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Volume 32 : Issue 202 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:04:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neal McLain <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: The Future of TV: How Do Networks Plan to Stay Competitive?
Message-ID: <29f39dad-8b84-455c-b30f-7781c7137e38@googlegroups.com>
In case anybody missed it, here's a link to a video from today's PBS Newshour.
Host Hari Sreenivasan interviewed Chet Kanojia (CEO of Aereo) and Brian
Roberts (CEO of Comcast)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec13/comcast_09-25.html
Kanojia mentioned that Aereo has won two court cases. This is true as far as
it goes. Aereo and a similar service called FilmOn X are both embroiled in
court cases alleging copyright infringement.
Summary of the three cases now pending:
NEW YORK
Plaintiffs v. Aereo
District Court (New York Southern) ruled for Aereo.
Appeals Court (Second Circuit) upheld 2-1.
Appeals Court denied en banc review.
http://tinyurl.com/Aereo-2nd
CALIFORNIA
Plaintiffs v. FilmOn X
District Court (California Central) ruled for plaintiffs.
Appeals Court (Ninth Circuit) pending.
http://tinyurl.com/FilmonX-9th
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Plaintiffs v. FilmOn X
District Court (District of Columbia) ruled for plaintiffs.
District Court judge issued a NATIONWIDE injunction barring FilmOn X from
operating anywhere in the United States except for the three states in the
jurisdiction of the Second Circuit. This injunction is limited to FilmOn X,
but it strengthens plaintiffs' cases against Aereo.
http://tinyurl.com/FilmonX-DCCD
If the Ninth Circuit upholds the District Court, the decisions of two Courts
of Appeals will be in direct conflict. It will be up to the Supreme Court to
decide.
Of course, Congress could step in and revise the Copyright Act to address the
situation.
Neal McLain
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:11:26 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Tips for Making the Change to iOS 7
Message-ID: <p06240840ce65295cacb2@[10.0.1.8]>
Tips for Making the Change to iOS 7
By NICK BILTON
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
In the television show Extreme Home Makeover, people go away for a
nice quiet weekend with their family and return to discover that
their house has been completely renovated. Their favorite old,
ragged, puffy couch has now replaced with a sleek designer slab of
gray foam. Their favorite lamp has been swapped out for an obscure
designer lighting system. Usually, it's a shocking transition.
This is what it may feel like when you upgrade to iOS 7, Apple's
latest version of its mobile operating system, on your iPhone and
iPad. What was once skeuomorphic is now flat. Textured bookshelves
have been replaced with white space. Icons that were round and
bubble-shaped look like pancakes.
If you want a good chuckle go, to Twitter and search "what happened
to my iPhone?" You will be greeted by a stream of people who have
updated to iOS 7 and been completely caught off guard by the changes.
Some seem to be in complete shock.
So if you haven't made the switch yet, or have but don't know how to
deal with the changes, here are a few tips to help you manage the
transition.
...
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/tips-for-making-the-change-to-ios-7/
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:46:03 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You
Message-ID: <p0624087bce65fe188917@[10.0.1.8]>
Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You
By DAVID STREITFELD
September 22, 2013
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself," wrote Walt Whitman, America's
great bard of self-promotion. As the world goes ever more digital,
quite a few businesses are adopting that philosophy - hiring a
veritable chorus of touts to sing their nonexistent praises and lure
in customers.
New York regulators will announce on Monday the most comprehensive
crackdown to date on deceptive reviews on the Internet. Agreements
have been reached with 19 companies to cease their misleading
practices and pay a total of $350,000 in penalties.
The yearlong investigation encompassed companies that create fake
reviews as well as the clients that buy them. Among those signing the
agreements are a charter bus operator, a teeth-whitening service, a
laser hair-removal chain and an adult entertainment club. Also
signing are several reputation-enhancement firms that place
fraudulent reviews on sites like Google, Yelp, Citysearch and Yahoo.
A phony review of a restaurant may lead to a bad meal, which is
disappointing. But the investigation uncovered a wide range of
services buying fake reviews that could do more permanent damage:
dentists, lawyers, even an ultrasound clinic.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/technology/give-yourself-4-stars-online-it-might-cost-you.html
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:00:38 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Tim Cook: The Complete Interview
Message-ID: <p0624083dce6526ab0b3f@[10.0.1.8]>
Tim Cook: The Complete Interview
By Sam Grobart
September 20, 2013
Businessweek
For this week's cover story on Apple (AAPL) and its future, I spent
some time with Tim Cook, who said far more than was ever going to
make it into the story. Or even the outtakes from the story. So for
even more Tim Cook, here's the transcript of the entire interview,
edited only for clarity.
To set the scene: We met late on a Thursday morning, two days after
Cook stood onstage at Apple's Town Hall auditorium in Cupertino,
Calif. We sat in a not-huge conference room adjacent to Cook's
office. Cook entered, wearing a navy polo shirt and dark trousers.
Here's something about Cook that may tell you something: Some
executives, when you go to interview them, kind of walk into the
room, say "Hi," and look to you to get things going. Not Cook. He
strides in with a warm smile and firm handshake and immediately
starts asking questions: What did you think of Tuesday's event? Tell
me what you think about the new phones-have you had a chance to use
them?
That's why this interview starts somewhat abruptly: We had already
been kibitzing a bit before we actually "began" the interview.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Here's the conversation:
...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-20/apple-ceo-tim-cooks-complete-interview-with-bloomberg-businessweek
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:37:41 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Victims Push Laws to End Online Revenge Posts
Message-ID: <p06240883ce6737cd100e@[10.0.1.8]>
Victims Push Laws to End Online Revenge Posts
By ERICA GOODE
September 23, 2013
He was a muscular guy with "kind of a nerdy kind of charm," Marianna
Taschinger recalled, a combination that proved irresistible to an
18-year-old girl in a small Texas town.
They dated, broke up, dated again. He asked her to pick out a wedding
ring. He also made another request - that she take nude pictures of
herself and send them to him.
"He said if I didn't want to send them to him, that meant that I
didn't trust him, which meant that I didn't love him," Ms. Taschinger
said.
The photos would never be shared with anyone else, she remembers him
promising. And she believed him - until last December, more than a
year after the couple broke up, when a dozen nude images of her
popped up on a Web site focusing on what has become known as revenge
porn. She is suing the site and her ex-boyfriend.
Revenge porn sites feature explicit photos posted by ex-boyfriends,
ex-husbands and ex-lovers, often accompanied by disparaging
descriptions and identifying details, like where the women live and
work, as well as links to their Facebook pages. The sites, which are
proliferating, are largely immune to criminal pursuit. But that may
be changing. California lawmakers this month passed the first law
aimed at revenge porn sites.
With cellphone cameras ubiquitous and many Americans giving in to the
urge to document even the most intimate aspects of their lives,
revenge porn has opened up new ways to wreak vengeance.
The effects can be devastating. Victims say they have lost jobs, been
approached in stores by strangers who recognized their photographs,
and watched close friendships and family relationships dissolve. Some
have changed their names or altered their appearance.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/victims-push-laws-to-end-online-revenge-posts.html
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