On 2009-05-19, Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Ezekiel" <nowhere-there@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> "Chris Ahlstrom" <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:FryQl.43329$v8.6952@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, cc belched out
>>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>> On May 19, 8:24 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> And also more popular. The more the conglomerates close down, they more
>>>>> people
>>>>> they'll turn away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Charge to read CNN? Then people will read another source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Closed access to academic journals? Then people will just Google for
>>>>> what's
>>>>> public, maybe Wikipedia.
>>>>>
>>>>> They fight a losing battle. Information wants to be free.
>>>>
>>>> Information may want to be free, but who is going to host it? I think
>>>> you've mentioned Microsoft Vista being #1 on Time's list of failures,
>>>> but YouTube is on there too. They can't continue to lose money and
>>>> host all those videos. The Internet is not a free enterprise. You have
>>>> to pay for bandwidth. So how do you propose these large sites pay for
>>>> their bandwidth without charging people? Ads? Ads haven't generated
>>>> enough revenue so far. What about employees? Are they supposed to work
>>>> for free? I understand that it's trivial to blog that an inside source
>>>> told you that Bill Gates is funding the Somali pirates, but actual
>>>> reporters are needed to get actual facts and report the news to these
>>>> sites. How is that going to work if they're not paid? Unless
>>>> everything in the world was free all of a sudden, people aren't going
>>>> to work for free.
>>>
>>> Good points, but you're forgetting about television.
>>>
>>> Of course, with free teevee you really do get what you pay for.
>>> Mostly bread and circuses.
>>
>> Cable and satellite TV is not free. Part of the subscriber fees are paid to
>> the network. If by "free" you mean getting 3 or 4 channels over the air then
>> I'll pass on "free" and would rather pay a few dollars every month.
>
> Chris is wrong. The channels are not free. SOMEONE pays for them. In
Yes, but that someone is not YOU.
You are as much of a "freetard" as the rest of us.
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