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http://www.reddit.com/tb/345fin
So, the article does a really weird job of explaining everything. It mainly focuses on the two outlying viewpoints of the issue. It does nothing to explain where the middle is. It doesn't even bring in any other viewpoints at all. Just another example of how everything has to be a two-sided issue.
There are people who want IPs to be public domain immediately (fundamentalist libertarians), some who want IPs to be protected by law (fundamentalist protectors), and those that want plenty of mixed ideas on it.
At least for me, I'd think that IPs need to be protected, to an extent. It's currently way too easy for companies to keep copyrights far-extended beyond what should be allowable. If you make something, it should at least be protected in your lifespan, maybe a bit longer, unless you choose for it not to be. But, you shouldn't be able to pass it down to anyone, or any company. Easiest example is how Disney has been able to keep many of their copyrighted materials for far longer than the lifespan of Walt Disney. Practices like that shouldn't even exist, and the very fact that we have law with Disney in the name should be telling enough for most people as an example of how corrupt the current practices are.
Additionally, the author brings up the point of how downloading something isn't straight theft (which is true), but then immediately equated it to a loss of sales. This is simply not true, and I know I speak for more than just myself when I say the following: Not having access to something, but being able to download it for free (illegally or not) means I can watch/enjoy the content at my leisure, and for free. But, if the download option weren't available I probably wouldn't get it in the first place. Since the author wanted to use Game of Thrones as an example (a bad one at that), I'll state my situation. I would have missed out on tons of absolutely wonderful conversations about the show, the books, and topics that everyone brings up during human interactivity. I understand that since I didn't pay for it, I wouldn't get to experience it. That's the price I'm paying to access that content, but that also means that many of my friends also wouldn't have been able to watch it, and that means that I wouldn't have just been excluded from those conversations, they just wouldn't exist to begin with. Once again, I understand that this is the price you pay for entertainment.
But, it is awfully strange to me that certain, popular content which many people crave (tv shows, movies, music) are not being made regularly available at an affordable cost. Time and time again people have shown that when you make something available at an affordable cost, people will buy it. A few comedians have recently released their own specials online at $5 a pop, and done quite well for themselves. Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, etc. When you have a following, you don't need to overcharge people for content. You only need to make it accessible. Do you really think that Disney would be unable to make money off of a movie if they made it? They consistently pump out great content, and people eat it up because it's family-friendly. They might not make as much money if they did direct download for their films, but I can almost guarantee they would increase their volume. But unfortunately, in our current time most companies care far more about making money than the number of people they connect with.
Since I've brought up the other two of the big three, let's talk about music. If you don't already know, most artists make the majority of their money from merchandise and tour ticket sales. Streams and digital downloads are not nearly as important, but they are a required mechanism to get the music available to the public. How can you have a tour without fans? How can you sell merchandise if no one comes to the concerts? This is where the epitome of the argument for/against downloads comes in, and where I feel the article should have touched on more. Now comes the grey area, which is especially noticeable when it comes to music.
As an artist, would you rather have the potential for more fans, meaning potential for more tour-goers and merchandise-buyers? Or, would you rather eliminate a potential extra crowd of people because they don't want to pay for your music? If I were an artist I would most definitely pick the first option, because if I were smart I would recognize that it will earn me more money. Why would I even attempt to eliminate a possible option for potential fans/customers?
Given, movies and TV shows are a bit different in this regard, since they don't have secondary agendas. But if you're anything like me, you've stopped going to theaters. Movies only come out once, and I can watch them once they hit Blu-ray. Seriously, it's not that long of a wait anymore. Maybe, a few months or so? TV shows are similar, but because they have multiple releases of content per year, on a year-by-year basis, I can't wait until they come to Blu-ray. Also, because typically they don't. Even if iTunes has access to them the cost for an entire season of a TV show can get pretty ridiculous pretty fast. Even shows on basic cable which have episodes viewable online (for free), is downloading those without consent illegal? I already paid once to view the content when it came out, but now that I've missed it when it aired, or missed the timeframe for when the episode was available online I should now have to pay again to view the content? There's a lot of grey for TV shows, and I don't have all the time to get into it now.
Lastly, software downloads have been talked about numerous times, and it has been said that many software companies intentionally leave their software as "easily hackable" so interested users can get the expertise they need and promote either future use or a future buy of the software should said person be hired because of their skill set.
All in all, I'm really glad that the article brought up the moral argument, because that's entirely what it is. I just wish it had gone into much further depth when exploring the issue, since it could really do to be fleshed out.
I'm not going to say that my observations are 100% correct, but it's what I do know. I'd love to have a conversation with someone from a different side, so we can air out any of these points from the article or from my post.
Hi my name is Brad Tatro and welcome to my Social Media Project podcast. In today’s podcast I will be discussing the Detroit Lions organization and how social media is involved and influences sales and marketing within the organization. On the agenda for today; I will first go over the...
