How many Americans were killed before we entered WWII? Should we have just sued for peace and let Japan and Germany take over? Probably would have saved countless American lives and hundreds of millions of dollars, but to what cost? Should this country only have a purely defensive posture, and never take the offensive? Should we not strike back when attacked? Should we turn a blind eye to plots to kill us? I, for one, choose not to, and thank the FBI for their due diligence in trying to prevent another massacre.
It's too bad that there will most likely never be any " criminal penalities". Throw a few of these guys in jail for a couple of years minimal and we will finally see the trolls think twice before they sue.
You could say that about ANY artist. Why bother making mp3's available for people to buy? Maybe because we don't live in the 80's anymore, and since the torrents have it all anyway, perhaps the record companies will wake up and 'monetize' their collections that are sitting, unused and unappreciated, in a vault somewhere.
Type in your city name and escort in Google and watch the hits scroll down the screen. How will shutting down Craigslist's adult section solve this? Take a look in the adult section at the ads and show that you can find even one instance where someone is advertising a child escort? What B.S....
Great article and spot-on. If Hulu is to succeed, they had better make the $ minimal, no other ads/commercials, and drastically expand their content, or go by the wayside.
The musicians make their money mostly from concerts. Record companies mostly from CD sales. So go to live concerts and forgo buying CD's. Seems pretty straightforward to me... ;)
After paying for the iPad and the 3G data plan (for the commute), the Times wants more $$ every month?? I think not. That's the power of the web. LOTS of other FREE sources for the daily news, with ads that I'll happily click on to make money for someone else besides the Times...
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Re: Re: Electorate
Yep, the folks that don't agree with us are always much less intelligent than we are, aren't they..?
Thank you for pointing this out, because I thought this was pretty automatic. Sorry to see it's not. Hopefully the new Congress will provide relief.
Perhaps Mayor Bloomberg has a financial interest in NBC Universal?? Just a thought..
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How many Americans were killed before we entered WWII? Should we have just sued for peace and let Japan and Germany take over? Probably would have saved countless American lives and hundreds of millions of dollars, but to what cost? Should this country only have a purely defensive posture, and never take the offensive? Should we not strike back when attacked? Should we turn a blind eye to plots to kill us? I, for one, choose not to, and thank the FBI for their due diligence in trying to prevent another massacre.
It's too bad that there will most likely never be any " criminal penalities". Throw a few of these guys in jail for a couple of years minimal and we will finally see the trolls think twice before they sue.
Thanks for this article. I didn't realize what a douche Gene had turned into. Won't be getting another penny out of me!
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You could say that about ANY artist. Why bother making mp3's available for people to buy? Maybe because we don't live in the 80's anymore, and since the torrents have it all anyway, perhaps the record companies will wake up and 'monetize' their collections that are sitting, unused and unappreciated, in a vault somewhere.
Type in your city name and escort in Google and watch the hits scroll down the screen. How will shutting down Craigslist's adult section solve this? Take a look in the adult section at the ads and show that you can find even one instance where someone is advertising a child escort? What B.S....
Mr. Morris, you may be a circumcised penis, but a penis nontheless.
Re: Calm down now
Great advice.
Great article and spot-on. If Hulu is to succeed, they had better make the $ minimal, no other ads/commercials, and drastically expand their content, or go by the wayside.
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The musicians make their money mostly from concerts. Record companies mostly from CD sales. So go to live concerts and forgo buying CD's. Seems pretty straightforward to me... ;)
Thank you Mike for this wonderfully coherent and well thought-out piece. Great job!
After paying for the iPad and the 3G data plan (for the commute), the Times wants more $$ every month?? I think not. That's the power of the web. LOTS of other FREE sources for the daily news, with ads that I'll happily click on to make money for someone else besides the Times...