If I thought it represented $5000 worth of quality, of course I'd be happy to pay that much for it. The chances are, I wouldn't. And neither would most people. Perhaps there are 10000 people who would. It's up to them to set the price such that per-unit-profit times total units sold is maximised.
I'm not so sure a flat rate is the right way to go about things. Is it really right to treat all musical works as equal? If a few people consider a work to be of great value, isn't it worth as much as if a larger number of people consider a work to be of reasonable value?
It is slightly different. There's a legal basis for Paypal insisting that it's legally binding. You agreed to their contract. It's possible that this would be considered an unfair contract term, but by no means guaranteed.
Screw that. I pirate stuff so I don't have to pay for it. No idea if I'd have paid for it if I didn't but I reckon I spend plenty on legitimate movies and TV shows. I've bought a good couple of hundred DVDs so I really don't think they can claim I cost the industry money. If they do I'd like to see the alleged loss on a balance sheet
I'm not sure it is a contract. Although at this point I'm not sure that the difference is that clear.
The GPL doesn't require that you do anything. However it grants you a limited right to distribute (as long as you include a copy of the licence, distribute code etc.) which is not fundamentally different from a driving licence or a fishing licence (as long as it's not a class that the licence doesn't cover/As long as you only fish at certain times). The GPL requirements seem more like limitations than obligations.
I mildly regret not waiting a few weeks after my decision to buy. The player I bought is 40% less now than when I bought it. But yeah. I share your *shrug*.
I'm quite happy with my HD player. I'll buy a Blu-ray player as well when they're region free and their price falls to a similar amount. For now, I can enjoy some HD movies. I will continue to enjoy them for the lifetime of my player.
Do you think discs stop working when a format is no longer supported?
But The First Amendment does not define freedom of speech. It merely codifies the entitlement of the government to regulate speech.
Freedom of speech is more fundamental than that. It was one of the basic principles that resulted in that particular piece of law making it into the constitution, and Article 19 of the UN declaration of human rights.
Lots of people seem to change food preferences after an operation. I don't think the donor angle is relevant. The examples they give are interesting but not exactly a double blind study...
Human psychology. The hard sell works using various techniques such as making it seem like a logical contradiction if you say "no", or making it seem like you're being mean to a nice person. People become incredibly uncomfortable with these situations and paying money is an easy way to escape.
Who the hell would work in a place like this. There is no need to ask to leave if you've done your hours. You just leave. If they want you to work overtime then they have to convince you.
or treat it like the beginning of a negotiation, which will in most cases get you labeled as a difficult employee.
There are ways to do this politically. Explain why you think you deserve a higher salary in terms of absolute values. Don't be smug or arrogant. Just make a business case for a higher salary.
They didn't have control with DRM. They lost control as soon as Napster started. Removing DRM is just giving us another means of getting what we already had, where the selling point is that it's actually legal.
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Plus side - as a response, this is proportionate. No multi-million dollar lawsuits for sharing a handful of songs.
Minus side - You need a right of appeal, it involves an invasion of privacy, it passes the expense onto the ISP.
Uhm...
I said "retroactive". But I'm not sure what the difference is. Both seem to mean applying to events in the past.
Unless you think that warrantless wiretaps are a good idea, the rest of this bill is pretty damn bad as well.
If I thought it represented $5000 worth of quality, of course I'd be happy to pay that much for it. The chances are, I wouldn't. And neither would most people. Perhaps there are 10000 people who would. It's up to them to set the price such that per-unit-profit times total units sold is maximised.
I'm not so sure a flat rate is the right way to go about things. Is it really right to treat all musical works as equal? If a few people consider a work to be of great value, isn't it worth as much as if a larger number of people consider a work to be of reasonable value?
Distributing files without compensating the rights holder is seen as intrinsically wrong. Applying compensation makes it right.
Kinetic energy is 1/2mv^2. Double the speed, you need 4 times the energy.
Apparently the 419 scam was pretty common after the French revolution. No doubt it goes back even further than that.
It is slightly different. There's a legal basis for Paypal insisting that it's legally binding. You agreed to their contract. It's possible that this would be considered an unfair contract term, but by no means guaranteed.
But that doesn't answer anything. It just redirects the question.
Since when does Paypal get to decide who is responsible for fraud?
Having proportions where you're roughly twice as high as you are wide and hands that rotate 360 degrees is also a little freaky.
Screw that. I pirate stuff so I don't have to pay for it. No idea if I'd have paid for it if I didn't but I reckon I spend plenty on legitimate movies and TV shows. I've bought a good couple of hundred DVDs so I really don't think they can claim I cost the industry money. If they do I'd like to see the alleged loss on a balance sheet
I'm not sure it is a contract. Although at this point I'm not sure that the difference is that clear.
The GPL doesn't require that you do anything. However it grants you a limited right to distribute (as long as you include a copy of the licence, distribute code etc.) which is not fundamentally different from a driving licence or a fishing licence (as long as it's not a class that the licence doesn't cover/As long as you only fish at certain times). The GPL requirements seem more like limitations than obligations.
Which I seriously doubt, I'm pretty certain that posting on a blog isn't going to be seen as a valid way to revoke a licence.
What he needs to do is deliver a legal notice to every distributor of this software telling them that the licence has been revoked.
I mildly regret not waiting a few weeks after my decision to buy. The player I bought is 40% less now than when I bought it. But yeah. I share your *shrug*.
Why will it suddenly stop working? I have a lot of much less reliable tech that's a lot more than 5 years old that I still use regularly.
Okay. Enjoy yourselves.
I'm quite happy with my HD player. I'll buy a Blu-ray player as well when they're region free and their price falls to a similar amount. For now, I can enjoy some HD movies. I will continue to enjoy them for the lifetime of my player.
Do you think discs stop working when a format is no longer supported?
But The First Amendment does not define freedom of speech. It merely codifies the entitlement of the government to regulate speech.
Freedom of speech is more fundamental than that. It was one of the basic principles that resulted in that particular piece of law making it into the constitution, and Article 19 of the UN declaration of human rights.
Lots of people seem to change food preferences after an operation. I don't think the donor angle is relevant. The examples they give are interesting but not exactly a double blind study...
Of course they can violate freedom of speech. If you threaten of harrass someone because they criticise you, you have violated their rights.
I'm sure they have every interest in encouraging Scientologists to shout their scriptures from the rooftops.
Human psychology. The hard sell works using various techniques such as making it seem like a logical contradiction if you say "no", or making it seem like you're being mean to a nice person. People become incredibly uncomfortable with these situations and paying money is an easy way to escape.
Ask to leave early, and you get yelled at.
Who the hell would work in a place like this. There is no need to ask to leave if you've done your hours. You just leave. If they want you to work overtime then they have to convince you.
or treat it like the beginning of a negotiation, which will in most cases get you labeled as a difficult employee.
There are ways to do this politically. Explain why you think you deserve a higher salary in terms of absolute values. Don't be smug or arrogant. Just make a business case for a higher salary.
They didn't have control with DRM. They lost control as soon as Napster started. Removing DRM is just giving us another means of getting what we already had, where the selling point is that it's actually legal.