I understand this is a plea from the labels and musicians but I think a whole lot of them fail to understand a simple fact, which is...
*drum roll*
What you think an item's worth is not what other people think the item's worth
You may think one of your song is worth a million dollar for all you want, but eventually the market will decide what it's REALLY worth, to most people.
However, I do applaud to their decision to appeal to their fans instead of just hike the price to what they think it is. A smart move no doubt.
to me, calling copyright infringement "theft" is basically the same as calling someone a troll on the Internet.
A: Hey, I have a valid point here
B: Shut up troll!
*end result, all conversation stops because person A is accused of trolling and all his point become invalid
A: Hey, I am just making time shifting copies that makes my life easier.
B: Shut up theif! You are making unauthorized copies so you are stealing
*end result, all conversation stops because you committed a crime.
Wouldn't it be possible that he's trying to avoid getting caught doing a legal activity?
With the detain first, reason later attitude these days, regular, law abiding citizens are afraid of acting/looking suspicious. And while avoiding that, they look even MORE suspicious. There is no presumption of innocence. Everything everyone does is viewed as a threat FIRST.
Imagine what would happen, this car photographing the hanger, saw a worker comes out. If the worker reported him, probably a whole bunch of local police, FBI, TSA, airport security would come for him. Grab him and detain him first and question for many hours while looking up all his entire life since he's born.
Even if you are doing a legal activity, wouldn't you try to run/leave so the above doesn't happen? So basically we are making a suspicious person out of thin air.
Look what the terrorist has done. In a very twisted way, they totally have won and we are all living in constant fear.
Bonus: why does everyone assuming terrorists are idiots? If it were a REAL terrorist, they are not that stupid to come back multiple times on the same night after the first time you saw them. Even a moron knows that looks suspicious and that's what terrorists would definitely avoid.
You can make the world's most expensive and costly something all you want.
However, if the market or people are willing to pay $1 for it, then it's only worth one dollar, no matter how much it cost to produce.
What the solution?
Well, either
1) make it the most desirable object by marketing or any other kind of kool-aid and people will pay anything you want them to pay. e.g. The Apple Method
2) make it cheaper or less costly to produce so you can cover cost. These methods varies case by case and some has been discussed here.
Obviously, no one want to drink kool-aid from Murdock, so he needs to use 2.
I have a kindle3 on order so I can do some reading until either new Sony reader is out or Nook 2 is out.
But I am just going to side-load whatever Project Gutenburg books I want with Calibre. Amazon can take their proprietary format and their stinking account management to hell with it.
so the Koreans want us to follow their "morality" standards now?
So basically, the Koreans are going to determine if and when and what concerning the pron on the Internet (or any other objectionable content).
Can you imagine your neighbor barge into your house in the middle of the night telling you and your wife to "stop it" because you have violated his morality?
Great, this is just great.
On the other hand, since US have forced their bad copyright laws on the Koreans, I guess they feel they are entitled to force their morality on the US citizens too.
I love how Ms. Lauria automatically equate "professional journalists" and "being ethical".
If anything, a paid journalist who has money on the line would be less neutral, whereas an anonymous blogger who has nothing to gain except perhaps secret pleasure of owning a site that many visits would be more neutral.
What would be really funny, would be a Fox Network interview of Ms. Lauria and her statements. I don't think anyone would be able to keep a straight face while watching that.
Suggestion, perhaps Ms. Lauria should get some of that journalism warning labels and start using them. Perhaps that will make her statements carry more weight.
well, first thing that caught my eye is that it's "Indian" cricket player.
This blood thing could be significant offering in a cultural context. So something that may seen bizarre to North Americans could be okay at other countries.
I think the main point is still valid. Reason to buy could be ANY working reason, although in this case it's a bit strange (to us).
well, there IS a reason why Motorola is sinking into obscurity.
Look, you can say "Go buy another phone" if you are the market leader right now and you can't stock enough products (aka Apple and their iPhone4 with problems). If you're the underdog right now, you do whatever you could to sell one more unit.
Motorola is still living in their fantasy world where their one-hit-wonder Razr is making them a company of significance... years ago.
