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Comment infrastructure costs ? (Score 2, Insightful) 389

by PureCreditor on Monday July 28, 2008 @09:36AM (#24367709) Attached to: Olympic Media Village – Most Expensive Internet In the World?

the Olympic village will rarely be used after the games, and there's no long term subscriber base to fully amortize the costs of wiring the village, so they simply need to charge the right amount to re-coup the costs.

this is similar to people in the middle of the Saharan desert complaining about $10/min satellite phone service and comparing it to free VoIP

RIAA President Decries Fair Use 486

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 13, 2006 @05:01PM from the sheep's-clothing dept.

triskaidekaphile writes, "Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, has an editorial on CNet responding to the Consumer Electronics Association's support of the Digital Freedom campaign for fair use. Sherman proclaims, 'The fair use doctrine is in danger of losing its meaning and value.' Like a true spinner, he indicates that fair use is indeed important, then states 'Let's be clear. The CEA's primary concern is not consumers, but technology companies — often large, multinational corporations which, like us, strive to make a profit... But to seize the mantra of "consumer rights" to advance that business interest is simply disingenuous.' Slashdotters, trollers, and pollsters one and all, what say you? Disingenuous or dissembling?"

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