I went to their site and checked them out. However, I had trouble understanding:
* 500 FREE Local and Long Distance Minutes
If I pay $19.95 for this plan, how can they possibly call it 'free'? For it to be free, I shouldn't have to pay anything until the 500 minutes are used.
Thanks for the link and the heads-up, but I think I'll pass. I have so little faith in companies that try to enhance one's perceived value with double-speak (cliche-ish buzzword alert!)
Unfortunately, the courts have muddied the waters by allowing certain copyrighted material to be legally reproduced without permission. Two key components in defining what's legal to copy is: the material must be of educational interest and the reproducing must be spontaneous and limited (in qty).
Hilary Rosen's analogy about taking someone's paper and making an A from it is just plain wrong. That would be benefiting from the work. While it is certainly wrong to copy someone's work then use it for your own personal gain (i.e., getting an A on a paper or selling CD's without the legal right to do so), it is more accurate to compare the vast majority of cd copying with taking someone else's paper and simply reading it. And there's nothing illegal or unethical about reading someone else's work.
OTOH, the Recording Industry would have everyone pay for the right to simply listen to a song. That's the ultimate in unethical.
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The idea of having the largest one day download was a Microsoft hoax designed to create a DOS attack on Mozilla.
Do we really want Lindsay Lohan in the skies above us?
What if your car is in the middle of the stack and you come out of Starbuck's and want to go home? Not a good selling point.
Why not register thesimpledog.com first then send him a nasty C&D email?
I'm not a witch, I'm your wife. But after what you just said, I'm not even sure I want to be that any more. -Valerie
(surely you meant "Miracle Max"
I went to their site and checked them out. However, I had trouble understanding:
* 500 FREE Local and Long Distance Minutes
If I pay $19.95 for this plan, how can they possibly call it 'free'? For it to be free, I shouldn't have to pay anything until the 500 minutes are used.
Thanks for the link and the heads-up, but I think I'll pass. I have so little faith in companies that try to enhance one's perceived value with double-speak (cliche-ish buzzword alert!)
I noticed the misquote as well but lacked the kayjoneez to speak out offtopically.
Question: how quickly can Faye Dunaway reach orgasm when discussing business?
Unfortunately, the courts have muddied the waters by allowing certain copyrighted material to be legally reproduced without permission. Two key components in defining what's legal to copy is: the material must be of educational interest and the reproducing must be spontaneous and limited (in qty).
Hilary Rosen's analogy about taking someone's paper and making an A from it is just plain wrong. That would be benefiting from the work. While it is certainly wrong to copy someone's work then use it for your own personal gain (i.e., getting an A on a paper or selling CD's without the legal right to do so), it is more accurate to compare the vast majority of cd copying with taking someone else's paper and simply reading it. And there's nothing illegal or unethical about reading someone else's work.
OTOH, the Recording Industry would have everyone pay for the right to simply listen to a song. That's the ultimate in unethical.