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I'm sure Amazon realizes this, but they know they'll never convince authors and big publishers that $3 is the way to go. They'd just scoff at those "paperback prices" and think everything they publish is better than that.
There are lots of people like this working in government, but when a complex issue comes up, who is there to explain it to them? Mostly people hired by companies to work full time in Washington. My own company (a non-profit) does this and most of the time it's benign, even boring work,
But... they are always there, every day, five days a week, all year long, and their only job is to keep pushing the issue for their company and convincing every politician that it's a good idea. And if they convince one politician, they can use that politician to convince others. And they'll go on and on about how the legislation will help their company grow and bring more jobs to their state. If there's nobody else there opposing them, theirs is the only voice that gets heard. They may not even be intentionally gaming the system, it's just that they have nothing else to do. It's how lobbyists make their living.
The whole idea of FOIA requests is ridiculous. If the information can be made publicly available, then the government should simply make it publicly available. Why does it have to be specifically requested? Just dump it on a server and let everyone access it.
I'm confused. Cameras and projectors existed long before any movie studio, esp. the MPAA studios that still exist today. They didn't show up until 25 years after the movie camera was invented.
Unfortunately a service that doesn't offer everything anyone might want to listen to is never going to do all that well. A ridiculous amount of music is owned by the major labels and most listeners don't care about how much anyone is paying in royalties or who's music is licensed with which service - they just want their favorite artists available.
You disconnected your sound card just to avoid the RIAA? That's pretty hardcore.
Unfortunately, you're basically letting the RIAA deny you one of the great pleasure of the world. There's LOTS of music that's not part of the RIAA, and LOTS of ways to get that music legally and for free.
Fraudulent advertising has been illegal for sometime. That's why they promote opiniony facts like "best internet service" rather than "fastest internet service" unless they have facts to back it up.
The trick is to avoid lying so big that the government gets interested in investigating. This viral phone call is big enough.
There are some companies that don't last 95 years - but their works don't fall into the public domain when they go out of business. They simply languish as orphaned works, with no way to even ask permission to legally use them.
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But... they are always there, every day, five days a week, all year long, and their only job is to keep pushing the issue for their company and convincing every politician that it's a good idea. And if they convince one politician, they can use that politician to convince others. And they'll go on and on about how the legislation will help their company grow and bring more jobs to their state. If there's nobody else there opposing them, theirs is the only voice that gets heard. They may not even be intentionally gaming the system, it's just that they have nothing else to do. It's how lobbyists make their living.
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Unfortunately, you're basically letting the RIAA deny you one of the great pleasure of the world. There's LOTS of music that's not part of the RIAA, and LOTS of ways to get that music legally and for free.
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And they will not die without a fight, even if it means destroying the whole industry.
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The trick is to avoid lying so big that the government gets interested in investigating. This viral phone call is big enough.
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