Nothing wrong with the timing. Senator Coburn has been on a seek and identify, if not destroy, wasteful spending kick for the last couple of years. About the only good thing he has been up to. This is just another round of it. He earlier in the year identified a whole bunch of wasteful research grants the US government has been giving out that he feels could be cut.
I am an American and only learned of the song last week. The only reason I learned of it was because of one of the parodies that Mike talks about. I had a hearty belly laugh as I watched the original.
Clearly the government of Guyana has the money to pay for the textbooks.
No. They have the money to buy some textbooks, but not at the price the major publishers want the country to pay.
Like most freeloaders, they have decided that the price has too high
No. They have realized that the price being asked far exceeds its ability to pay.
and has chosen to violate the law rather than substitute or do without.
They have decided that educating their children is far more important than giving into the pressure of the monopolies of the textbook industry. They have decided that since they can educate their children at the quality level they want at a far lower cost to the people and the country, they will do so, despite the protests of angry monopolists.
If you had to choose between educating your child or not, which would you choose?
Counterfeit? If they bought a counterfeit power plant, that would imply that it is worthless, meaning it would produce no power or at the very most, inadequate power.
On the book front, they are not buying counterfeit books. They are buying illegally copied books. These books have the exact same content as the more expensive, and consequently unaffordable, legal copies. So Guyana is getting all the benefits at a far cheaper cost.
because knows IS power
Glad to "knows" we don't have to worry about you gaining too much power.
Seriously? That is the point of attack you are taking? You can't actually attack the meat of the article so you focus on an obscure classification (which might be a typo anyway)?
No it can't work the same because radio is a system of payola in which Labels pretty much control everything. If the labels could establish themselves in a payola system for Satellite and internet radio, then I am sure the rates would be much lower if non-existant.
A few months. And no, we didn’t run it by a publisher or even consider it. Why? Well, we’ve already run a number of fantasy worlds by publishers, and Project Eternity itself is less appealing to a publisher than the ones we’ve already pitched: “What, you want to do something like the old Infinity Engine games? On the PC (and Mac/Linux only)?” [Sound of door slamming.]
As mentioned later, I can’t blame publishers for the model they’re trapped in. What I like about Kickstarter is it helps games that people want to play still get made, even if you don’t pump $20 million dollars into it to try and meet all the stupid bells and whistles that publishers feel must be in games nowadays.
And this one:
I can’t even blame publishers that much. When you’re dealing with 20+ million dollar budgets, I would pause before taking risks, too. But that’s part of the issue with their business model – I prefer Kickstarter because you end up asking what the players want first, if they’re willing to donate, and you know within 30 days if your idea resonates with the public. If it doesn’t, tough, go back to the drawing board, but at least you didn’t waste two years of your life making something people never wanted in the first place.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 18 Sep 2012 @ 11:40am
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Based on the the reviews of the book, self publishing would have made her nothing while the publishing deal got her $130,000. Doesn't make it right, just saying.
That is not the correct definition of Double Jeopardy. Double Jeopardy is when you try someone for a crime that they had previously been found innocent of.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 12 Sep 2012 @ 12:06pm
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Ummm... isn't that sort of self-defeating?
Why is it self defeating to learn from consumers why they did not purchase and what would get them to purchase? Why is it self defeating to then implement changes that would lead them to purchase?
Piracy is the same product, without the hassle of going to the store, or ordering online, or waiting for UPS guy to deliver. It's now, it's here, and it's free.
In many cases, the pirated copy is a superior copy. Why? Because a pirated movie does not have 20 minutes of unskippable ads and an unskippable FBI threat tacked on. A Pirated video game does not have DRM and does not force you to insert a cd. A pirated song is often a higher quality format than an iTunes mp3. It is also a superior copy because it is available in all regions at the same time.
There is a lot that the content owners can do to match and at time exceed the quality of the content, least of which is the time it takes to get the content.
Any discussion of why people won't buy has to include piracy, otherwise it's a fail.