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Social Media for News?
http://www.reddit.com/tb/33k152
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People are using social media now more than ever to communicate the news. Today, more younger people are going to social media and television equally for their news. Older generations are more focused on the television for their news. Relying on social media can prove to be unreliable, invalid, and not very credible. Artificial news outlets are all over social media. The onion is an artificial news source because it has fake articles and is used for comedy and not news. Information is obtained through the onion, but it not taken seriously.
Patent Troll Threatens Game Developers
http://gamepolitics.com/2013/07/08/treehouse-targets-indie-studio-threat-patent-infringement-lawsuit#.VTrTQUI6VS8
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Copyright should be all software companies need. If you write a piece of software, you own it. If someone takes it and adds to it and tries to sell it as their own, that's copyright infringement. If someone sees your software and wants to do it but a little different, but if they write it themselves, it's theirs as it is not created using your work. Patents almost let you come up with "pie in the sky" ideas that someone MIGHT make in the future and now all of a sudden you own the right to that software because you "thought it up" first? You poor your heart into something you are passionate about, only to have a bunch of trolls come and threaten everything you've worked for. It feels as if they have made a physical threat against you on the street, it makes you feel violated. I can only assume small game developers have received similar threats and wanted to make it public so they know they are not the only ones being targeted by these scumbags. To most small developers, getting a nasty legal letter whether it has any merit or not can be quite an intimidating and scary. It is time we take a stand against these lying patent trolls.
Patents
John Oliver’s Video HERE
Patents affect innovation. With more and more patents, it is starting to affect the business and technology world. With more patents comes less creativity and innovation. However, without patents, many businesspeople find their ideas in trouble and vulnerable. This lead to an abuse in patents...
Patent trolls are the source behind all the patent madness. Basically, they're big businesses who think they own a slice of everything because of a very generic patent. These big businesses earn a lot of money threatening lawsuits to anyone or anything who has ‘stole’ their idea. Most of these businesses don’t even produce or do anything, simply file lawsuits against people who they think are infringing on “their idea.”
Since 1990, these patent trolls have together made over 50 Trillion dollars off business and politics. Anything from big business to a sole proprietorship is targeted by these trolls who do nothing. These patent trolls even target people who use “their idea.” Some trolls get patents they illegally have gotten or are so vague that they’re used for something completely irrelevant. Most software patents are so vague that companies are using them to sue users for something not even originally intended for. That is the problem.
These lawsuits are so expensive to go to trial. Upwards of 5 Million can be spend defending a lawsuit from a patent. The troll just settles for 200,000 because businesses would much rather go the cheaper route. It is obviously a flaw in the judicial system.
There was a law that wasn't perfect, but still passed by the house of representatives by a large majority. It was then killed in the senate and not even given a vote. It was killed because trial layers prevented the law from going further.
We need to speak to our congress members to get something passed about these infringements on our rights. Patents are making it illegal to use a darn fax machine now. What’s next? Using our smartphones?
Tesla to kill gasoline
http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5804122/tesla-opens-patents-to-all
This article is very relatable to Volvo. When seatbelt were invented, it was just one strap over the waist. However, Volvo patented the 3 point system, the one we use today. Later, they realized they should share the patent with everyone, making a safer world. Tesla would like to do a similar thing. However, its going to be expensive. Just like everything else new in tech-savvy, the cost to make is high and the demand is high. I’m curious to see who will prosper the most: the people or the big cooperations. Lets hope both.
The strategy for Tesla is to release the technology so that more firms develop it, increase marketshare, and convince more stations to allow for recharging electronic/electric cars. Tesla wins because it has a first mover's advantage. Everyone wins because the conceivably better technology proliferates. Tesla therefore can act like this is a purely altruistic act, even though it is not.I think that one thing that gets lost in the modern political/economic debate is that 99% of the driving force behind economics is mutual gain. Just because one party wins doesn't mean another doesn't.
This honestly gives me hope for emerging green technologies. If the most successful electric car company is doing this, who knows what other car manufactures are going to produce in the next few years.
Progress is amazing and I love that capitalism pushes it, but the ultimate goal is always efficiency, to generate income over for better lives. This amounts to businesses trying to take (taxes away, essentially) as much income as they can from their customers. Something like this is amazing to hear. Too often progress is getting cut off by businesses that already have control of their market. It’s nice to see Tesla sharing and leading the way with new, green, technology.
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The scholars at The Washington Post (washingtonpost) published the history of fuck-yeah Tumblr blogs. It’s very thorough.
Our friends at Digiday (digiday) interviewed an IBM researcher who compared customer’s perception of brands with the brands’ perception of themselves.
Also from Digiday: Kia’s cross-platform ad campaign on Yahoo Screen, digital magazines, and Tumblr features six original videos. Watch The Getaway Guide here.
