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Sony CEO Proposes "Guardrails For the Internet"
testadicazzo writes "Micheal Lynton, the guy who said 'I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good having come from the Internet. Period.' has posted an editorial at the Huffington Post titled Guardrails for the Internet, in which he defends his comment, and suggests that just as the interstate system needs guardrails, so too does the information superhighway. The following is pretty indicative of the article: 'Internet users have become used to getting things when they want it and how they want it, and those of us in the entertainment business want to meet that kind of demand as efficiently and effectively as possible. But what has happened online is that if it is 'beyond store hours' and the shop is closed, a lot of people just smash the window and steal what they want. Freedom without restraint is chaos, and if we don't figure out some way to prevent online chaos, the quantity, quality and availability of the kinds of entertainment, literature, art and scholarship we need to have a healthy, vibrant culture will suffer.'"
I've a friend who said the same thing all through undergrad! I don't completely agree however.
Sony has traditionally made very poor quality products, but sells them rather cheaply, thus forcing other manufacturers to reduce prices too. Sure you'd be an idiot to buy sony products, but their existence makes the good stuff cheaper.
I guess it isn't even clear that Sony has necessarily worsened your life if you're forced to buy their stuff due to poverty, as you then can't afford other manufacturers.
Oh, yeah Sony Music hasn't contributed anything to anybody.
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
No because the Internet is "like a Highway", it should have guard rails, road surface markings, ramps, been made out of asphalt, and everything else, regardless of it making no sense at all in that context? Wow.
On the other hand: EVERYONE who even forwards this guy's crap, is himself responsible for the popularity of his crap. He's just a troll, trolling the whole nation, instead of just a forum. So please behave in the same way here: Completely ignore everything of him.
From now on, he does not exist anymore. Period. :)
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
ok...
Most games DO have demos
most games are much cheaper than $60.
The idea that only $60+ games with no demos get pirated is just silly.
Are you pretending that if the pirate scum hadn't all tried to play demigod things wouldn't have worked fine?
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