But at some point in the (probably very distant) future, the number of dead people online will suddenly outnumber the living ones. Virtual corpses will start to become a real problem, just as physical corpses fill up real-world graveyards and have to be carted off and stacked up somewhere else. Imagine the internet as a virtual version of the Catacombs of Paris or the Sedlec Ossuary, a digital museum whose aura of human involvement is concealed behind a brittle carapace of hyperlinks, tweets and forgotten comments.
TV Economics 101: Why you can’t watch every show online for free
TV Economics 101: Why you can’t watch every show online for free
Craig Engler, general manager and senior vice president of Syfy digital, explains at BoingBoing why more U.S. television shows are not available for free online, either in the States or internationally.
In a related post at BoingBoing, Craig also notes 7 things people get wrong about the internet and tv.
Demand dips for online films
According to The Financial Times: “Hollywood’s hopes for a future built on digital film downloads have been severely undermined by research showing cooling consumer demand for movies online… . US revenues for 2009 were substantially lower than forecast at $291m. ‘The market just cooled off,’ said Arash Amel, a research director with Screen Digest. ‘This wasn’t caused by economic factors . . . the level of interest in digital downloads just isn’t there.’”
Yelp accused of extortion – allegedly demanded payment to remove negative review from website
Yelp accused of extortion – allegedly demanded payment to remove negative review from website
According to Techcrunch: Two law firms filed a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging unfair business practices by Yelp – “The plaintiff in the suit, a veterinary hospital in Long Beach, CA, is said to have requested that Yelp remove a negative review from the website, which was allegedly refused by the San Francisco startup, after which its sales representatives repeatedly contacted the hospital demanding payments of roughly $300 per month in exchange for hiding or deleting the review.”
The EFF Blogger’s Legal Guide
The EFF’s basic online guide, basic online guide including legal liability issues, issues associated with bloggers as journalists, etc.