And: Another good reason to embrace native advertising. Ad blocking software is on the rise with tech-savvy millennials who aren’t willing to put up with disruptive advertising.
The indomitable Techcrunch (techcrunch) covered the launch of huluperfectgif—one of the most ambitious sites on our platform to date. HuffPo (huffingtonpost) helps explain using a selection of The Perfect GIF’s perfect GIFs.
The good people at AdWeek (adweekmag) did another of their excellent infographics: this one device usage among different generations.
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The ‘Snowden Effect’ & its’ affects on Outdoor Recreation & Sales
Edward Snowden is considered both a hero and a villain in my places. What he isn't, is a whistle blower. A whistleblower is someone who exposes some sort of illegal activity. What the NSA was/is doing is not illegal. A lot of people don't like that what is being done, and the underlying laws that make it legal are of questionable constitutionality, but until those laws are formally declared unconstitutional, it is not illegal.
Outdoor recreation and sales professions have access to loads of data and confidential information. Keeping private information private is a necessity of all businesses today. Customer and business data is kept and if not stored securely. It can be vulnerable to theft, which reflects poorly on the business, losing potential customers with a bad reputation.
Some professions do not even need the assistance of vulnerable technology in their business. With waivers in the outdoor recreation field, many are signed every day. What to do with these waivers is up to the business, they just need to keep it confidential. In the rock wall on campus at CMU where I work, we simply file the waivers by last name in a cabinet and at the end of the year, we recycle them all. By only putting names, ages, and the date they signed the waiver, we are limiting the information at risk.
The fact is, regardless of whether or not we like it, we are getting exactly what we voted for. It's not as if the Patriot Act was snuck under our noses in the dead of night, or voted on after eliminating opposition voices. It was proposed, and our democratically elected legislature approved it, and our democratically elected president signed it. We then re-elected the same legislators, we re-elected the president that signed it into law and enforced its provisions. We then elected a second president who took four years to do nothing about it, then re-elected him. The NSA is doing exactly what we asked it to do.
The debate was had, and the proponents of greater surveillance won the debate. Which is the problem I have with Snowden. What he has done, in essence, is look at the American public and say, “Your vote doesn't count. I'm going to get and do exactly what I want, the policy changes I want, regardless of what input you are able to provide through Constitutional means.” The Greeks had a word for leaders who chose to override the wishes of their subjects: “tyrant.”
Push to ban microbeads gains momentum
Having plastic microbeads in facial scrubs is due to company standards. Filters are used to eliminate the bigger plastics in some of out face scrubs. One company has found the solution to these small plastic flecks left on our skin.
A local news station in LA brought this whole situation to life and hyped the fact that some filters can't filter microbeads out due to their size. They ended the article with an interview with the city, who said their filters have no problem with the beads. Not a problem in LA. Sounds like some companies need to upgrade their filters to the new and improved standard we all have.
What these companies are doing with the waste is questionable and unknown. With so much petroleum products, we need to initiate more recycling within cities. Nearly everything on earth needs petroleum products. Come up with alternatives for fuel is essential.
Jumping to non-plastic based exfoliation and boycotting these good is essential for companies to stop putting harmful product on store shelves. It would be nice if they had to put things like these in the ingredients list, it's not always obvious that they use them.
Some people use sugar and vegetable oil as an alternative facial cleanser. Cheap, natural ingredients you can make at home; why pass up that great deal? Aren’t we all trying to save a dollar nowadays?
Meet Sawyer, Rethink Robotics’ newest addition to the family. Similar to its sibling Baxter, it’s designed to seamlessly work around humans, and its built-in camera vision enables Sawyer to complete tasks requiring precision. Sawyer is currently being used for applications including circuit board testing, but its design will allow it to easily fit into many different work environments. Read more about the future of advanced manufacturing at GE Reports.
Are Social Networking Sites Really Private?
A recent study, “The Impact of Perceived Privacy Breach on Sustainability of Social Networking Sites”, was conducted regarding psychological contract theory and a perceived security breach of social networking sites users. The “psychological contract theory posits all exchange relationships involve a set of unwritten expectancies”. These expectancies may be ambiguous until there is a perceived breach of security. In the event that a user perceives a security breach, a psychological contract violation (PCV) is triggered. PCVs, in turn, result in feelings of betrayal, anger and frustration, as well as a loss of trust in the intermediary facilitating the information exchange. The first of its kind, this study reveals that users, who experience a perceived breach in security, are motivated to reduce information sharing or completely disengage from the SNS. What concerns most users is the selling of personal information to third party entities without their approval. If users perceive that their security is being breached, there becomes instability in the trust of a SNS. In this study, Facebook and 600+ of its users are being analyzed. In total, Facebook has over 1 billion users and over 17 billion location-tagged posts. The aggregation of this information by Facebook, the intermediary facilitating the exchanges, carries implicit privacy expectancies. Disclosure of this personal information is a direct breach of this implied contract. Facebook has faced two significant class action law suits regarding the purchases at retailers on the web by Facebook users (Facebook Beacon, 2007) and “continuous user tracking across the web after users have logged out from Facebook” (2011). Given the grievances filed against Facebook, and the data represented in the research, our privacy on SNS is clearly something we, as users, value. Without proper security in our personal exchanges, users will continually become disengaged in these intermediaries, such as Facebook. Personally, exchanging information is an extremely salient aspect of conducting business, and without trust in those who provide these platforms for exchanges, there can only be negative outcomes.
