It seems to me the long game for taking the case to court was to get a levy on blank media. Although saying "Meh" looks bad at first, in the long run the record companies aren't going to be as stupid as suing someone for ripping their CD's so have wasted loads of money on a court case.
I think the UK Goverment played the record companies
It seems to me the long game for taking the case to court was to get a levy on blank media. Although saying "Meh" looks bad at first, in the long run the record companies aren't going to be as stupid as suing someone for ripping their CD's so have wasted loads of money on a court case.
Can't believe people paid $100 for the fight, it was $33.22 in the UK at today's exchange rates.
The Honda design has been tried before
In the 1970's the VFW-Fokker 614 was launched as a small regional jet, it was a massive flop - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFW-Fokker_614