While a lot of people may buy from the iTunes store, most people still use it as a general MP3 player.
Do they find some magical way to put DRM on something that didn't have DRM in the first place?
Well, you know, if you worked for their accounting division and had all the fractions of pennies sent to your bank account, I'm pretty sure you could see some amount of money...
Well, it's not as though we don't already use titanium dioxide in toothpaste, paper, and paint...
(slashdot not working right for me, so can't reply directly)
You can say that for a lot of things--cars, books, video games... basically any product that is marketed. A lot of products simply fail, despite the best of intentions, and the customer should not be faulted for a shoddy product not making a profit. As much as films may be art (and I would hardly call most of what is produced commercially "art", but who am I to judge?), to the MPAA, they are a product. It's just how the market works.
I don't think anyone thinks that there's an automatic "good movie" button, to say that is disingenuous. However, it still does not excuse the fact that people shouldn't be expected to pay for a low quality product. If "Meet Dave" tanks, you can hardly blame piracy. Strangely enough, despite the internet good movies still can garner record profits!
"If the movie's a stinker, the word will travel at the speed of a mouse click, ruining chances of making back money."
So you can't get money for a shoddy product? Cry me a river.
How are they "stealing" profits from Apple? They've already been paid for the damned phone.
If anything, they're "stealing" profits from AT&T, and if this were such an issue, they shouldn't be offering unlimited data. I'm pretty sure people have done this with blackberries--sending SMS through something besides the system is nothing new. Hell, I've seen it in a realtor magazine!
I remember taking Calculus in High School (basically, a review of trigonometry and other concepts in the first semester, and then finally learning basic Calculus in the second, aka a bullshit easy class), and it's not as though even personal initiative is appreciated. I loved to read ahead in the book, and try to figure out things on my own. Often, I'd already understand the concepts being taught during the class, and the teacher was well aware of this. However, instead of being able to use processes I understood, I had to go through the tedium of the original process, and go through a page of work instead of the quick process that would cut it down to two or three lines. It's not as though it could be excused by my needing to understand how the process worked, considering it was almost never even mentioned in class, and it was always the most interesting part of mathematics to me.
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He then gets sent to fight in World War II for undisclosed reasons.
While a lot of people may buy from the iTunes store, most people still use it as a general MP3 player. Do they find some magical way to put DRM on something that didn't have DRM in the first place?
Well, once we remove all the Dark Matter, the Earth will be hollow.
Hay r u ok 2 land lol?
I've always wanted a pet Nibblonian...
He already gives coal to naughty children, now he's giving oil to dem Commies!
Well, you know, if you worked for their accounting division and had all the fractions of pennies sent to your bank account, I'm pretty sure you could see some amount of money...
Could this possibly be bundled with Playboy?
Well, it's not as though we don't already use titanium dioxide in toothpaste, paper, and paint... (slashdot not working right for me, so can't reply directly)
"Cowboy Neal" and "latex" should never be in the same sentence.
Trucks.
Maybe in Alabama.
What happens if you find your boss in line?
Excuse us peons for preferring to watch, rather than read, certain kinds of movies.
You can say that for a lot of things--cars, books, video games... basically any product that is marketed. A lot of products simply fail, despite the best of intentions, and the customer should not be faulted for a shoddy product not making a profit. As much as films may be art (and I would hardly call most of what is produced commercially "art", but who am I to judge?), to the MPAA, they are a product. It's just how the market works.
I don't think anyone thinks that there's an automatic "good movie" button, to say that is disingenuous. However, it still does not excuse the fact that people shouldn't be expected to pay for a low quality product. If "Meet Dave" tanks, you can hardly blame piracy. Strangely enough, despite the internet good movies still can garner record profits!
"If the movie's a stinker, the word will travel at the speed of a mouse click, ruining chances of making back money." So you can't get money for a shoddy product? Cry me a river.
I carry around my landline and have a huge roll of wire. It's worked for me so #$FDaf#$# NO CARRIER
Does it mean I visit slashdot too often when I read that as "Amateur Pornographer", and then wonder how you subscribe?
Never mind the fact that this money would likely be utilized in other ways, where the state would still be able to collect revenue.
So, if we help Cuba, we get weird tentacle porn, only with Spanish subtitles?
Well, if it were a video card that you bought through Apple, it would likely be marked up to the point where you'd need a mortgage to cover it.
How are they "stealing" profits from Apple? They've already been paid for the damned phone.
If anything, they're "stealing" profits from AT&T, and if this were such an issue, they shouldn't be offering unlimited data. I'm pretty sure people have done this with blackberries--sending SMS through something besides the system is nothing new. Hell, I've seen it in a realtor magazine!
This article is definitely not newsworthy.
Heh, the captcha is "monopoly"
Yea, while we're at it, let's get rid of more redundant words!
Colloquial (1745-55): characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
Common.
I mean, the word is barely older than the American Republic!
How can you invent both the weather and the Internet?
I remember taking Calculus in High School (basically, a review of trigonometry and other concepts in the first semester, and then finally learning basic Calculus in the second, aka a bullshit easy class), and it's not as though even personal initiative is appreciated. I loved to read ahead in the book, and try to figure out things on my own. Often, I'd already understand the concepts being taught during the class, and the teacher was well aware of this. However, instead of being able to use processes I understood, I had to go through the tedium of the original process, and go through a page of work instead of the quick process that would cut it down to two or three lines. It's not as though it could be excused by my needing to understand how the process worked, considering it was almost never even mentioned in class, and it was always the most interesting part of mathematics to me.