There is also a Jewish Yahoo parody which lists famous Jewish celebrities, (www.jewhoo.com) I wonder if they are next in the scope of Yahoo's lawyer's guns?
One Down One To Go (DVD is Next)!
on
Etoy Update
·
· Score: 1
What NSI did is an outrage! NSI which is the Internet version of the DMV, other than DMV actually cares more about customer satisfaction has been caving in to larger companies over and over again. The company should have been class actioned sued years ago for their quality of service.
The other issue which nobody talked about here is that Etoy should not be thought of as innocent artists. If you read the American Reporter article http://www.american-reporter.com/1232/1.html They kept asking for $1,000,000 for the domain. I guess artistic integrity also has a price tag.
Having to pick between Real and Microsoft is like having to decide on your favorite Menendez Brother.
REAL-Slightly better products, but how much longer can they get away with charging $20,000+ for server software which will stream a large number of streams? It's just a matter of time till the server software will drop to the price it should be (under $1000 for unlimited streaming) Real is living on borowed time.
MS-Decent software, and many good features, but it's Microsoft.
Best part was when I ran into Microsoft Netshow developer at a conference and he complained that Microsoft was afraid to make an encoder which would encode MP3's over 128k due to fears from the RIAA.
I hope Napter wins the suit, I despise RIAA even slightly more than Microsoft but not as much as Network Solutions and Etoys.
"We must protect the children" is a red herring which people use to get their way. If someone comes out and says that something should be censored because THEY don't like it, most people laugh. When someone comes out and says something should be censored in order to protect the children for some reason they are taken seriously. I remember reading a great article on this by a humor magazine which contacted Christian groups and asked them to censor the violent imagery of the Crucifiction in order to "Protect the Children"
Slashdot Mirror
There is also a Jewish Yahoo parody which lists famous Jewish celebrities, (www.jewhoo.com) I wonder if they are next in the scope of Yahoo's lawyer's guns?
What NSI did is an outrage! NSI which is the Internet version of the DMV, other than DMV actually cares more about customer satisfaction has been caving in to larger companies over and over again. The company should have been class actioned sued years ago for their quality of service.
The other issue which nobody talked about here is that Etoy should not be thought of as innocent artists. If you read the American Reporter article http://www.american-reporter.com/1232/1.html
They kept asking for $1,000,000 for the domain. I guess artistic integrity also has a price tag.
Having to pick between Real and Microsoft is like having to decide on your favorite Menendez Brother.
REAL-Slightly better products, but how much longer can they get away with charging $20,000+ for server software which will stream a large number of streams? It's just a matter of time till the server software will drop to the price it should be (under $1000 for unlimited streaming) Real is living on borowed time.
MS-Decent software, and many good features, but it's Microsoft.
Best part was when I ran into Microsoft Netshow developer at a conference and he complained that Microsoft was afraid to make an encoder which would encode MP3's over 128k due to fears from the RIAA.
I hope Napter wins the suit, I despise RIAA even slightly more than Microsoft but not as much as Network Solutions and Etoys.
So many companies to hate, so little time
Regards
"We must protect the children" is a red herring which people use to get their way. If someone comes out and says that something should be censored because THEY don't like it, most people laugh. When someone comes out and says something should be censored in order to protect the children for some reason they are taken seriously. I remember reading a great article on this by a humor magazine which contacted Christian groups and asked them to censor the violent imagery of the Crucifiction in order to "Protect the Children"
http://www.fadetoblack.com//ourfuture/