I run idobi Radio. We're an alternative/rock station that's doing fairly well, in terms of popularity.
The rates set by the royalty board is incredibly high and completely unfair. I agree I'm bias on the issue, but if the current rates are upheld, we would be required to pay $900,000/year just in royalties.
The current rates, if applied to traditional radio, would require a station like KROQ in Los Angeles to pay $1.4 billion/year just in royalties. Last year, they mad $67 million in revenue. If one of the most successful traditional radio station cannot afford these royalties, how can any internet radio station that still developing a revenue base be able to?
I was actually referring to your statement that he isn't "powerful". He's listed as executive producer on both 30 Rock and Conan. The point is that he can still pick up the phone and get things done. And quickly. That's power in television.
The best comparison for the iPhone is the Sidekick. Introduced in 2003, the Sidekick 3 was just launched last year - proving that you can have a hot product with only a single model released every year.
You know, of course, that if they start playing the games to determine the ratings, the next step is that some congressman or senator is going to complain that a federal agency is wasting taxpayer's money paying people to play video games.
The Legislative system in United States governments at the federal and state levels have two separate bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives. In order to become law, bills must pass both houses. What happened here is that the Senate wrote and passed a bill, which was voted down by the House.
That's not even close. The bill passed in committee 30-0, and was voted down by the full assembly 33-27. We're talking about California legislators, not the US Congress.
I don't know what you've been drinking, but i'm sure Microsoft hopes their shareholders are drinking the same thing.
"Fiscal '07 will be a loss. We think that turns to profit in 08," Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, said at Microsoft's annual analyst meeting (July 2006)
In July, Microsoft reported $414 million loss on revenue of $1.14 billion. In April, they reported a $388 million loss.
Really? Chinese National doing the immigration dance since March 2006? Do you know the waiting list for someone from Thailand to legally enter the US is 12 years? Five months is nothing. The average time to get a Green Card is 2 years. Maybe you should have done your homework first.
Absolutely! Because for that $649 you'll also throw in teacher training, wiring up the schools, software, and replacing the laptop should it get lost or broken.
Shockingly enough! Chicago and DC, two cities that absolutely ban this practice, are always the top two on the list of murders in the US. You are not even legally allowed to own a hand gun in either place.
Nice statistics - except Chicago and DC haven't been the top two since 1988. For 2004 (the last year in which data is available), DC was 8th and Chicago was 39th.
Except why should digital music be held to a different standard than, say Gillette razors? My Mach 3 blades doesn't work on my Quattro Razor. Oh no. We must protect the consumer!
They're not inflating their development costs. R&D and Advertising budgets are itemized.
Their total costs for the drug includes both their development costs and advertising cost. Are you saying that they shouldn't be compensated for their advertising expense - only their R&D expense?
You know that a good chunk of those "MILLIONS of dollars" in development also include advertising costs... Yes, drug companies get to artificially inflate the "HUGE" amount of development costs by adding their ad campaigns into the cost.
Well, what's the point of developing a new drug if people don't know about it. Maybe it's the media's fault for charging such high prices for advertising.
If I were him, I'd ignore these markets (and allow piracy) until they were rich enough to pay for Windows with ease. But he sends the jackbooted thugs in, which I think just doesn't make a lot of sense. If he wants to help the third world, he should donate licenses to operations like those since they do help the spread of Windows computing around the world.
Of course, the proper methodology would have been for the owner of the internet cafe to go to microsoft or other corporate entities, and say, can you donate xxx so we can keep our costs down and stay open, instead of just breaking the law and hoping you don't get caught.
1) Did the Bill go to Heaven, Hell or Purgatory?
2) Did the Bill become reincarnated as a better Bill?
3) Did the Bill do nothing, and now remains just a memory for its beloved?
Bills have no soul, and go to the same place your pets do...
You should get your tossing arm ready, because the AHRA was passed in 1992. Your blank CDs are already being taxed...
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Because if you benchmark commonly used apps now, it'd be pointless. Windows would win because native versions of Photoshop and a dozen other apps important to mac users are not yet available.
