DragonCMNDR - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:no love lost with Real Networks, BUT - (Score 1) 127

by DragonCMNDR on Sunday June 10 2007, @02:46AM (#19456033) Attached to: The SoundExchange Billion Dollar Administrative Fee

NO... The real truth to "why someone hasn't..." is because all of the likely suspects are camping outside of Jack Thompson's house/place of work... It's just plain poor luck that a fair portion of the Internet Radio listening community are video game players... And in that arena, there is currently more at stake, and bigger fish to fry.

Daily Tech hunts payola among tech review sites

Submitted by cheesecake23 on Monday June 04 2007, @06:34PM

cheesecake23 writes "How often have you read a hardware review and thought: "no way was that an honest opinion, the reviewer was bought"? Well, the Daily Tech has gone undercover to find out whether or not payola is accepted among the 35 largest online English-language hardware review sites. Questions asked and answered:

How many sites would take money (or sell ads) in exchange for a product review? [Answer: 20 percent]

How many sites would additionally consider selling an Editor's Choice award? [Answer: none]

Were any world regions more "corrupt" than others? [Answer: no, 20-25% almost everywhere]

Does it depend on the size or age of the site? [Answer: read TFA]

Although no "bad guys" were explicitly revealed, the article contains enough information to make a white list of quite a few good guys. Let's see what Slashdotters can come up with. Let the finger-pointing begin!"