jasonbentley

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by jasonbentley 17y ago
There's actually tons of DRM-free paid content on Scribd. DRM is just an option.
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
That's a really cogent analysis.
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
The whole story about Rowling and her lawyers "going after," "attacking," or "suing" Scribd is a British tabloid fabrication. http://blog.scribd.com/2009/03/30/what-ever-happened-to-fact...
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Scribd responds to false and misleading stories about J. K. Rowling(blog.scribd.com)
2 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|0 comments
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
Your good intentions are well appreciated, but Scribd is the only site of its kind with a working copyright filter that has to check every single document uploaded against literally tens of thousands of document “thumbprints.” If you had an
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Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP(techcrunch.com)
33 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|17 comments
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CNN/SAI: Sony PlayStation 3 a "sinking ship"(money.cnn.com)
1 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|0 comments
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The Top 10 People To Unfollow On Twitter(voiceoftech.com)
1 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|0 comments
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
It matters if you're trying to build a good reputation for your startup in the public marketplace. As much as we like to think that it's all about the code, these public perception things matter. Ill-considered comments - and even well-mean
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
I'd wager that everyone at Justin.tv is shocked and saddened. Too bad nobody knows that for sure.
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
It's entirely possible, and should be second nature for any CEO, to draft a statement that's both legally prudent AND shows a modicum of empathy. What they shouldn't do is try to throw their own role into question until the facts are on t
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
He's not talking about the incident. He's talking about the CEO's bad response, and the deafening silence since.
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
A kid broadcasts his death on your service, allegedly egged on by your community, and your CEO statement falls back on cut-and-paste boilerplate? Do better. Fast.
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19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv(newteevee.com)
99 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|179 comments
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
I see the furries are voting in force today. :-) Is this really Hacker News material?
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
Finally. I got an invitation at work for this the other day, I signed on, and was like, really? This won the Palme D'Arrington? It's sloppy, has SMS messages that sound like Yoda, and doesn't seem to interoperate with anything. Does anyone
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Io v. Veoh: Important ruling for sites comprised of 'user-generated content'(eff.org)
61 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|13 comments
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
With a write-up by Om Malik! Shibby! Congrats, Adam! :-)
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
Now I'm motivated. yawns
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Barack Obama's official document channel on Scribd(scribd.com)
7 points by jasonbentley 18y ago|0 comments
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
It could be your Flash player. Make sure you have the latest update.
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by jasonbentley 18y ago
You should definitely put those files to use in the contest :-)