Malibu Media were hit with a sanctions order in Wisconsin a few years back for the exact same thing. That didn't stop them, so I don't see how this changes anything.
The Simpsons franchise generates massive revenue and returns for Fox. This is in no small part because of the "relationship" that viewers from across the globe have developed with the Simpsons characters, which are highly reliant on the well known voices. Harry Shearer does some very distinct voices for characters like Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders. His services are therefore involved in far more than mere talking as you suggest. He adds an immense amount of value and deserves to be well compensated.
This is the same reason other actors, professional sports people, famous musicians etc. make the kind of money they do. They add value... Besides, $6,000,000 is a lot less than many people at the top of their profession in the corporate world make.
I'm not saying he's a good/bad guy or that he should be paid less/more. All I'm saying is that I would expect someone who is as central to the value creation of the Simpsons to be extremely well paid and think it is entirely justified.
Spot-on... Ericsson has revenues of well over $20 Billion USD. I wouldn't call that "also-ran". If you use a mobile phone anywhere in the world it is highly likely that Ericsson equipment is involved in some way on the back end.
Because Google pays billions to Apple to make its search engine the default search provider for iOS devices, the company collects much more from ads placed on Apple devices than from ads on Android devices.
This makes absolutely no sense. Why would they earn more from ads placed on Apple devices than from ads on Android because Google pays Apple? There may be more ad revenue from Apple users, but this would be a result of what advertisers are willing to pay to reach these users, not because of what Google does or doesn't pay to Apple.
Besides that, I don't think that claim of more revenue from iOS devices is true. A few weeks ago I saw a report from Opera that claimed ad revenue from Android had passed iOS.
Android apps can be ported to QNX, so why aren't app developers doing that? Oh yeah, I forgot, no one uses QNX devices... and no one wants to develop J2ME apps for BBOS either.
Maybe Mr Chen should be more focused on developing his ecosystem. Incentivize developers to port their apps and help partners create apps that offer the equivalent of the most popular apps in the other app stores.
Back doors are a bad idea, Schmidt said. “It’d be great, if you’re the government, to have a trap door, but how do we at Google know that the other governments are not taking over the trap door from you?” he said.
He is not saying the government (presumably the US government) shouldn't have a backdoor. He is only expressing a concern that other governments might find ways to exploit it.
Bottom line... it still seems like Google will hand over any data the US government wants.
It always makes me feel depressed when reading posts like this. I live in South Africa. The quality of service we get from our fixed line provider means that I rarely get more than 384 Kbps on a 2 Mbps DSL connection. The fact that you need a way to make your home network about 3000 times faster instead of just 1800 times faster than my connection makes me want to cry. What makes it worse is that I pay about $50 USD a month for the "service".
A significant portion of the English speaking world uses metric AND still manages to use (and understand) expressions like "the whole 9 yards" or "6 feet under". It's not that difficult.
What you need to remember is that at the time the Soviet Union was very active in Africa, with particularly close relations with Angola. South Africa was a counter point to this... The enemy of my enemy is my friend. South Africa also had vast mineral resources. It was producing about half the worlds gold along with many other minerals such as platinum, vanadium, manganese and uranium. It is also very well situated strategically.
By accepting that the NSA is allowed to spy on anyone who is not American, without any limitations, the American people have let the genie out the bottle. This allows the NSA to gain access and capabilities that are then turned inwards to spy on Americans as well.
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” - Abraham Lincoln
When looking at contracts, in many cases a good test of fairness is to swap the names on the contracts and see if both parties are still happy. I think this test would work well here as well:
United States president, Barack Obama, has launched a blistering attack on Brazilian espionage at the UN general assembly, accusing the ABIN of violating international law by its indiscriminate collection of personal information of US citizens and economic espionage targeted on the country's strategic industries.
What amazes me is that the "line" has been communication between US citizens should be untouched, but anything involving foreigners is fair game. Placing the rights of Americans above the rights of everyone else has created the gap. If you have a system that protects everyone’s privacy. Where any access to information or monitoring must be substantiated and require a warrant or something similar, the system is far less open to abuse. Freedom is lost one piece at a time. The failure to stand up for the rights of others means that you are one step closer to giving up your own.
“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.” Thomas Paine
And to demonstrate European commitment to privacy, the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales was refused permission to fly through the airspace of Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. The plane was later grounded for 13 hours and searched by Austrian police in Vienna. All in pursuit of that terrorist Edward Snowden. Clearly these were the first steps towards "the creation of a whole new social contract to enshrine the right to privacy and prevent the creation of technology-fueled Orwellian surveillance states in which individual privacy protections take a back seat to security and control."
If the most valuable and innovative patent in tech right now is a rectangle with rounded corners then we are really in trouble!!!
For a different view on the FRAND issues read the Groklaw analysis (http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20120726121512518)
Surely a jury of "your peers" should understand what you do. Cases that involve technology should have juries that have some understanding of technology...
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Malibu Media were hit with a sanctions order in Wisconsin a few years back for the exact same thing. That didn't stop them, so I don't see how this changes anything.
The Simpsons franchise generates massive revenue and returns for Fox. This is in no small part because of the "relationship" that viewers from across the globe have developed with the Simpsons characters, which are highly reliant on the well known voices. Harry Shearer does some very distinct voices for characters like Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders. His services are therefore involved in far more than mere talking as you suggest. He adds an immense amount of value and deserves to be well compensated.
