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Re: Why Lane Hartwell is wrong

anonymous coward — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:52:51 -0000

It seems anyone who "supports" Lane Heartwell is giving her a free pass to stay unenlightened by the lessons that Lawrence Lessig has taught us. Has she not heard of Creative Commons or at least know that her actions go against the spirit of the creative community? Why fight this fight? Clearly Brian Solis and Thomas Hawk are enlightened in this way becuase they know the realities of the net. If you don't want people to use your work, don't put it online. Lane Heartwell gets to act like big media by using DMCAs and hiring lawyers? What kind of lesson is this to groups like The Copyright Coalition? It shows them that we, in the creative/remixing/web2.0/hippySF community don't practice what we preach. Someone needs to give her a copy of Free Culture or at least make her watch Lessig's TED presentation. I hope Lane does not go to the Creative Commons party tonight or she will be booed on arrival for being an IP bully. She is really no different than RIAA suing children and grandmothers. The net requires the record companies change their business model or else make everyone criminals. And this lesson should remind Lane that getting mad about occasional lack of attribution just becuase she is a pro photographer is a waste of her energy. Go ahead and hide all of your photos on Flickr as private. Remember, obscurity is a greater threat than piracy.

Sure, things could have been handled differently, but I think she made them worse. Lane, do it for the love first, and the money secondarily or be upset all the time. The choice is yours.

Re: Top Ten IT Conversations Shows for 2007

anonymous coward — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:38:02 -0000

If you bookmark each MP3 in del.icio.us and then burn a feed at Feedburner that points to the del.icio.us rss feed (could be a feed for items tagged: bestofITC08 but from a single user) and then subscribe to that feed in iTunes, it can be done this way.

Re: PayPerPost tests your ethics, & Edelman’s fake blog for Wal-Mart

anonymous coward — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:49:13 -0000

PayPerPost encourages meritocracy in products and services. It lets companies continue to offer products that are not remarkable enough generate real word of mouth. It lets them be lazy and continue to a "business as usual" business model without having to accept the power that real word of mouth has to offer. Do I think it is a good opportunity for PayPerPost? Yes. Just like spamming e-mail has an ROI. So, PayPerPost encourages bad behavior all around. The blogosphereâ€™s â€œword of mouth on steroidsâ€ was to be the great savior of mediocre products and services.

You indicate that there is no requirement for disclosure per post. Google Ads are different in that you know it is an ad. As a user, you give credibility to Google and the advertiser for their disclosure. This is a subtle different in PayPerPost and Googles business models, but it makes all the difference. Google would be â€œevilâ€ if they did not. If PayPerPost wanted to adopt Googleâ€™s â€œdo no evilâ€ mantra, they would require full disclosure.

Re: Samwers bankrolled Facebook clone, now Twitter clone

anonymous coward — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:04:08 -0000

This reminds me of another German company that blatantly rips-off designs and ideas in the pro audio industry called Behringer.

Re: Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime addresses OnLive, iPhone competition and used games

anonymous coward — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:17:09 -0000

"Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs."

Saying it does not make it so, Reggie. You are not fooling anyone. Like all consumer goods, people will someday sell or discard the things they buy. You have no choice but to compete in the market of your own 2nd hand goods. It is the cost of doing business.

Re: Is Ping.fm a Lame Data-Mining Op? Or is it Just Annoying?

anonymous coward — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:36:07 -0000

Hi, Andy.
I tend to think that all of the effort the developers have put into this and a traction they have gained today would be of more value to them long term rather than to use it for some sort of scam. I am sure they will respond to your complains as soon as possible of face more posts just like yours. But in the meantime, people might want to refrain from signing up until these issues are addressed.

Re: Is Ping.fm a Lame Data-Mining Op? Or is it Just Annoying?

anonymous coward — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:15:49 -0000

Hi Sean and Ryan.

Thanks for the response. I am the one who posted this post in your forums (it says "nameless" for some reason). Anyway, thanks for addressing these issues. It should be normal for users to question the motives of startups when have yet to introduce yourselves to the community in a big way. You gotta respect that. We do see you have a blog an forum. It is great that you removed the "I am now...!" but there is doubt helped you guys gain major traction on 3/18/08. For better transparency, maybe you could put something about yourselves personally int he About Us section instead of Andy having to sleuth around and find out what the names behind this service are and what what your motives might be. I am sure your motives are to help users kick ass and save time, but it just needed a tad more transparency here social media land where it is easy to call this stuff out.

thanks guys.

