- Is everybody stealing FM radio and over-the-air TV broadcasts?
You raise a good point. I haven't paid for any of the TV and radio content I listen to every day. Also, let's not forget that the MPAA used to say that video recorders would destroy their business. Now they make a bundle on sales in that area. But of course they were against it at the start.
We're seeing this now with downloads. They were against it and now they are turning around and figuring it out.
You certainly did pay for your TV and radio content today. Through the nose in fact. In the process you also lined the pockets of a bunch of advertising middlemen who oughta have been sent off on a Golgafrinchan luxury liner eons ago. And the best part is that if you stopped watching inane TV shows and listening to droning disk jockeys and rancid pop on the radio entirely, you'd still get to pay for it every single day, conveniently bundled with most of the products and services you buy.
Cool (I liked that movie but didn't remember the line). Of course in practice the cans are the same price, but the advertised one has 2 cents less actual food value inside. Which is significant when they only cost 75 cents...
If somebody tries to get me to pay for sunshine or the air I breathe, I'll just steal the breath from their lungs. With some sort of sharp implement.
So where do you live? Out of a pick-ip truck in Idaho or the Dakatoas? Here, houising in clean-air zones with good natural lighting does not come cheap.
Given that the people teaching the classes are "volunteers" and they are at "primarily disadvantaged schools" (probably public schools for which the parents aren't paying tuition), then in a direct sense: no, the kids are not paying for this mpaa-sponsored class.
The smell of misinformation in the morning (Score:4, Insightful)
That is so incredibly wrong I don't even know where to start.
Have I stolen the contents of the Harddrive on my linux box?
Have I stolen the concerts I downloaded from etree?
Have I stolen the toys I picked up at the last trade show I went to?
And the worst part is that young kids are really prone to being manipulated and indocternated.
Re:The smell of misinformation in the morning (Score:5, Insightful)
- What if somebody gives you something?
- Are we stealing slashdot bandwidth and diskspace by posting here?
- Did anybody steal the sunshine on their faces, or the air they breathe?
- And, are the kids paying for this MPAA-sponsored class?
Re:The smell of misinformation in the morning (Score:1, Interesting)
You raise a good point. I haven't paid for any of the TV and radio content I listen to every day. Also, let's not forget that the MPAA used to say that video recorders would destroy their business. Now they make a bundle on sales in that area. But of course they were against it at the start.
We're seeing this now with downloads. They were against it and now they are turning around and figuring it out.
Re:The smell of misinformation in the morning (Score:2)
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Nah.. don't buy that can of beans. It's 2 cents more expensive than this one. You're paying for advertising
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So where do you live? Out of a pick-ip truck in Idaho or the Dakatoas? Here, houising in clean-air zones with good natural lighting does not come cheap.
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Re:The smell of misinformation in the morning (Score:0)
Oh my god! They are teaching kids to steal in school now!!!!
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Don't give them ideas! Next thing we know some corporation will try to charge for air and sunlight (cue Mr Burns "excellent" and hand-pose).