Thats an apples to oranges comparison. Orrin Hatch's total campaign contributions were only $6,118,584. So thats what it "costs" to win a senate seat in Utah. Barbra Boxer's total campaign contributions were $16,658,496. So thats what it "costs" to win a senate seat in California. So the entertainment industry paid for 4% of Boxer's campaign and paid for 3% of Hatch's campaing. To me, that would imply they value the two politicians similarly. It just happens that Hatch has a lower pricetag.
Individual performers/entertainers may bash on Republicans, but the "industry" puts its money on incumbents. The RIAA/MPAA are HUGE contributors to Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
But more significantly, what happens when the copyright expires? I can then lawfully make as many copies, from whatever source I have handy, for any purpose at all. Will this DRM magically evaporate? Or will it keep me from enjoying my rights?
Nah... They'll just pay some congressman to extend the copyright term again.
Except the signature line on the back of your card isn't there for authentication purposes. It's your acceptance of the card holder agreement. Merchants are not supposed to accept a card that does not have a signature on the back of the card.
More recently (1984), the Geneva Conference on Weights and Measures has defined the meter as the distance light travels, in a vacuum, in 1/299,792,458 seconds with time measured by a cesium-133 atomic clock which emits pulses of radiation at very rapid, regular intervals
My computer doesn't run any faster because my fan has a blue light in it. However, I was able to choose for my fan to have a blue light (as opposed to red light or a green light, or one with multi-colored lights that flash). And that's really what it boils down to. I could care less that you would prefer a plain jane box. Why should you care if I like my box to sport a little bling bling?
You know those coupons that grocery stores print out and give you with you receipt? They will be coupons for a product competing with some product you purchased.
What Google is doing here isn't really any different. And of course, Geico is free to buy ads that are triggered when somebody does a search on, say "State Farm".
I've only got a hundred or so albums and it would be nice to carry them around with me, but getting them into the IPOD or SONY HD3 or whatever and indexing, is a royal PIT@.
The iTunes software will automatically index it for you. Ripping "100 or so" CDs isn't that big of a deal. Do 10 here, 10 there. In a few days they are all ripped.
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Thats an apples to oranges comparison. Orrin Hatch's total campaign contributions were only $6,118,584. So thats what it "costs" to win a senate seat in Utah. Barbra Boxer's total campaign contributions were $16,658,496. So thats what it "costs" to win a senate seat in California. So the entertainment industry paid for 4% of Boxer's campaign and paid for 3% of Hatch's campaing. To me, that would imply they value the two politicians similarly. It just happens that Hatch has a lower pricetag.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?C ID=N00009869&cycle=2004 Shows the "TV/Movies/Music" industry as being Hatch's 6th largest "industry" supporter for 2004 at $183,428. That sure looks like a lot to me...
Individual performers/entertainers may bash on Republicans, but the "industry" puts its money on incumbents. The RIAA/MPAA are HUGE contributors to Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
You missed the point. It doesn't matter who makes them, everybody calls them a "Frisbie."
Except the signature line on the back of your card isn't there for authentication purposes. It's your acceptance of the card holder agreement. Merchants are not supposed to accept a card that does not have a signature on the back of the card.
My computer doesn't run any faster because my fan has a blue light in it. However, I was able to choose for my fan to have a blue light (as opposed to red light or a green light, or one with multi-colored lights that flash). And that's really what it boils down to. I could care less that you would prefer a plain jane box. Why should you care if I like my box to sport a little bling bling?
You know those coupons that grocery stores print out and give you with you receipt? They will be coupons for a product competing with some product you purchased.
What Google is doing here isn't really any different. And of course, Geico is free to buy ads that are triggered when somebody does a search on, say "State Farm".