Good point, but I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't pursue illegal distribution of copyrighted material simply because most of it's crap and wouldn't sell anyway. Just suggesting that maybe they overestimate the effect pirating and therefore resort to unreasonable policies like the article described. It's not what they are doing, but the manner they do it in.
Also the record and movie industries never take into account the fact that every pirated copy does NOT mean one less sale. Many people will take something for free that they would never buy. Of course there are also some people will buy what they can get for free.
The driving ethic of journalism seems to be an attempt to cover all sides of a story and present and unbiased account. This very notion can make it indistinguishable from the moral relativism that characterizes modern liberal thought. I am fairly conservative and by no means a relativist, but I still prefer the news outlets that are accused of being liberal because they are more likely to adhere to this ethic and I'm left to make my own judgments.
When I'm done upgrading I can look my wife in the eye and pretend that only an Alpha Nerd could possibly complete such a gargantuan task. She will have to think twice about any plans to leave me for truly there are none higher.
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Good point, but I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't pursue illegal distribution of copyrighted material simply because most of it's crap and wouldn't sell anyway. Just suggesting that maybe they overestimate the effect pirating and therefore resort to unreasonable policies like the article described. It's not what they are doing, but the manner they do it in.
Your lucky you only spent a dollar. Such a waste of money on such a waste of time.
Also the record and movie industries never take into account the fact that every pirated copy does NOT mean one less sale. Many people will take something for free that they would never buy. Of course there are also some people will buy what they can get for free.
The driving ethic of journalism seems to be an attempt to cover all sides of a story and present and unbiased account. This very notion can make it indistinguishable from the moral relativism that characterizes modern liberal thought. I am fairly conservative and by no means a relativist, but I still prefer the news outlets that are accused of being liberal because they are more likely to adhere to this ethic and I'm left to make my own judgments.
Because slashdot is run by Americans
Why would we want to know where cornwall is. Do they have good burgers there?
When I'm done upgrading I can look my wife in the eye and pretend that only an Alpha Nerd could possibly complete such a gargantuan task. She will have to think twice about any plans to leave me for truly there are none higher.
Yeah and what about our robot butlers?
Indeed. How much of this is self justification?
Some of us can remember a time when buying a car made in Detroit was everyone's first choice.
I like to use abbreviations; after all I may only get 9-10 hours online today.