~Nick

Re: DOWNTOWN LB SALON FEATURED ON BRAVO TV

anonymous coward — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:12:09 -0000

The Loft (formerly known as Troys) on Broadway and Redondo is also featured on this show.

Re: 2006/11/06/myspace-japan-ozzie-is-the-new-tom/

anonymous coward — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:28:35 -0000

If you go to jp.myspace.com and later return to myspace.com to log into your myspace, it pust a cookie on you and everything is in Japanese as if if you are on jp.myspace.com. You need to clear your cookies to fix it.

Re: 2007/01/16/myspace-tracker-tracks-teens/

anonymous coward — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:35:18 -0000

This is suiside. What kid is going to stay on myspace if they know their parents can watch them?

Re: 2007/03/26/productwiki/

anonymous coward — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:07:26 -0000

It is hard to understand at a glance what an up or down vote means. I guess it means did you find this bit of info helpful or not? Could it be misconstrued to imply that you would vote down a con because it is a con?

Re: 2007/03/27/tivo/

anonymous coward — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:14:36 -0000

This feature seems like a logical next step for AppleTV as well since they added a feature to allow .mac and iPhoto to do photocasting.

Re: 2007/04/12/redswoosh/

anonymous coward — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:32:45 -0000

Wow. Congrats Travis.

Yeah, it is not spyware. You can see Travis talk about that topic in the comments here: http://www.web20show.com/articles/2006/05/04/we...

Re: 2007/08/20/facebook-email/

anonymous coward — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:53:06 -0000

Tribe.net and Flickr are to sites I know of that send the full content of messages to your regular e-mail, not just a notification that you have e-mail.

Re: 2007/11/16/ebook-reader-poll/

anonymous coward — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:14:20 -0000

Bundle it with 1000s of books in the public domain (and not stupid DRM!!) to get people hooked, and then they should buy new books.

Re: 2007/11/16/ebook-reader-poll/

anonymous coward — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:17:03 -0000

Also, make it possible to download blog posts via RSS (portable RSS reader). In other words, make is possible for anyone (especially the owner) to put content on it with no restrictions, no exclusive content providers. If they don't do this, consider it dead already.

Re: 2008/01/09/ron-paul-still-tops-the-charts-on-the-internet/

anonymous coward — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:01:21 -0000

I don't get it either. Ron Paul is against net neutrality. However, he is against the Patriot Act which allows the erosion of civil liberties aided by technology. I want to know his position on intellectual property. It looks like he is anti-special interest, that is good.

Re: 2008/02/07/riaa-exec-talks-end-user-filters/

anonymous coward — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:51:59 -0000

This reminds me of CEA's campaign against anti-consumer technologies in consumer electronics from 2006. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2006/04/who-are-yo... Consumers will not buy products that restrict them this much. Plus, Defective By Design is quick to point out products that do. RIAA is the enemy of consumers. Cary's messages is being ignored by any CE manufacture who actually wants to sell something Any any that do cut a deal with them in some way are substituting longer term gains for short term gains, not to mention brand loyalty. RIAA, die already. You are no longer welcome or needed.

Re: 2008/04/07/smx-social-media-giveaway/

anonymous coward — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:46:06 -0000

My favorite is MyBlogLog because it let's me see which other members have come by to read my blog, without the reader really needing to take any action other than to be signed in.
If I win the ticket, my transportation will be my own two legs. This venue is on the block next to my apartment.

Re: TiVo’s Evan Young Discusses the Details of the new TiVoCast Service

anonymous coward — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:15:52 -0000

If TiVo could change their business model into just making boxes (or at least just accept that as part of their model), this might work. I think the reason they want to cut deals with content makers is because they are used to some sort of revenue stream in the from of subscriptions to TV programming info. If they make you pay, they can be the gatekeeper to the content and give a cut to the content makers. If they let anyone subscribe to any feed and the same user does not care to record regular TV, all they really need to do is make a "dumb box."

I think they may be better of just allowing users to use the TiVo as a dumb box since that is what some users may want. If they don't someone else will come along (Apple iTV) and make that happen. I don't really watch TV, but I do watch video podcasts. If TiVo allows me to download any video podcast I want, I'll buy one today (I may be in the minority).

