"This guy" probably wants to be a writer, not a publisher. And anyway, self-publishing is an extremely risky venture. One where the rewards for the top 1% are great, yes, but advising all writers to shirk off their publishers is a terrible idea.
Do you have any evidence to support this, or are you just talking out your ass? For instance, the fact that tons of people buy digital mp3s and ebooks seem to suggest that a pricetag does not, in fact, make digital goods "worthless," at least to many people.
Unless you're trying to argue that they're worthless because you can't resell them, which is a hilariously poor argument, as people have paid for unresellable services since the beginning of time.
So you're essentially saying that selling digital goods for ANY price makes it worthless? This is very much the opposite of true, or at the very least, not true for everyone. Many people, myself included, are perfectly comfortable paying for mp3s. Now obviously there DO need to be price considerations, but saying "charging makes it worthless" is silly.
No. Supposedly she got herself in a lot of debt extending her tour the first time, but she has plenty of money. She's friggin number 4 on the Forbes celebrity list, ahead of Tiger Woods.
And I know several people selling on kindle who make 2 sales a month, as well as several people with mainstream publishers making high-six figures. Anecdotes FTW!
Or, you know, you could just pass a law banning scanners/groping instead of spending your time playing stupid little budget games and making sure women don't have access to reproductive health care. I know, I'm a dreamer.
Absolutely. The youth should be given more voting power for the next, say, 10-15 years, after which the middle-aged should be given power for another 20 or so years, at which time the old people will take over. After that I don't really give a fuck what happens.
I don't see it. The only reason any regular user would care whether or not a service is "distributed" is if the service is regularly knocked down, which Facebook isn't (I think it's been down once or twice in the past few years).
Friendster and MySpace were much more fleeting than Facebook. People didn't have their entire lives -- pictures, relatives, histories -- attached to their social network. But at this point, it's going to take a lot more than a fancy new technology only of interest to techies to get people to reupload the information they've spent years compiling to another service. You're going to need something absolutely earthshattering, or Facebook would need to commit a massive blunder.
If cheapness of food was a huge concern for most Americans, restaurants would be out of business.
The Alamo's food is actually quite good, and they also serve beer. The seats are comfortable, and while, yes, you can't talk during the movie, you can talk during the previews and before and after. And you still laugh together, gasp together, etc.
There are pros and cons. Sometimes the idea of sitting next to other people to watch a movie sounds like torture. But sometimes it sounds like a lot of fun. I'd like to have both options.
It makes sense to me. Basically, they seem to be banking on the idea that someone would rather spend an extra $2 to buy from a seller with thousands of positive ratings rather than one with significantly fewer. Also, since the Amazon marketplace involves used items, they're using the notion many consumers possess that "you get what you pay for," and paying a higher price indicates that the item is of a higher quality.
Of course, they obviously didn't think far enough ahead to realize that that extra $2 could turn into millions.
If what you say about Instant Karma is true, maybe Prince is right about original songs being destroyed ... John Lennon released Instant Karma as part of his solo career, and now I can't find info about it originally being a Beatles song *anywhere*
I get what you're saying, but the Westboro case is not a good example of unpredictability. It's a clear-cut example of 1st Amendment rights protecting even offensive speech, and it had agreement from both wings of the court.
I could see the SC striking this down as well, but in the past, the court has ruled pretty strongly in favor of police power, so I'd still expect them to uphold the warrantless tracking.
While I agree Match.com is not liable, all the victim blaming ("You should take *personal responsibility* for being raped!") in the comments is really disgusting.
In a separate tweet, she says "lol, does it count if the [sharer] was the composer?" To which I say, it almost certainly does, as the composer probably does not have publishing rights. Still illegal.
Also, big thumbs down to the random body-snarking in the comments here. Thought most of the TechDirt commenters (the non AC ones) were better than that.
Amazon kicks so much ass. For those who don't remember, they were the ones who fought for DRM-less music, and forced iTunes to do the same. Now it's standard.
Yes, I wish they'd do the same for their ebooks. But Amazon does a pretty great job 99% of the time.
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Unless you're trying to argue that they're worthless because you can't resell them, which is a hilariously poor argument, as people have paid for unresellable services since the beginning of time.
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http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/22/lady-gaga-oprah-winfrey-business-entertainment-celeb-100- 10_land.html
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"You know, maybe kicking some taxpayer money to a factchecking organization wouldn't be a terrible idea."
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The Alamo's food is actually quite good, and they also serve beer. The seats are comfortable, and while, yes, you can't talk during the movie, you can talk during the previews and before and after. And you still laugh together, gasp together, etc.
There are pros and cons. Sometimes the idea of sitting next to other people to watch a movie sounds like torture. But sometimes it sounds like a lot of fun. I'd like to have both options.
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Of course, they obviously didn't think far enough ahead to realize that that extra $2 could turn into millions.
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I could see the SC striking this down as well, but in the past, the court has ruled pretty strongly in favor of police power, so I'd still expect them to uphold the warrantless tracking.
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Also, big thumbs down to the random body-snarking in the comments here. Thought most of the TechDirt commenters (the non AC ones) were better than that.
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Yes, I wish they'd do the same for their ebooks. But Amazon does a pretty great job 99% of the time.
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