censorship

Censorship and Microsoft SkyDrive

Posted on August 20, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 10 Comments

This young lady is ~~sitting~~ on her back in my Microsoft SkyDrive Account. As you’ve probably guessed, she’s wearing nothing.

And if you can find the full version of her picture (taken this morning from the front page of sex.com), you’ll see a lot more of her. In fact, “what-is-pornography” debates notwithstanding, I’m pretty sure that the image I’ve buried in SkyDrive would be viewed in most places, by most people, as “obscene” (butt-covering disclaimer: others would see it as “art”). ... READ MORE of Censorship and Microsoft SkyDrive at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (645 words, 1 image, estimated 2:35 mins reading time)

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The Latest Threat to Free Speech: Censorship by a High Court

Posted on May 4, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

Yesterday, I told you about Sex.com becoming the Pinterest of Pornography. I wrote about that to illustrate the way social networking, done correctly, operates, and acknowledged that I talk about that topic pretty often.

I also talk about Piracy quite a bit. Media Piracy, be it movies, music, books, or software, is an incredibly complicated subject, and one that has many ways to link into a conversation about business change. This week, The High Court in The United Kingdom took aim at Piracy, and in mid-2012 I’m both amazed and a little frightened that they’ve pursued the particular action they’re attempting. ... READ MORE of The Latest Threat to Free Speech: Censorship by a High Court at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (526 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

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Thou Shalt Not Censor (The First Law of Coopetition)

Posted on July 18, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

A couple of years ago, I commented on Amazon imposing a form of censorship upon Kindle users. That post did its job; aside from entertaining and informing, it boosted our search engine optimization for the long-tail marketing phrase “kindle censorship”.

Censorship’s become an occasionally-recurrent theme here, but it was just today that I realized there was a connection between censorship and another favorite theme—coopetition.

Thanks to our friends at Facebook, I just realized that the number one enemy of coopetition is something that has no place in your business change plans.

Yep. It’s censorship. ... READ MORE of Thou Shalt Not Censor (The First Law of Coopetition) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (431 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Development

By Patent, iPhone users options for Sex are Narrowing

Posted on October 15, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 4 Comments

As you know, I have plenty to say about Patents. Software Patents in particular bother me, and this week Apple was issued a patent that scares me for an almost-new reason.

Apple has a history of uneven actions on nudity, pornography and censorship. Steve Jobs has gone so far as to state that he know what iTunes Store customers want, and that it’s to be protected from those things. I’m dismayed that Steve thinks he should be the world’s censor, but it’s his party. So if you buy an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch and want naughty apps you’ll just have to find another way to get them. And hope Apple doesn’t scrub them from your device without your permission. ... READ MORE of By Patent, iPhone users options for Sex are Narrowing at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (346 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

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Facebook, Twitter Show All. Is It Time for FILTERED Search?

Posted on September 23, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

Drowning in information? Feel like Google’s search results are too hard to wade through? And never mind the fire hose that is Twitter. Or Facebook.

Maybe it’s time for filtered search.

Actually, this isn’t a new idea; it’s just one that we mostly ignore. Your browser has some sort of “safe searching” mechanism built into it, but most people don’t give it a thought. And there’s no good reason to; if you ask what is being filtered by your browser you’re not going to get a real answer. ... READ MORE of Facebook, Twitter Show All. Is It Time for FILTERED Search? at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (250 words, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

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Porn, Censorship, Apple, Google, & Business Change (Whew!)

Posted on June 16, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 4 Comments

On the Internet, where pornography is the single largest business, questions like “what is porn?” take on a whole new meaning. Forget what we’ve learned watching the US Supreme Court try to answer the question, or from that famous lawsuit in Cincinnati against Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt. Porn is what you think it is, and community gatekeepers have de facto powers of censorship because they grant it to themselves.

Apple has famously thrown many apps out of the iTunes Apps Store, because they were “too racy”. Steve Jobs makes no apologies for this, even having gone so far as as to state that he believes “his users want to be protected”. ... READ MORE of Porn, Censorship, Apple, Google, & Business Change (Whew!) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (446 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media

Cougars:Bad. Sugar Daddies:Good. WHAT Business Change?

Posted on May 14, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

With the weekend upon us, I want to thank Google for getting things off on the right foot. Yes, today our topic is business change as it applies to . . . Cougars.

I don’t mean the medium-sized wildcat kind of cougar. Google has no issue with those. I’m talking about the kind that walks on two high-heeled legs, wears expensive designer clothing, and likes what she likes.

Google has rejected advertising for the Cougarlife.com web site. Their explanation is that they don’t carry ads that aren’t family friendly, and that Cougarlife’s ads cross the line. But there’s a clear conflict between Google’s statement and their practices. ... READ MORE of Cougars:Bad. Sugar Daddies:Good. WHAT Business Change? at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (310 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

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