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I think bureaucracy had little to do with it. As I recall, the first Netflix contest did indeed expose private, and sometimes embarrassing, information. This w
by nfnaaron 17y ago
I think bureaucracy had little to do with it. As I recall, the first Netflix contest did indeed expose private, and sometimes embarrassing, information.
This was a privacy issue, and something legitimate to address.
- nlabs 17y agoprivacy issues dont necessarily need to be dealt with by lawsuits. Most lawsuits are about money.
- nfnaaron 17y agoNot to quibble, but lawsuits are also not bureaucracy.
- tbgvi 17y agoGood point, was at a loss for the right word when I commented. This kind of behavior by lawyers is just like patent trolling and I couldn't pinpoint a word for that. Maybe privacy trolling? The lawyers are the same ones that sued Facebook for Beacon.
- sh1mmer 17y agoRight, but I find it astonishing that it was necessary to cancel the competition altogether. I find it surprising that there wasn't a middle-ground which anonymized or didn't include personally identifying information. I feel the lack of a middle-ground is probably due to the lawsuit plaintiffs refusing to back down (presumably for financial gain) and thus causing Netflix to hedge their risk.