An idea that just popped up to my head, no idea if it will work.
Most of the pop-ups we get are the same, right? Like the X10 spycam, casino ad etc. we've all seen a zillion times.
Couldn't we somehow "teach" the browser or whatever little personal proxy the most common irritating ads?
Like, if a thousand people have immediately clicked close on a popup ad with these properties, don't mind showing it to me either.
That would force the advertisers to change the properties of the ads which would increase their need for computing power and generally make life a bitch for them.
Sadly, for every technical solution there's a countermethod.
- according to the ruling, that specific taxi driver had to pay 22 euros, because
a) there weren't many people travelling at one time
b) because the trips had been short
c) because of the number of fares he'd had that year
d) Taxi is a public place because anyone can get in one, meaning that the taxi driver and the passenger(s) are not listening to music but the taxi driver is _performing_ music.
The ruling doesn't mean that all drivers will have to pay 22 euros but that now they know how to calculate it. So as the taxi driver tried to convince the judges that he hadn't "performed" that much, it might actually hurt the other taxi drivers as the fee will be much higher for them.
Link to the ruling(Finnish): http://www.kko.fi/ennakkoratkaisut/2002-101.htm
And to make this more fun for all you non-Finnish, previous rulings in Finland include
a) if a prisoner watches TV it is a public performance
b) performances in a teaching situation are public performances
c) playing music in physical care institutions are a public performance
and finally my favourite...
d) showing a photograph in a meeting of the local "club" for retired people (10 grannies gathered around to drink coffee) is a public performance of the photo. No joking here.
Source: http://www.minedu.fi/opm/asiantuntijat/tekijanoike usneuvosto/neuv_lausunnot/1997/tn9705.htm
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An idea that just popped up to my head, no idea if it will work.
Most of the pop-ups we get are the same, right? Like the X10 spycam, casino ad etc. we've all seen a zillion times.
Couldn't we somehow "teach" the browser or whatever little personal proxy the most common irritating ads?
Like, if a thousand people have immediately clicked close on a popup ad with these properties, don't mind showing it to me either.
That would force the advertisers to change the properties of the ads which would increase their need for computing power and generally make life a bitch for them.
Sadly, for every technical solution there's a countermethod.
- according to the ruling, that specific taxi driver had to pay 22 euros, because
e usneuvosto/neuv_lausunnot/1997/tn9705.htm
a) there weren't many people travelling at one time
b) because the trips had been short
c) because of the number of fares he'd had that year
d) Taxi is a public place because anyone can get in one, meaning that the taxi driver and the passenger(s) are not listening to music but the taxi driver is _performing_ music.
The ruling doesn't mean that all drivers will have to pay 22 euros but that now they know how to calculate it. So as the taxi driver tried to convince the judges that he hadn't "performed" that much, it might actually hurt the other taxi drivers as the fee will be much higher for them.
Link to the ruling(Finnish): http://www.kko.fi/ennakkoratkaisut/2002-101.htm
And to make this more fun for all you non-Finnish, previous rulings in Finland include
a) if a prisoner watches TV it is a public performance
b) performances in a teaching situation are public performances
c) playing music in physical care institutions are a public performance
and finally my favourite...
d) showing a photograph in a meeting of the local "club" for retired people (10 grannies gathered around to drink coffee) is a public performance of the photo. No joking here.
Source: http://www.minedu.fi/opm/asiantuntijat/tekijanoik