"louis vuiton" don't have trademark rights over that name, they have it over that name in the context of bags, fashion, perfume."
Are you nuts? They have the trademark over the name. Period. In all uses.
Now, personally, I think Google's approach to this needs to take their users into consideration. Parent suggested blocking Louis Vuiton, but not only does that hurt the company, it also hurts Google's users, who are trying to find relevant search results. If Google's users are unhappy, they use Google less, and thus Google gets less advertising dollars, and then shareholders become unhappy. So ultimately Google has to please its users because that directly impacts their ad sales.
Thanks for the link. Looks cool, but I didn't see a feature listed for grabbing new files by episode. Also, I only want files from particular groups.
For example, would it let me set it to download Naruto 120 when Anbu releases it, or would it just go ahead and grab the Dattebayo version that just came out? Or would it just grab all Naruto out there?
This is kind of like what happened when Napster first went down. Everybody panicked, but once people started communicating, people started to learn where html sites were that linked to songs or FTP servers. Then Kazaa came along and all was good again.
But once all the other P2P apps came along, again we lost some of the consolidation of files. But people still adapted, and people began learning what networks were good for certain types of files.
Today with bit torrent, we are able to have entire trackers devoted to types of content, such as anime, tv shows, etc, and even before Suprnova and others went down, I still checked a few BT sites for all my files. However, I have to admit, it was pretty damn convenient to just go to Suprnova (which I think easily had the best interface and site mapping) and take a gander at what had been added that day.
I hope mininova takes off, because I enjoy it, but it really doesn't have the traffic or variety it needs yet to be a big competitor. Torrentreactor is still going strong, and so are several others. Frankly, I wish there was a markup language for bit torrent files that could include info such as what type of file it was (tv show, movie, song, album, etc), and possibly what season/episode, recording method, duration, etc. That way that info could be used with an RSS feed and I could REALLY tailor a personal site to all my needs without having to check each of the seperate sites.
Ok, who cares how this illegal copyright infringement community is affected? How about the members of that community? I'm sure there's TONS of people on/. who have used those sites, and this is VERY relevant to us, whether you agree with our ethics or not.
You know, I'd really like to see some sources for your complaint of terminology used for movie and music copyright infringement vs. that of software infringement, because frankly I can recall seeing EVERYBODY being called swindlers, thieves, pirates, etc. I mean, didn't the RIAA start that campaign?
And if you already own a copy of the work, then it is not illegal. I know I've downloaded a movie on more than one occasion when my DVD got scratched beyond repair.
"Face it, just adding "Windows" or "Microsoft" or "msn" (ooh, that rolls of the tongue) breaks all the rules of branding."
Well, as someone who works in the advertising/marketing industry, I'd really appreciate an explanation of why exactly you think this breaks all the rules of branding. Because I seemed to be under the impression that there really were no written in stone rules for branding. If people recognize "Windows" more because of this (and I'll guarantee they do), then it is successful. May not be the fanciest way to do things, but it works.
Or in short, all Google has to do to win is keep being Google, and in order for M$ to win, they have to become a whole different company inside and out.
No kidding. People keep talking about M$ nonstop in these threads, and the sad fact of it is most are WinXP users using IE (as per the Slashdot stats). I can just imagine the PR person at M$ playing his Xbox and thinking "wow, this job does its work for me!"
Looks like Sony finally realized that you can't just limp on by with a strong franchise as your crutch. Thanks to WoW, MMORPGs now need to compete on gameplay, and aside from Skinner Box models for their games, Sony doesn't know jack about that.
Actually, this book has been getting a lot of press in the ad industry. The guy has written another book about marketing that is very well known and respected.
I'm sure that doesn't help the credibility of the book since its coming from the ad industry, and we all know the prejudices slashdot holds for that, but the book is supposed to be fairly decent if anybody was seriously considering it.
On the note of replayability, I would like to add that in GT3 I found a couple ways to make it fun.
I played against friends.
I pretended I was in Initial D with a 86.
