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The entertainment industry is at it again. They fought against VCRs, MP3s, and MP3 players. Now, with the help of congress, they’re taking the fight to the internet itself. The House introduced a bill, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), and if passed, will stifle innovation, weaken online security, and potentially wreck the economy.
Ever since Netflix revealed plans to increase the price of the streaming plus DVD plan, the company has been under a barrage of bad press, customer ire, subscriber losses, and falling stock prices. However, the much maligned price increase was going to come sooner or later. One of the criticisms of Netflix streaming is [...]
Netflix is now the undisputed champ of network traffic, even surpassing P2P activity. As a result, they’re afraid that ISPs will employ pricing and network management schemes that damage their business. It’s already happening in Canada where Netflix is hampered by ridiculously low bandwidth caps. And the Comcast Level 3 [...]
DirecTV and I have ended it. After a 9 year relationship, I called it quits. It all started last year when I found myself in a torrid affair with Hulu. Hulu was giving me what DirecTV couldn’t, on demand shows that I could watch anytime for free. It didn’t take long to notice that [...]
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