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Virgin volunteers to be Big Brother

Started by mathewi · 5 months ago

According to a piece in The Telegraph this morning, Virgin Media — the Internet service provider run by Richard Branson’s Virgin conglomerate — has volunteered to play copyright cop and yank the Internet account of users who share infringing material. Virgin and ... Continue reading »

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  • Mark Dykeman

    5 months ago

    Maybe he sees this as a stepping stone to expanding his brand further. Perhaps in a few years he'll convince enough people to rebrand the Web as Virgin Web or Virgin Internet. Instead of the familiar IE or Firefox icons in the corner of your browser, it'll have Virgin there instead. Or Branson's face.

    That's too horrible. Stopping now.

    P.S. Nothing against Branson, but I wouldn't want to see his face on a daily basis.
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  • mathewi

    5 months ago

    Thanks, Mark -- now I have this image of the scene from 1984 with the
    big screen, but with Branson's grinning mug there instead of Big
    Brother. I always thought Orwell blew it by being so dark -- Big
    Brother should have looked like Branson, or a cuddly mascot like
    Mickey Mouse. Make people invite him to run their lives, not force
    them.
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  • Mark Dykeman

    5 months ago

    B-I-G B-R-O T-H-E-R-E (I needed an extra letter to make the rhyme work)
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