Giving away content virtually for free via these services and making nothing back is no different than piracy. In the end, it cheapens your product and you get nothing back except "free promotion."
You do realize that before Cable TV and the Internet, TV networks gave away their content for free. It was called "over-the-air" broadcasting.
The viewer needed a TV and a decent antenna and they could watch as much TV as they wanted without paying a single cent to the TV network. Amazing times. Giving away content for free. How did the TV networks survive?
All it will take is for another September 11th for these very people to go from "unlawful patdowns" to "Why didn't you protect us???"
That just confirms how wimpy American's have become. Thousands more people die in vehicle collisions and from heart attacks each year, yet there is no outrage, no fear.
Doesn't the MPAA represent the movie industry? The same movie industry that moved out west to avoid paying royalties to Edison. The same movie industry that says a blockbuster movie made no net money. Some patriots.
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it's worse than that. DRM actually encourages piracy.
It sure does. Or it encourages you to disable the DRM. My wife bought Grey's Anatomy on DVD. One disc would not work in our laptop - it would work in our desktop computer. Not useful since my wife watches DVDs on the laptop when working in the kitchen.
I fired up DVDFab, removed all the protection, ripped a copy and burned it to a blank DVD. It played with no problem in the laptop. She mentioned that it played better than the other discs since there was no skipping or pausing.
So paying customer get's screwed. How is that moral?
Good for him. Sony's lawyers will be pushing the envelope in all directions. Nothing wrong with pushing back.
What part about 'adversarial' don't you understand in an adversarial legal system? The point of the legal system is to push the envelope. Would you quietly take a civil or criminal charge against you or would you fight back?
I've contemplated signing up for Netflix up here in Canada, but with a meagre selection and threats from media companies, I just don't feel like investing the time and money. And the media companies wonder why people end up on P2P.
When was the last time the police kept anyone safe? Police, for the most part, are a reactive force. After our house was broken into, the police officers mentioned that there had been a few break-ins in the neighbourhood.
If they were truly interested in our safety, why not go around the neighbourhood and tell us to keep an eye and to upgrade our locks and such?
When Montana removed speed limits from highways during the day, the average driving speed actually fell a few miles per hour. That would suggest that the lack of a speed limit made the road safer (based on the false notion that slower speeds mean safer roads).
In most jurisdictions, once you get your driver's license, it's yours for life (subject to whatever fees). If you don't get caught breaking a law, you never ever have to retest for your license. How is that keeping people safe?
You are right about the 'balance' part. Problem is that the government tends to shift that balance in their favour based on the incorrect of 'protecting citizens'.
Yes. Because we reinforced the doors on cockpits and because passengers won't sit idly if their plane is hijacked. There is a reason why they call it security theatre: it's all for show.
Not bullshit. CPB has setup 'checkpoints' well away from the US-Mexico border in Texas and last year I saw CBP agents pulling people over as they were leaving the US to Canada.
Where are all the small-government Tea Party types on this issue?
Why would you incur customs charges reselling an item? I sell things through eBay and other venues and have never incurred any customs charges.
Most goods are duty-free. I've bought things from Singapore, Europe, Japan, Australia and have yet to pay a duty. There will be GST/HST on the declared value of the good. The biggest difference in cost is in who you use to ship the goods and what service level you choose.
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You do realize that before Cable TV and the Internet, TV networks gave away their content for free. It was called "over-the-air" broadcasting.
The viewer needed a TV and a decent antenna and they could watch as much TV as they wanted without paying a single cent to the TV network. Amazing times. Giving away content for free. How did the TV networks survive?
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That just confirms how wimpy American's have become. Thousands more people die in vehicle collisions and from heart attacks each year, yet there is no outrage, no fear.
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It sure does. Or it encourages you to disable the DRM. My wife bought Grey's Anatomy on DVD. One disc would not work in our laptop - it would work in our desktop computer. Not useful since my wife watches DVDs on the laptop when working in the kitchen.
I fired up DVDFab, removed all the protection, ripped a copy and burned it to a blank DVD. It played with no problem in the laptop. She mentioned that it played better than the other discs since there was no skipping or pausing.
So paying customer get's screwed. How is that moral?
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New study confirms that lawyers don't care about studies that say screwing customers does not increase sales.
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Good for him. Sony's lawyers will be pushing the envelope in all directions. Nothing wrong with pushing back.
What part about 'adversarial' don't you understand in an adversarial legal system? The point of the legal system is to push the envelope. Would you quietly take a civil or criminal charge against you or would you fight back?
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If they were truly interested in our safety, why not go around the neighbourhood and tell us to keep an eye and to upgrade our locks and such?
When Montana removed speed limits from highways during the day, the average driving speed actually fell a few miles per hour. That would suggest that the lack of a speed limit made the road safer (based on the false notion that slower speeds mean safer roads).
In most jurisdictions, once you get your driver's license, it's yours for life (subject to whatever fees). If you don't get caught breaking a law, you never ever have to retest for your license. How is that keeping people safe?
You are right about the 'balance' part. Problem is that the government tends to shift that balance in their favour based on the incorrect of 'protecting citizens'.
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Where are all the small-government Tea Party types on this issue?
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Most goods are duty-free. I've bought things from Singapore, Europe, Japan, Australia and have yet to pay a duty. There will be GST/HST on the declared value of the good. The biggest difference in cost is in who you use to ship the goods and what service level you choose.
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