It doesn't change the fact that he didn't host copyrighted material. I come from a world where this was not a crime, it is sad to see people who is starting to accept this activity as a crime.
That is why I won't be registering any more.com and.net domains, and I'll move whatever I can to other domains, heck, at this point I don't know how smart is it to use US based services anymore, god forbid I post a link that the MAFIAA doesn't like and not only my website/account in said service is compromised, but my entire life (at the very least I could end up fighting an extradition).
This is beyond ridiculous, and it sets a very very ugly precedent. I know, the chances of that happening to me are very low, but, the fact that this is even allowed to happen is just wrong.
Amnesty international wanted the government to open an investigation for human rights violations, but the government clearly stated that he was completely immune from prosecution for anything that he did during his presidency. The Swiss government is just as coward as everyone elses.
The trip was canceled because protesters were going to doing armed with Shoes, and his security staff had concerns for his security.
Google doesn't need to do anything to make people hate Facebook, and certainly it doesn't need to launch a PR campaign against Facebook. And specially it doesn't need to do anything to get people over to G+ other than not being Facebook. Facebook earn all of that by themselves.
You are not the only one who will be deleting his G+ account if Zynga (or Zynga-like games) appear on Google+ (Unless they have one very easy to see "Block all crap" button that really works).
I honestly didn't know whether to mod you Funny or Informative (which is irrelevant now because by posting this the moderation will be reversed, but I do want to make the comment and going as AC I feels like cheating the system).
I went with Informative and I realized that someone else had modded you Insightful. It is a sad thing.
You appear in a vast land, overlooked by a prominent Lord Juan statue and completely paved over with dead bodies to a great depth. The stench overcomes you. You are dead. Please transfer this thumb drive to the next player.
When the industry starts giving people what they want - DRM-free stuff they can 'own' and use whichever way they like, at a reasonable price - then piracy will go down.
Yes, but so will their profits, and remember, no freedom is worth a drop in their profits.
A fork of the DNS system is something that I can't wait to see happening. I believe that the changes that ICANN is doing are precisely mean to obstruct the adoption of additional independent TDLs, and honestly if the DNS is not forked soon, attempting to do it later is going to create fragmentation and confusion, specially when ICANN sell some of the independent TLDs that belong to the alternative DNS systems nowadays. I am also, mmm, I'll go with angry, at the ICE taking away domains of companies that operate legally in their own countries (rojadirecta), and I simply don't think that ICANN or the US can be trusted anymore with the control of this vital component of Internet. The RIAA/MPAA have way so much control over the government, and the government have way so much control over ICANN, and ICANN have complete control of the DNS system.
Ok, the article is grossly exaggerated, but it still shows that there are serious issues in the US market.
1. They are small developers, do you really believe that developers that small should be seeking professional advice over whether or not they are allowed to display a message box saying "would you like to upgrade to premium?"
2. How could a patent this obvious and so widely in use be granted?, oh, I get it, because it is "in a mobile device".
I am starting to think that this new buzzword "the cloud" was actually invented by lawyers who are now patenting every single little idea that exists by adding the words "in the cloud" to them, so when/if the could catches up, they will have a new lawsuit fest.
1. As others already mentioned, Google didn't do this as a punishment for the newspapers (although they had to experience a certain pleasure while doing it, I would have), the court order was that broad, it basically ordered them to do what they did.
2. It is very scary that Google have this much power over the content of the web. Thankfully it is still an ethical company (when compared to any other company of its size and power, I know it is a company and it is still prone to do evil). In my own experience, almost all of my traffic comes from Google and if I were removed I probably wouldn't be hear of again, the proportion against the second search engine (bing) is 1 to, oh, exactly 174. And we gave it this much power because it is the best at searching, and there are still no rivals. These days I have DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, but I still need to do a few queries in Google almost every day.