First of all, let me thank you for bringing million of people's attention to a blog that is possibly only followed by a few hundred people. Without your tremendous contribution, the general public and the rest of the world may have never known or realize how easy it is to write an application similar to Shazam.
Second of all, if I may, I would like to welcome you to the Internet, on behalf of everyone. As you may or may not be aware, the Internet never forgets. We would like to reassure you that if the original blog is taken down in the near future, you can have a peaceful mind knowing somewhere on the 'Net this particular idea and code will live on with free access to all.
Finally, let me thank you again for dropping the stone on your own feet and save us a lot of work.
They are not out of their minds. They are just ignorant AND arrogant. They probably just read some pamphlet/email from lobby group and think they are "experts".
Basically, being an artist doesn't make you any more knowledgeable about copyright than any other people. However, because they are involved party, some how they think they understand more than everyone else and has a greater say in the matter.
Using a really bad analogy, just because you are a blueberry farmer doesn't mean you know more about commercial law than anyone else, or about the trucking network, or managing supermarkets, or economics. It just means you are good at farming blueberries. In order to know more about other stuff, you actually have to learn and study and research. Just reading some propaganda supplied from The Blueberry Council doesn't make you an "expert".
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*drum roll*
What you think an item's worth is not what other people think the item's worth
You may think one of your song is worth a million dollar for all you want, but eventually the market will decide what it's REALLY worth, to most people.
However, I do applaud to their decision to appeal to their fans instead of just hike the price to what they think it is. A smart move no doubt.
On the post: Police Misunderstand Internet Meme: Warn People About Pedobear
Re:
I can recall MOST of the jokes and humor i've seen and heard around that time as being "inappropriate" in adults' eyes.
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it's to do with a even bigger problem, unwilling to admit fault, after it's been pointed out that they are morons.
Police and government authority figures has a long standing problem of admitting any mistaken when they are caught.
Hey, some how we teach all our kids to correct and apologize for mistakes, but when it comes to the big mans, they can do whatever they want.
On the post: Why It's Important Not To Call Copyright Infringement Theft
A: Hey, I have a valid point here
B: Shut up troll!
*end result, all conversation stops because person A is accused of trolling and all his point become invalid
A: Hey, I am just making time shifting copies that makes my life easier.
B: Shut up theif! You are making unauthorized copies so you are stealing
*end result, all conversation stops because you committed a crime.
On the post: TSA Warns Against Evil Photographers Taking Pictures Of Planes
Re: Don't be so quick to judge
Wouldn't it be possible that he's trying to avoid getting caught doing a legal activity?
With the detain first, reason later attitude these days, regular, law abiding citizens are afraid of acting/looking suspicious. And while avoiding that, they look even MORE suspicious. There is no presumption of innocence. Everything everyone does is viewed as a threat FIRST.
Imagine what would happen, this car photographing the hanger, saw a worker comes out. If the worker reported him, probably a whole bunch of local police, FBI, TSA, airport security would come for him. Grab him and detain him first and question for many hours while looking up all his entire life since he's born.
Even if you are doing a legal activity, wouldn't you try to run/leave so the above doesn't happen? So basically we are making a suspicious person out of thin air.
Look what the terrorist has done. In a very twisted way, they totally have won and we are all living in constant fear.
Bonus: why does everyone assuming terrorists are idiots? If it were a REAL terrorist, they are not that stupid to come back multiple times on the same night after the first time you saw them. Even a moron knows that looks suspicious and that's what terrorists would definitely avoid.
On the post: Rupert Murdoch's Paywall Disaster: Readers, Advertisers, Journalists & Publicists All Hate It
Re:
However, if the market or people are willing to pay $1 for it, then it's only worth one dollar, no matter how much it cost to produce.
What the solution?
Well, either
1) make it the most desirable object by marketing or any other kind of kool-aid and people will pay anything you want them to pay. e.g. The Apple Method
2) make it cheaper or less costly to produce so you can cover cost. These methods varies case by case and some has been discussed here.
Obviously, no one want to drink kool-aid from Murdock, so he needs to use 2.
