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keesan
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response 77 of 87:
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Dec 3 00:31 UTC 2006 |
We have gone in to look at magazines there, after the library closed at 9.
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gull
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response 78 of 87:
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Dec 5 01:10 UTC 2006 |
I think CD retailing is falling victim to the economy of transferring
data over the Internet, instead of pressing the data onto little
physical objects and shipping them all over the country.
Music has been the first major data-based product to go this route,
because its bandwidth needs are relatively low. Software is quickly
following suit. I think within a few years movies may start to be
delivered that way, too, and when that happens we'll see Blockbuster
and even Netflix starting to suffer.
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slynne
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response 79 of 87:
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Dec 5 01:29 UTC 2006 |
I suspect that Netflix will try to compete in the movie download
business.
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mynxcat
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response 80 of 87:
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Dec 5 01:34 UTC 2006 |
I agree - Netflix seems start enough to jump on the bandwagon.
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twenex
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response 81 of 87:
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Dec 5 09:47 UTC 2006 |
In this country, lovefilm (which can perhaps most succinctly be described as
"the uk's netflix" already offer some films by download - some for rental,
some to own. However, though you already a flat charge for a given number of
titles at any one time, per month, they charge extra for any downloads - even
time-limited ones.
It's a larf.
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cyklone
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response 82 of 87:
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Jun 26 20:19 UTC 2007 |
While technically about movie piracy, and not the music industry, I can't
help but think this logic will find its way into the music debate somehow.
Won't someone think of the FARMERS!
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070621/004352.shtml
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remmers
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response 83 of 87:
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Jun 27 11:09 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, there's a lot of corny music out there that needs protection.
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cyklone
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response 84 of 87:
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Jun 27 12:59 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, if piracy isn't stopped, the music industry will stop sponsoring country
music shows, which will reduce the sale of cowboy boots, which will harm
bootmakers, which will harm farmers who sell cowhides . . . .
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mcnally
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response 85 of 87:
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Jun 27 16:41 UTC 2007 |
..which will in turn affect the price of agricultural land, which will have
an affect on real estate prices, threatening to topple out banking and finance
industries, causing runaway Weimar-Republic-style inflation, which will lead
to the rise of a brutal genocidal dictator only *this* time he'll be armed
with nukes and bio-weapons. So remember kids, DON'T TRADE MP3s. The future
depends on YOU!
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cyklone
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response 86 of 87:
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Jun 27 19:16 UTC 2007 |
Fear-mongering is FUN!!!
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cyklone
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response 87 of 87:
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Jul 22 13:38 UTC 2007 |
Here's some heart-warming news for those hoping the excesses of the RIAA may
finally get reined in:
http://tinyurl.com/2d8z3e
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