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My Koobface / Facebook Roadblock experience

October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 Aaron B. Russell11 Comments

I figured I’d write up my experience with the Facebook Roadblock, as it might come in useful for other people who get locked out. Last night I noticed Adium started spinning away on my dock, unable to connect to one of its configured networks, which turned out to be Facebook. A few minutes later I […]

YouTube vs Viacom: things get ridiculous

March 23, 2010 Aaron B. RussellLeave a Comment

It seems that things have progressed into the ridiculous in the YouTube vs Viacom spat: For years, Viacom continuously and secretly uploaded its content to YouTube, even while publicly complaining about its presence there. It hired no fewer than 18 different marketing agencies to upload its content to the site. It deliberately “roughed up” the […]