Doing what you love is a great way to make money. To have someone else take what you created and loved working on and change it, mess it up and destroy what was the best part of it really hurts the love of creating. He's not looking to become a millionaire but if he could support himself with his own projects, he would be a lot happier than he is not, even if he was making less money.
But my project doesn't have more than 5 people. There are 10 projects here that just have 5 people in each group. It's not my fault that some people in each group know and talk to each other.
It's not legal as law has nothing to do with it. The mall is completely within their rights to ban photography but they have no legal rights to do anything to you if you violate their policy. It's their policy, not yours. You can stand there taking hundreds of photos and they can't take your camera, they can't make you delete the pictures, they can't arrest you or tackle you. They have only one recourse and that is to ask you to leave. If you don't leave they can call the police and they can arrest you for trespassing but that is it. They can ban you from returning and have the police arrest and charge you with trespassing again if you do but that is it.
Easy for you to say but there is only so much time in the day to learn about everything, At some point you have to trust some people to just do their jobs. Say you run a small business and you need a few computers to to that. The only thing important is that you need the computers and you need them to work. Time spent learning about computer components and even basic trouble shooting to prevent being ripped off a few hundred dollars, is time that could be spent selling your product or service to new clients or customers to make thousands in profit.
If you need some wiring done in your house, do you buy a book on basic wiring so you can check what the electrician did?
If you need a plumber, do you learn basic plumbing code to is if your plumber is being lazy or trying to cheat you?
If your car breaks down, do you spend hours in internet forums trying to get the internet to diagnose your problem before you take it to a mechanic?
At some point you just need to trust people to do their job, other wise you need to do everything your self and that is just not piratical. Find people you can trust to do good work for you but sometimes that trust is misplaces. All this article does is show a few warning signs to look out for before you do trust someone.
Freedom means free choice. Nothing else come free with that. You are free to live where ever you want but you must face the consequences of that, good or bad. You are free to live in the city or in the middle of no where but if and when gas goes up you have to deal with it. It's not up to the Government to keep gas prices down just to support your choice.
Your still thinking the old way. With digital distribution you can easily have cross label agreements. Say apple owned a 1/3 and Google owned 1/3. Google can agree to allow Apple to sell any albums Google owns digitally any way they see fit in exchange for the reverse. Similar agreements can be made with the final third even if it was broken up by a dozen different companies. Basically it would be the same agreement that ISP's have with each other that allows data to use the others network in exchange for the reverse.
There are services that already do this. Go sign up for netflicks for unlimited movies every month. I'm sure there are music ones too. We don't need the government getting involved with the private music industry any more than it is.
That's why you don't put it out with your own trash. You drive around the corner and put it with your neighbors trash. It's not that hard to work the system.
There are lots of ways to get rid of things you don't need any more. Large commercial garbage bin that is left unlocked. Go by a construction site, lots of open bins there. Hell, if you really don't care you just go down some side road and dump it in the bush. As long as you don't throw out and identifying information, odds are next to zero of being caught.
They thrive on milking the suckers for everything they're worth.
Casinos? It's not just casinos, that is every major cooperation in America. Everyone wants as much of your money as they can get for as little effort possible. Every advertisement, next generation, latest product, up sized combo meal, two for one, discount coupon, payment plan, three easy payment, subscription service, limited time offer all have the ultimate goal of getting as much money from you as possible. So why so much hate for the casinos?
I don't see them as much different from Apple that wants to make a new version of a their phone just so you can all buy it again, and hell, I bet half the people here can't wait to throw their money at Apple.
The top guy or guys (or maybe gals) have a right to know or at least have access to all the main passwords as many have said, it's their system, but at the same time there needs to be clear policies and agreements about the use of those passwords and what they should and should not be changing. If they want to fire and outsource the it staff, they need the ability to do so. At the same time, if your really worries about the PHB messing stuff up, sign an agreement that anytime a non IT staff member access and breaks something, all IT staff receive triple pay until the problem is resolved. As long as there are clear consequences for stupid things like that, problems seem to go away.
It's only made it worse because PCMAG didn't back down like most business do when threatened. If it was a smaller magazine or a non tech oriented magazine, they probably would have just pulled the article and you wouldn't even know about it. Most people or businesses can't afford a legal battle with a giant but the RIAA can sue you and keep you in court for years draining your time and money until you collapse. That is why most people comply but sometimes you need to pick your battles.
The reason for copyright is to encourage people to create knowing that if they invest a large amount of time and money into a project and create something very good, that for a certain amount of time they can sell and profit from their creation to recoup their investment without others just taking their creation and profiting from them as well.