And I figured out how to trick a car out to make drifting fun and easy. (Take a car, get it to about 300-500 hp depending on weight, turn off ACM and TCS all the way, and put on simulation tires. Go nuts)
But its sure as hell a good money-making strategy.
1)Release single player version of game people were almost positive would have online gameplay. 2)Release "expansion" with online gameplay for full price or half price for existing owners. 3)??? 4)PROFIT!!!
But nah....Sony Entertainment would NEVER do that.
IANAL, but in the states here, I don't think they owe you anything if they fire you for certain reasons, and I'm sure it varies by state (which is why EVERYBODY should read up on their states employment laws). I mean, if someone's being a bad employee, they can just say have your desk in a box by 12 and security will escort you out, and they won't owe you anything (unless the court says otherwise). But again, IANAL, and could be completely wrong about this.
"You are still bound by any agreements you have with your employer when you blog, especially if you represent yourself as an employee."
BINGO! This is such an important point, I hope they bring it up if this ever goes to court. This is simply a new medium for speech which would be regulated by currently existing contracts signed at hiring. There's already rules about what you can and can't say about your employer, why should the web be any different? (Unless you're whistle blowing perhaps)
And aside from legal aspects of this, its a pretty well known fact that if you start talking shit about a company you work for, sooner or later, they'll find a way to get rid of you without you getting wrongful termination. It just never works out. If you want to say things about your company, be smart, do it anonymously, and don't let it get traced back to you in dumb ways like using special info that would make it obviously you or by telling people.
And on the internet, remember that it takes the existing rule of "you never know who people know" where you be careful of what you say because you never know who it can get back to and magnifies it because not only do you never know who people know, but you don't even know if the people are the people they say they are.
Funny you should mention that story. When I was in highschool at the Latin School of Chicago, they used Foolproof, and the computer guys at our school (we called them the Closet People because they never left that closet) had so very craftily made the password "loof" (fool backwards). This was the first thing I tried while randomly trying passwords one day. I thought there was a bug with the program, but I had just gotten lucky. Needless to say, we had fun printing obscene messages to the printer they had in their closet, and installing Escape Velocity (such a good game!) and Shadow Warrior on all the computers. Then they changed the password, but we started messing around and eventually figured out the password hot key sequence every time they changed it.
What about in the future when we need to project roads into the sky ala Back to the Future for spaceships into the ionisphere?
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Bingo. And people only have so much money to spend on these outrageous subscriptions. Personally, I think that the trend will be towards finding ways in the game to help people connect and group etc. Features that will give players more of a sense of being around other players.
No, my point is to make people realize that there's hardly a bunch of morons over at M$. It just so happens that the few morons there are seem to be running the show. Or rather, they may not be morons, they just don't have their customers (or employees) best interests at heart.
I'm sure one reason for this is when you've been drinking, and you make the decision to drive, you make DAMN sure you are doing all you can to focus on driving.
When people are driving with cellphones, rather than realizing how hindered their attention is, they just continue on thinking their fine, because hey, they're not drunk!
And yes, I realize this is not the exact thought process, but my point was that for the vast majority of people, they do not see in-car cellphone use as a huge risk compared to say...drinking while driving. And good luck convincing people otherwise. People aren't going to like being told that they cannot talk to other people while driving. Thank god for cordless headsets and speakerphone.
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Are you nuts? They have the trademark over the name. Period. In all uses.
Now, personally, I think Google's approach to this needs to take their users into consideration. Parent suggested blocking Louis Vuiton, but not only does that hurt the company, it also hurts Google's users, who are trying to find relevant search results. If Google's users are unhappy, they use Google less, and thus Google gets less advertising dollars, and then shareholders become unhappy. So ultimately Google has to please its users because that directly impacts their ad sales.
For example, would it let me set it to download Naruto 120 when Anbu releases it, or would it just go ahead and grab the Dattebayo version that just came out? Or would it just grab all Naruto out there?
