Who said anything about rich? No, we're talking about enough money to not have to depend on government subsidies quite so heavily.
Also, you seem to ignore the fact that, unless you keep selling milk, there is no way your "milking lessons" will be able to stay relevant.
On the other hand, all of these other, more profitable revenue streams are, at heart, dependent on a continued supply of milk for them to have any value. I wouldn't want to buy cheese that claimed it was "the closest cheese to Brooklyn" if the milk came from Iowa.
If you haven't seen a plan that increases net profits while ignoring pirates, you have either a very selective definition of what qualifies as a successful plan, or you ignore anything you don't like.
Given your tendency to claim that a pirated copy is somehow more of a lost sale than not using the copyrighted material at all, I'd say you fall more into the category of "If it doesn't work for everyone, you can't call it successful."
Businesses ARE run on feelings: specifically, the willingness of your customers to pay you for your product/service. Whether I pirate the product later or not, the sale is just as lost the moment I decide you don't deserve my money.
Well, since a false dichotomy assumes incorrectly that there are only two options (You support SOPA, or you are a pirate), a TRUE dichotomy is a situation in which there actually are only two options.
So far, nearly the only angry comments about infringing copyrighted material are from the people accusing anyone with a desire for privacy of it.
Unless, by "not customers", you mean those people who refuse to purchase or use copyrighted material "owned" by the terrible companies who all but accuse their paying customers of infringement. In that case, yeah, I'm not a customer either, anymore. More accurately, it's called a boycott. I am a disgruntled customer who refuses to use the product, and tries to convince as many people as possible to do the same. Terms of the boycott may include an end if the company changes it's ways, or (like GoDaddy) I may consider their transgressions too serious, and will only be satisfied by the company's demise.
...I go there to buy Craftsman tools, and have an air conditioned 3/4 mile track to walk. If my Sears hits the cutting block, I will quite literally only go to the mall to walk.
You can tell he forgot his medication, mostly because he forgot the first paywall: you have to own a computer to use the content. Microsoft is a gatekeeper, yet nobody complains about them!
Oh, crap. I think I heard something in my skull pop. Ow.
No. They do not. I don't know how this (common) misconception happened, but in no way does anyone have to ask for permission to use a branded item in a film.
The reason brands are avoided in movies and TV shows is so that it is not mistaken for product placement. Such a mistake would possibly offend viewers, and would certainly upset any company that actually did pay for product placement.
Perusing the source article, they only mention horses, but would these rules really apply to equines in general? I have had tasty donkey sausage (har har), but it was not for sale. I am told that it is a traditional Spanish dish.
The AP article is inaccessible, so I am at something of a loss.
Frankly, it seems to me EPIC is trying to claim that by changing their privacy policy (by combining/changing all privacy policies into a single policy), Google is somehow misrepresenting their privacy policy.
I get notifications nearly every day about the imminent policy changes. I don't see how warning all of your users for at least two months before a policy change can be construed as misrepresentation.
Re: Re: Re: "Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it."
whoop. No, you missed it this time, TAC.
If megaupload resurrected somewhere out of the US' reach, how would that be illegal?
However, I'm left to wonder if, after the hearing, NZ will apply standard extradition limits (anything he did that was legal here cannot be prosecuted if you wish to extradite)?
They're trying to figure out how to change the meaning of "None of this, of course, is to say that it's "ok" to infringe..." into "...it's "ok" to infringe...".
I disagree with your disagreement. Physical and social development activities (exercise, sports, simple games, dances) have a long history of being included in schooling. While the class period known as "P.E." may not have existed for very long, it doesn't change the fact that it has long been accepted that schools are responsible, IN PART (as I said before), for the physical and social development of their students. What else are playgrounds for?
Ripping a dvd for personal/backup/archival use is not illegal or restricted in any way. Only bypassing DRM is against the rules. However, since all DVDs, BluRay, etc. have DRM included, a perfectly legitimate act is considered illegal.
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Also, you seem to ignore the fact that, unless you keep selling milk, there is no way your "milking lessons" will be able to stay relevant.
On the other hand, all of these other, more profitable revenue streams are, at heart, dependent on a continued supply of milk for them to have any value. I wouldn't want to buy cheese that claimed it was "the closest cheese to Brooklyn" if the milk came from Iowa.
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@ Hotel radios
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Given your tendency to claim that a pirated copy is somehow more of a lost sale than not using the copyrighted material at all, I'd say you fall more into the category of "If it doesn't work for everyone, you can't call it successful."
Businesses ARE run on feelings: specifically, the willingness of your customers to pay you for your product/service. Whether I pirate the product later or not, the sale is just as lost the moment I decide you don't deserve my money.
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So far, nearly the only angry comments about infringing copyrighted material are from the people accusing anyone with a desire for privacy of it.
Unless, by "not customers", you mean those people who refuse to purchase or use copyrighted material "owned" by the terrible companies who all but accuse their paying customers of infringement. In that case, yeah, I'm not a customer either, anymore. More accurately, it's called a boycott. I am a disgruntled customer who refuses to use the product, and tries to convince as many people as possible to do the same. Terms of the boycott may include an end if the company changes it's ways, or (like GoDaddy) I may consider their transgressions too serious, and will only be satisfied by the company's demise.
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Re: another rhetorical question
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Oh, crap. I think I heard something in my skull pop. Ow.
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You missed the part about the nearly empty minibar.
Apparently, when CLT gets drunk, he shifts from parody and mocking to full blown satire.
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Re: At what point?
"♫ Half-Priced Books ♫ is for ♫"
CRIMINALS AND IP THIEVES.
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The reason brands are avoided in movies and TV shows is so that it is not mistaken for product placement. Such a mistake would possibly offend viewers, and would certainly upset any company that actually did pay for product placement.
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Re: bronies
Perusing the source article, they only mention horses, but would these rules really apply to equines in general? I have had tasty donkey sausage (har har), but it was not for sale. I am told that it is a traditional Spanish dish.
The AP article is inaccessible, so I am at something of a loss.
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I get notifications nearly every day about the imminent policy changes. I don't see how warning all of your users for at least two months before a policy change can be construed as misrepresentation.
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Re: Re: Re: "Prosecutor Anne Toohey said that Internet access would increase the risk of a Megaupload resurrection in a jurisdiction where US authorities can’t touch it."
If megaupload resurrected somewhere out of the US' reach, how would that be illegal?
However, I'm left to wonder if, after the hearing, NZ will apply standard extradition limits (anything he did that was legal here cannot be prosecuted if you wish to extradite)?
Not that it's a hard and fast rule (see Britain extradites one of their citizens for activities legal on their soil).
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Re: Where are the shills?
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Apparently NOT "as I said" before.
However, I meant it.
Why aren't you psychic?
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It's called "physical education."
Also, "recess."
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Ripping a dvd for personal/backup/archival use is not illegal or restricted in any way. Only bypassing DRM is against the rules. However, since all DVDs, BluRay, etc. have DRM included, a perfectly legitimate act is considered illegal.
That is bullshit.
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Oops.
I missed a quotation mark, and lost a paragraph.
For anyone who can fix it, it's the second link in the third paragraph.
After it gets fixed, I would appreciate everyone's help in hiding this comment.
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