Random Joe better hope this guy isn't connected to the newspaper or he'll get his just like Oprah! How dare he read, that Oprah read excerpts from his book w/o credit!
If this guy lined his dominoes up before this all started he could sue everyone who even mentions the story!
DH, You would expect to find evidence? And you don't really know if they haven't yet - you just assume that, since the ones you know of are all still alive - for now. ;P
"They're not meant as some kind of a shield for companies to get away with making shoddy merchandise that has an unrealistically short life span."
Yet that is exactly how they are used! Put that along with engineered obsolescence and disposable customers and you have essentially created a throw-away economy.
(better) Or...you could charge $200 no matter where you sell the product and offer a two year warranty and not have to deal with any of the logistics.
(best) Or...you could use better quality parts that cost "X" and will last two years so you don't have anything to make up for including: poor reputation, pissed off customers, additional support staff for the higher call volume, and marketing won't be required to find new customers after so many have left and you'd only have to charge $100 + "X". Assuming "X" is less than $100 you are now selling a higher quality product with a warranty twice as long as it used to be and you COULD honor your warranty globally without worrying about someone making money off of your efforts.
Or does it make sense that if I buy a product from company X and I move someplace else where company X has a presence (or subsidiary) that company X would be more than happy to service my warranty?
This is the exact point where Marketing professionals and Customer Service professionals (like myself) disagree on how to handle the customer experience.
The short of it comes down to Marketing people get paid to attract new customers with huge budgets AND they get paid significantly more money than Customer Service people. Customer Service is all about helping the customer and KEEPING them as a customer. Well, if Customer Service is rock solid and the customer base is happy they tell their friends and actually attract more customers. Guess whose budget gets cut when you don't have to spend more marketing money?
And that is why you see and hear more complaints from more customers across the consumer markets, in general. Do you know what you don't see a shortage of? Advertising. Check your favorite website - you'll see it there too unless you installed software to filter them out which you probably found because of advertising in the first place.
Good quality products and solid customer service SHOULD be the cornerstone to any company but in this age of disposable products and engineered obsolescence the customer has also become disposable unfortunately.
"Beside, a downloaded album costs about the same as a physical copy (which must be at least 60% production, distribution and sales cost)"
That is unbelievable!! I'm sure that the downloaded version can be made a billion times over with no additional cost. Try that with your physical copy!
"Ignorance has taken over and that's why we need to take the power back!"
In the future please address things in a semi-logical manner if you wish to be taken seriously:
"Mike you are just wrong, again. It is not sad."
The problem here is emotions are personal and can never be judged by another individual to be right or wrong because you have an inherently different perspective based simply on the fact that you are someone else.
"Mike, I don't think it's sad and I believe you are wrong in this case."
See how that works? Now you are describing your own emotion and opinion which is really the only one you'll have available to you from the source.
Here's a paper towel...you can use it to wipe your face off when you pull your head out. Enjoy!
I'd like to see them limit overage charges to whatever the company charges for unlimited service. So, if you have a plan that allots 300 minutes for $30/mo. and for some reason you go hog wild one month, the most they should be able to charge is the unlimited minutes price since that is where your usage fell into the price scheme. Not sure how they would claim to lose money and bill shock could only equal the difference between your plan and the unlimited plan. I know it's way too easy to see how pro-consumer this would be but I'm sure someone will claim that this is unethical, wrong, anti-business or whatever catch phrase they are in love with at the moment.
Your article seems to fall woefully short on truth:
"Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement also commits signatories to set statutory damages
Washington, October 6, 2010 —
Negotiators representing 37 countries that together account for more than half of world trade this week agreed to impose criminal penalties for software license infringement and other forms of copyright piracy carried out for commercial advantage."
There has been no such agreement and in fact many countries are having issues with the language contained in ACTA.
"ACTA’s signatories include the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland."
Since no one has yet to sign the unfinished document this is a blatantly false and misleading statement.
It would be greatly appreciated if you would correct the factual errors in your article rather than project your personal and/or commercial wishes for the future.
DH says it best and saved me some typing in the process(thx DH!):
Taxes are supposed to be placed on the exchange of currency in business. And yes, I know that the govt. taxes "gifts" in excess of certain amounts. This too is unethical. The government needs to make it's case for warranting taxes. In business transactions, it does so by setting up and protecting the system by which that business can be conducted. With gifts/inheritence, the govt. has done nothing to foster that transaction, and therefore has earned no right to tax.
DH has it right - this income was already taxed. This is strictly a transfer of funds because of a death - what exactly are you taxing? The transfer itself?
ONLY tax money when it is exchanged for goods and/or services and leave your filthy little paws off of it at all other times!
"I must say I never realized that virtually everything associated with copyright law violates the 1st Amendment."
This is your primary logic fail - you just don't see it, my condolences for your loss of basic comprehension of the government granted monopoly that is copyright.
