Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox

Post by soopsmojo » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 9:33 AM UTC

nottorp wrote: post #185

So what are the next movie franchises to get Disney-ized, like they did to Star Wars? All the super hero stuff, I get, but that's not the only thing that 21st Century makes is it?

Post by syshum » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 12:11 PM UTC

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Do you actually believe that these points are useful? You're distancing yourself from "agreeing" with them, maybe because you know how wrong they are, but you still seem to be sympathetic to them. >1) ISPs have almost never tried to throttle by traffic type They have been shown to do this, have an interest in doing it, and it's illegal to do it. Say you're playing chess, and you consider making a move such that, if t…

I think some of these points have merit. 1) It was only illegal from 2015-2017, right? 2) I have multiple ISP options in my neighborhood in a small city. ISPs don’t have a monopoly everywhere. 3) If the ISPs abuse their power, the FCC can always switch them back to Title II.

Post by dd36 » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 1:24 PM UTC

syshum wrote: post #345

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In the long term only content matters, not distribution. Netflix has built a very technically impressive distribution platform, but it is only as valuable as the content they have the rights to deliver. It will only get easier and easier to make a distribution platform as the technologies required get cheaper, and the body of knowledge of how to do it grows. Disney's content library is already far more valuable than…

This is one of my problems with Copyright law. If we as a society are going to grant someone a monopoly over an idea. Then they should have to allow distribution via multiple channels and not restrict the content to just approved or exclusively owned distributions channels I should be able to watch the shows I want on what ever streaming services I choose to use, be it netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc. One should not have…

Post by tabs_masterrace » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 2:10 PM UTC

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The big 3 were BlackBerry, Windows Mobile & Symbian (Nokia) Android was built a lot like a BlackBerry/Window Mobile competitor in its early stages. Nobody knew Apple was making a phone, there were heavy rumors of course, but people weren't expecting the impact it would have. Google obviously had to know something about it, as they provided maps apis for the first iPhone. But Apple probably kept as much secret as they…

> Android was the fastest to adopt, took about 2-3 years still though Is that true though? The first iPhone released in June 2007, the first Android phone (already with proper touch interfaces) came out a year leater, in September 2008.

Post by collinmanderson » Fri, Dec 15, 2017, 4:18 PM UTC

syshum wrote: post #344

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I think some of these points have merit. 1) It was only illegal from 2015-2017, right? 2) I have multiple ISP options in my neighborhood in a small city. ISPs don’t have a monopoly everywhere. 3) If the ISPs abuse their power, the FCC can always switch them back to Title II.

1) no. From Inception of the Internet until 2005 they were regulated under Title II, from 2005 until 2010 there were loose rules on a case by case basis, from 2010 to 2015 there was the Original Open Internet Order as a direct result of Comcast Bad Actions, which were struck down by the Courts so in 2015 the ISP;s were moved back to Title II in order for the Open Internet Order to be Enforceable 2) Good for you, Are…