Posts by Mark Rains

TV-Links man was arrested under trademark laws

@JonB

Oh stop the hate. I admit some of the comments here are taking it a bit far - but lets look at this logically.

The shows that were on there were shown on public TV. Free to record for all. These same companies are giving us the means to record these shows direct from the TV even without being there into a digital content as opposed to analogue (VHS).

When this happened the distribution increase of said programs was imminent.

You say that Advertising pays for the 'free to air' programs. Well allthoug you are right there - you are taking it out of context. Unlike something like google adwords - the advertisers pay for the length of the advert (3 seconds to 75 seconds) and the price varies on the time slot. THUS they will get the money for that time slot whether the said TV programs are distributed freely on the net or not. Lets face it - WE use TV links - and by WE I mean the whole 1% of the population that knows what TV Links is.

Getting the drift yet? Let me put it simpler. I jsut sent a globl email @ work to over 5000 colleagues. Only 32 people knew what tv-links was and 3 of them didnt use it because of 1 reason or another.

The point im trying to make is - it is harmless and isnt loosing them any money whatsoever from ad revenue or any other type of revenue.

What is next - FACT coming into my house and confiscating my DVD recorder because I burnt someone @ work a DVD of a Planet Earth he missed?

Its been taken too far this time - and this guy deserves at least an apology

Supremes to rule on PC makers' patent spat

Hang on . . .

Have I read this right. LG sold licenses to Intel to use their products. LG then sold those patented products on to the Taiwanese. If so - surely it should be LG complaining to Intel for selling these products on - as opposed to the taiwanese collective of companies for using them ?

eBay forum mysteriously leaks account details on 1,200 users

Yadda yadda

All too often I see people say 'no way was hacking, its silly users'. In all fairness, only the culprit and ebay know the truth. People can show images all they like - be they real or doctered. The point is 1200 is a pretty good bounceback of a phishinh email sent to maybe 300-400k users. This to me says phishing. HOWEVER. The fact of the forum where it was posted, the method and rate of the posting and the circumstances around it (mods and staf flocked out) suggest that it was a hacking and not just a phishing.