"Seriously, don't you think you are being a tad overinclusive?"
Seriously, don't you think copyright laws are being a tad overinclusive?
When slower moving traffic is in the faster lanes it causes a back up as traffic builds behind the slower vehicle. As another post mentions it is the variance in speeds that eventually causes the accident as faster moving traffic unexpectedly encroaches on the slower vehicles. There are laws on the books for driving too slow for a very good reason. Keep in mind they are driving slower NOT for safety reasons but because they aren't actually paying attention which is the heart of the whole issue.
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Re: If this is a call for attention
If this guy lined his dominoes up before this all started he could sue everyone who even mentions the story!
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Re: Re: Soo sad we have come to this
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Maybe....
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Re: Re: Law
There - the law has been written into one easy sentence! ;P
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Re: Re:
Yet that is exactly how they are used! Put that along with engineered obsolescence and disposable customers and you have essentially created a throw-away economy.
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Spineless...
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Re:
(best) Or...you could use better quality parts that cost "X" and will last two years so you don't have anything to make up for including: poor reputation, pissed off customers, additional support staff for the higher call volume, and marketing won't be required to find new customers after so many have left and you'd only have to charge $100 + "X". Assuming "X" is less than $100 you are now selling a higher quality product with a warranty twice as long as it used to be and you COULD honor your warranty globally without worrying about someone making money off of your efforts.
On the post: Broken Monitor Still Under Warranty, But Samsung Won't Fix It, Because You Don't Live In Canada
Is it just me?
This is the exact point where Marketing professionals and Customer Service professionals (like myself) disagree on how to handle the customer experience.
The short of it comes down to Marketing people get paid to attract new customers with huge budgets AND they get paid significantly more money than Customer Service people. Customer Service is all about helping the customer and KEEPING them as a customer. Well, if Customer Service is rock solid and the customer base is happy they tell their friends and actually attract more customers. Guess whose budget gets cut when you don't have to spend more marketing money?
And that is why you see and hear more complaints from more customers across the consumer markets, in general. Do you know what you don't see a shortage of? Advertising. Check your favorite website - you'll see it there too unless you installed software to filter them out which you probably found because of advertising in the first place.
Good quality products and solid customer service SHOULD be the cornerstone to any company but in this age of disposable products and engineered obsolescence the customer has also become disposable unfortunately.
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Re: Re: You won't stop until the artists include the first born
Let me fix that for you Mike,
"It's as if you don't think."
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Re: And yet, the school PAYS ME to take notes...
/sarcasm
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Re:
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Really?
"Beside, a downloaded album costs about the same as a physical copy (which must be at least 60% production, distribution and sales cost)"
That is unbelievable!! I'm sure that the downloaded version can be made a billion times over with no additional cost. Try that with your physical copy!
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Re: public domain should not be the rule
In the future please address things in a semi-logical manner if you wish to be taken seriously:
"Mike you are just wrong, again. It is not sad."
The problem here is emotions are personal and can never be judged by another individual to be right or wrong because you have an inherently different perspective based simply on the fact that you are someone else.
"Mike, I don't think it's sad and I believe you are wrong in this case."
See how that works? Now you are describing your own emotion and opinion which is really the only one you'll have available to you from the source.
Here's a paper towel...you can use it to wipe your face off when you pull your head out. Enjoy!
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Ideally
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Email sent to author
"Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement also commits signatories to set statutory damages
Washington, October 6, 2010 —
Negotiators representing 37 countries that together account for more than half of world trade this week agreed to impose criminal penalties for software license infringement and other forms of copyright piracy carried out for commercial advantage."
There has been no such agreement and in fact many countries are having issues with the language contained in ACTA.
"ACTA’s signatories include the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland."
Since no one has yet to sign the unfinished document this is a blatantly false and misleading statement.
It would be greatly appreciated if you would correct the factual errors in your article rather than project your personal and/or commercial wishes for the future.
Sincerely,
Ron Rezendes
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: w00t
Taxes are supposed to be placed on the exchange of currency in business. And yes, I know that the govt. taxes "gifts" in excess of certain amounts. This too is unethical. The government needs to make it's case for warranting taxes. In business transactions, it does so by setting up and protecting the system by which that business can be conducted. With gifts/inheritence, the govt. has done nothing to foster that transaction, and therefore has earned no right to tax.
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Re: Re: Re: w00t
ONLY tax money when it is exchanged for goods and/or services and leave your filthy little paws off of it at all other times!
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Re:
This is your primary logic fail - you just don't see it, my condolences for your loss of basic comprehension of the government granted monopoly that is copyright.
"Seriously, don't you think you are being a tad overinclusive?"
Seriously, don't you think copyright laws are being a tad overinclusive?
FTFY
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Au contraire
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Hey Rocky....
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