Who is excluding piracy from the discussion? Piracy is not the reason people don't buy, it is an alternative to buying. When someone values a pirated version of a game/movie/song etc, the goal of the content creator is to figure out what will make those people value the purchased version more. This is about thinking positively rather than negatively.
Also, I have to wonder: What are the qualifications for this guy to detail the consumer's mind. Was it an empirical study, or just something he pulled out of his ass? He doesn't appear to have any more qualifications except perhaps as a consumer himself.
I would think that a consumer would have the right qualifications to speak about the thought processes of a consumer.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 12 Sep 2012 @ 11:57am
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It depends on who you buy from. When you buy from the Humble Indie Bundle, you own the games. There is no regulating body or DRM to stop you from transferring from device to device. They actively encourage it. You can even trade off the games you don't want.
But in many cases, especially in movies, you are right. You are merely renting.
If you don't like it, don't buy it - and don't pirate it
And either way, the content creator misses out on potential outcome. So rather than telling fans to do without, why not tell the content creators to make it available. At least there is money in that option.
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No. They have the money to buy some textbooks, but not at the price the major publishers want the country to pay.
Like most freeloaders, they have decided that the price has too high
No. They have realized that the price being asked far exceeds its ability to pay.
and has chosen to violate the law rather than substitute or do without.
They have decided that educating their children is far more important than giving into the pressure of the monopolies of the textbook industry. They have decided that since they can educate their children at the quality level they want at a far lower cost to the people and the country, they will do so, despite the protests of angry monopolists.
If you had to choose between educating your child or not, which would you choose?
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Re: Still doesn't make it right
Counterfeit? If they bought a counterfeit power plant, that would imply that it is worthless, meaning it would produce no power or at the very most, inadequate power.
On the book front, they are not buying counterfeit books. They are buying illegally copied books. These books have the exact same content as the more expensive, and consequently unaffordable, legal copies. So Guyana is getting all the benefits at a far cheaper cost.
because knows IS power
Glad to "knows" we don't have to worry about you gaining too much power.
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I guess you were absent during the whole Oatmeal saga:
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=matthew+inman
Now, can you kindly shut up?
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More From Obsidian
http://techland.time.com/2012/09/21/project-eternity-chris-avellone-interview/
Som e highlights about publishers:
And this one:
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On a philosophical level, I agree with you. What she did and by association has allowed to be done, is quite contrary to the position she held.
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A video on Youtube killed a bunch of people? How does that work?
I thought a bunch of people were manipulated into overreacting to a video posted on Youtube and were then driven to kill others.
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Why is it self defeating to learn from consumers why they did not purchase and what would get them to purchase? Why is it self defeating to then implement changes that would lead them to purchase?
Piracy is the same product, without the hassle of going to the store, or ordering online, or waiting for UPS guy to deliver. It's now, it's here, and it's free.
In many cases, the pirated copy is a superior copy. Why? Because a pirated movie does not have 20 minutes of unskippable ads and an unskippable FBI threat tacked on. A Pirated video game does not have DRM and does not force you to insert a cd. A pirated song is often a higher quality format than an iTunes mp3. It is also a superior copy because it is available in all regions at the same time.
There is a lot that the content owners can do to match and at time exceed the quality of the content, least of which is the time it takes to get the content.
Any discussion of why people won't buy has to include piracy, otherwise it's a fail.
Who is excluding piracy from the discussion? Piracy is not the reason people don't buy, it is an alternative to buying. When someone values a pirated version of a game/movie/song etc, the goal of the content creator is to figure out what will make those people value the purchased version more. This is about thinking positively rather than negatively.
Also, I have to wonder: What are the qualifications for this guy to detail the consumer's mind. Was it an empirical study, or just something he pulled out of his ass? He doesn't appear to have any more qualifications except perhaps as a consumer himself.
I would think that a consumer would have the right qualifications to speak about the thought processes of a consumer.
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But in many cases, especially in movies, you are right. You are merely renting.
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And either way, the content creator misses out on potential outcome. So rather than telling fans to do without, why not tell the content creators to make it available. At least there is money in that option.
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