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Comment Re:They're not going to bother (Score 1) 116

Exactly. Trademark law still protects Mikey Mouse, so while someone could sell or show Steamboat Willie they certainly will have to be careful how they Mickey Mouse as it is trademarked and likely to result in costly litigation with Disney.

So careful as to just not bother with any verbs at all.

Comment MIKKKROSOFT BAD!!11 +eleventy billion insightful (Score 0, Troll) 69

LOLOL M$ is bad and dumb because they don't do what I want,, they are also dumb when they do what I want because they didn't do it sooner!
When they don't support standards, it's bad because they want vendor lock in.
When they do support standards, it's bad because it's just EEE!

Comment Re:TFA Takeaway (Score 1) 50

I view every digital media player as a spyware device.

Buddy of mine just uses an old PC, running Linux, and streams via web browser, with wireless keyboard/mouse for control.

How does that setup get around the spying? Isn't any of the spying just {ACCOUNT} viewed {CONTENT} which could easily be done in the browser too?

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