Specifically the freight companies own the lines and prioritize their own freight trains above passenger service.
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The idea is that you use the free trial to show The Approver of Funds this works, then convert to whatever tier you think you need. Upgrade and downgrade as needed based on how many minutes you need.
I'm new to using Stripe with subscriptions and was following the basic framework from a tutorial. I plan to revisit how I do subscriptions, but I'm not sure what that will look like yet. Thought?
It was important to me to make this an MVP and ship it and then iterate on it.
I've also seen a few church have their own "Dial a Podcast" feature for their own sermons (which is what this originally started out as, although that was done through our self-hosted FreePBX box).
My primary target audience is smaller churches with existing podcasts who want help to reach members who don't have internet access, or are less technology inclined (not a judgement, it's just what they're comfortable with). This generally tends to be older members, so that's who I designed it in mind for.
I think having a fixed phone number and code (versus Bullhorn's rotating number) is key because you can write it on a post-it note, give it to them, and then they can call it any time. I mean, it doesn't get much simpler than, "Grandma, call this number and when the person starts talking press x-x-x-x-x-x".
Also having it be simple for churches to setup and administer is important. I've gotten several calls from other churches this year about how we do our online streaming services. Having this be a low-cost fire-and-forget was important.
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-- 391587 (Make Me Smart)
This is my first attempt at a SaaS. This is also my first Django and Bootstrap project I've released into the wild.
My background/day-job is electrical engineering, but I've been involved in the programming/web-dev world for many years...though mostly as an advanced hobby. I typically shy away from front-end design work, but this was a solo project.
Would love any feedback, thoughts, etc!
For example, when Taylor Swift plays her song "My Tears Ricochet" there's essentially two things that separately copyrighted: 1) The musical notes and words in that particular order, and 2) the performance itself (e.g. Taylor Swift performing it). [1]
Using the performance itself is what YouTube typically has a licensing arrangement for. If you weren't on YouTube, you'd need to license it separately through ASCAP and pay them directly. Also, when you do license it you don't have carte blanche rights to do whatever you want with it, the license will come with limitations on where you can use it ("sync rights"[1]), both technology-wise (e.g. TV, radio, internet, mobile, etc) and sometimes even geographically (e.g. North America, Europe, USA/Canada, etc).
In order to perform the work yourself in public, you actually need different permissions called performing rights [2]. These licenses will typically allow you to perform the work using a musical instrument and/or your voice. You'll often pay different amounts if you charge for your performance or not, if the performance is professional versus amateur. Also, you're not typically allowed to reproduce the sheet music or lyrics physically, either for sale or to give away. I suspect you'd also pay more for imprinting the words on a screen (e.g. sing-a-long style).
All this complicated licensing is not part of the copyright law itself, it's separate is really more about contract law. Copyright law allows the copyright owner to assign rights, the owners have elected to assign them in a way designed to extract the most amount of profit from their asset.
I'm not saying I like the way the copyright system works (I don't), but that's how the law is written.
Also, I'm not a lawyer...just someone passionately upset about copyright and patent law.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_rights [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_rights
I’ve resorted to spinning up a pureftp server in docker and having them drop it there.
As an aside, it sounds like they’ll be able to sell the new HQ for a profit (Source: local radio...probably KUOW)
I'm still running 10.14 on my MacBook (that's another story), so I wasn't able to install Session on it at this time.
I think you're that I'm probably not your target user: I don't pomodoro everyday, mostly when I start stressing out, get anxious, or can't focus. Before using Session I was just setting a timer on my Apple Watch.
I'm in favor of paying (or donating in the case of FOSS) for software that I use, but I know and appreciate pricing can be tricky to figure out.
Maybe a one-time cost for some features and monthly cost for more involved features?
Can you elaborate?