WTH?, Didn't we already established in about every single article written by him that he is a paid microsoft shill trying to create FUD around android? Most of what he writes is BS, as has been proven again and again. I am not saying that everything that we writes should be regarded as BS, although I would ignore it because he already lost all credibility to me, he may eventually write something of value, but to call him a patent expert is just, well, it is enough to get me into rant mode and come post in an article that I should be ignoring./rant
And I am very sorry for the rant, as I will probably regret it tomorrow, I am off to sleep.
Ok (yeah, a reply to myself), it was an exaggeration to claim that all news are about this, and this doesn't have an undo button. But I stand behind my assertion that this was not Slashdot material and that the site looks awful.
Honestly, it looks awful, it doesn't look like a social networking website, it looks more as a commercial Internet portal, the kind that were around over 10 years ago. I already have a lot of troubles trusting some of my personal information to US based Internet services, I can't see why in the world I would trust it to a Chinese based one. Is there really nothing better to post in Slashdot today?, Lately all news appear to be about social networks, the cloud, or bitcoin, and not just in Slashdot.
And while that happens you can always work in a patent or copyright troll firm.
Honestly, I can't even comprehend how is anything moving anymore in the US. I also can't see why would anyone who isn't already in a good IT position want to enter the field nowadays.
I'm very grateful for lulzsec revealing to the world that all it takes is a group of greedy CEOs and corrupt government officials to cause billions of dollars worth of damage, destroy the credibility and security of world governments and established institutions and reveal the private information for millions of individuals.
Slashdot Mirror
As a somewhat regular (minus long hiatuses) player of kingdom of loathing, I couldn't help but read the title like this >.
It doesn't change the fact that he didn't host copyrighted material. I come from a world where this was not a crime, it is sad to see people who is starting to accept this activity as a crime.
Oh, the ICE is well under control, just not under the control of the american people, but it is under control, and they are very obedient.
That is why I won't be registering any more .com and .net domains, and I'll move whatever I can to other domains, heck, at this point I don't know how smart is it to use US based services anymore, god forbid I post a link that the MAFIAA doesn't like and not only my website/account in said service is compromised, but my entire life (at the very least I could end up fighting an extradition).
This is beyond ridiculous, and it sets a very very ugly precedent. I know, the chances of that happening to me are very low, but, the fact that this is even allowed to happen is just wrong.
were going to assist armed with shoes*
(yes, a reply to myself, I am sorry, clearly my proof-reading skills are somewhat deficient when I am hungry)
Amnesty international wanted the government to open an investigation for human rights violations, but the government clearly stated that he was completely immune from prosecution for anything that he did during his presidency. The Swiss government is just as coward as everyone elses.
The trip was canceled because protesters were going to doing armed with Shoes, and his security staff had concerns for his security.
I'd mod him up if I hadn't say it myself in previous articles about Facebook. Unless there was a "+1 everybody says this, including me".
Google doesn't need to do anything to make people hate Facebook, and certainly it doesn't need to launch a PR campaign against Facebook. And specially it doesn't need to do anything to get people over to G+ other than not being Facebook. Facebook earn all of that by themselves.
You are not the only one who will be deleting his G+ account if Zynga (or Zynga-like games) appear on Google+ (Unless they have one very easy to see "Block all crap" button that really works).
I honestly didn't know whether to mod you Funny or Informative (which is irrelevant now because by posting this the moderation will be reversed, but I do want to make the comment and going as AC I feels like cheating the system).
I went with Informative and I realized that someone else had modded you Insightful. It is a sad thing.
AD 3100. You place the thumb drive in your PC.
You appear in a vast land, overlooked by a prominent Lord Juan statue and completely paved over with dead bodies to a great depth. The stench overcomes you. You are dead. Please transfer this thumb drive to the next player.
Oh look, we are playing it now.
It is an attempt to replicate their flawed logic, of course both ideas (the drop in profits and the worthless freedoms) are ridiculous.
When the industry starts giving people what they want - DRM-free stuff they can 'own' and use whichever way they like, at a reasonable price - then piracy will go down.
Yes, but so will their profits, and remember, no freedom is worth a drop in their profits.
