Doesn't matter, and your concept of monopoly is way off base. Users have the right to pick and choose as they wish. MySpace is still up, and you can still use it. It's not facebook's fault if your friends decide to stay with them. If facebook could take MySpace down, you would have case. As it is, you don't. Facebook is not a monopoly over anything outside of facebook.com. That's the way it's supposed to be. The government needs to butt out and work on the ISP problem, where we have real monopolies over access to the entire internet.
So what? That's by user choice. The users make and break this stuff. You just gotta come up with another pretty face and a gimmick, and you're in business. Facebook didn't force anybody to abandon MySpace.
For one thing, they are not monopolies. Content should not be regulated. The real issue is open internet service. That's where you bump into monopoly markets that need to be pried open.
It is but one lane on the highway... Until they can restrict your access to the internet, you still don't have a case for regulating them. If they want to put up their own wire or satellite, then we have to make them share, and nothing but share.
Being a service provision, it will have to be subject to all the net neutrality rules we should be demanding from the other ISPs. I hope this will be the case
At that point, the Academy is supporting traditional studios to the exclusion of potential competition.
Yes, it is self promotion, an advertisement for the studios. What is the problem? Netflix can have their own awards show. I am fascinated that this is a hot button issue.
Good composition Steady shooting No stupid effects interfering with the content Cut the wind noise! Run at regular speed, with audio, then do your slo-mo. No stupid background music when we want to hear the racket your flying car makes! Follow through (complete) on the fucking shot!
There are several others, but these are some "guidelines" that should be followed if the shooter doesn't want to be strung up for committing actionable offensives in violation.
Slashdot Mirror
Why? What gives you or anybody else the right to decide what can be promoted?
Doesn't matter, and your concept of monopoly is way off base. Users have the right to pick and choose as they wish. MySpace is still up, and you can still use it. It's not facebook's fault if your friends decide to stay with them. If facebook could take MySpace down, you would have case. As it is, you don't. Facebook is not a monopoly over anything outside of facebook.com. That's the way it's supposed to be. The government needs to butt out and work on the ISP problem, where we have real monopolies over access to the entire internet.
And in case you haven't noticed, MySpace is still up and running. So you're really making no sense at all.
Am I to take it that you no longer dispute my original assertion that Facebook is a monopoly?
No, it is not. I implied nothing of the sort. User choice does not make a monopoly. Alternatives are still available.
So what? That's by user choice. The users make and break this stuff. You just gotta come up with another pretty face and a gimmick, and you're in business. Facebook didn't force anybody to abandon MySpace.
Competitors to what? Name an instance where they don't have competition. What does Facebook offer that you can't find somewhere else?
For one thing, they are not monopolies. Content should not be regulated. The real issue is open internet service. That's where you bump into monopoly markets that need to be pried open.
Solitaire is ok. Minesweeper is too violent.
It is but one lane on the highway... Until they can restrict your access to the internet, you still don't have a case for regulating them. If they want to put up their own wire or satellite, then we have to make them share, and nothing but share.
Being a service provision, it will have to be subject to all the net neutrality rules we should be demanding from the other ISPs. I hope this will be the case
Then, as such, we can take it as an act of war, and to tell the truth, I would agree. It is a real threat that must be dealt with.
the DOJ antitrust division
Yeah, no high drama political theater there, right? The Academy owes them an award!
At that point, the Academy is supporting traditional studios to the exclusion of potential competition.
Yes, it is self promotion, an advertisement for the studios. What is the problem? Netflix can have their own awards show. I am fascinated that this is a hot button issue.
France should send a new Alexis de Tocqueville...
We should send France a new Alice B. Toklas, with a big batch of brownies...
WTH is DoJ thinking?
Grabs the headlines, doesn't it? It's absolutely wonderful Theater of the Absurd...
Only one question, who has enough money to get the DOJ involved?
Free speech, you big dummy!
Define "good quality".
Good composition
Steady shooting
No stupid effects interfering with the content
Cut the wind noise!
Run at regular speed, with audio, then do your slo-mo.
No stupid background music when we want to hear the racket your flying car makes!
Follow through (complete) on the fucking shot!
There are several others, but these are some "guidelines" that should be followed if the shooter doesn't want to be strung up for committing actionable offensives in violation.
I think it is fine to ban extremely graphic content
Damn, man! I thought you were a true believer.. This is a sad day
See, but here's the thing. Irresponsible speech that promotes violence will always lead to suppression. You 4chan jackoffs knew this a long time ago
Yes, they did! Think about that. Maybe you might discover the goal... Sounds vaguely familiar doesn't it?
illegal content
Oops.. That's pretty arbitrary, don't you think? Anything can be made illegal at the drop of a hat. Or has everybody forgotten already?
The only thing that is truly threatened by "toxic" content is mass media and the institutions dependent on its propaganda.
Uh huh...
From Holder we heard plenty of tough talk also. And from Sessions? Little man would never attack anything his own size...
Didn't anybody else archive this stuff?
Warden Faraday
Exactly, jamming is stupid.. I believe the idea is to justify something much worse on the "outside"...
A planet of mammals? No, a planet of the Lizard People!
Be sure to vote for the right one next year.