IBM to invest 3B in Internet of Things (IoT)
http://www.cio.com/article/2903997/internet/ibm-to-invest-3-billion-in-internet-of-things.html
After recently relocating to NYC a year ago, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, has focused on tasks that will matter. Integration of companies like IoT will lead to a transformation in business.
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IBM is certainly an evolving entity. Getting out of the hardware business and making a focus on services has proved to be a fair move, but it does seem they eliminated revenue streams. They have to find new areas to grow. Internet of things is one of the next big areas that will grow. Internet of things and application aware networks are changing the business world. Cloud development is increasing and more prevalent in today’s life than ever.
Social Media Pet Peeve
OK. DONT LINK ACCOUNTS BETWEEN SITES TO POST THE EXACT SAME CONTENT!!!
You can post the same content to each channel, but it's best to create a separate post about on each channel that's tailored to the way that channel works. For example, let's say you get in a new product. On Twitter, you'll want something that gets the point across in 140 characters or less and images will generally do better than text alone. So you might write something short and to the point - Brand new collection of item now available! Check it out at link with a picture. Character restrictions aren't as big of a deal with Facebook, but videos will perform best, followed by links. So rather than create the same post you did for Twitter, you'd instead write a short blurb about the new product and link to the page you're selling it from. Pinterest is very visual. Instead of focusing on the text, you'll want to create content around the pictures of the new products. Instagram is also a visual network, but while Pinterest uses a minimal amount of hashtags, Instagram is all about the hashtags. So you might post the same picture to both places, but on Pinterest you'll write something like "Brand new {item name} now available!" whereas on Instagram you'll write similar copy, but follow it with 10-15 hashtags. What you want to avoid is taking a single post (image + short text) and posting the exact same thing on every single network. Also, if you do it automatically with apps or tools, it will look unprofessional and your posts won't do as well. Here's an example of one such Tweet. The tweet would be much more eye-catching if it had been posting on Twitter itself rather than a simple link to fb.
New Venture Reflection
Last Friday, the New Venture Competition was intriguing and fun to me. I admired the people who participated because I get very nervous talking in front of people, let alone judges raining questions on me. Sometimes, groups went to the front of the class and waited what felt like forever to present. Most groups obviously practiced, and others did not. Although the presentations varied in skill level, all the ideas I watched and listened to Friday were great proposals. I watched the presentations of Mwake, Hydroguide, Jack-Pal, Recess Inc., and the brother-sister duo at Ace of Diamonds. I also knew Kevin and Andy’s group Oddjobs.com. It was nice to talk to people I knew at the competition. I wish I could have stayed for the final round and pitch competition.
Everyone seemed to be happy at the competition. Even the volunteers and the participants that didn’t win any money seemed to be enjoying themselves. The environment in the EHS building was professional, but chaotic as well. Getting through the tight hallways and up the crowded elevator proved to be difficult with a cane. However, the experience was well worth it. I might even participate next year.
The social media aspect of the New Venture Competition was practically perfect. Many people who are not involved or interested are not going to go unless it’s mandated, but here still was a decent amount of people at the event. Getting the word of the event spread was definitely accomplished around campus. Many people were tweeting, retweeting, and discussing the #nvc2015. The best way to spread information is through technology and the technology used at the new venture competition was the best type applicable. Twitter was used the most, but if Facebook or Instagram were used more, more people would probably know about the event. I say this because not very many people I know use Twitter. A lot of people simply used word of mouth to discuss the competition too. Additionally, I thought the location at the EHS building was perfect for the first two rounds and the pitch competition. Although I was not at the final round at McGuirk, I saw tweets that looked professional from the location.
Lunch was not up to par. My normal (not egg or tuna) sandwich was soggy and the cookie I had was dry. I’m sure dinner was better, but I did not enjoy the lunch. Having coffee in some of the individual rooms was a great idea. I liked that a lot.
Overall, I enjoyed the atmosphere and people at the competition on Friday. I thought it was very well organized and well executed. The panel was informative and insightful from their past experiences. The only was social media could improve is by using different media outlets. I look forward to next year’s competition
