tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-20:374906The Lyorn's Denlyornlyorn2013-02-20T12:41:53Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-20:374906:21104Annoying things on the internet2013-01-27T22:34:46Z2013-02-20T12:41:53Zfrustratedpublic0There's a guy on YouTube asking a question about a thing I am passionate about, and I could easily give him the information he's looking for. Unfortunately, he does not have contact info online. One would have to sign up for youtube or twitter or facebook. <br /><br />Passionate or not, I will not jump through these hoops to answer a simple question.<br /><br />It's AOL all over again.<br /><br />And, while I'm at it: <a href="http://m.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/gema-youtube-schadensersatz-musikvideo-streaming/">GEMA vs. YouTube</a> (in German). GEMA is complaining that YouTube is meeeeaaaan to them by writing "cannot show because of GEMA" on vids blocked in Germany. The linked article gives some background and a "brought that on yourself."<br /><br />While that gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling of Schadenfreude, this doesn't: <a href="http://www.internet-law.de/2013/01/br-stellt-space-night-wegen-gema-ein.html">Bayrischer Rundfunk stellt Space Night ein</a> wegen, na, ratet mal. <b>ETA Feb 20th:</b> Doch nicht: <a href="http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/153772">BR-Space Night koppelt GEMA-Modul ab</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lyorn&ditemid=21104" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-20:374906:11615Fun with lack of sanity checks2012-07-12T10:54:36Z2012-07-12T10:54:36Zamusedpublic0Pricing algorithms gone wild: <a href="http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358">Amazon's $23,698,655.93 book about flies</a><br /><br />(via <a href="http://togs-from-bogs.blogspot.de/">A stitch in time</a>)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=lyorn&ditemid=11615" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments