Anyone is free to keep concealed what they do, it is their choice, regardless of whether they are file sharing or not. I hate hearing the old "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you've got nothing to hide" bull shit argument.
If someone is looking for free stuff then they probably weren't going to buy it in the first place, so no lost sales.
If someone file shares, likes what they've downloaded and then buys it, what's wrong with that?
If someone file shares, finds that the content is crap and then decides not to buy, what's wrong with that?
Mike, would it be possible for you to tag #debill on the twitter post? There are lots of people using this tag and it will help highlight how stupid the bill is, as well as getting more traffic to your site! ;-) Cheers.
Perhaps the US Copyright Group are tricking the independent film makers into thinking that file sharing will harm the films they make. And by that, the film makers may denounce *fans* who do download their films. There by causing the indie film makers not to get noticed, not making money and then believing the USCG were right all along.
I meant honest breakdown, not skewed to favour either.
I'd also like to see the cost breakdown of a new, digital only, player in the book market. Old companies with old business models (and restricted new business models) have bloat.
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"Nowadays the fast food business model would have been patented and McDonalds would not have been able to even attempt to compete. They would have been sued."
Or fast food industry reps would lobby the government for bailout money if they could no longer compete! Maybe they are... I'm not sure! :)
"Now package the iPod with a Camera, GPS, SD slot, and a screen that is suitable for long term ebook reading as well as a being a good 5X7 screen and I would buy it in a second. I can live with a touch screen key board. As it stands there is not real reason for me to buy the iPad."
Which is why I'm now quite interested in the Notion Ink Adam. pretty much fits your description, but with a 10" screen (perfect for technical books).
netflix are the ones choosing not to support linux users, not some overseeing internet authority. The web *is* open for most of the world, China for example, does not have open internet.
I'd like to see an *honest* breakdown of costs of creating a hard/paperback book: manufacture, distribution, maintenance of book making machines, labour, etc. Then I'd like to see the cost breakdown of the digital version of the same book.
I understand that $10 is not a lot of money, but I'm betting most of the $10 is pure, infinitely scaling, profit that lines the publisher's pockets and not the author's.
If the intelligence agency are seriously worried about this bill then I'm sure some back room deals, or what ever, will mean that this bill won't become law.
the intelligence community will be more worried about terrorists/etc possibly using encrypted methods. have to be a pretty dumb terrorist *not* to use encrypted techniques anyway, but who am I to judge? :)
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If someone is looking for free stuff then they probably weren't going to buy it in the first place, so no lost sales.
If someone file shares, likes what they've downloaded and then buys it, what's wrong with that?
If someone file shares, finds that the content is crap and then decides not to buy, what's wrong with that?
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If more people start using various encryption techniques then *what* can they do? Cut everyone off?
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Tagging on twitter...?
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Perhaps the US Copyright Group are tricking the independent film makers into thinking that file sharing will harm the films they make. And by that, the film makers may denounce *fans* who do download their films. There by causing the indie film makers not to get noticed, not making money and then believing the USCG were right all along.
Conspiracy theory or what? :)
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I'd also like to see the cost breakdown of a new, digital only, player in the book market. Old companies with old business models (and restricted new business models) have bloat.
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Or fast food industry reps would lobby the government for bailout money if they could no longer compete! Maybe they are... I'm not sure! :)
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Which is why I'm now quite interested in the Notion Ink Adam. pretty much fits your description, but with a 10" screen (perfect for technical books).
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I understand that $10 is not a lot of money, but I'm betting most of the $10 is pure, infinitely scaling, profit that lines the publisher's pockets and not the author's.
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I'm all for paying content creators if I like and/or want their product, but $10 for an infinitely available resource is madness.
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Being spied on FTW!
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