This is the same reason other actors, professional sports people, famous musicians etc. make the kind of money they do. They add value ... Besides, $6,000,000 is a lot less than many people at the top of their profession in the corporate world make.
I'm not saying he's a good/bad guy or that he should be paid less/more. All I'm saying is that I would expect someone who is as central to the value creation of the Simpsons to be extremely well paid and think it is entirely justified.
My wife is a Principal Strategist with Microsoft for Azure and Office365
Let me correct that for you:
My wife was a Principal Strategist with Microsoft for Azure and Office365
I know it's overused on Slashdot, but this really is a classic case of these aren't the droids you're looking for
Spot-on ... Ericsson has revenues of well over $20 Billion USD. I wouldn't call that "also-ran". If you use a mobile phone anywhere in the world it is highly likely that Ericsson equipment is involved in some way on the back end.
Because Google pays billions to Apple to make its search engine the default search provider for iOS devices, the company collects much more from ads placed on Apple devices than from ads on Android devices.
This makes absolutely no sense. Why would they earn more from ads placed on Apple devices than from ads on Android because Google pays Apple? There may be more ad revenue from Apple users, but this would be a result of what advertisers are willing to pay to reach these users, not because of what Google does or doesn't pay to Apple.
Besides that, I don't think that claim of more revenue from iOS devices is true. A few weeks ago I saw a report from Opera that claimed ad revenue from Android had passed iOS.
In this /. piece we see that Steven Hawking has similar concerns. Seems to me like quite a few visionary people are raising this ...
Isn't "behaving" like a terrorist exactly the same as "being" a terrorist?
You could also convert the missing "to" into a "2" and add that to the 3.
Android apps can be ported to QNX, so why aren't app developers doing that? Oh yeah, I forgot, no one uses QNX devices ... and no one wants to develop J2ME apps for BBOS either.
Maybe Mr Chen should be more focused on developing his ecosystem. Incentivize developers to port their apps and help partners create apps that offer the equivalent of the most popular apps in the other app stores.
As the saying goes ... never let a good crisis go the waste
From the original article:
Back doors are a bad idea, Schmidt said. “It’d be great, if you’re the government, to have a trap door, but how do we at Google know that the other governments are not taking over the trap door from you?” he said.
He is not saying the government (presumably the US government) shouldn't have a backdoor. He is only expressing a concern that other governments might find ways to exploit it.
Bottom line ... it still seems like Google will hand over any data the US government wants.
Use vi ... or Gvim
It always makes me feel depressed when reading posts like this. I live in South Africa. The quality of service we get from our fixed line provider means that I rarely get more than 384 Kbps on a 2 Mbps DSL connection. The fact that you need a way to make your home network about 3000 times faster instead of just 1800 times faster than my connection makes me want to cry. What makes it worse is that I pay about $50 USD a month for the "service".
A significant portion of the English speaking world uses metric AND still manages to use (and understand) expressions like "the whole 9 yards" or "6 feet under". It's not that difficult.
This would mean a whole lot more if Obama hadn't spent months defending the current practices ...
I guess that this is good news for Edward Snowden. The US is clearly not a place where he would go to jail for holding the government to account?!?
What you need to remember is that at the time the Soviet Union was very active in Africa, with particularly close relations with Angola. South Africa was a counter point to this ... The enemy of my enemy is my friend. South Africa also had vast mineral resources. It was producing about half the worlds gold along with many other minerals such as platinum, vanadium, manganese and uranium. It is also very well situated strategically.
By accepting that the NSA is allowed to spy on anyone who is not American, without any limitations, the American people have let the genie out the bottle. This allows the NSA to gain access and capabilities that are then turned inwards to spy on Americans as well.
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” - Abraham Lincoln
When looking at contracts, in many cases a good test of fairness is to swap the names on the contracts and see if both parties are still happy. I think this test would work well here as well:
United States president, Barack Obama, has launched a blistering attack on Brazilian espionage at the UN general assembly, accusing the ABIN of violating international law by its indiscriminate collection of personal information of US citizens and economic espionage targeted on the country's strategic industries.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me
What amazes me is that the "line" has been communication between US citizens should be untouched, but anything involving foreigners is fair game. Placing the rights of Americans above the rights of everyone else has created the gap. If you have a system that protects everyone’s privacy. Where any access to information or monitoring must be substantiated and require a warrant or something similar, the system is far less open to abuse. Freedom is lost one piece at a time. The failure to stand up for the rights of others means that you are one step closer to giving up your own. “Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.” Thomas Paine
And to demonstrate European commitment to privacy, the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales was refused permission to fly through the airspace of Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. The plane was later grounded for 13 hours and searched by Austrian police in Vienna. All in pursuit of that terrorist Edward Snowden. Clearly these were the first steps towards "the creation of a whole new social contract to enshrine the right to privacy and prevent the creation of technology-fueled Orwellian surveillance states in which individual privacy protections take a back seat to security and control."
Who needs freedom of speech when you are kept "safe" from perverts and terrorists. These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along.
He's the one with the "kill list", too.
Is that why he refers to Snowden in past tense? ... "I don't think Mr. Snowden WAS a patriot."
If the most valuable and innovative patent in tech right now is a rectangle with rounded corners then we are really in trouble!!! For a different view on the FRAND issues read the Groklaw analysis (http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20120726121512518)
Surely a jury of "your peers" should understand what you do. Cases that involve technology should have juries that have some understanding of technology ...