Obama has already shown he will not tolerate people that don't agree with him.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashopp.htm
He is a socialist by nature so his first inclination is always going to be to control what the media says about him.
I could site over 100 examples of this in the campaign but really Techdirt readers already know this.
That quote still stands today. Most people can not understand that after the dollar was taken off the gold standard it's value has always been based on the "Good Faith and Credit" of the US government. And if then understood that in it's truest sense then money (all money) would not be worth the paper it's printed on because they could not understand that concept or it's value.
The truth is that anyone that has some financial knowledge knew this a long time ago. If I don't know what you have is worth the money I am going to loan you for it then I am not going to loan to the money.
The problem with quantifying taste is that a lot of people are not really sure about their taste. Only after they have had to try something new, be it wine, food, movies, or music do they know if they like it.
Whether or not you can prove that they did or did not lose a sale you can make this link. If the movie had sucked (I have not seen either version) then those people that had viewed the pirated version they would have said so and sales would have dropped. Because they would have spread it all over the web that it was not worth seeing.
So by that token can we not say that since the movie did well that those people that watched the pirated version told people that is was good? Which may have got more people to go see it at the movies?
There is a very big difference between music and a car.
Cost to make a copy. When the cost to make one is very low per unit than it is much easier to make more. Also when the music is produced you can make infinite copies with almost zero cost.
A racist is someone who doesn't like someone because of their race if you want the general definition and prejudice is judging someone before knowing who they are based on past experiences. People can and do hate their own race as well as others. When you meet someone from another country or who's different then you and ask them where they are from its easy to prejudge them, associate them with people you know from that country. Can be a good or bad thing. The black people being faster than whites is just a generalization, again can be good or bad. Some generalizations are based on fact, problem is people get painted with the same brush and it proves to be damaging. I cant like rock music cause I'm black? I am black and was born in Canada. People always ask me where I'm from even though I'm from Canada, I get offended sometimes, other times I let it slide. I don't use derogatory terms. if I find out one is offensive to a group of people I stop using it. I don't care if it's in songs or movies. I don't like it I don't teach it I won't lower myself to it.
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Again I did not make a sweeping generalization. I said that and I quote "The simple fact is that people are losing the most basic of manners that anyone that was born before 1978 has". We have them because our parents would beat us if we did not show those common manners.
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I bet you are voting for Obama and want to move this country to a socialist country. And no I am not racist. I would love for this country and the people in it to just get the hell over all this racist crap and realize we are all Americans and that America is great because of all the races we have. But the simple fact is that anyone that is voting for Obama is a victim of the American Idol culture and feels that they are a victim. You are a product of the decisions you have made.
White people are afraid of being labeled racist so go out of their way to make sure they do nothing that can appear to be racist. Black people accuse anyone that does not agree with them as being racist. Both thing do nothing to help make this country better.
I have added this response because it makes me so very mad when someone uses the term racist without provocation. To those type of people get over being a victim and understand that the world is not fair.
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That is just wrong. I never said that everyone born after 1978 has no manners. But to label people born before 1978 racist is in it self a very wrong statement. And only goes to show that the poster is a person that feels that they are a victim of such feelings. What I said is that people born after 1978 are losing their manners and it is true.
http://www.patchesandmarble.com/popwin/articles/rude.html
I was born in 1970 and could not imagine being racist. So to use such inflammatory statements is so typical of the very stupid ignorant people. To accuse someone of racism is something that can only be stated after someone has shown clearly to be racist. It is also a very serious accusation and only those stupid enough to use it without reason are just too stupid to actually come up with something useful to say. To use it in any other context is inflammatory and does nothing to increase the our knowledge.
And so yes I am very clearly stating in plain terms you are stupid.
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stupid
To quote you are "lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity".
I look only to the quality of the person not their race or origin. Please do not waste the time of the intelligent people on this forum with your inflammatory statements.
Lack of Cell Phone Etiquette is not any different than the lack of regular etiquette
The simple fact is that people are losing the most basic of manners that anyone that was born before 1978 has. People just do not have consideration for those people around them. This goes for everything from not saying excuse me when they have to get around you at a store to road rage. People have lost their manners.
All I can say is I totally agree. I have a $6k PC for gaming and three consoles and I spend over $600 a year buying games but I am very tired with game companies screwing me with DRM and such when I try to buy a PC game. I upgrade my PC and consoles with in the first month of new ones but if all they have is crap for offer than why buy it.
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They want to control the content
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Any credit?
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Either way
So by that token can we not say that since the movie did well that those people that watched the pirated version told people that is was good? Which may have got more people to go see it at the movies?
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Mulligan needs to take a course in Economics.
Cost to make a copy. When the cost to make one is very low per unit than it is much easier to make more. Also when the music is produced you can make infinite copies with almost zero cost.
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A racist is someone who doesn't like someone because of their race if you want the general definition and prejudice is judging someone before knowing who they are based on past experiences. People can and do hate their own race as well as others. When you meet someone from another country or who's different then you and ask them where they are from its easy to prejudge them, associate them with people you know from that country. Can be a good or bad thing. The black people being faster than whites is just a generalization, again can be good or bad. Some generalizations are based on fact, problem is people get painted with the same brush and it proves to be damaging. I cant like rock music cause I'm black? I am black and was born in Canada. People always ask me where I'm from even though I'm from Canada, I get offended sometimes, other times I let it slide. I don't use derogatory terms. if I find out one is offensive to a group of people I stop using it. I don't care if it's in songs or movies. I don't like it I don't teach it I won't lower myself to it.
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Do these companies really think this makes a good business model?
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White people are afraid of being labeled racist so go out of their way to make sure they do nothing that can appear to be racist. Black people accuse anyone that does not agree with them as being racist. Both thing do nothing to help make this country better.
I have added this response because it makes me so very mad when someone uses the term racist without provocation. To those type of people get over being a victim and understand that the world is not fair.
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Lack of Cell Phone Etiquette is not any different than the lack of regular etiquette
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They just don't get that the value will always be in scarce goods.
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I wonder if the EFF will step in on this.
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