In article <d2p2j3hspngvgaps8dkekf88d9v0rj7psc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:50:21 +0100, Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> >In article <en01j3lj8ea51051vf7kj41nk827av9m2s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> >> On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:09:48 -0500, Kurt Ullman
<kurtullman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In article <unrvi3l6rr3u4opop56etn10dfo2a1n0qk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Umm, no. The most appropriate analogy is that the writers, actors
and
> >> >> directors all get royalties for the same reasons that musicians
and
> >> >> novelists and other entertainment creators do -- to give them
> >> >> incentives to create more work by paying them bonuses.
> >> >>
> >> > The autoworker analogy would only work if the automakers got a
cut
> >> >of the sale price of used cars. Since the Studios get multiple
streams
> >> >of revenue, the writers and other talent guilds want their part of
the
> >> >downstream money.
> >>
> >> No, it isn't. Regarding DVD (and digital/streaming) residuals,
they'd
> >> be getting royalties on new copies of the product every time.
> >> Syndication is not used cars, it's the same model year as the current
> >> year, DVD sales are new product, streaming/downloading is always,
> >> every single time new product.
> >
> >"streaming/downloading is always, every single time new product."
> >
> >And THIS is what I think is a sick sick sick metaphor which should be
> >purged from the planet. It's like a cancer which infects everything.
>
> Not going to happen.
God just called, he said you ain't him.
> Build yourself a ****p and go to another planet.
No, you leave - find the ferengis.
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