Cory points out the fallacy of broadband becoming more popular when the “content” is available. He’s right, it’s completely wrong. This is the same theory that Hollings’ bill is based on, that once we have secure content, Hollywood and the RIAA will make it available online, and then people will sign up for broadband in…
Hmm wasn’t it lovely of someone to call our house before 7AM today, and every 15 minutes thereafter, trying to send a fax through our voice line. Nothing like a good “fuck you” early on a Monday! Geek let me have a sneak peek at his subscriber-only article on the possible death of internet radio….
Yeah I finally gave in and created a Cafepress store, so now you can actually buy the logo on a tshirt or coffee mug, or a few other things. There’s the logo above, and there’s another GIF that has some various statements I actually hear in the course of doing my job. (The shirts come…
Turns out that the problem at work was not a problem with Amphetadesk’s proxy support, I just needed to get the proxy entered correctly. A little chat with the ISP let me know that the proxy I had entered in the browser was correct, but that in Amphetadesk I needed to type it with the…
Doc and Mary have a bunch more detail on the CARP ruling, including reactions, etc. One thing I thought of last night though about broadcast stations, not only are they going to pull webcast streams because of the cost, but they owe back-royalties for the last 2 years, due Oct. 20. Is there not a…
I’m no expert, but it seems that the Library of Congress final ruling for internet webcasting fees is only slightly better than the CARP ruling and will still send most internet broadcasters out of business. 🙁 Read more here. Might I suggest making a list of non-US webcasters so that we still have something to…