Yes, it's an analogy, an inaccurate one. One creates an analogy to make a point, an inaccurate analogy makes an inaccurate point.
If I were to say that no auto maker could make a profit by giving away free cars then it only makes sense that music creators cannot make money by giving away free music, would that be accurate?
Mike's analogy does make sense in some ways; however, it misses the point in others.
I feel that this analogy only works if there is only one piece of content that is being replicated (downloaded) over and over again.
It seems that this tomato is created once and then replicated over and over. There is only one artist that created this tomato. It's easy to see how only one tomato creator could eventually make a good profit on his creation but in reality there are thousands (millions?) of tomato creators out there.
While I don't think that this analogy exactly falls on its face, it gets pretty diluted with each and every additional tomato variation that becomes available for replication.
Unless I am misunderstanding your post, our money fell off the gold standard in 1933 and is effectively backed only by our self discipline. The more we print, the less it's worth.
I'm not sure why you would expect the RNC to first check that the band was OK with them using the song. The band made their millions off of it now they have to deal with it. I would not expect the RNC (or anyone for that matter) to verify with every 'supplier' that they can use their products during the convention. As long as it is legal, they must honor the terms of the copyright, it goes both ways.
I agree with the above poster, Heart would have been better off dealing with this in another fashion, they now look kind of foolish.
A lot of what you are trying to use Wine for can probably be found natively for Linux and will run much better.
AmaroK instead of iTunes
OO Writer instead of Word
GNUcash instead of Quicken etc...
Some of the native Linux replacements are much better then their Win counterparts (if you give them a chance) and some are not; but try to find native Linux apps instead of using Wine and CrossOver Office when you can.
Good Luck
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@herodotus
Yes, it's an analogy, an inaccurate one. One creates an analogy to make a point, an inaccurate analogy makes an inaccurate point.
If I were to say that no auto maker could make a profit by giving away free cars then it only makes sense that music creators cannot make money by giving away free music, would that be accurate?
Mike's analogy does make sense in some ways; however, it misses the point in others.
One tomato to one song
I feel that this analogy only works if there is only one piece of content that is being replicated (downloaded) over and over again.
It seems that this tomato is created once and then replicated over and over. There is only one artist that created this tomato. It's easy to see how only one tomato creator could eventually make a good profit on his creation but in reality there are thousands (millions?) of tomato creators out there.
While I don't think that this analogy exactly falls on its face, it gets pretty diluted with each and every additional tomato variation that becomes available for replication.
Money backed by what?
@Luci
Unless I am misunderstanding your post, our money fell off the gold standard in 1933 and is effectively backed only by our self discipline. The more we print, the less it's worth.
Why check with the band
I'm not sure why you would expect the RNC to first check that the band was OK with them using the song. The band made their millions off of it now they have to deal with it. I would not expect the RNC (or anyone for that matter) to verify with every 'supplier' that they can use their products during the convention. As long as it is legal, they must honor the terms of the copyright, it goes both ways.
I agree with the above poster, Heart would have been better off dealing with this in another fashion, they now look kind of foolish.
Re: Re: Re: MS is way too overconfident
A lot of what you are trying to use Wine for can probably be found natively for Linux and will run much better.
AmaroK instead of iTunes
OO Writer instead of Word
GNUcash instead of Quicken etc...
Some of the native Linux replacements are much better then their Win counterparts (if you give them a chance) and some are not; but try to find native Linux apps instead of using Wine and CrossOver Office when you can.
Good Luck