The idea is to reward the successful risk takers, so lets say we have a music company "A" that has signed a bang they think is good enough to be successful. They spend money on the band, studio time, editors and manufacturing a cd that they put in stores. Consumers decide the fate of that investment by choosing to or not to purchase a copy. They also choose the value of that copy. If someone thinks that the cd is only worth $10 and it is being sold for $20, then they will not buy it. When someone downloads an illegal copy, they have decided that the value is $0. When you argue about lost sales, it is all theory about the effects. Would they have bought a legitimate copy if no free one was available or would they not have. Does free sharing present the music to a larger audience and create more sales or not. I believe for the most part that both positive and negative effects of illegal file sharing have a positive gain, if not at least cancel each other out, but that can be debated elsewhere.
Now lets take a second `music company' called "B" that does not invest in any band or anything else. All they do is manufacture popular music and they choose their music by going into other music stores and buying a copy of that weeks number 1 seller. They make several copies and put them in many other stores. Profits are assured because everyone wants to buy a copy and they can undercut the other manufacture because there is no investment to recoup. There is very little theory in this case as every sale shows that the customer is willing to make a purchase. If company B makes a million dollars, that is a million dollars company A should have made. This is exactly what Cook's Magazine has done and why people are upset.
If people are just saving and sharing copies of this recipe, Monica Gaudio would be happy that people are enjoying her work and the exposure she gets from the sharing. Cook's Magazine took a copy, claimed it was theirs and put it in a book that they sold to make money with very little investment. If you did this in school, you get expelled.
A recent study shows that well over 60% of people that make over $100,000 still live paycheck to paycheck. If I could find it I'd link it.
Bitch and moan about the poor paying too much in taxes but the struggling lower class are poor because they are stupid with their money and the rich and successful are smart with their money. I don't mean to be trolling but frankly it doesn't matter how much money people make or not taxed, it will never be enough.
Some can, some can't. I believe it is discouraged to help keep a more accurate inventories on similar items. Take bottles of pop. A cashier may press 4 and scan one bottle of pop and push the other 3 through. But if 2 were coke and 2 were pepsi there can be errors as one may be priced differently than the other and the inventory is now messed up.
I know it doesn't solve anything if they scan the coke 4 times but hell, they have to do something. Most cashiers I see are not exactly university graduates.
Like just about every other legal media service online. Nothing like clicking on a link that says, watch full episodes for free here just to get a message saying, sorry, this service is for people inside the US only.
Americans are heavily influenced by movies. In 2001 a movie titled Zoolander was released and there was a dramatic increase in gasoline fight accidents. As a result, several states had to ban people from pumping their own gas.
If you have a lot of items, the cashier will be faster than you for several reasons. The main reason is the the self checkouts only let you scan one item at a time. You scan an item, put it on the scale, get next item, scan it, put it on the scale. A cashier can pick up one item and scan the same item several times if you are buying more then one. Say your stocking up on bottles of pop. Cashier will just pick up one and (beep)(beep)(beep)(beep)(beep), done.
If you have several dozen items a cashier will be much faster as they have you loading a conveyor belt that constantly feeds them items to scan. 2 people will always be better faster than one unless it's their first day.
Several entertainment businesses have changing rates base on the time of the day. Did you know that you can avoid paying a cover charge at the bar if you show up at noon? They only charge cover in the evening but that is when most people show up. Man they must be stupid or something.
Entertainment business fluctuates dramatically from day to day, week to week or season to season. If that means letting people in for free on off hours then so be it. You can off set your cost by selling food n drinks, swim caps and renting towels. Even if your loosing some money you get good will and better business during peak hours so over all you make money.
Same goes for the music industry. If they focus less on cd sales and more on concerts, posters, signings and other tangible items, they would make more money and have a hell of a better image then they do now.
Working hard doesn't mean you have done anything of value. I can work much harder digging a hole in the ground but if no one wants the hole and there is no need for a hole there, I can't get all pissy and demand to be paid for all of my hard work.
Yes, that was totally worth the time you spent typing that out, to bring to everyone's attention that I mistakenly added a second "d" to "ad" when I typed out my comment. The world is now a better place because of that and aven for adding.
Oh, did you mean "even". If your going to be a dick about spelling, be sure that yours is correct first.
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Doing what you love is a great way to make money. To have someone else take what you created and loved working on and change it, mess it up and destroy what was the best part of it really hurts the love of creating. He's not looking to become a millionaire but if he could support himself with his own projects, he would be a lot happier than he is not, even if he was making less money.
