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  • On the post: Should We Be Interested In 'Saving' Any Industry?

    Joel ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2010 @ 07:18am

    from they need to save themselves dept...

    Every industry needs to try to save itself instead of whining to governments to save them. You want to save your industry do something innovative and don't do it at outrageous costs, if all industries thought about end users or consumers they wouldn't be in the trouble that they are in. Look at the movie industry they are trying to save themselves with 3D, is it going to work? I don't know but I can tell you at least they are trying something...

  • On the post: Is Free Parking Costing Us Billions?

    Joel ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2010 @ 06:57am

    Book is a weight...

    That book is worthless...are you kidding me guy?? People I know won't go to the beach because they have to pay for parking, which means they don't eat at the local restaurants or buy from the local stores. Tourists already don't rent cars much because they don't want to have to pay for parking, when they could be spending their money getting souvenirs or eating out. I live in Miami and when I go to the beach, I just drive by and I see a whole bunch of people that are not spending money or are spending little money to help the economy. Mind you there is almost zero parking available but that is because if one group doesn't go another one takes their place but we could have the beach packed with people if parking were cheaper or free. Free parking would really help the situation because a lot of people would start going more often to the beach meaning they spend more money which in turn creates more jobs.

  • On the post: Newspaper Gets Around Photography Ban At Football Event With Cartoon Illustrations

    Joel ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 08:17am

    Full of WIN

    This is just full of win...

    These people get +1 for being ingenious and resourceful.

  • On the post: Wishful Thinking: Hollywood Believes Next Generation Of Kids Will Pay For Content

    Joel ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 09:57am

    Re: Well they may be willing to pay.......

    "Sensible pricing based on the value to the consumer, to me, seems the only way that charged for content can ever work if it is to work at all."

    This is exactly what I'm thinking. Most people think they are being ripped off but the problem is that everyone wants to make money from one persons work (i.e. music industry out of artist)this is why cost is so high, if the artist was not tied down to a big corporation or understood that people would buy more of their work if it were reasonably priced then they would fight for us but they don't think that way they just see how much money they are getting and don't think of increasing revenue/profits.

  • On the post: Wishful Thinking: Hollywood Believes Next Generation Of Kids Will Pay For Content

    Joel ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 09:53am

    Re: Re: They would be willing to pay...

    Very true discussing this matter with some others they seem to think that content is the service and not what they are actually listening to or viewing; however they think that by paying for these services that they are paying for content.

  • On the post: Wishful Thinking: Hollywood Believes Next Generation Of Kids Will Pay For Content

    Joel ( profile ), 05 Aug, 2010 @ 08:47am

    They would be willing to pay...

    I think the youngsters would be willing to pay if the cost of content wasn't exorbitantly high...I don't think they like to just get things for free when they see the situation that the world is in but they feel that we are in this because of how we have been handling this business.

  • On the post: Canada More Or Less Admits Its Copyright Reform Plan Is Driven By US, Following DMCA Exemption Rulings

    Joel ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2010 @ 07:52am

    Admitted

    Canada admitted it because the people were complaining too much and because it is obvious that they were...Now maybe they will work up some laws and rules of their own.

  • On the post: Why Does The Press Still Blindly Believe 'Studies' Put Out By The Entertainment Industry?

    Joel ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2010 @ 07:26am

    Because...

    Most people will believe anything said by a professional... This is the same reason why critics exist, people generally will believe anything they are told and if it is said by a professional they will believe it even more. As long as people don't really dissect studies on their own and do research to understand what it is that they are looking at.

  • On the post: Why Does The Press Still Blindly Believe 'Studies' Put Out By The Entertainment Industry?

    Joel ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2010 @ 07:11am

    Re: Researchers?

    Very insightful!

  • On the post: US Copyright Group Kicking Off Next Round Of Lawsuits [Updated]

    Joel ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2010 @ 07:35am

    Here we go again...

    This is my favorite part of the whole story...

    "The U.S. Copyright Group, which is representing a handful of independent film production companies, has signed up 15 law firms across the continental U.S. to act as local counsel and begin filing individual lawsuits against those alleged file-sharers who refused to settle."

    And I still haven't heard anything about this on TV, I wonder why that is?

  • On the post: Peter Jenner Admits That Stopping File Sharing Is Impossible

    Joel ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2010 @ 09:13am

    Very Bright!

    Peter Jenner has definitely seen the light and understands that even though file sharing can't be stopped it could be used to deter or thwart people from doing it. I like his ideas and don't see how they would be impossible to understand even to the most hard headed high level execs.

  • On the post: Old Spice Man Is Horsing Around On Social Media

    Joel ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2010 @ 07:15am

    Great!

    These commercials are great...I don't like body wash, but I will be switching to their deodorant and whatever products I can get from them...

  • On the post: RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales

    Joel ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 09:31am

    Can't believe this...

    I'm dumbfounded, I didn't know this is how it worked...total scam. Hope lots of artist are in it for the love of the art and not for the money, it looks like it is not worth it.

  • On the post: Even US Intellectual Property Organization Concerned About ACTA Being Too Broad & Changing US Laws

    Joel ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2010 @ 08:03am

    Woohoo!

    Finally we are getting some help from someone! Hopefully this entices others to stand up against ACTA or at least make it a little more fair to the people.

  • On the post: Homeland Security Wanted To Seize Pirate Bay And MegaUpload Domains?

    Joel ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2010 @ 09:05am

    Wait what?

    Did I miss the meeting were Homeland Security was transferred over to a corporation??

    So the Pirate Bay and MegaUpload are putting national security at risk, how are they doing this?

    Can government separate itself from corporations just like it did from religion, or are they being a bit too greedy?

  • On the post: How Many 'Significant Blows' Against File Sharing Will It Take For File Sharing To Actually Decrease?

    Joel ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2010 @ 09:58am

    The blows need to be harder....

    and maybe faster!

    But seriously they keep fighting a battle they can't win, when the big wigs at the corporations stop whining about not making money and show that they are not making money because of any "illegal" activities then I'll give them the benefit of the doubt; the problem is they keep making money and rising prices and paying "artist" for multi-million dollar services/products that people are not willing to pay for. Make your products more accessible and people will stop "stealing".

  • On the post: Hurt Locker Still Shared Widely Online; Wonder Why Producers Aren't Issuing Takedowns?

    Joel ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2010 @ 07:54am

    Re: They are hungry...

    *Why would
    *free lunches

    so mad I had several typos...lol

  • On the post: Hurt Locker Still Shared Widely Online; Wonder Why Producers Aren't Issuing Takedowns?

    Joel ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2010 @ 07:50am

    They are hungry...

    That's why they haven't issued a takedown, they are hungry for your monies! We would the USCG ever issue a takedown when they can keep getting free lunched from the people downloading?? Come on people this is common sense, now I hope someone defending the people getting sued offer this as evidence to prove that the USCG is not trying to help the issue but just grab money from people, while not protecting their "clients". I know it shouldn't make a difference in a case but it should open people's eyes and show them what is going on, at which point a jury should declare innocence.

  • On the post: Newspaper Publishes Totally Made Up List Of 'Disorders' Associated With Text Messaging

    Joel ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2010 @ 09:42am

    Re: They are real

    I agree happens to me all the time...

  • On the post: Court Orders US Copyright Group To Work With Time Warner, EFF To Craft More Informative Letter To Those Being Sued

    Joel ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2010 @ 07:46am

    Nice...

    Does this mean that the USCG is going to play nice now?

    I can't believe the judge is letting this happen, should have thrown out all the law suits and kept one and made the USCG have to file a suit for every single John Doe independently.

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