Obama et. al. dislike this movie so much that they've made it easier and cheaper for more people to see it (and given them a wider choice of options to see it), by giving it away free.
Well, duh. Isn't it obvious they'd make more money from an album they didn't sell?
The studios and record companies and publishing companies seem to love scorched Earth policies and are fond of pyrrhic victories. "We'd rather not sell it at all than give up the smallest modicum of control."
I don't have a land-line, and I still get a phone book every year (Sacramento).
I cannot remember the last time I used a phone book. I keep the latest one around, Just In Case, but so far all it's done is weigh down the inside of a cabinet and provide a bit of extra annual recycle-fodder.
I suppose there's the possibility that she's doing this not to actually win the case, but more as a gesture to give publicity and legitimacy to her protestations. She may be trying to get the Streisand Effect to work for her. Hoping the suit will win in the court of public opinion which, after all, is more important to her career.
As I've mentioned before, I once bought a Region 2 DVD from Amazon (new, not used) because the movie in question is not and has never been available on DVD in Region 1, period, full stop.
I suppose a delayed release could be argued, but 20 years seems a bit excessive.
I should add that I then ripped the DVD so I could play it on my laptop (without having to use up a Region setting on the laptop's DVD drive). And no, I've not shared the DVD.
Obviously I'm a filthy pirate who has cheated the movie studio out of billions of dollars by purchasing the DVD outside its intended market.
While they're at it, they should sue the electric company for providing power to the hosting service (and GitHub's offices), the government for providing transportation infrastructure for their various employees to travel on, the auto manufacturers and public transit authorities for providing transportation, phone companies for providing communications, water, sewage.... Let's not forget various state and federal governments for providing citizenship and support, and hospitals, doctors, nurses, volunteers, midwives, doulas, parents, teachers, schools, and anybody else who provided existence and nurturing to the people who violated these patents... because they're all responsible.
Oh, I'm sorry. Was that bitter and sarcastic? I think my point is valid, though. If you allow secondary liability, you can follow the chain forever and make everybody indirectly responsible.
Bad for them because they get less product listings to my eyes at once. Show the covers once I've clicked on a book, until then they're just wasting space and time.
True, but there's another aspect to this: sellers found out long ago that including a picture of the item -- even if it's not the actual item, and even if they come right out and admit it (such as a representative photo on an eBay sale) -- helps drive up sales. In the long run they may figure that alienating the odd customer may be worth it, because overall their sales go up.
The digital goods, being abundant and cheap, can be sold for very little while still making a profit.
The DRM is an attempt to add artificial scarcity, which I think most of us recognize as a losing proposition in the long run.
On the other hand, they also add value to the digital goods by offering a convenient service through which to purchase them. Any time you're connected to the Intertubes you have instant access to their entire catalogue, and they even offer a virtually free 3G service to keep you connected 24/7 no matter where you are. The 3G service is a way to keep temptation right there in your face.
If they don't try too hard to make the abundant scarce to drive up margins, but rather focus more on the service and convenience aspects to drive sales volumes, this could work very well.
I'm looking at this as more like "free to play" than like "cheap printers, expensive ink".
"The theory was that Google could placate movie studios and record labels by refusing to let autocomplete add words like "torrent" to searches, because lord knows that there isn't a legitimate use for those damned things. "
And because lord knows that nobody on the Internet is smart enough to add "torrent" by hand to any search term.
"A Google spokesperson is quoted in the article saying that the company won't give in this time because its autocomplete suggestions are objective. That may have once been the case, but it simply isn't any more."
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Obama et. al. dislike this movie so much that they've made it easier and cheaper for more people to see it (and given them a wider choice of options to see it), by giving it away free.
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Re: Re: why did I "cut the cord?"
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Re: why did I "cut the cord?"
Most of them available on DVD anyway.
"What do I want? Information."
By hook or by crook, you will!
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I SO want to play Mad Libs with that sentence.
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The studios and record companies and publishing companies seem to love scorched Earth policies and are fond of pyrrhic victories. "We'd rather not sell it at all than give up the smallest modicum of control."
I bet they're a lot of fun in the sack.
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I cannot remember the last time I used a phone book. I keep the latest one around, Just In Case, but so far all it's done is weigh down the inside of a cabinet and provide a bit of extra annual recycle-fodder.
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I suppose a delayed release could be argued, but 20 years seems a bit excessive.
I should add that I then ripped the DVD so I could play it on my laptop (without having to use up a Region setting on the laptop's DVD drive). And no, I've not shared the DVD.
Obviously I'm a filthy pirate who has cheated the movie studio out of billions of dollars by purchasing the DVD outside its intended market.
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Oh, I'm sorry. Was that bitter and sarcastic? I think my point is valid, though. If you allow secondary liability, you can follow the chain forever and make everybody indirectly responsible.
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Re: Dude...
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All true! Nothing in known history has ever been this opaque. Definitely unprecedented levels.
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Re: Re:
True, but there's another aspect to this: sellers found out long ago that including a picture of the item -- even if it's not the actual item, and even if they come right out and admit it (such as a representative photo on an eBay sale) -- helps drive up sales. In the long run they may figure that alienating the odd customer may be worth it, because overall their sales go up.
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The DRM is an attempt to add artificial scarcity, which I think most of us recognize as a losing proposition in the long run.
On the other hand, they also add value to the digital goods by offering a convenient service through which to purchase them. Any time you're connected to the Intertubes you have instant access to their entire catalogue, and they even offer a virtually free 3G service to keep you connected 24/7 no matter where you are. The 3G service is a way to keep temptation right there in your face.
If they don't try too hard to make the abundant scarce to drive up margins, but rather focus more on the service and convenience aspects to drive sales volumes, this could work very well.
I'm looking at this as more like "free to play" than like "cheap printers, expensive ink".
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And because lord knows that nobody on the Internet is smart enough to add "torrent" by hand to any search term.
"A Google spokesperson is quoted in the article saying that the company won't give in this time because its autocomplete suggestions are objective. That may have once been the case, but it simply isn't any more."
Google is now a little bit pregnant.
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And you simply accepted their word without question. Doesn't that make you an incompetent judge?
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