Re: No Girl? How to Express Your Man Crush on Valentine’s Day Instead

anonymous coward — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:26:31 -0000

I have a man-crush on you, Tim.

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Awwwwwww.... shucks. Thanks, Nick :) LOL...

Tim

Re: Twitter is the New Gate Jumper

anonymous coward — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:52:07 -0000

Chris, I was thinking the same thing. In Naked Conversations, Scolbe and Israel say (not a direct quote) "it does not matter how many subscribers you have, but who subscribes to you." With Twitter, you can add some A-listers and they will add you. Their once illusive attention is now yours. I fear that we are in honeymoon stage of Twitter, and the sweet spot we are in right now might not last tool long. Someone posted about the Dunbar number and Twitter today. If Twitter is the next iteration of blogging, it might have some of the same problems as blogging did, and it will be interesting to see it shakeout.

Re: Tags Are Your New Website

anonymous coward — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:04:45 -0000

Sounds like Edge Competencies. http://www.bubblegeneration.com/2006/01/edge-co...

Re: Peter says podcasting is inefficient

anonymous coward — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:07:31 -0000

Why listen to the radio when you can watch TV (both sight and sound is better/more/faster right?)
Why go to the concert when you can just download the song for free?
Why text chat when you can skype?
Why meet in person when you can just meet in Second Life?

Oh, freedom of choice.

Re: Read a news feed, go to jail?

anonymous coward — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:06:33 -0000

I think in the details of this act, Gonales wants to prosecute only those who try to make a profit by infringing on copyright. Other are saying he is just grandstanding so he can get a new job with RIAA or MPAA. Either way, he is a scumbag.

Re: Email ain’t going away

anonymous coward — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:08:44 -0000

For sure! Web 2.0 geeks will know more about your baby, see pictures sooner, and know more up-to-the-minute info on your baby than most of your family. What a strange world.

Re: Apple stabs Adobe in the back

anonymous coward — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:32:09 -0000

Let's not jump the gun, here. I think there is a logical reason, and I do not think it is to spite them, and I doubt that they will instead port Siliverlight instead. And why would Adobe "retaliate" by not releasing Photoshop or Illustrator for Mac? Those are probably it's two biggest products. How is Apple obligated to support Flash for the iPhone or else Adobe retaliates? I luv ya, but you need to calm down or admit to blowing this up just for page views.

Re: Memo To Networks Re Hulu: You're Making A Big Mistake

anonymous coward — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:36:43 -0000

This is like saying that TV brands are robbing the networks of branding opportunities because you can see their logos below the screen. People like shows because of their stories, characters, and aesthetics qualities. NOT because of the network, NOT because of their brand of TV, NOT because of their cable, internet, or satellite provider. The best position for these three parties to be in is to capture value along the way. Perhaps if the networks think they should care about their branding, it would be to their advertising customers, not with viewers. Viewers don't care. The same argument can be made for the major music labels. None of them are known for particularly high or low quality, and fans do not care what labels the artists are on until you get to niche, hand crafted labels made out of love for music and fans first, money second.

Remember, Hulu was born out of the same silly entitlement the major networks had when they chose not to play ball with YouTube. Kevin thinks their networks' brand is more important than capturing long term value, investing in good programing, and providing a delivery mechanism viewers want? Invest in the programmings brand. Sure, it needs to be done for every show, but that is the cost of business. Stop reliving past glories and start thinking strategically for the present realities. Who here reads PaidContent because of you ISP's great brand? I didn't think so.

Rafat, thanks for allowing derisive opinions here on PC and the opportunity to agree or disagree in the comments.

Re: Memo To Networks Re Hulu: You're Making A Big Mistake

anonymous coward — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:29:03 -0000

Do you know what products are made by Proctor and Gamble offhand? Either do I. That is because the position the individual brands, not the parent companies band. Promoting the Proctor and Gamble brand to the consumer us useless because it stands for nothing. Tide, Bounty, Crest, they stand for something, as do the supermarkets that sell them. I can buy Tide at Albertsons. What does NBC stand for to the consumer? Is the show on the web or only regular TV? Cable satellite, or broadcast?? Which channel number? What time? What day? No one cares. But, where can I watch 30 Rock? Hulu! You should read the book Positioning by Al Ries and Jack Trout.