Update: Netflix tells us that there's been "no change" in the way it handles VPNs, so you shouldn't have to worry about the company getting tough any time soon. With that said, these blocking errors started showing up in the past few weeks, so it's not clear what would have prompted them.
If this is the case, could it be that the Media Mafia are working with various ISP such as Time-Warner and Comcast? Or perhaps even the owners of the backbones?
In Denmark it's not illegal to bypass country restrictions. So if you pay for Netflix and uses VPN / SmartDNS / What ever then it's not against the law.
Which doesn't mean Netflix will allow VPN in Denmark. Netflix's actions almost certainly have little to do with "law" and everything to do with being leaned on bu the Media Mafia.
Well, OK, this "story" has an additional linky to engadget...
Netflix really does have to do this, their business requires the licenses and cooperation of the Media Mafia, who could snuff them out if they chose. There would be lawsuits, but Netflix would be essentially over.
I don't know much about why there are such restrictions, do they charge different amounts in different countries? Shouldn't it all be pretty much the same, money-wise? Is it an issue of censorship based on the particular country's politics?
Right now, except for obscure articles, you can't edit without getting reverted because of article "ownership" by some "in" editor or an Admin. Oh sure, you can correct bad spelling or grammar, but don't go beyond that without permission of the article "owner".
If you want to go to the model of locked down and edited by professionals, there is a encyclopedia that has been around for a long time that works that way.
wikipedia started out as a web site where volunteers could edit articles, before entry into the nupedia website. nupedia is now dead. wikipedia has been engaging in bigger fund raising drives, and has more paid employees. Now it is trying to do more stuff to justify those more employees, just like when wikipedia spent a bunch of money trying to develop better wikipedia page editing software. I bet the heads of wikipedia now have bigger salaries.
I would just like the number of humans maintaining wikipedia to be small once again, and not try to do anything else
Jimmy and his inner circle need to be able fly places and do things. Jimmy lives in London, and, you know, needs to pay the rent and hold up the lifestyle. Again, frist class airline tickets are expensive. Get the lead out, dude...
Sure there is lots of data in Wikimedia's database, much if not all taken from the Internet. There may be many things we can learn from an ever changing database of random information. I see numbers of Masters and PHD thesis that could come from the traffic analysis alone. But to say that Wikipedia has some special giant trove of human knowledge that is not possible from an analysis of the actual sources available on the Internet, well, I just wonder what WikiWorld you live in.
Folks, Wikipedia is a starting place, but its ever-changing content contributed by whoever is not acceptable for academic references. This has been discussed before.
No one references Encyclopedia Britannica in their Masters Thesis...
Netflix may be obligated to do this, but the media companies will see their revenues fall from my family if they push it.
I don't think so. Those that are using VPN to access Netflix will STILL want Netflix when the VPN option goes away, and will simply pay the price.
Just like all the folks screaming about DRM and needing an Internet connection to the Mother Ship for PlayStation and xBox... They still pony up the cash.
They're simply making Uber play by the same rules which is fair. If Uber rather quit offering services to an area rather than comply with the law they're welcome to do that.
Yes, but that would "level the playing field" which would cut into Uber's financial advantage.
Not sure where you live, but where I live, taxi's have to pay taxes. They have to pay social security. They have to pay for meters. They have to pay for insurance with passengers. Also for extra technical testing of the cars. And also for the taxi stands.
If you cut all that out, it is obvious that itwill be cheaper. Illegal, but cheaper. Just as if I would run a sweatshop. Illegal, but cheaper.
I'm willing to accept that the cars might be nicer (though not inspected regularly for passenger service purposes), response time might be better. The issue that bothers me is insurance. , and what happens when an Uber driver is in an injury accedent, and where the liabilities land:
This is not an "editorial" on Uber as a service compared to traditional cab services, but rather an observation that growing government regulation (banning) of Uber (and similar services) and the liability of an almost certain stream of lawsuits will simply negate any way for services like Uber to continue.
My iMac has 8GB of memory, and 4 TB of storage. My iPad has 1 GB of memory and 16 GB of storage
Apple doesn't sell laptops with more than 16 GB of memory.
And Apple doesn't sell iPhones with 4TB of "storage". But you know exactly what I'm talking about, so why be a pedant about it and avoid an intelligent response?
In any case, these two people are simply shills for these lawyers, who will be the only people making any money off this.
As for me? I'm quite happy with my iPhone, but to each, their own...
They do. It's part of that 16GB that they advertise. This is how pretty much all devices are advertised. Do laptops and desktops come with a separate disk for the OS? When they advertise the size of the hard drive do they subtract the size of the OS? How about other brands of phones or tablets?
Laptops generally have a lot more memory than 16 or 32GB, so it's not an issue. When it becomes an issue, as with mobile devices, this should be compensated with more memory to dedicate to OS.
PC / laptop vs. mobile devices? Apples and oranges.
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I'm not your buddy, friend.
I'm not your friend, buddy...
The bar is probably spendy. I wonder if i can tote in a 40?
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News for the clueless? Stuff we already know about?
Hugh Pickens is the new Roland Piquepaille, though Pickens has learned from some of Rolands mistakes.
No. It's the case of Netflix lying to the media...
Eventually detectable, and so extremely unlikely.
This version is tailored for different region.
As long as Slashdot doesn't block my VPN, I'm golden in all the regions!
From the Engadget linky:
Update: Netflix tells us that there's been "no change" in the way it handles VPNs, so you shouldn't have to worry about the company getting tough any time soon. With that said, these blocking errors started showing up in the past few weeks, so it's not clear what would have prompted them.
If this is the case, could it be that the Media Mafia are working with various ISP such as Time-Warner and Comcast? Or perhaps even the owners of the backbones?
