It's also not believable in places where the living wage is lower.
The people that work in the theater in my state make $7.50 an hour and have to work weekends. The theater management complex is also pretty bad. They get written up for the same thing twice, they're gone. You still have the same popcorn and food that is always in every theater.
And the seats are cushy, but the movies are the same in three different sections of TX. In other words, if you want to see a new movie or documentary, you're SOL if it's not supported by the MPAA.
Now, I like to travel, and I've seen 3D on at least two movies. Other than the glasses, there's no point to it. There's no reason to travel to another theater because they give you the same experience.
The only one I have heard glowing reviews for is the only one doing something different. But if you really want to compete, there's a number of ways to do so:
1) Documentaries for movies on weekdays.
2) Better food selection
3) Less reliance on blockbusters and possibly amateur nights
4) Treat your crew better than over management.
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Seriously, it's not that hard, but the ones making money make the movie theater business more difficult than it has to be.
How the hell does that make sense? What is with this ad hoc troll logic that the internet shouts people down? A LOT of people agreed that censorship is bad from laws that don't reflect what they would want. People were at the town hall meetings with their concerns in tow. There was a lot of effort for this movement against bills that effectively censored the web. And yet all you could say is that they shout down the people? Do you know what democracy looks like?
bob... Will you ever make sense? Megaupload was not a paywall and it didn't charge people to see/hear/read content.
It gave people access to share their own files on the site. Then it charged for scarcities such as faster download/upload speeds and gave an affiliate program to those that wanted to make their own music.
The "accounting" scheme you were talking about was trying to give artists more than labels, which is why the RIAA is bitching a fit.
The "throttling" wasn't a tiny flow. I've used the site. It was easy to get around some of the artificial paywalls and watch content or set up new content by yourself. It was entirely your choice as the consumer.
Now the government took that away. They took access away for millions of users who had legitimate backups and files that the government seized. This is far worse than the government seizing a book store. This is the government raiding a legitimate site that people used for legitimate files because less than 10% shared movies.
And the chilling effects of SOPA are felt right here with this destructive censorship of a business that did its best to conform with the DMCA. It's time to sit down and take away copyright enforcement. It does no good and a helluva lot of harm.
But the DoJ is firmly one sided. I was thinking that the Megaupload could countersue the government for violating those laws, but something fills me with trepidation as a judge might nitpick their arguments into nothingness.
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FFS
Oh Deer GAWD why is she such a spoiled rich girl? Did daddy not buy you that pony on the yacht by the lake so you could learn how to take criticism?
Geez...
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The people that work in the theater in my state make $7.50 an hour and have to work weekends. The theater management complex is also pretty bad. They get written up for the same thing twice, they're gone. You still have the same popcorn and food that is always in every theater.
And the seats are cushy, but the movies are the same in three different sections of TX. In other words, if you want to see a new movie or documentary, you're SOL if it's not supported by the MPAA.
Now, I like to travel, and I've seen 3D on at least two movies. Other than the glasses, there's no point to it. There's no reason to travel to another theater because they give you the same experience.
The only one I have heard glowing reviews for is the only one doing something different. But if you really want to compete, there's a number of ways to do so:
1) Documentaries for movies on weekdays.
2) Better food selection
3) Less reliance on blockbusters and possibly amateur nights
4) Treat your crew better than over management.
--------------------------
Seriously, it's not that hard, but the ones making money make the movie theater business more difficult than it has to be.
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They wouldn't drink a free beer...
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Damn phone...
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That screwup eventually led to Pixar being created. So I guess creativity won out in the end.
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The internet being shut down has a much more immediate effect that people can understand.
Baby steps...
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Re: Paywall!!!???!!!
It gave people access to share their own files on the site. Then it charged for scarcities such as faster download/upload speeds and gave an affiliate program to those that wanted to make their own music.
The "accounting" scheme you were talking about was trying to give artists more than labels, which is why the RIAA is bitching a fit.
The "throttling" wasn't a tiny flow. I've used the site. It was easy to get around some of the artificial paywalls and watch content or set up new content by yourself. It was entirely your choice as the consumer.
Now the government took that away. They took access away for millions of users who had legitimate backups and files that the government seized. This is far worse than the government seizing a book store. This is the government raiding a legitimate site that people used for legitimate files because less than 10% shared movies.
And the chilling effects of SOPA are felt right here with this destructive censorship of a business that did its best to conform with the DMCA. It's time to sit down and take away copyright enforcement. It does no good and a helluva lot of harm.
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But the DoJ is firmly one sided. I was thinking that the Megaupload could countersue the government for violating those laws, but something fills me with trepidation as a judge might nitpick their arguments into nothingness.
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