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TV Piracy is Next
Blackfire writes "Why is a TV executive so agitated about online pirates? Because he, like most media
honchos, has seen the scary numbers indicating that the next big craze in illegal file-sharing is
not music, not movies, but television." Frankly I'm amazed that movies caught on before TV since there's so much more TV, and they tend to be smaller files than movies.
On cable, it's the cable company that dictates the commercials
This will be news to NBC.
On the internet, the ISP does NOT dictate internet ads.
This will be news to the maintainers of my ISPs website.
Don't you ever get tired of post whoring all the time, KFG?
Yes.
KFG
Spare me the anti-capitalist bullshit.
You may jerk-off to Forbes magazine, but don't knock those people who have more concern for their jobs than for corporate profits.
Indian programmers can now compete with US ones; good for them
Yes, it is good for them and it's bad for U.S. programmers. It's also bad for the U.S. economy because we will lose the competitive edge in tech. Right now, we have U.S. firms outsourcing to Indian programmers. How long do you think that it will be before tech firms open up in India and start competing with the likes of SMC and Cisco? It won't do you much good to be able to get a router for $10 less if you aren't employed, will it?
Corporations have a duty to their shareholders to make money. This is nothing new.
I remember when corporations felt an obligation to their employees and the community -- not just to their shareholders.
So, in your view of capitalist nirvana, just what would the average worker earn? Do you view a race to the bottom as being the ideal, with corporate CEOs getting seven figure salaries while outsourcing all work to workers who live in countries where apartments can be rented for $50/month?
WTF are you on? you replying to a different post or something?
whats anti capitalist about the prior post?
jeez.
DRM-free indie games for the PC and Mac: Positech Games