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Comment Re:When is it our turn? (Score 1) 400

I'm waiting for the day that we can collectively sue these media organizations for contributing to the demise of entertainment. Seriously. I can no longer in good conscience buy DVDs, CDs, or the equipment to play them because I don't want to be involved in supporting these morons. I keep hoping that they'll eventually go away, but someone is obviously continuing to finance their reign of nonsense.

I doubt what we've been seeing or hearing in the past few years can be construed as "entertainment". Directors like Lucas, Spielberg, Bay, etc, have been producing nicely packaged turds with massive publicity campaigns.

It could very well be the dying throes of an industry that's struggling to come up with inventive ideas of its own (how many remakes of old-time classics can one stomach?).

Comment Re:More carrot, less stick (Score 1) 400

I made a comment on a different forum about industries and organizations that are holding on to archaic and outmoded business models having the most resistance towards change, and that those that have made a living by adapting and changing with the times prospering.

We're seeing companies like Google amass a net worth more than GM, and did so in a handful of years, still maintaining a positive cashflow and good earnings, whereas the other 100+ year old company is asking for billions in handouts because they are too entrenched in their old ways and are struggling to change with the times.

Is the MAFIAA any different? This industry has been in the playground for many years and obviously don't like new kids coming in.

The gaming industry is relatively new, no doubt, and was born when baby boomers were the "new thinkers" of our time. Gen-X are the "new" new-thinkers.

Comment Re:Is USPS liable for mail fraud? (Score 1) 400

So there would be nothing to prevent me from renaming "Dark_Knight_DivX.avi" to "Linux_Distro_X123.gz"
Honestly, filtering just adds another unnecessary layer to the whole process, and in doing so drives the perpetrators to go one layer deeper (unless they're already doing that).
Lifting up the floorboards will only keep the roaches scurrying deeper. One might argue they're dropping "roach bombs" but we all know how effective that approach has been in the past. Think of it as the good old mole games at the penny arcade, thump one in the head, two others pop up.

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