When I tried to market my own brand of cola, ZegCola. I used Coke as just one part of my recipe (the other part was water), and Coke was all "wahh wahh."
I'd be glad to trade any author for a publishing contract. In so, so many ways, the publishing industry is far different than the music industry. The main reason self-publishing is still mostly a no-go, is that you have absolutely no chance of getting in a physical store, which, unlike music nowadays, is a huge setback.
This is a nice idealistic article. Unfortunately, until the content comes from somewhere other than these big companies, nothing's going to change. Sure, some awesome upstart can come in seeking to shake up the status quo. But without support from the networks, they'll have absolutely nothing to put on their website, and will quickly fade into obscurity.
Unfortunately, it's much harder to get away from this in the TV industry than in the recording industry. Nowadays, a talented musician can make and distribute an album without the huge upfront cost that it use to require. But making a TV show requires a lot of capital (there are some exceptions, like It's Always Sunny, but in general this is true), and unless there's a generous benefactor out there willing to grant a ton of money to some producers, we're kind of stuck with the shitty model from the 1950s.
To be fair, a "terrorist" is nothing more than someone who attempts to inflict fear on a population to get a desired result. Anon are definitely terrorists by definition. However, I'll admit it's a loaded word, and comparing a bunch of script-kiddies to a group that kills thousands of people is irresponsible.
Most likely untrue on the first count, as it's probably not popular enough for anyone to crack, and many super popular DS games have still not been cracked.
And the second count, that's absolutely false. Only people who cannot afford it will pirate? That's insanity. If we're going to claim that every downloaded copy = lost sale is a faulty argument, you can't go around espousing stuff like this. DS piracy was very popular in my circle of friends before the DRM started, and we all had no trouble buying plenty of games before the R4 came out, and after its obsolescence.
Problem is, once you get into pirating, it's hard to justify buying anything to yourself. It's a lot more difficult to pirate the big-budget games now, so I've gotten back into buying, including a lot of the games I downloaded before.
Nintendo DS (and PSP, for that matter) piracy is absolutely rampant. I'm normally 100% against DRM, but I've yet to hear about a legitimate user having problems with any of the DRM that gets put into DS games (that yes, can be broken, but sometimes it's harder than you think. Bowser's Inside Story is still uncracked on some cards, and that game's over a year old). In fact, some companies do use this in creative ways, and allow pirated version to exist as a sort of demo that cuts off after a certain point, instead of just disallowing play all together.
Most businesses would favor single-payer healthcare. Why wouldn't you? It effectively means you no longer have to provide healthcare for your employees.
11.1: After your dismissal, our team will put you in contact with Fox News, who will immediately offer you a multimillion dollar contract as long as your promise to continue said intolerant laughter.
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Without commenting on the rest of the issues, many (most?) employees of large companies dislike upper management and executives, and especially the CEO.
"I've seen some people think that, because of this lawsuit by Righthaven, if she gets elected, perhaps she'll speak up for better copyright laws..."
AHAHAHAHA! Ahaha! Oh man! That's good!
Seriously though, do you have a link to these "some people," cause anyone who knows anything about Angle, and politicians in general, knows that is insane.
The coffee was hot past the point of safety. It was hot to the point where 2 seconds of exposure gives you third degree burns. No other restaurant had coffee that hot. Spilling Burger King coffee on yourself likely results in an annoying burn that might leave a mark for a while. Spilling that McDonald's coffee on yourself resulted in needing a god damn skin graft.
I don't think companies are going to start developing games for lower-end systems; instead, they are likely going to stop making games for PC at all. Hell, even now, the PC versions of most top games, other than maybe Blizzard games, Valve games and MMORPGs, are just crappy ports of console games with layer upon layer of DRM.
It's pretty obvious to me that Savage recently read Atlas Shrugged and internalized Rand's "Altrusim is Evil!" philosophy to an insane degree, to the point that if someone else benefits *more* than you (even if you're having fun doing it), then it's an evil action.
The purpose was that the kids were bored and wanted to do something fun. They decided the satisfaction of giving lemonade to thirsty patrons was worth the effort for them, and their parents decided that the 3-dollar container of lemonade mix was worth the money to give the kids something to do.
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I've run across this!
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Ugh, no thanks
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Unfortunately, it's much harder to get away from this in the TV industry than in the recording industry. Nowadays, a talented musician can make and distribute an album without the huge upfront cost that it use to require. But making a TV show requires a lot of capital (there are some exceptions, like It's Always Sunny, but in general this is true), and unless there's a generous benefactor out there willing to grant a ton of money to some producers, we're kind of stuck with the shitty model from the 1950s.
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And the second count, that's absolutely false. Only people who cannot afford it will pirate? That's insanity. If we're going to claim that every downloaded copy = lost sale is a faulty argument, you can't go around espousing stuff like this. DS piracy was very popular in my circle of friends before the DRM started, and we all had no trouble buying plenty of games before the R4 came out, and after its obsolescence.
Problem is, once you get into pirating, it's hard to justify buying anything to yourself. It's a lot more difficult to pirate the big-budget games now, so I've gotten back into buying, including a lot of the games I downloaded before.
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Health insurers are the big exception, obviously.
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HA!
AHAHAHAHA! Ahaha! Oh man! That's good!
Seriously though, do you have a link to these "some people," cause anyone who knows anything about Angle, and politicians in general, knows that is insane.
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Ayn Rand
Sigh. I really hate that way of thinking.
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Sarah Palin?
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