I understand why United decided to absorb the cost of this ad glitch. The advertising they'll get from this story and their ultimately taking the high road will probably equal the 1.6 meg it cost them.
And, they can certainly cut some of the flight costs, such as fueling the plane(s) with the not-so-fresh stuff that sat a while and took on water and the other contaminants that enter all liquid fuel vessels through their vent pipes.
And, they can stretch the maintenance schedule, i.e. delay engine overhauls, lube changes, pressurization stress inspections, etc., because after all, this is what corporations feel compelled to do to keep stockholders happy, especially in uncertain economic times such as these.
For added perspective let's compare: Of all the past and present accusations against British Petroleum (BP) none are ever for any questionable spending of potential dividends to guarantee-or even overkill, if you'll pardon the metaphor when deaths are mounting-the safety of their workers, the public or the environment.
Sure, big corporations will magnanimously spend what they must to maintain the images and illusions, but they have ways of compensating that we aren't ever supposed to learn about....
Have a nice flight, folks! And, don't worry, the tires are probably safe for one more takeoff and landing, even if they may be due for replacement....(that fine print in the logs of the equipment install dates, total air miles and cabin pressurizations, etc., are really hard to read sometimes. And, workers, mechanics and even inspectors can make mistakes, especially if they're exhausted from working to cover permanent staff and crew shortages....)
25 dollars from San Fran to Paris? Wow! Now, that's what I call tempting fate!
Pangolin asks: "This guy is in total compliance so why doesn't he tell the ASCAP to shove off and keep doing what he's doing. What power do they have?"
Well, when he explains the problem and presents the cease & desist letter to his attorney the lawyer will immediately ejaculate, "Hey, you don't have to put up with that! Gimme ten thousand dollars and I'll get started on this right away!"
In suits like this there are three interested parties and two will always win....
Rick Rubin came up with a sensible, practical solution. If all music users paid a modest fee and then had access to all music both new and classic, the boodle could be shared with all artists whose music is downloaded, played on juke boxes, TV and radio. (and shared with the sticky fingered corporate swindlers too, of course)
Record company royalty would have to rethink their inflated sense of entitlement, and instead of making bazillions on a few hits they'd have to share with artists as old as The Zombies and Bill Haley, and not just their chicken hawk A&R in-laws and their new boy band stars.
Rubin wants to see those record companies' palaces razed to rubble, and he (and others including yours truly) would like to see a truly equitable split of the loot. Especially after the lovely Ms. Mary Wells and Friendly Womack, Jr. took time to explain the attempt to recoup royalties (from Berry Gordy, Jr.) to me nearly 30 years ago, winning my support for it and them.
A modest users' fee (multiplied by millions of kids and adults who pay little or nothing now) would inspire and encourage compliance instead of empowering and channeling the geniuses who will likely defeat all attempts to curtail/criminalize file sharing.
Rick Rubin has a workable plan but he doesn't think like a greedy oligarch. Needless to say there is resistance from those who want to stock another gold vault with each new multi-platinum release.
Imagine how very different the world would be if every 60's garage band that played school dances resulted in lawyer threat letters.
Then imagine how the sales of Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, etc., guitars would have been if kids playing Hendrix were crushed by corporate sharks like Edgar Bronfman, Jr, who today extorts a reported 2 meg pr yr on the copyright for HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
We need to ask ourselves if we really want to be policed to this extent-must we surrender to the likes of this robber baron and his army of slimy lawyers?
We know that record companies ripped off the artists on record sales and the artists need to make theirs in personal performances, which I support. TIME WARNER and Bronfman can just kiss my ass. Performing popular music is my cultural imperative and they have no valid prior claim to that. If not for me and others like me their product (CDs) would be worthless. If they push it they won't make much after paying their lawyers in every successful lawsuit, especially against poor, judgment-proof defendants. And as juries wise up and people get fed up they'll be left with an army of lawyers on retainer who sue their client once they get hungry....
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UNITED BLOWS IT then UNITED EATS IT
And, they can certainly cut some of the flight costs, such as fueling the plane(s) with the not-so-fresh stuff that sat a while and took on water and the other contaminants that enter all liquid fuel vessels through their vent pipes.
And, they can stretch the maintenance schedule, i.e. delay engine overhauls, lube changes, pressurization stress inspections, etc., because after all, this is what corporations feel compelled to do to keep stockholders happy, especially in uncertain economic times such as these.
For added perspective let's compare: Of all the past and present accusations against British Petroleum (BP) none are ever for any questionable spending of potential dividends to guarantee-or even overkill, if you'll pardon the metaphor when deaths are mounting-the safety of their workers, the public or the environment.
Sure, big corporations will magnanimously spend what they must to maintain the images and illusions, but they have ways of compensating that we aren't ever supposed to learn about....
Have a nice flight, folks! And, don't worry, the tires are probably safe for one more takeoff and landing, even if they may be due for replacement....(that fine print in the logs of the equipment install dates, total air miles and cabin pressurizations, etc., are really hard to read sometimes. And, workers, mechanics and even inspectors can make mistakes, especially if they're exhausted from working to cover permanent staff and crew shortages....)
25 dollars from San Fran to Paris? Wow! Now, that's what I call tempting fate!
Re: I don't get it
Well, when he explains the problem and presents the cease & desist letter to his attorney the lawyer will immediately ejaculate, "Hey, you don't have to put up with that! Gimme ten thousand dollars and I'll get started on this right away!"
In suits like this there are three interested parties and two will always win....
Re: Re: Re: This is not a source for stories that challenge that viewpoint
Record company royalty would have to rethink their inflated sense of entitlement, and instead of making bazillions on a few hits they'd have to share with artists as old as The Zombies and Bill Haley, and not just their chicken hawk A&R in-laws and their new boy band stars.
Rubin wants to see those record companies' palaces razed to rubble, and he (and others including yours truly) would like to see a truly equitable split of the loot. Especially after the lovely Ms. Mary Wells and Friendly Womack, Jr. took time to explain the attempt to recoup royalties (from Berry Gordy, Jr.) to me nearly 30 years ago, winning my support for it and them.
A modest users' fee (multiplied by millions of kids and adults who pay little or nothing now) would inspire and encourage compliance instead of empowering and channeling the geniuses who will likely defeat all attempts to curtail/criminalize file sharing.
Rick Rubin has a workable plan but he doesn't think like a greedy oligarch. Needless to say there is resistance from those who want to stock another gold vault with each new multi-platinum release.
ASCAP goon squads
Then imagine how the sales of Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, etc., guitars would have been if kids playing Hendrix were crushed by corporate sharks like Edgar Bronfman, Jr, who today extorts a reported 2 meg pr yr on the copyright for HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
We need to ask ourselves if we really want to be policed to this extent-must we surrender to the likes of this robber baron and his army of slimy lawyers?
We know that record companies ripped off the artists on record sales and the artists need to make theirs in personal performances, which I support. TIME WARNER and Bronfman can just kiss my ass. Performing popular music is my cultural imperative and they have no valid prior claim to that. If not for me and others like me their product (CDs) would be worthless. If they push it they won't make much after paying their lawyers in every successful lawsuit, especially against poor, judgment-proof defendants. And as juries wise up and people get fed up they'll be left with an army of lawyers on retainer who sue their client once they get hungry....
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