Can they really give more attention to TPB than previous cases already have? As far as Streisand effects go, this one more case isn't going to have much of an impact.
Probably just a bad advertising provider than anything else.... I get the whole "check who provides your advertisements" thing, it's a duty of the webmaster and all - but wasn't there a case where a provider only showed malicious ads outside the country of origin? Or something? Is checking even reliable?
Ethical policy here would probably just be to poke Snopes.com via their forums first...
From the article:
"We've had a technical breakthrough which enables us to put songs on an iPod without any interference from FairPlay," said Allan Klepfisz, Qtrax's president and chief executive.
Seems pretty damn clear to me.
Parent is talking about plasma cosmology. Duly note that the Wiki article is a battleground for supporters, so read it with a heap of salt.
What the parent has politely omitted is that his preferred cosmology relies on an elaborate denial of big-bang theory.
The problem is that you can find some really graphic violence of, say, animals being slaughtered on YouTube.
YouTube appears to be selectively enforcing its TOS. Nailing down politically undesirable scenes of violence, while ignoring desired or neutral violence, suggests a major problem with priorities.
I think there's a perception (wrong or not) that companies based in Western nations are more accountable than companies based in China. Presumably, if something screws up, it is thought that it is harder to pursue a Chinese company than one in, say, the United States.
This may not be strictly true, but somehow I doubt that corporate accountability in China is better than that in the States...
Just what preference did these "conservative Christian groups" have? Did they favor the idea of.xxx domains or not?
It doesn't seem immediately obvious.
What if someone at the age of 20 decided to join the Alabama KKK? That person never broke a crime, just went to protests and meetings. At age 24 the person quits, and two years later moves to New York. Should New York know about his prior membership because of some anti-terrorism database?
Why not?
It's funny how "freedom" seems permanently entangled with "privacy" - there is, after all, the possibility of New York knowing, but not doing a damn thing about it. What's illegal, after all, should be discriminating based on such knowledge, rather than knowing at all. Or should be arrest staffers who happened to move between states, too?
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Can they really give more attention to TPB than previous cases already have? As far as Streisand effects go, this one more case isn't going to have much of an impact.
Singapore? Where exactly do you think Singapore is? Hint: it's not near central Asia.
What about a link?
Probably just a bad advertising provider than anything else. ... I get the whole "check who provides your advertisements" thing, it's a duty of the webmaster and all - but wasn't there a case where a provider only showed malicious ads outside the country of origin? Or something? Is checking even reliable?
Ethical policy here would probably just be to poke Snopes.com via their forums first...
From the article: "We've had a technical breakthrough which enables us to put songs on an iPod without any interference from FairPlay," said Allan Klepfisz, Qtrax's president and chief executive. Seems pretty damn clear to me.
Parent is talking about plasma cosmology. Duly note that the Wiki article is a battleground for supporters, so read it with a heap of salt. What the parent has politely omitted is that his preferred cosmology relies on an elaborate denial of big-bang theory.
The problem is that you can find some really graphic violence of, say, animals being slaughtered on YouTube. YouTube appears to be selectively enforcing its TOS. Nailing down politically undesirable scenes of violence, while ignoring desired or neutral violence, suggests a major problem with priorities.
Stolen from here?
Nonetheless... investigation, not conviction. [/pedant]. I couldn't care less - not my government.
I think there's a perception (wrong or not) that companies based in Western nations are more accountable than companies based in China. Presumably, if something screws up, it is thought that it is harder to pursue a Chinese company than one in, say, the United States.
This may not be strictly true, but somehow I doubt that corporate accountability in China is better than that in the States...
A permanent FlashBlock-style behaviour would have an interesting effect on how e-adverts are played.
More people might switch to pure text ads, perhaps?
Just what preference did these "conservative Christian groups" have? Did they favor the idea of .xxx domains or not?
It doesn't seem immediately obvious.
What if someone at the age of 20 decided to join the Alabama KKK? That person never broke a crime, just went to protests and meetings. At age 24 the person quits, and two years later moves to New York. Should New York know about his prior membership because of some anti-terrorism database? Why not? It's funny how "freedom" seems permanently entangled with "privacy" - there is, after all, the possibility of New York knowing, but not doing a damn thing about it. What's illegal, after all, should be discriminating based on such knowledge, rather than knowing at all. Or should be arrest staffers who happened to move between states, too?
Before this gets /. into hell, can someone post a mirror?