Re: Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
You are forgetting basic economics. People simply don't care how much it costs to make something. The one, and only consideration is whether or not the item being purchased is worth more, or less than the amount of money being asked. Movies are currently priced higher than most people value them. The movie studios are trying to get people to pay what it costs to produce the movies. This is backwards. What they need to start doing is figuring out how to create movies for a price people are willing to pay.
Assuming the FCC loses all of those laesuits, what happens? The FCC is given a massive fine that gets paid by taxpayers. The FCC administrators responsible for the decisions pay nothkng. The telecom companiest tbaf beefit from this aren't even involved in the lawsuits. The gutted net neutrality rules remain in place.
Most taxpayers won't even notice the extra penny in taxes the first result causes. Why would government officials change anything as long as the second result remains. There's no downside for corporations as long as the third result is true. As longas the last result is true, the whole thing is an exercise in buying the regulations you want.
The reason most people do not trust the federal government is simple. Politicians have a very long track record of abusing laws purely to gain political advantage, with no consideration for the damage they do to innocents along the way.
The capitalist system isn't about providing the best possible service at the lowest price. That's just a side effect. The main purpose is to provide the most profit to those with the capital to invest. Privatized prisons and a high recidivism rate provide a much greater return on investment. The fact that it costs society a whole lot more is pretty much irrelevant to the accountants.
You know. I've read through the US constitution several times, and nowhere in there do I ever see a distinction made between US citizens and non-US citizens. Instead, the constitution refers to "people" or "persons" I guess that means the United states government considers everyone not a citizen to also not be a person.
Well, the government has already shown it's horrible at keeping secrets. The one master key setup they did get put in place has already leaked.
What's worse, since the government doesn't pay the penalty for the leak, the government doesn't care.
Food safety, transportation safety, and assorted other regulations are not about security or keeping secrets. In fact, they work better when everything is out in public view.
The safety regulations are all about setting minimum standards and then ensuring that those standards are met.
It's the government's way of keeping people out of the country. Giving someone your password is a violation of Facebook's TOS. The DOJ says violating the TOS is a felony under the CFAA. So if you give them your password, you've committed a felony, which is grounds for refusing you entry to the country.
More likely, Trump is using the issue as a distraction so he doesn't have to face questions about why so many of his staff were in contact with the Russians before the election.
Re: Does Google even index Pirate Bay and other known pirate sites? Should be able to raise their stats!
If the site has a robots.txt file that keeps out Google, then the URL will never appear in google's results. So why insist that Google has to take down something it does not, and never will have?
Speaking about the wall, why are we not building a wall between us and Canada? I mean, the border there is far bigger and easier to cross.
Probably because Canadians look exactly like Americans, which makes it much harder to get the racist xenophobes upset at Canadians crossing the border.
Not really. Given the method used to collect the information, the correct answer to "How many Americans were illegally spided on?" is probably just "All of them."
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Re: Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
Movies are currently priced higher than most people value them.
The movie studios are trying to get people to pay what it costs to produce the movies. This is backwards. What they need to start doing is figuring out how to create movies for a price people are willing to pay.
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The FCC is given a massive fine that gets paid by taxpayers.
The FCC administrators responsible for the decisions pay nothkng.
The telecom companiest tbaf beefit from this aren't even involved in the lawsuits.
The gutted net neutrality rules remain in place.
Most taxpayers won't even notice the extra penny in taxes the first result causes.
Why would government officials change anything as long as the second result remains.
There's no downside for corporations as long as the third result is true.
As longas the last result is true, the whole thing is an exercise in buying the regulations you want.
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Stupid troll.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/georgias-harsh-immigration-law-costs- millions-in-unharvested-crops/240774/
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Re: First Amendment > Second Amendment?
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"All of it"
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I guess that means the United states government considers everyone not a citizen to also not be a person.
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Well, the government has already shown it's horrible at keeping secrets. The one master key setup they did get put in place has already leaked. What's worse, since the government doesn't pay the penalty for the leak, the government doesn't care.
Food safety, transportation safety, and assorted other regulations are not about security or keeping secrets. In fact, they work better when everything is out in public view. The safety regulations are all about setting minimum standards and then ensuring that those standards are met.
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Giving someone your password is a violation of Facebook's TOS. The DOJ says violating the TOS is a felony under the CFAA. So if you give them your password, you've committed a felony, which is grounds for refusing you entry to the country.
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Re: Does Google even index Pirate Bay and other known pirate sites? Should be able to raise their stats!
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Probably because Canadians look exactly like Americans, which makes it much harder to get the racist xenophobes upset at Canadians crossing the border.
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