But my project doesn't have more than 5 people. There are 10 projects here that just have 5 people in each group. It's not my fault that some people in each group know and talk to each other.
Very true. I have a rule that says no fat chicks, but they still exist and there is nothing I can do about it.
It's only legal if Eve is a part of the conversation, unless alice was wearing a wire for eve.
It's not legal as law has nothing to do with it. The mall is completely within their rights to ban photography but they have no legal rights to do anything to you if you violate their policy. It's their policy, not yours. You can stand there taking hundreds of photos and they can't take your camera, they can't make you delete the pictures, they can't arrest you or tackle you. They have only one recourse and that is to ask you to leave. If you don't leave they can call the police and they can arrest you for trespassing but that is it. They can ban you from returning and have the police arrest and charge you with trespassing again if you do but that is it.
Easy for you to say but there is only so much time in the day to learn about everything, At some point you have to trust some people to just do their jobs. Say you run a small business and you need a few computers to to that. The only thing important is that you need the computers and you need them to work. Time spent learning about computer components and even basic trouble shooting to prevent being ripped off a few hundred dollars, is time that could be spent selling your product or service to new clients or customers to make thousands in profit.
If you need some wiring done in your house, do you buy a book on basic wiring so you can check what the electrician did? If you need a plumber, do you learn basic plumbing code to is if your plumber is being lazy or trying to cheat you? If your car breaks down, do you spend hours in internet forums trying to get the internet to diagnose your problem before you take it to a mechanic?
At some point you just need to trust people to do their job, other wise you need to do everything your self and that is just not piratical. Find people you can trust to do good work for you but sometimes that trust is misplaces. All this article does is show a few warning signs to look out for before you do trust someone.
Freedom means free choice. Nothing else come free with that. You are free to live where ever you want but you must face the consequences of that, good or bad. You are free to live in the city or in the middle of no where but if and when gas goes up you have to deal with it. It's not up to the Government to keep gas prices down just to support your choice.
Your still thinking the old way. With digital distribution you can easily have cross label agreements. Say apple owned a 1/3 and Google owned 1/3. Google can agree to allow Apple to sell any albums Google owns digitally any way they see fit in exchange for the reverse. Similar agreements can be made with the final third even if it was broken up by a dozen different companies. Basically it would be the same agreement that ISP's have with each other that allows data to use the others network in exchange for the reverse.
There are services that already do this. Go sign up for netflicks for unlimited movies every month. I'm sure there are music ones too. We don't need the government getting involved with the private music industry any more than it is.
That's why you don't put it out with your own trash. You drive around the corner and put it with your neighbors trash. It's not that hard to work the system.
There are lots of ways to get rid of things you don't need any more. Large commercial garbage bin that is left unlocked. Go by a construction site, lots of open bins there. Hell, if you really don't care you just go down some side road and dump it in the bush. As long as you don't throw out and identifying information, odds are next to zero of being caught.
They thrive on milking the suckers for everything they're worth.
Casinos? It's not just casinos, that is every major cooperation in America. Everyone wants as much of your money as they can get for as little effort possible. Every advertisement, next generation, latest product, up sized combo meal, two for one, discount coupon, payment plan, three easy payment, subscription service, limited time offer all have the ultimate goal of getting as much money from you as possible. So why so much hate for the casinos?
I don't see them as much different from Apple that wants to make a new version of a their phone just so you can all buy it again, and hell, I bet half the people here can't wait to throw their money at Apple.
Nope. Playing the game as best as you can is part of the game. Using another device changes the game.
The top guy or guys (or maybe gals) have a right to know or at least have access to all the main passwords as many have said, it's their system, but at the same time there needs to be clear policies and agreements about the use of those passwords and what they should and should not be changing. If they want to fire and outsource the it staff, they need the ability to do so. At the same time, if your really worries about the PHB messing stuff up, sign an agreement that anytime a non IT staff member access and breaks something, all IT staff receive triple pay until the problem is resolved. As long as there are clear consequences for stupid things like that, problems seem to go away.
A few billion Barbie dolls would disagree.
It's only made it worse because PCMAG didn't back down like most business do when threatened. If it was a smaller magazine or a non tech oriented magazine, they probably would have just pulled the article and you wouldn't even know about it. Most people or businesses can't afford a legal battle with a giant but the RIAA can sue you and keep you in court for years draining your time and money until you collapse. That is why most people comply but sometimes you need to pick your battles.
