Can we have an 'out troll' button that lets people with enough 'report' clicks to have their IP addresses exposed? Say about 2x what it takes for them to be 'censored' - sorry, hidden. Then they might think twice about how much childish vitriol they spew. Even a unique identifier like "Dumb Troll #3323413"
If they get 5x then any time they come back they are labelled either by IP or identifier for good.
If you actually read the article, it does mention the process of more people spending money on legal digital music as a result of making it more convenient for them. Piracy by its very nature is hard to measure (do you measure files or kB or people?) but if several studies are saying that better music access is slowing down piracy then that's a positive effect.
Like Mike said, things could be done better than Spotify have done, but it's an example of how it can work, and how you can make legal music compete with piracy. Think of how many other potentially amazing services have been throttled or shot down by the **AA. This one only happened because it didn't happen in the US...
That was Labour in the dying days of their government, I think, not this one. But the Liberals should have been savaging it like a starving lion, rather than whining on about the Lords.
Aye, let's have no market regulation, so only the strong rule. Riiiight.
The 'free' market can only be free (of regulation) the way that 'free' men can be free (of laws). There have to be some to keep a certain level of sanity and fairness. Too much regulation (especially of the wrong type) can stifle business, but too little can lead to anarchy and monopolistic abuses.
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Or do they just offer 'law degrees' out to naughty kindergardeners as a special reward?
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If they get 5x then any time they come back they are labelled either by IP or identifier for good.
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(Famous Five edition, not Scooby-Doo)
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Or Cutler Beckett getting 'Hoist the Colours' sung... :)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: I love DirecTV's counter-move.
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Three ha'pence a foot it'll cost you
And as for me Sam says don't fret,
'Skys took a turn since this morning
I think it'll brighten up yet.
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The 'free' market can only be free (of regulation) the way that 'free' men can be free (of laws). There have to be some to keep a certain level of sanity and fairness. Too much regulation (especially of the wrong type) can stifle business, but too little can lead to anarchy and monopolistic abuses.
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Good to know you're too stupid to come up with your own, better argument.
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