Sure took them a long time, didn’t it? After the story of Tori LaConsay’s fight against H&M blatantly stealing her artwork broke, social media blew up. People were blogging it, tweeting it, and assaulting the H&M Facebook page with anything…
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The H&M You Look Nice Today Copyright Case
by Robert • 25 January 2012 • 2 Comments
Just because something is on the Internet does not mean it is free to use. That’s a lesson clothing company H&M is being forced to learn this week. Regretsy is becoming a source for all the news you need to…
Stop SOPA/PIPA
by Robert • 18 January 2012 • 0 Comments
Regretsy, one of my favorite humor sites, might win the award for best Anti-SOPA/PIPA campaign for the scheduled 18 January blackout protests. An exaggeration of the SOPA/PIPA legislation? Barely. And that’s the scary part about this proposed legislation to censor…
How PayPal Stole Christmas
by Robert • 6 December 2011 • 3 Comments
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Someone who runs a commercially successful website as a business gets the idea to do a big charitable drive to help less fortunate people. Due to their massive readership and a very…
The Netflix Apology: A Case Study in Bad Customer Service
by Robert • 19 September 2011
Did you get the Netflix apology e-mail in your inbox this morning, too? It’s a cunning mix of acknowledging why people were upset with the seemingly arbitrary price doubling for Netflix Instant and DVD usage and completely missing what the…