If nothing it will at least put some pressue onto the DSL and Cable proivders (quite possably Satalite aswell) and maybe make them lower their rates or push even more speed out of their lines to keep their customer from hopping onto this for the higher upload. Also should be an interesting read of their AUP to see if they allow people to run personal web servers on their connections or not.
Most implementations of the COPAA basically boiled down to a link asking if you where born after a certain date or not, if you where under 13 and clicked the appropriate link you where usually sent to a page saying the site didn't allow people at that age to register for the site with out parent permission and giving a link to a form their parent/guardian could fill out and mail in. Most of the kids two a couple extra brain cells, click back and register saying they are old enough and just never tell any one they are under age. We won't even go into how many sites have no information for parents/guardians to fill out and send in. A quick stroll though the info on the COPAA makes it seem as if it where more aimed at educating kids in technologies and the proper use of them than protecting them from inappropriate things which leads me to believe it was just one of those things that gets tagged on to a bill that was in some sort had a purpose in the start
If I remmeber corectly the amount that a person would revecive would be based upon how many added their names that the list, so you where guranteed anything from $20 to $5, anything below $5 and they just said thats not enough to send to the people I guess.
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I noticed this as well, what I am wondering is if they are sueing over the servers they use internally for inventory and such.
If nothing it will at least put some pressue onto the DSL and Cable proivders (quite possably Satalite aswell) and maybe make them lower their rates or push even more speed out of their lines to keep their customer from hopping onto this for the higher upload. Also should be an interesting read of their AUP to see if they allow people to run personal web servers on their connections or not.
Most implementations of the COPAA basically boiled down to a link asking if you where born after a certain date or not, if you where under 13 and clicked the appropriate link you where usually sent to a page saying the site didn't allow people at that age to register for the site with out parent permission and giving a link to a form their parent/guardian could fill out and mail in. Most of the kids two a couple extra brain cells, click back and register saying they are old enough and just never tell any one they are under age. We won't even go into how many sites have no information for parents/guardians to fill out and send in. A quick stroll though the info on the COPAA makes it seem as if it where more aimed at educating kids in technologies and the proper use of them than protecting them from inappropriate things which leads me to believe it was just one of those things that gets tagged on to a bill that was in some sort had a purpose in the start
You fail to relize it appears that not all of the seven that died where american citizens
The question is, how many people bought the 90 seconds of silence for $.99 track off Napster aswell
If I remmeber corectly the amount that a person would revecive would be based upon how many added their names that the list, so you where guranteed anything from $20 to $5, anything below $5 and they just said thats not enough to send to the people I guess.