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Fear the Son of ACTA!

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:33:59 -0500

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) includes some things that make even less sense then the original secret ACTA pact. Whatever happened to all of the pledges for transparency in government?

These secret intellectual property treaties serve only to stifle innovation and enrich the lawyers.

Some of the craziness in the new agreement include:

Forbidding third party opposition to patent applications
ISP’s would be required to identify users without a court order at the request of any intellectual property owner.
TPP would impose a legal liability on ISP’s for actions taken by their users.
TPP would require criminal enforcement against anyone circumventing DRM (digital rights management) or reverse engineering software or hardware even when there is no copyright infringement.
Would prevent the personal import of legally purchased goods from another country. If the item you are purchasing in another country costs less than it would if you had bought it in the US, you will not be allowed to import the item.

Our existing draconian and completely misunderstood copyright laws are more than sufficient. These ACTA and TPP additions push intellectual and copyright issues into new dada-esque level of ridiculousness.

Further, killing off the safe harbor provision of the DMCA (digital millenium copyright act) through the TPP will stifle all online innovation. Say goodby to Google, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, any service that lets you publish content.

I just got my Neko Heavy Industries notebooks in the mail....

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:59:55 -0500

I just got my Neko Heavy Industries notebooks in the mail. Since it’s Ipad Friday and I don’t have a new ipad to unwrap, I thought I would record an unwrap video for the new Neko Heavy Industries notebooks I just got.

After I had recorded the video I picked up the envelope and discovered there was a really cool pencil inside. It’s not on the video, but I snapped a pic of it here, its a Palamino Blackwing pencil and looks really nice.

If you want to get one of these notebooks too, you can get them at http://NekoHeavyIndustries.com and http://Neko2.etsy.com

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Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:48:05 -0400

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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:01:46 -0400

Detroit Lives (part 3 of 3)

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:40:53 -0400

Detroit Lives (part 3 of 3)

Detroit Lives (part 2 of 3)

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:40:25 -0400

Detroit Lives (part 2 of 3)

Friends and family often ask me why I continue to stay in Metro...

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:39:11 -0400

Friends and family often ask me why I continue to stay in Metro Detroit. Palladium boots made a series of videos titled “Detroit Lives” that sums up much of it nicely.

I could have done with less urban spelunking in the videos, but all-in-all they do a nice job of highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of our city.

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Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:35:16 -0400

startupquote: If you believe in something, work nights and...

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:01:33 -0400

startupquote:

If you believe in something, work nights and weekends, it won’t feel like work.

- Kevin Rose

joeminock: justojusto: peetypassion: Stop Asking For...

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:03:50 -0400

joeminock:

justojusto:

peetypassion:

Stop Asking For Permission

Achieve Greatness…

startupquote: The last 10% it takes to launch something takes...

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:59:43 -0400

startupquote:

The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.

- Rob Kalin

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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:38:28 -0400

"If your clients still want your bid to compare “apples to apples”, you haven’t communicated your..."

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:16:05 -0400

“If your clients still want your bid to compare “apples to apples”, you haven’t communicated your orangeness.”

- via @charliecurve (via balanon)

balanon: People capable of making enough money to never work...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:23:53 -0400

balanon:

People capable of making enough money to never work again are the same people who will never quit working.

- Chris Dixon (via @shaunan)

"When life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold."

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:50:44 -0400

“When life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold.”

- Atmosphere (2008)

Meet the NakedDetroit.com Team!

Sat, 15 May 2010 21:51:46 -0400

Meet the NakedDetroit.com Team!

SWD2010

Sat, 15 May 2010 16:36:48 -0400

SWD2010

DetroitTV has a new name...

Sat, 15 May 2010 12:07:35 -0400

DetroitTV is now NakedDetroit.com

THE NEW DORK - Entrepreneur State of Mind (Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys...

Sat, 15 May 2010 01:38:20 -0400

THE NEW DORK - Entrepreneur State of Mind (Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys Spoof)

Startup Weekend Detroit Pitch Video's

Sat, 15 May 2010 01:27:36 -0400

I recorded all of the pitch’s tonight. If you don’t want yours published let me know. Otherwise they are all being processed by vimeo tonight and will be uploaded here some time tomorrow. If you want me to remove your pitch from the list just reply me on twitter with @micker.