The reason for copyright is to encourage people to create knowing that if they invest a large amount of time and money into a project and create something very good, that for a certain amount of time they can sell and profit from their creation to recoup their investment without others just taking their creation and profiting from them as well.
The idea is to reward the successful risk takers, so lets say we have a music company "A" that has signed a bang they think is good enough to be successful. They spend money on the band, studio time, editors and manufacturing a cd that they put in stores. Consumers decide the fate of that investment by choosing to or not to purchase a copy. They also choose the value of that copy. If someone thinks that the cd is only worth $10 and it is being sold for $20, then they will not buy it. When someone downloads an illegal copy, they have decided that the value is $0. When you argue about lost sales, it is all theory about the effects. Would they have bought a legitimate copy if no free one was available or would they not have. Does free sharing present the music to a larger audience and create more sales or not. I believe for the most part that both positive and negative effects of illegal file sharing have a positive gain, if not at least cancel each other out, but that can be debated elsewhere.
Now lets take a second `music company' called "B" that does not invest in any band or anything else. All they do is manufacture popular music and they choose their music by going into other music stores and buying a copy of that weeks number 1 seller. They make several copies and put them in many other stores. Profits are assured because everyone wants to buy a copy and they can undercut the other manufacture because there is no investment to recoup. There is very little theory in this case as every sale shows that the customer is willing to make a purchase. If company B makes a million dollars, that is a million dollars company A should have made. This is exactly what Cook's Magazine has done and why people are upset.
If people are just saving and sharing copies of this recipe, Monica Gaudio would be happy that people are enjoying her work and the exposure she gets from the sharing. Cook's Magazine took a copy, claimed it was theirs and put it in a book that they sold to make money with very little investment. If you did this in school, you get expelled.
This is why one is "okay" and the other is not.
A recent study shows that well over 60% of people that make over $100,000 still live paycheck to paycheck. If I could find it I'd link it.
Bitch and moan about the poor paying too much in taxes but the struggling lower class are poor because they are stupid with their money and the rich and successful are smart with their money. I don't mean to be trolling but frankly it doesn't matter how much money people make or not taxed, it will never be enough.
Canada is doing pretty good. We had a little dip in the economy but nothing like the States did.
Some can, some can't. I believe it is discouraged to help keep a more accurate inventories on similar items. Take bottles of pop. A cashier may press 4 and scan one bottle of pop and push the other 3 through. But if 2 were coke and 2 were pepsi there can be errors as one may be priced differently than the other and the inventory is now messed up.
I know it doesn't solve anything if they scan the coke 4 times but hell, they have to do something. Most cashiers I see are not exactly university graduates.
Like just about every other legal media service online. Nothing like clicking on a link that says, watch full episodes for free here just to get a message saying, sorry, this service is for people inside the US only.
Americans are heavily influenced by movies. In 2001 a movie titled Zoolander was released and there was a dramatic increase in gasoline fight accidents. As a result, several states had to ban people from pumping their own gas.
If you have a lot of items, the cashier will be faster than you for several reasons. The main reason is the the self checkouts only let you scan one item at a time. You scan an item, put it on the scale, get next item, scan it, put it on the scale. A cashier can pick up one item and scan the same item several times if you are buying more then one. Say your stocking up on bottles of pop. Cashier will just pick up one and (beep)(beep)(beep)(beep)(beep), done.
If you have several dozen items a cashier will be much faster as they have you loading a conveyor belt that constantly feeds them items to scan. 2 people will always be better faster than one unless it's their first day.
Several entertainment businesses have changing rates base on the time of the day. Did you know that you can avoid paying a cover charge at the bar if you show up at noon? They only charge cover in the evening but that is when most people show up. Man they must be stupid or something.
Entertainment business fluctuates dramatically from day to day, week to week or season to season. If that means letting people in for free on off hours then so be it. You can off set your cost by selling food n drinks, swim caps and renting towels. Even if your loosing some money you get good will and better business during peak hours so over all you make money.
Same goes for the music industry. If they focus less on cd sales and more on concerts, posters, signings and other tangible items, they would make more money and have a hell of a better image then they do now.
Working hard doesn't mean you have done anything of value. I can work much harder digging a hole in the ground but if no one wants the hole and there is no need for a hole there, I can't get all pissy and demand to be paid for all of my hard work.
Yes, that was totally worth the time you spent typing that out, to bring to everyone's attention that I mistakenly added a second "d" to "ad" when I typed out my comment. The world is now a better place because of that and aven for adding.
Oh, did you mean "even". If your going to be a dick about spelling, be sure that yours is correct first.