We argue semantics here. Apparently no
one has the ability to write a clear sentence!
Viviane
Reding responds to Reporters Without Borders’ criticism of “right
to be forgotten”
March 16, 2012 by Dissent
From RSF:
In its 2012
“Enemies
of the Internet” report, Reporters Without Borders voiced
reservations about a proposed European Commission directive
and regulation on online personal data protection that would
enshrine the “right to be forgotten.”
[...]
Yesterday,
Reporters Without Borders received a response from the spokesperson
of Viviane Reding, the European Commission vice-president responsible
for justice, who is the initiator of this directive. The reply
follows.
Read more of their view and Viviane
Reding’s reply via spokesperson on Reporters
Without Borders. The reply makes it clear that the scope of any
such directive does not include removal or deletion of news stories
but is oriented to individuals’ rights to have their profiles or
material they uploaded deleted.
(Related) Perhaps a nice quiet
(avoiding the Streisand Effect) request to remove the pictures? Then
people around the world wouldn't hear about it. Bad advice from his
lawyer, I think.
French
court awards Google France €1,200 in legal fees, tosses lawsuit
over Street View image showing man peeing in his yard
March 16, 2012 by Dissent
The Connexion reports
that a man who sued Google in France after Street View captured him
peeing in his yard has lost his lawsuit:
Despite losing his
case in court, the man snapped peeing in his back yard by Google
Street View has won a victory as the internet giant has withdrawn his
picture from the webpage.
The 50 year old
claimed Google had made him the laughing stock of his village by
publishing the picture – and lodged a complaint of intruding into
his private life with the Tribunal de Grande Instance at Angers in
Maine-et-Loire.
However, the
judges threw out his complaint as he had made his complaint against
Google France when the Street View service was edited by Google USA.
They ordered him to pay €1,200 legal expenses to Google France.
The judges said he
should, instead, continue his complaint against Google USA as he had
also lodged a claim for €10,000 damages.
However, the man’s
lawyer said he probably would not continue the case as the photo had
since been pulled from the site, adding: “We lost in law but we won
in fact.”
Wouldn’t have Google pulled this
anyway, upon request? Did this really require a lawsuit? And did
this guy ever hear of the Streisand Effect?
“We can bill you for anything.”
(Translating 'we can, therefore we must' into cash!)
"Microsoft, reports GeekWire,
is seeking
a patent on monetizing the buttons of your TV remote. In its
application for a
patent on 'Control-based Content Pricing,' Microsoft explains how
one can jack up the cable bill of those who dare fast-forward past a
diaper commercial or replay a sports highlight. From the patent
application: 'If a user initiates a navigation control input to
advance past (e.g., skip over) an advertisement, the cost of a
requested on-demand movie may be increased. Similarly, if a user
initiates a replay of a sporting event, the user may be charged for
the replay control input and for each subsequent view control
input.'"
Do you think a bunch of lawyers wrote
this “we don't need no stinking lawyers” ToS agreement?
"Netflix has decided to go the
route of AT&T and others by trying to take away the rights of
their users to form class action lawsuits against them. A copy of
the new
terms of use states 'These Terms of Use provide that all disputes
between you and Netflix will be resolved by BINDING ARBITRATION. YOU
AGREE TO GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO GO TO COURT to assert or defend your
rights under this contract (except for matters that may be taken to
small claims court). Your rights will be determined by a NEUTRAL
ARBITRATOR and NOT a judge or jury and your claims cannot be brought
as a class action. Please review the Arbitration Agreement below for
the details regarding your agreement to arbitrate any disputes with
Netflix.'"
(Related) You can't do this either...
Facebook
Bans Source Code Extraction In Proposed Governance Changes
Facebook has proposed several changes
to its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and is asking the
public for feedback until March 22nd. The most important changes are
the prohibition of extracting source code from its downloadable
software, and a clear explanation that friends can share your
information through applications. The changes are necessary since
Facebook released its first download “Messenger
For Windows” this month, and because it has come under greater
scrutiny from government privacy offices.
Rethinking the Health Insurance
Industry?
Aetna:
The Company Scaring Its Competition And Delighting Startups
Whither health insurance? A former
medical advisor to the Obama Administration who happens to be the
brother of former Presidential Chief of Staff predicted
in the New York Times that by 2020 health insurance companies
will be extinct. Nearly two years ago, I penned a piece entitled
Health
Insurance’s Bunker Buster. It outlined two key reasons that
health insurance — as we have known it the last couple decades —
will cease to exist.
Yet, in the midst of this backdrop, you
have a CEO of a major insurance company looking positively giddy
about the future when he is presenting at an event such as Health
2.0. Mark Bertolini of
Aetna looks to be doing his best imitation of Lou Gerstner, who
engineered the wholesale reinvention of IBM.
… Bertolini has stated that
increasingly Aetna views itself as a healthIT company
with an insurance component. Not exactly what you expect
to hear from one of the largest health insurance corporations.
Interesting how a service that is still
“Invite only” can have such a huge impact.
… Traditional social bookmarking
services such as Digg and the dominant method of sharing links,
Twitter, are both at risk from the polished presentation and simple
features of Pinterest. In fact, Twitter could be seriously at risk
from this new service.
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