In Denmark it's not illegal to bypass country restrictions. So if you pay for Netflix and uses VPN / SmartDNS / What ever then it's not against the law.
Which doesn't mean Netflix will allow VPN in Denmark. Netflix's actions almost certainly have little to do with "law" and everything to do with being leaned on bu the Media Mafia.
Netflix is obligated to do this to maintain its licensing agreements with the Media Mafia. But it will always be a "cat and mouse" game...
Why is Torrent Freak's logo hot pink?
Dupe!
It's dupe-l-licious!
Well, OK, this "story" has an additional linky to engadget...
Netflix really does have to do this, their business requires the licenses and cooperation of the Media Mafia, who could snuff them out if they chose. There would be lawsuits, but Netflix would be essentially over.
I don't know much about why there are such restrictions, do they charge different amounts in different countries? Shouldn't it all be pretty much the same, money-wise? Is it an issue of censorship based on the particular country's politics?
Thumb drives have been banned on Air Force networks - even Nipernet - for 4 or 5 years.
How is the parent not true?
Right now, except for obscure articles, you can't edit without getting reverted because of article "ownership" by some "in" editor or an Admin. Oh sure, you can correct bad spelling or grammar, but don't go beyond that without permission of the article "owner".
If you want to go to the model of locked down and edited by professionals, there is a encyclopedia that has been around for a long time that works that way.
wikipedia started out as a web site where volunteers could edit articles, before entry into the nupedia website. nupedia is now dead. wikipedia has been engaging in bigger fund raising drives, and has more paid employees. Now it is trying to do more stuff to justify those more employees, just like when wikipedia spent a bunch of money trying to develop better wikipedia page editing software. I bet the heads of wikipedia now have bigger salaries.
I would just like the number of humans maintaining wikipedia to be small once again, and not try to do anything else
Jimmy and his inner circle need to be able fly places and do things. Jimmy lives in London, and, you know, needs to pay the rent and hold up the lifestyle. Again, frist class airline tickets are expensive. Get the lead out, dude...
Troll
Not "troll", Wikidrone, valid point.
Sure there is lots of data in Wikimedia's database, much if not all taken from the Internet. There may be many things we can learn from an ever changing database of random information. I see numbers of Masters and PHD thesis that could come from the traffic analysis alone. But to say that Wikipedia has some special giant trove of human knowledge that is not possible from an analysis of the actual sources available on the Internet, well, I just wonder what WikiWorld you live in.
You must have Admin credentials...
But this is about Wikidata.
Yes, and my WordPress blog has an underlieing database, too.
Folks, Wikipedia is a starting place, but its ever-changing content contributed by whoever is not acceptable for academic references. This has been discussed before.
No one references Encyclopedia Britannica in their Masters Thesis...
Netflix may be obligated to do this, but the media companies will see their revenues fall from my family if they push it.
I don't think so. Those that are using VPN to access Netflix will STILL want Netflix when the VPN option goes away, and will simply pay the price.
Just like all the folks screaming about DRM and needing an Internet connection to the Mother Ship for PlayStation and xBox... They still pony up the cash.
Netflix is obligated to do this to maintain its licensing agreements with the Media Mafia. But it will always be a "cat and mouse" game...
Why is Torrent Freak's logo hot pink?
There are already phone apps for licences taxi companies.
For example Curb.
No, they're just using the regulations meant to block competition that they put into place 100 years ago to block competition today.
Not supported by fact, and anyone who has looked into the various issues surrounding unregulated taxi services knows this.
They're simply making Uber play by the same rules which is fair. If Uber rather quit offering services to an area rather than comply with the law they're welcome to do that.
Yes, but that would "level the playing field" which would cut into Uber's financial advantage.
Not sure where you live, but where I live, taxi's have to pay taxes. They have to pay social security. They have to pay for meters. They have to pay for insurance with passengers. Also for extra technical testing of the cars. And also for the taxi stands.
If you cut all that out, it is obvious that itwill be cheaper. Illegal, but cheaper. Just as if I would run a sweatshop. Illegal, but cheaper.
I'm willing to accept that the cars might be nicer (though not inspected regularly for passenger service purposes), response time might be better. The issue that bothers me is insurance. , and what happens when an Uber driver is in an injury accedent, and where the liabilities land:
The insurance secret that Uber doesnâ(TM)t want you to know
Leaked transcript shows Geicoâ(TM)s stance against Uber, Lyft
Uber Advises Drivers To Buy Insurance That Leaves Them Uncovered
People think that taxi licencing is all about monopolies and cartels, but there are many other valid issues that regulation addresses.
This is not an "editorial" on Uber as a service compared to traditional cab services, but rather an observation that growing government regulation (banning) of Uber (and similar services) and the liability of an almost certain stream of lawsuits will simply negate any way for services like Uber to continue.
My iMac has 8GB of memory, and 4 TB of storage.
My iPad has 1 GB of memory and 16 GB of storage
Apple doesn't sell laptops with more than 16 GB of memory.
And Apple doesn't sell iPhones with 4TB of "storage". But you know exactly what I'm talking about, so why be a pedant about it and avoid an intelligent response?
In any case, these two people are simply shills for these lawyers, who will be the only people making any money off this.
As for me? I'm quite happy with my iPhone, but to each, their own...
They do. It's part of that 16GB that they advertise. This is how pretty much all devices are advertised. Do laptops and desktops come with a separate disk for the OS? When they advertise the size of the hard drive do they subtract the size of the OS? How about other brands of phones or tablets?
Laptops generally have a lot more memory than 16 or 32GB, so it's not an issue. When it becomes an issue, as with mobile devices, this should be compensated with more memory to dedicate to OS.
PC / laptop vs. mobile devices? Apples and oranges.