On the post: Reminder: You Don't Own Your Ebooks; Amazon Locks Customer Out And Doesn't Respond To Help Requests
I have a kindle3 on order so I can do some reading until either new Sony reader is out or Nook 2 is out.
But I am just going to side-load whatever Project Gutenburg books I want with Calibre. Amazon can take their proprietary format and their stinking account management to hell with it.
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On the post: Is Paul Allen's Patent Madness Really An Attempt To Show The Madness Of Patents?
Businesses are not human entities. They don't reason. They don't respond to reason.
The way to cause reform is to hurt Businesses hard enough that they would seek out alternative or reforms.
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"Warning, Journalist does not understand the subject they are writing about"
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100813/11285210619.shtml
On the post: ACTA Negotiators Don't Seem To Know Or Care About What They're Negotiating
So basically, the Koreans are going to determine if and when and what concerning the pron on the Internet (or any other objectionable content).
Can you imagine your neighbor barge into your house in the middle of the night telling you and your wife to "stop it" because you have violated his morality?
Great, this is just great.
On the other hand, since US have forced their bad copyright laws on the Koreans, I guess they feel they are entitled to force their morality on the US citizens too.
On the post: Anonymous Mexican Blog Becomes Go To Source For Drug War Info, 'Pro' Journalists Upset
If anything, a paid journalist who has money on the line would be less neutral, whereas an anonymous blogger who has nothing to gain except perhaps secret pleasure of owning a site that many visits would be more neutral.
What would be really funny, would be a Fox Network interview of Ms. Lauria and her statements. I don't think anyone would be able to keep a straight face while watching that.
Suggestion, perhaps Ms. Lauria should get some of that journalism warning labels and start using them. Perhaps that will make her statements carry more weight.
On the post: Comcast And Blockbuster Team Up To Make Us Wonder Why They've Teamed Up
-deep inspect all the packets, identifing people who is downloading movies (legal or not)
-insert into your web traffic to display targeted ads to tell you that the movie you are downloading is available on DVDByMail.
Talk about Synergy! Talk about Added-Value! Talk about Comcastic!
On the post: Reason To Buy? A Sports Star Will Sell You His Book With A Page Made Out Of His Blood
This blood thing could be significant offering in a cultural context. So something that may seen bizarre to North Americans could be okay at other countries.
I think the main point is still valid. Reason to buy could be ANY working reason, although in this case it's a bit strange (to us).
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On the post: Motorola Does Openness Wrong; Bricks Your Droid X If You Tamper
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XD
On the post: Motorola Does Openness Wrong; Bricks Your Droid X If You Tamper
Re:
Look, you can say "Go buy another phone" if you are the market leader right now and you can't stock enough products (aka Apple and their iPhone4 with problems). If you're the underdog right now, you do whatever you could to sell one more unit.
Motorola is still living in their fantasy world where their one-hit-wonder Razr is making them a company of significance... years ago.
Time for a rude awakening.
On the post: Describing How To Create A Software Program Now Puts You At Risk Of Contributory Patent Infringement?
First of all, let me thank you for bringing million of people's attention to a blog that is possibly only followed by a few hundred people. Without your tremendous contribution, the general public and the rest of the world may have never known or realize how easy it is to write an application similar to Shazam.
Second of all, if I may, I would like to welcome you to the Internet, on behalf of everyone. As you may or may not be aware, the Internet never forgets. We would like to reassure you that if the original blog is taken down in the near future, you can have a peaceful mind knowing somewhere on the 'Net this particular idea and code will live on with free access to all.
Finally, let me thank you again for dropping the stone on your own feet and save us a lot of work.
Regards,
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Re: Re:
Wham! poetic justice. :)
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Re:
Basically, being an artist doesn't make you any more knowledgeable about copyright than any other people. However, because they are involved party, some how they think they understand more than everyone else and has a greater say in the matter.
Using a really bad analogy, just because you are a blueberry farmer doesn't mean you know more about commercial law than anyone else, or about the trucking network, or managing supermarkets, or economics. It just means you are good at farming blueberries. In order to know more about other stuff, you actually have to learn and study and research. Just reading some propaganda supplied from The Blueberry Council doesn't make you an "expert".
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