But once all the other P2P apps came along, again we lost some of the consolidation of files. But people still adapted, and people began learning what networks were good for certain types of files.
Today with bit torrent, we are able to have entire trackers devoted to types of content, such as anime, tv shows, etc, and even before Suprnova and others went down, I still checked a few BT sites for all my files. However, I have to admit, it was pretty damn convenient to just go to Suprnova (which I think easily had the best interface and site mapping) and take a gander at what had been added that day.
I hope mininova takes off, because I enjoy it, but it really doesn't have the traffic or variety it needs yet to be a big competitor. Torrentreactor is still going strong, and so are several others. Frankly, I wish there was a markup language for bit torrent files that could include info such as what type of file it was (tv show, movie, song, album, etc), and possibly what season/episode, recording method, duration, etc. That way that info could be used with an RSS feed and I could REALLY tailor a personal site to all my needs without having to check each of the seperate sites.
Ok, who cares how this illegal copyright infringement community is affected? How about the members of that community? I'm sure there's TONS of people on /. who have used those sites, and this is VERY relevant to us, whether you agree with our ethics or not.
You know, I'd really like to see some sources for your complaint of terminology used for movie and music copyright infringement vs. that of software infringement, because frankly I can recall seeing EVERYBODY being called swindlers, thieves, pirates, etc. I mean, didn't the RIAA start that campaign?
And if you already own a copy of the work, then it is not illegal. I know I've downloaded a movie on more than one occasion when my DVD got scratched beyond repair.
Well, as someone who works in the advertising/marketing industry, I'd really appreciate an explanation of why exactly you think this breaks all the rules of branding. Because I seemed to be under the impression that there really were no written in stone rules for branding. If people recognize "Windows" more because of this (and I'll guarantee they do), then it is successful. May not be the fanciest way to do things, but it works.
But hey, what do I know.
Mod parent down -1 COMPLETELY LYING.
Google: 1.04KB
MSN SEARCH: 1.44KB
Yeah, umbteen kilobytes of clutter, flash, and totally irrelevant BS. Bullshit. Its an obvious knockoff of Google's homepage.
I'm sure that doesn't help the credibility of the book since its coming from the ad industry, and we all know the prejudices slashdot holds for that, but the book is supposed to be fairly decent if anybody was seriously considering it.
I played against friends.
I pretended I was in Initial D with a 86.
And I figured out how to trick a car out to make drifting fun and easy. (Take a car, get it to about 300-500 hp depending on weight, turn off ACM and TCS all the way, and put on simulation tires. Go nuts)
1)Release single player version of game people were almost positive would have online gameplay.
2)Release "expansion" with online gameplay for full price or half price for existing owners.
3)???
4)PROFIT!!!
But nah....Sony Entertainment would NEVER do that.
BINGO! This is such an important point, I hope they bring it up if this ever goes to court. This is simply a new medium for speech which would be regulated by currently existing contracts signed at hiring. There's already rules about what you can and can't say about your employer, why should the web be any different? (Unless you're whistle blowing perhaps)
And aside from legal aspects of this, its a pretty well known fact that if you start talking shit about a company you work for, sooner or later, they'll find a way to get rid of you without you getting wrongful termination. It just never works out. If you want to say things about your company, be smart, do it anonymously, and don't let it get traced back to you in dumb ways like using special info that would make it obviously you or by telling people.
And on the internet, remember that it takes the existing rule of "you never know who people know" where you be careful of what you say because you never know who it can get back to and magnifies it because not only do you never know who people know, but you don't even know if the people are the people they say they are.
Those were the days...
When people are driving with cellphones, rather than realizing how hindered their attention is, they just continue on thinking their fine, because hey, they're not drunk!
And yes, I realize this is not the exact thought process, but my point was that for the vast majority of people, they do not see in-car cellphone use as a huge risk compared to say...drinking while driving. And good luck convincing people otherwise. People aren't going to like being told that they cannot talk to other people while driving. Thank god for cordless headsets and speakerphone.