omg I DO THAT THING TOO.

Are we supposed to be ... mad? ... about the pillows and blankets?

There is such societal pressure to not be wrong in the wine selection.

Every wine article I’ve read in the last few years has someone popping out of the woodwork to make this exact point ... why can’t people just like wine — or not, no one needs to — like it? Wine isn’t a scam just because most people aren’t weird wine nerds and don’t get the minute nuances of a bottle of Picpoul. (I…

Usually if people send wine back it’s actually bad, so nobody drinks it. Plus most servers have easy access to copious alcohol.

That’s correct, I misread. Daily Drives caught that one first. :)

Was Jamie Foxx present at Katie Holmes’ and Tom Cruise’s “explosion showdown”?

Kanye has some pretty obvious and heavy influences re: his fashion and Tom Grunwald is definitely one of them. My take as a designer is that homage is good (can be great) but there needs to be reinvention unless the person being referenced is passed.

I think whether or not it makes less/more sense probably has to do with a person’s baseline opinion of the police (mine is low—once bitten, twice shy). Having personally witnessed officers saving their own to the detriment of justice I totally think it makes sense. Plus it’s not exactly an advanced scheme—assuming…

Thanks for the correction!

Seems to me that if the cameras included evidence supporting police actions, those videos would be released.

Here’s how it went down: Cyclist gets in minor accident with vehicle where cyclist is technically at fault. Cyclist is found at fault at the scene by officer who arrives at time of accident. Cyclist feels terribly wronged by this because “FUCK MAN, I’M A CYCLIST!” and is pissed that A) he had an altercation with a…

I don’t think she told Jon because he was totally undermining her every time she tried to make any decision or advise him on the battle.

Aren’t changes as to how these things should be handled this exact discussion, since we’re talking about proposed alterations to the DMCA?

I’d argue that many covers are transformative use—especially covers that change the original music’s genre. But besides that you are correct, especially about direct copies via camcorders, etc.

I support this viewpoint.

The reason I responded as I did was because I realized you were talking about direct piracy and I believe that’s a red herring for this discussion, which isn’t about direct piracy (even if that would make things simpler for the labels).

Well... not to be a capitalist about it or anything, but this might be a supply/demand issue as well as [many other things]. The barrier to entry for new artists is lower than it’s ever been—people barely need to be “discovered” anymore. As you mention, it’s changing ... people don’t need to get played on the radio…

While that’s true, that’s not exactly what the changes described effect. FOr example, how does a Youtube cover of a song, or even—to be closer—a video of a young person putting on makeup or something with Taylor Swift in the background, apply to copying over albums to friends? That battle was Napster, and it’s already…

Very well said. In a world where advertising is the primary (and often only) way to make money with content, companies are desperate to limit sources of content. This is at direct odds with increasing ease of creation spurned by technological advance.