It is the golden age of entertainment. Only the legacy media companies are suffering (well, suffering in that they are still making money, just not oodles of it).
BMI could care less about that sticker. There is a chance a band may play one of their songs. You aren't buying a licence. You are buying insurance - from the company that will sue you into oblivion. These are truly wonderful times for legalized RICO.
Because TSA agents are not trained to think or assess a situation. They are trained to do things and to respond to predetermined factors by initiating whatever dumbass procedure the TSA came up with.
All unions, associations and brotherhoods operate to protect or shield the bad workers. I'm a non-union municipal government employee. I see how the union protects the bad workers. Meanwhile, the good workers who pick up the slack speak under their breath about their fellow co-workers. But the herd mentality of the union overrules logic.
Look at me, I'm pulling out numbers from thin air. 100,000 police officers in the US? California has at least 75,000 state, county and local law enforcement personnel. There are at least 700,000 law enforcement personnel in the US at all levels of government.
No, let's not be fair. A good friend of mine is a police officer. Early on during his career, he questioned if it was a good idea that police officers hold a party at a local bar that was under investigation by police and the liquor control board. He didn't get far. They laughed it off.
Just remember that patents and copyrights are supposed to protect the so-called "little guy", or that is what the IP-maximalists keep telling us. Monsanto is hardly a little guy.
The Secret Service didn't stop Hinkley from shooting Reagan. CBP hasn't stopped the flow of illegal immigrants. The DEA hasn't stopped the flow of drugs. Police don't prevent murders. Mall cops and house alarms don't stop theft.
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What else is there to understand about a computer?
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And why do ACs have to swear to argue their point?
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Seriously? WTF? How is this any different from displaying and manipulating data from multiple databases?
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How do they figure $615 when a song costs 99 cents in iTunes? Over the course of a wedding reception, a DJ may play 100 songs. That's $6 per song.
From the article:
"Its income rose £12million to £143million last year."
Well if your income increased by 10 times, why not charge even more, so your income can increase be another 10 or 100 times. Incredible.
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No, let's not be fair. A good friend of mine is a police officer. Early on during his career, he questioned if it was a good idea that police officers hold a party at a local bar that was under investigation by police and the liquor control board. He didn't get far. They laughed it off.
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But are seeds "people"?
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