I think this article would be much more insightful if you included Gross vs Net profit. If, in your example, the widget in question cost 99.9 cents to make, you didn't gain anything by selling 1000 at $1 instead of 1 for $100. I think that's the problem: the CEO of Nintendo is still selling silicon chips in his head, with a high per-unit cost.
Once you realize that with downloaded games, your only significant cost is game production (not per-unit production cost), price elasticity comes into it's own. You incur a small bandwith fee, which could be minimized by the proper application of bittorrent.
You said:
Your right to free speech ends when you start to infringe on the rights of others. It's basic.
Your right to free speech doesn't including infringing on the rights of others.
How hard is that to understand?
Then: Mike, you may wish it to be that way, but it is only true if copyright specifically violates the 1st amendment.
So you admit, in a convoluted way, that you were wrong, and that free speech outweighs copyright. Then you attempt to derail the entire argument by asserting that copyright doesn't violate free speech.
I hope you see why you recieve such a poor reception on this site. Such poorly thought out arguments will not sway any but the most emotional ninnys.
I say, give 'em everything they want. Copyrights on everything, and execute infringers.
People are risk-adverse in general, and business people in particular. If you have a copyright-free picture next to a copyright-encumbered picture, which will you download? The chamber is not going to coerce people into buying their members products, they are going to coerce people to shop elsewhere.
There's plenty of creative commons and public domain media, and it's easy to find. Maximalist legislation will simply drive people to it.
Good point. This is a civil suit against an individual, so why is the judge using methods from a criminal proceeding? (child porn, in this case) Also, the XBox case was dismissed. Why is this one proceeding? Because it's a different brand of console?
We've been over the Google thing a million times. Google's primary usage isn't blasphemy. That American site's was. Completely dedicated to facillitating blasphemy. So Ireland took it down.
Thanks, you guys. I was wondering the exact same thing. This is obviously just grandstanding, and they know it won't make it past the first court test. It's just a way to give Hollywood a warm and fuzzy.
Not only do they deserve to sue Bank of America, they should sue the credit companies who jacked their interest rates because of a "red flag." A change in standing with one company should not affect all of your credit. All that does is snowball the problem, ruins the person's life, and makes sure no one gets paid. Plainly short-sighted and exactly what caused the recession in the first place.
This is the kind of thing that requires regulation.
Does anyone seriously think that they will not backtrack again, and start gunning for pirates? Or that some "morally minded" VP won't shut down this line of thinking? I'll be surprised if this goes on longer than 6 months: it certainly won't survive an economic upturn.
I have every confidence that the stupidity will return.
So if I hear music, I should have to reward the writer and the performer, no matter how bad it is? I personally feel that Dexies Midnight Runners and Mayday Parade owe me money for the mental anguish of being unintentionally subjected to the awful off-key wailing that they consider music. Pony up, boys!
Perhaps Microsoft should take a hint from this, stop extorting money from phone manufacturers for loading Android on their handsets, and JUST COMPETE with other handsets ON THE OPEN MARKET.
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Gross vs Net
Once you realize that with downloaded games, your only significant cost is game production (not per-unit production cost), price elasticity comes into it's own. You incur a small bandwith fee, which could be minimized by the proper application of bittorrent.
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Your right to free speech ends when you start to infringe on the rights of others. It's basic.
Your right to free speech doesn't including infringing on the rights of others.
How hard is that to understand?
Then:
Mike, you may wish it to be that way, but it is only true if copyright specifically violates the 1st amendment.
So you admit, in a convoluted way, that you were wrong, and that free speech outweighs copyright. Then you attempt to derail the entire argument by asserting that copyright doesn't violate free speech.
I hope you see why you recieve such a poor reception on this site. Such poorly thought out arguments will not sway any but the most emotional ninnys.
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Been waiting for somethin like this
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Ha! Gotcha Mike!
BAM!
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If you're not an American, your confusion is understandable. If you are, then your confusion is unforgivable.
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Dispute his claims if you can. Don't slander his country.
This is what makes everyone sick about your type.
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You know what?
People are risk-adverse in general, and business people in particular. If you have a copyright-free picture next to a copyright-encumbered picture, which will you download? The chamber is not going to coerce people into buying their members products, they are going to coerce people to shop elsewhere.
There's plenty of creative commons and public domain media, and it's easy to find. Maximalist legislation will simply drive people to it.
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Re: Sa wat?
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Make your voice heard...
So, basically, any communication you try to have with your representatives in Washington will most likely be drowned out by spam from lobbyists.
Now what does the citizen do?
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Re: As I Said In The Other Thread
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This ain't ingenious, Jack.
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Justified litigation
This is the kind of thing that requires regulation.
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Re: So we cant believe independent studies, but we have to believe torrent freak !!! LOL.. they wont be biased !!
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Come on
I have every confidence that the stupidity will return.
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What about bad music?
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He-LO Microsoft...
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Re: Can't help myself
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