Originally Posted by
fletchh
Frozenfork - while trying to play the video I got this error: "This video contains content WMG and SME, one or more of whom have blocked it in
your country on copyright grounds."
So now corporations can block informatioin also that they don't like for one reason or another.
Probably frozen put music on his video that is owned by Warner Music Group/Sony Music Entertainment. Youtube's cracking down on that now, under pressure from said media giants; you can contact WMG/SME for licensing rights, but I imagine it'll cost you. It's a brilliant marketing strategy, if you ask me; accessing user created content from around the world has exposed me to loads of music that I probably wouldn't have heard of otherwise, which sometimes lead to purchasing said music, and now that will no longer happen for any artist under WMG/SME. Draconian copyright enforcement is a great way for media companies to decrease free public exposure to their product, in exchange for whatever piddling amount of money they seem to think is lost to people using Youtube as a music player. Why I think I might go buy some WMG stock right now, with such obvious geniuses running the outfit.
Originally Posted by
gecho
One annoyance on the roads that do get plowed, are the people that push their snow out onto the street. There is a guy down the street from our place that does it all the time. The plow will come by and as soon as its gone he's shoving the snow back onto the street. I often have to ride on the wrong side of the street to get around the mess he makes.
There's a municipal ordinance against that in Anchorage, but it's only enforced in the case of parking lot owners. I don't mind people pushing snow into the street before the plows come, because the plows will then remove it; but after plowing it's downright selfish to clear that one little spot of asphalt that only you use (your driveway) onto the roadway that we all use, and have all already paid to have cleared. If you don't have a yard to throw it into, then you need to either get on the stick and clear your driveway before the plows come or pay for a snow removal service.
Anyway, 7ºF and sunny out right now. No classes and no commuting for me, but looks nice out so I might ride into downtown and fill a couple of growlers at Glacier Brewhouse. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!