Some Modest Proposals To 'Save' Other Industries
from the jonathan-swift-would-be-proud dept
greenbird writes "In light of the RIAA/NAB negotiations to require FM radios in all portable devices Wired's Underwire column has a brilliant idea to "save" the newspaper industry. Require e-reader sellers to give a free parakeet with every e-reader. It goes on to other brilliant plans to save dieing industries such as the Mapmakers and Travel Agents."Given some of the bizarre rationales for saving certain industries, I don't think any of these satirical suggestions are really any more ridiculous...
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