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I run idobi Radio. We're an alternative/rock station that's doing fairly well, in terms of popularity.
The rates set by the royalty board is incredibly high and completely unfair. I agree I'm bias on the issue, but if the current rates are upheld, we would be required to pay $900,000/year just in royalties.
The current rates, if applied to traditional radio, would require a station like KROQ in Los Angeles to pay $1.4 billion/year just in royalties. Last year, they mad $67 million in revenue. If one of the most successful traditional radio station cannot afford these royalties, how can any internet radio station that still developing a revenue base be able to?
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I was actually referring to your statement that he isn't "powerful". He's listed as executive producer on both 30 Rock and Conan. The point is that he can still pick up the phone and get things done. And quickly. That's power in television.
You mean Late Night with Conan O'Brien? and 30 Rock? and the other 5 tv shows he has in pre-production for next season?
The best comparison for the iPhone is the Sidekick. Introduced in 2003, the Sidekick 3 was just launched last year - proving that you can have a hot product with only a single model released every year.
That may have worked for MySpace... but it didn't work out so well for Napster.
Blank media is taxed. Google Audio Home Recording Act of 1992.
You know, of course, that if they start playing the games to determine the ratings, the next step is that some congressman or senator is going to complain that a federal agency is wasting taxpayer's money paying people to play video games.
The Legislative system in United States governments at the federal and state levels have two separate bodies, the Senate and the House of Representatives. In order to become law, bills must pass both houses. What happened here is that the Senate wrote and passed a bill, which was voted down by the House.
That's not even close. The bill passed in committee 30-0, and was voted down by the full assembly 33-27. We're talking about California legislators, not the US Congress.
Not including DVD sales, the production budget for the movie was $39 million - not including advertising. Worldwide gross was $38.5 million.
By those standards, the movie was a flop. So what if the theater was packed... that $38.5 million came from somewhere...
I don't know what you've been drinking, but i'm sure Microsoft hopes their shareholders are drinking the same thing.
"Fiscal '07 will be a loss. We think that turns to profit in 08," Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, said at Microsoft's annual analyst meeting (July 2006)
In July, Microsoft reported $414 million loss on revenue of $1.14 billion. In April, they reported a $388 million loss.
Really? Chinese National doing the immigration dance since March 2006? Do you know the waiting list for someone from Thailand to legally enter the US is 12 years? Five months is nothing. The average time to get a Green Card is 2 years. Maybe you should have done your homework first.
You know Viacom hasn't owned blockbuster since 2004, right?
The USPS is a self-sustaining company, which in 2005 recieved $37 million from the federal government - which paid for sending congressional mail.
Absolutely! Because for that $649 you'll also throw in teacher training, wiring up the schools, software, and replacing the laptop should it get lost or broken.
Nice statistics - except Chicago and DC haven't been the top two since 1988. For 2004 (the last year in which data is available), DC was 8th and Chicago was 39th.
Camden and New Orleans were the top 2.
Except why should digital music be held to a different standard than, say Gillette razors? My Mach 3 blades doesn't work on my Quattro Razor. Oh no. We must protect the consumer!
"Small Business" makes up 56% of all U.S. workers.
They're not inflating their development costs. R&D and Advertising budgets are itemized.
Their total costs for the drug includes both their development costs and advertising cost. Are you saying that they shouldn't be compensated for their advertising expense - only their R&D expense?
Well, what's the point of developing a new drug if people don't know about it. Maybe it's the media's fault for charging such high prices for advertising.
(You see where this is going, right?)
Of course, the proper methodology would have been for the owner of the internet cafe to go to microsoft or other corporate entities, and say, can you donate xxx so we can keep our costs down and stay open, instead of just breaking the law and hoping you don't get caught.
You should get your tossing arm ready, because the AHRA was passed in 1992. Your blank CDs are already being taxed...
Because if you benchmark commonly used apps now, it'd be pointless. Windows would win because native versions of Photoshop and a dozen other apps important to mac users are not yet available.