Snowglobe of Doom posted:

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Ultimately, the cost to operate Twitch in Korea is prohibitively expensive and we have spent significant effort working to reduce these costs so that we could find a way for the Twitch business to remain in Korea. First, we experimented with a peer-to-peer model for source quality. Then, we adjusted source quality to a maximum of 720p. While we have lowered costs from these efforts, our network fees in Korea are still 10 times more expensive than in most other countries. Twitch has been operating in Korea at a significant loss, and unfortunately there is no pathway forward for our business to run more sustainably in that country.

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In 2016, South Korea introduced the Sending Party Network Pays (SPNP) law, informally called an internet traffic tax. Initially, internet service providers (ISPs) had to pay each other, and then it was extended to big internet companies. Basically, the party sending traffic over the Internet to an end user (think Netflix or Spotify) is obliged to pay a fee to the telco the user is using for traffic to actually be delivered.

The problem has persisted for years. Cloudflare talked about it in 2016. YouTube owner Google, together with Netflix, contested the law last year. Meta argued against the “harms of network fees” in South Korea this May.

The most prominent public sparring has been between regulators and Netflix. In 2020, Netflix took the issue to South Korean court and argued that it had no obligation to pay or negotiate for the use of SK Broadband’s network when it already charges the user. In July 2021, the court rejected the argument but left payment terms to the parties. At the time, Netflix said it was at a “Red Light-Green Light” crossroads—a reference from its blockbuster hit Korean show Squid Game—and appealed the decision. This September, the two sides called off the legal battle.

steinrokkan posted:

Yeah, if network costs in Korea are extremely high across the board, how is any internet company staying afloat?

E: explained already

gbut posted:

Cythereal posted:

There's also allegations that Korea's charging higher rates for foreign companies in a bid to clear the Korean market for Korean companies - Twitch, Netflix, and Google have all alleged that South Korea is trying to push foreign companies out of South Korean telecommunications and internet.

Brawnfire posted:

Some kinda oral herp

anatomi posted:

They state in the article that network costs are 10 times higher than in most other countries.

Karate Bastard posted:

Wth?

Why can't we also be expensive?

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The accused relied heavily upon two notices that he had posted at the entrance of his business. The first, headed “NO TRESPASSING” demanded that anyone acting for a service corporation provides proof that an “obligation exists with service corporation to jurisdiction over my property”. The notice provides a trespass fine of $100,000 for the first trespass, and an increase of $200,000 for each additional trespass. The second notice is to all members of the Crown and all public servants. It advises that the occupants waive their right to be recognised as legal persons before the law and claim their right to be recognised as human beings. It advises that they choose not to associate or belong to any society. Any action limiting human right was to be dealt with immediately pursuant to s 24(1) of the Constitution Act of Canada 1982 and was to be considered treason against Her Majesty.

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Accordingly, I find that the accused is bound by the same laws as the rest of us. In case he feels aggrieved by having to remain in society, I would point out that belonging to society has certain benefits, like fire protection and a functioning monetary system. The authority governs property owned by private citizens.

Hippocrass posted:

https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abqb/doc/2012/2012abqb571/2012abqb571.html
This is a good, detailed read on the history and legal situation of SovCits in Canada, called 'Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument [“OPCA”] Litigants' in legal parlance.
This is THE landmark decision on SovCits in Canada.

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This category of litigant shares one other critical characteristic: they will only honour state, regulatory, contract, family, fiduciary, equitable, and criminal obligations if they feel like it. And typically, they don’t.

holtemon posted:

Friendly PSA for the day

Please don't point and shoot a loaded firearm at your dick

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A woman who threw a hot burrito bowl in a Chipotle worker's face because she didn't like the way it was prepared may soon learn what it's like to be on the other side of the counter.

An Ohio judge sentenced 39-year-old Rosemary Hayne to three months in jail for assault, but offered to shorten her sentence by 60 days — if she agreed to work at a fast food restaurant.

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"You didn't get your burrito bowl the way you like it and this is how you respond?" Parma Municipal Court Judge Timothy Gilligan said to her. "You went in there looking for a fight."

"I did not," Hayne responded. "If I showed you how my food looked, and how my food looked a week later from that same restaurant, it's disgusting looking."

"I bet you won't be happy with the food you are going to get in the jail," the judge retorted.

holtemon posted:

Friendly PSA for the day

Please don't point and shoot a loaded firearm at your dick

PurpleXVI posted:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/chipotle-bowl-thrower-1.7051176

God bless this judge.

Ror posted:

https://twitter.com/TheWapplehouse/status/1732602537650295179

zoux posted:

Apparently this is a thing on gun nut twitter when they try to show off their "trigger pull discipline" in increasingly bizarre ways. Anyway, the conclusion was inevitable.

CainFortea posted:

I am not good at looking through Twitter for things, but I am morally certain that this dumbass has made posts about if you don't have at least one negligent discharge that means you're bad at handling guns because you're not handling them enough.

Ror posted:

https://twitter.com/TheWapplehouse/status/1732602537650295179