A fork of the DNS system is something that I can't wait to see happening. I believe that the changes that ICANN is doing are precisely mean to obstruct the adoption of additional independent TDLs, and honestly if the DNS is not forked soon, attempting to do it later is going to create fragmentation and confusion, specially when ICANN sell some of the independent TLDs that belong to the alternative DNS systems nowadays. I am also, mmm, I'll go with angry, at the ICE taking away domains of companies that operate legally in their own countries (rojadirecta), and I simply don't think that ICANN or the US can be trusted anymore with the control of this vital component of Internet. The RIAA/MPAA have way so much control over the government, and the government have way so much control over ICANN, and ICANN have complete control of the DNS system.
Great, I am going to make a Script that "reads" all kind of news on my behalf, then I will be know as an expert in "why badges are meaningless".
Ok, the article is grossly exaggerated, but it still shows that there are serious issues in the US market.
1. They are small developers, do you really believe that developers that small should be seeking professional advice over whether or not they are allowed to display a message box saying "would you like to upgrade to premium?"
2. How could a patent this obvious and so widely in use be granted?, oh, I get it, because it is "in a mobile device".
I am starting to think that this new buzzword "the cloud" was actually invented by lawyers who are now patenting every single little idea that exists by adding the words "in the cloud" to them, so when/if the could catches up, they will have a new lawsuit fest.
I can't find the thread that I was thinking about, but here are a pair of pages about this:
This one from Techrights contain a lot of links about the matter:
http://techrights.org/2010/06/29/ibm-paranoia/
Here is another one:
http://slushdot.com/article.php?story=20100628001225597
Although his most recent FUD campaign is against Android, clearly it is not his first FUD campaign.
but I can't find them in Google.
Joking aside, I'd like to comment two things.
1. As others already mentioned, Google didn't do this as a punishment for the newspapers (although they had to experience a certain pleasure while doing it, I would have), the court order was that broad, it basically ordered them to do what they did.
2. It is very scary that Google have this much power over the content of the web. Thankfully it is still an ethical company (when compared to any other company of its size and power, I know it is a company and it is still prone to do evil). In my own experience, almost all of my traffic comes from Google and if I were removed I probably wouldn't be hear of again, the proportion against the second search engine (bing) is 1 to, oh, exactly 174. And we gave it this much power because it is the best at searching, and there are still no rivals. These days I have DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, but I still need to do a few queries in Google almost every day.
WTH?, Didn't we already established in about every single article written by him that he is a paid microsoft shill trying to create FUD around android? Most of what he writes is BS, as has been proven again and again. I am not saying that everything that we writes should be regarded as BS, although I would ignore it because he already lost all credibility to me, he may eventually write something of value, but to call him a patent expert is just, well, it is enough to get me into rant mode and come post in an article that I should be ignoring. /rant
And I am very sorry for the rant, as I will probably regret it tomorrow, I am off to sleep.
Ok (yeah, a reply to myself), it was an exaggeration to claim that all news are about this, and this doesn't have an undo button. But I stand behind my assertion that this was not Slashdot material and that the site looks awful.
Honestly, it looks awful, it doesn't look like a social networking website, it looks more as a commercial Internet portal, the kind that were around over 10 years ago. I already have a lot of troubles trusting some of my personal information to US based Internet services, I can't see why in the world I would trust it to a Chinese based one. Is there really nothing better to post in Slashdot today?, Lately all news appear to be about social networks, the cloud, or bitcoin, and not just in Slashdot.
At least until driverless cars become the norm. But yeah, I think you still have quite a few years left of that.
And while that happens you can always work in a patent or copyright troll firm.
Honestly, I can't even comprehend how is anything moving anymore in the US. I also can't see why would anyone who isn't already in a good IT position want to enter the field nowadays.
I would like an invite as well
jvalenciae (gmail)
Thanks in advance
I'm very grateful for lulzsec revealing to the world that all it takes is a group of greedy CEOs and corrupt government officials to cause billions of dollars worth of damage, destroy the credibility and security of world governments and established institutions and reveal the private information for millions of individuals.
FTFY