____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 28 February 2008 15:34 : \____
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Can Microsoft teach tots digital-age virtue?
>>
>> Someone needs to take out a restraining order to keep these thugs away
>> from children, before they become corrupted by the Vole's corporate
>> fascist ideals.
>>
>
> Take a look at this:
>
>
> |Pop quiz
> |
> | A question from the IPR curriculum:
> |
> | What effect does illegal music downloading have on the songwriter?
> | a) None, if he or she does not find out about it.
> | b) None. Only the record companies lose money.
> | c) The songwriter can suffer monetary losses.
> | d) I am not sure.
> |
> | Supplied answer: c
> |
>
> Is it me, or is that amazingly misleading? Shouldn't it say something
> like "might, if you were going to buy it on a CD but chose not to" or
> something like that?
>
> Answer b) is equally misleading, as it also assumes that the downloader
> would've bought the song instead. The assumptions really do need to
> be stated.
>
> Answer a) is utterly and completely misleading, since in fact, the
> songwriter (if there is a traceable songwriter anyway) will be getting
> some publicity. All the indications I've seen suggest that exposure
> is good, and results in more income for the songwriter, rather than
> the other way around.
>
> Answer d) needs to be "I'm not sure that any of the above answers
> are reasonable", and then the supplied answer should be d).
It ought to be added that the RIAA and Microsoft do hold secret meetings. I
have record of this and yes... they are secret meetings. The same goes for the
government, the context being security, which hardly makes back doors and
zombies a surprise.
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