It is a bit rich considering MS has already been pulled up for their own anti competitive activities, but if Google really are at the same kind of thing (what big company isn't?) then it is right and fair that they also get pulled up.
I am fucking sick of these types of stories. When are people going to grow up, stop blaming others for what they do and take responsibility for their own actions?
The only thing lost with e books and the Internet is the artificial monopoly that the publishers have enjoyed for decades.
The digital revolution has opened up doors to authors that previously were closed to a great many would be authors (I could say the same about musicians and film makers).
If authors are failing, it is not down to the Internet/e books/Amazon/Google or anyone else, it is down to the author not taking full advantage of the tools available to them.
Handing the running of a country over to unelected, unaccountable corporations. I suppose it doesn't really matter as politicians are nothing more than corporate shills anyway.
I use Unblock US with Netflix to get access to the US content. I pay my subscription and copyright fanboys still try to make me feel guilty about it. I guess we will never win.
There is absolutely no technical reason content cannot be made available more widely. The only reason is control and maintenance of the monopoly that has been enjoyed for decades.
Same here. I do not want to watch content on anyone's schedule but mine. I want to be able to enjoy my content how and when I want without restrictions.
What I want from streaming services is for the entertainment industry to realise that the Internet DOES NOT HAVE BORDERS. Living in the UK, we do not have access to anywhere near the content that US citizens have.
Compare the US and UK Netflix libraries, or the content on Love Film as opposed to Amazon Prime Video (which Amazon don't even offer here). The difference in content is stark and yet we have to pay the same subscription fees.
Regional blocking and windowed release models are feeding piracy, when will the entertainment industries realise this?
In fairness, it is HIS music and HE is keeping control over it. You gotta admire that. So many musicians willingly sign control of their work to their record labels.
Champagne is a fair enough trademark because the grapes are grown in the Champagne region of France and that is what it is named after (duh!). Anything else is just sparkling wine, not champagne.
Where does Belgium get the ingredients to make it's chocolate?
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Is that too much to ask? Am I being unreasonable?
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Hope they do
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The digital revolution has opened up doors to authors that previously were closed to a great many would be authors (I could say the same about musicians and film makers).
If authors are failing, it is not down to the Internet/e books/Amazon/Google or anyone else, it is down to the author not taking full advantage of the tools available to them.
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There is absolutely no technical reason content cannot be made available more widely. The only reason is control and maintenance of the monopoly that has been enjoyed for decades.
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In that case, they aren't very good at business.
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Compare the US and UK Netflix libraries, or the content on Love Film as opposed to Amazon Prime Video (which Amazon don't even offer here). The difference in content is stark and yet we have to pay the same subscription fees.
Regional blocking and windowed release models are feeding piracy, when will the entertainment industries realise this?
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According to people like you, culture did not exist before copyright.
Two can play at that game, dumbass.
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I was thinking 'idiot'. My lack of diplomacy means I will probably never get promoted.
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Where does Belgium get the ingredients to make it's chocolate?
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Re: Pretty much what I expected to hear.
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