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| schestowitz | Re: Secret BBC Documents Reveal Flimsy Case For DRM | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | >> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/14/bbc-hd-drm> | Nov 16 01:01 |
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| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > So as we already suspected, the reason the MSBBC is imposing these | Nov 16 01:01 |
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| schestowitz | > Draconian restrictions (in violation of the Royal Charter, no less) is | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > because of extortionate demands from American "content providers", which | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > (incredibly) the MSBBC actually seems to be encouraging. | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > But what's most astounding about this is those same American "content | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > providers" are *prohibited by US law from using DRM in the US itself*, | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > at least for over the air broadcasts. | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > IOW the Royal Charter, and the openness of British broadcasting, is | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > being violated in order to pander to the opportunistic whims of a bunch | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > of third-party, foreign "content providers" (under the umbrella of a | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > MAFIAA-style cartel called the DTLA ... overseen by Intel, curiously | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > enough), who are making extortionate demands on the MSBBC-Tax-paying | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > public, when they're not even allowed to do so in their own country. | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > And naturally all this "needs" to be confidential, because it's utterly | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > corrupt, as all parties involved in this corruption are painfully aware. | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:01 |
| schestowitz | > Personally, I deeply resent my MSBBC Tax money being wasted on this | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > foreign junk in the first place, DRM-encrusted or otherwise, so the fact | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > that the cartel responsible for extorting money for it is also demanding | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > we "protect" it, would be laughable if it weren't so disgusting. Surely | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > the MSBBC should be its /own/ "content provider", serving /British/ | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > content made /by/ the MSBBC for the British public. Or is that too | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > obvious? As for the threat that "rights-holders may boycott TV if we | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > don't give them this" ... let them, and good riddance. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > Of course, the BBC wasn't interested in DRM until it was infiltrated, | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > annexed and co-opted by Microsoft. Now we discover its also in league | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > with an Intel-led cartel of "rights" gangsters. But I'm sure this has | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > nothing to do with the Wintel duopoly trying to monopolise digital | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > content distribution, honest, and the recent débâcle over UEFI DRM | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > security is just a pure coincidence, I'm sure. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > It's time the British government reigned-in the MSBBC, to transform it | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > back into the public utility its meant to be, not a state-sponsored and | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > taxpayer-funded whorehouse run on behalf of American gangsters. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:02 |
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| schestowitz | > It's also time /all/ governments outlawed this sinister practise of | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > secret negotiations and contracts for commercial activities funded by | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > taxpayers or, frankly, anything clearly in the public interest. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > Companies, and especially public utilities, should not be allowed to | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > conduct their commercial activities under a veil of secrecy, they should | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > be forced to operate with complete transparency, in order to ensure this | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > sort of corruption never happens. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > If they're not doing anything wrong, they should have nothing to hide... | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > right? That's the excuse the UK government uses for planting CCTV | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > cameras on every street corner, so if it's good enough for us, it should | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > be good enough for corrupt organisations like the MSBBC and its "content | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | > providers" too. | Nov 16 01:02 |
| schestowitz | I seem to have popularised the term MSBBC since 2007 | Nov 16 01:11 |
| schestowitz | http://identi.ca/notice/85340714 | Nov 16 01:11 |
| TechrightsSocial | @Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-11 01:07:25 UTC - Identi.ca: Interesting new video on age gap and wealth gap http://ur1.ca/5uood #us #equality | Nov 16 01:11 |
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| schestowitz | > Poor returns from Evil Incorporated: | Nov 16 14:12 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:12 |
| schestowitz | > [quote] | Nov 16 14:12 |
| schestowitz | > Steve Ballmer has scotched suggestions from investors at Microsoft's | Nov 16 14:12 |
| schestowitz | > annual shareholders meeting that his company should spin off some of its | Nov 16 14:12 |
| schestowitz | > divisions | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > Ballmer and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates faced a fractious audience, | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > with many stockholders expressing their displeasure at the company’s | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > poor stock price and returns. | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > [/quote] | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/15/ballmer_plans_break_up_microsoft | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > But Microsoft makes lots of money ... for Microsoft. | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > Who in their right mind could possibly ever support such a company? Its | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > products suck, its business ethics suck, its executives suck, and even | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > its stock performance sucks. You'd have to either work for the company | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > or be some sort of brainwashed corporate groupie to give a shit - all | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > four of whom seem to have taken up permanent residence in COLA, the one | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > place they're absolutely guaranteed to not get any sympathy. | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | > Weird. | Nov 16 14:13 |
| schestowitz | They can do a patent troll (aka "licensing") spinoff. | Nov 16 14:13 |
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| schestowitz | http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/your_sata_cable_slowing_down_your_data_transfers_max_pc_investigates | Nov 16 15:40 |
| schestowitz | http://identi.ca/notice/85322793 | Nov 16 16:09 |
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| schestowitz | http://identi.ca/notice/85322793 | Nov 16 16:09 |
| TechrightsSocial | @Nizar Kerkeni (nizarus)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Nov-11 15:30:57 UTC - Identi.ca: #twitter is watching you ♻ @ravenman Why I don't want a Twitter account: http://ur1.ca/5ucr0 ? !fsf !gnu !linux | Nov 16 16:09 |
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| schestowitz | > Hi, Roy, | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > Prophetic of how Apple has become / is becoming: | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > "Some of Jobs' harshest words are for companies that | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > gain a monopoly position, but "forget what it means to | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > make great products." He's harsh on the companies ? and | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > the people who run them. | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > In those cases, "the people that can make the company | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > more successful are sales and marketing people," Jobs | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > says, "and they end up running the companies" while | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > people tied to product development are shut out of the | Nov 16 18:41 |
| schestowitz | > decision-making process. " | Nov 16 18:42 |
| schestowitz | > | Nov 16 18:42 |
| schestowitz | > http://wemu.org/post/steve-jobs-dishes-tech-business-lost-interview-1995 | Nov 16 18:42 |
| schestowitz | I don't know if Apple's results are an indicator (they aren't for Microsoft), but based on sale numbers Apple is already past its pinnacle. | Nov 16 18:42 |
| MinceR | i guess it's justified since jobs never forgot how to make great products, considering that he never knew it in the first place | Nov 16 19:16 |
| schestowitz | he tweaks | Nov 16 19:35 |
| schestowitz | and markets | Nov 16 19:35 |
| schestowitz | !google jobs the weaker | Nov 16 19:35 |
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| schestowitz | !google jobs the tweaker | Nov 16 19:35 |
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| TechrightsSocial | [1] - Steve Jobs's Real Genius : The New Yorker | http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/14/111114fa_fact_gladwell | Nov 16 19:35 |
| TechrightsSocial | [2] - Steve Jobs The “Tweaker” - The Rumpus.net | http://therumpus.net/2011/11/steve-jobs-the-tweaker/ | Nov 16 19:35 |
| TechrightsSocial | [3] - Steve Jobs: The Tweaker | http://www.2-pop.com/article/113272 | Nov 16 19:35 |
| TechrightsSocial | [4] - Steve Jobs, the tweaker: great profile in The New Yorker | Jim ... | http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/5/steve-jobs-tweaker-great-profile-new-yorker | Nov 16 19:35 |
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