes "Following up his article a few weeks ago about the NY Times' loss of prominence across the online medium (previously discussed on /.), Adam Penenberg returns with a much wider assault on the lurch towards reg-only content by Big Media as a whole. I just wonder what Margaret Thatcher would think about purportedly living in Beverly Hills..."

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Cue theme... by los+furtive · 2004-08-04 05:36 · Score: 5, Funny

I just wonder what Margaret Thatcher would think about purportedly living in Beverly Hills...
So I'm not the only non-beverly hills type who enters 90210 as a zip code? Heck I don't even live in the USA.

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1. Re:Cue theme... by RWerp · 2004-08-04 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Curiously enough, I vaguely remember reading a news about a guy from Akron, OH who won 2 million bucks in an Internet lottery... He was very surprised when they sent him a letter.
  
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Registration by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-04 05:44 · Score: 3, Funny

This would be ok if they had some sort of universal "passport" where I can just type in an ID# and It'll take my information straight out of this "passport" type thing and make my life much much easier.

It would also be great if said "passport" can hold all my other info, like an address book, my social security number, all credit card information, and every password I'd ever need.

This passport should also be widely available to everyone, as that's the only way it'll be convenient. It should also be trustworthy and buzzwordy at the same time.

All I'm saying is that if I gotta register, might as well make it easy for me. If I gotta buy something, may as well be a half-click away. I mean if the interweb is supposed to be for everyone, it better be easy, right? Right? Security? Identity theft? Why the hell would anyone ever do that? I mean we're not terrorists or anything, are we?
Re:Conclusion is a bit weak by David+McBride · 2004-08-04 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny

stop the computer from broadcasting its IP address everywhere

Proof that banner adverts pretending to be system messages can work!
Does this really apply to us? by LGagnon · 2004-08-04 05:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Slashdotters don't often RTFA anyways. :P
Real address info that works. by RLW · 2004-08-04 06:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I've heard that the following makes for a good fake name and address to use:
Alan Ralsky
6747 Minnow Pond Drive
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
1. Re:Real address info that works. by Fulcrum+of+Evil · 2004-08-04 06:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I prefer the old stand by:
  Jake Blues
  1060 W Addison St
  Chicago, IL 60613-4566
  
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Re:So what? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · 2004-08-04 06:03 · Score: 4, Funny

And use up more trees, and create more waste, and consume more gasoline and pollute more air on your way there?
I'm an American. It is my duty.

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