"Yes, that means regulation is often needed to ensure the market stays free, just as regulation is needed to ensure freedom in many other cases."
Sorry you can't have it both ways. If you want a "Free Market" the government can have no hand in the economy. We have a mixed market economy as are most in the world. "free market" is just an economist utopia and will never happen.
You know I have to laugh to myself while reading all these posts. People here cutting up Gene for what he's said. Yet for the most part its true. Now I have been known to download the odd mp3 or so, but when you look at it there is a big problem out there. For instance, you would never go into a store and just take your favorite bands memorabilia without paying for it and not expect to be jumped by the security guard standing at the door - juiced up on steroids. Gene is also right in suggesting that you would never open a corner store and simply have people pay what they think is fair or can afford and expect to make a living that way. I mean this is just not good business, and that is what this is after all, a business. Musicians and Record labels are in it to make money, and that's it. This is there business, and anyway you look at it those who download mp3's without paying for them are stealing. Its that simple.
So all you people who disagree with Gene should open your own business - let people pay what they want or just take what ever your selling and see how long you can stay in business for.
So where is this Email? who wrote it and what press was it sent to. I mean OMFG, if any idiot wants to just come out and write something with no backup no proof then this is the place to come I guess.
Here is one for you then. Steve Jobs sent an email to Bill Gates 2 years ago seeking interest in a possible merger of the two companies. Gates rejected the idea because it would mean an end to the Windows line of OS's...Put that in your pipe and smoke it. And start writing something thats actually credible.
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"Yes, that means regulation is often needed to ensure the market stays free, just as regulation is needed to ensure freedom in many other cases."
Sorry you can't have it both ways. If you want a "Free Market" the government can have no hand in the economy. We have a mixed market economy as are most in the world. "free market" is just an economist utopia and will never happen.
You know I have to laugh to myself while reading all these posts. People here cutting up Gene for what he's said. Yet for the most part its true. Now I have been known to download the odd mp3 or so, but when you look at it there is a big problem out there. For instance, you would never go into a store and just take your favorite bands memorabilia without paying for it and not expect to be jumped by the security guard standing at the door - juiced up on steroids. Gene is also right in suggesting that you would never open a corner store and simply have people pay what they think is fair or can afford and expect to make a living that way. I mean this is just not good business, and that is what this is after all, a business. Musicians and Record labels are in it to make money, and that's it. This is there business, and anyway you look at it those who download mp3's without paying for them are stealing. Its that simple.
So all you people who disagree with Gene should open your own business - let people pay what they want or just take what ever your selling and see how long you can stay in business for.
Virtualization is why you would migrate to Vista.
So where is this Email? who wrote it and what press was it sent to. I mean OMFG, if any idiot wants to just come out and write something with no backup no proof then this is the place to come I guess. Here is one for you then. Steve Jobs sent an email to Bill Gates 2 years ago seeking interest in a possible merger of the two companies. Gates rejected the idea because it would mean an end to the Windows line of OS's...Put that in your pipe and smoke it. And start writing something thats actually credible.