11-03-2010, 09:55 AM | #31 | |
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The subsidies give some form of freedom. The artists there are able to live comfortably and not obey the profit mantra all the time. Income re-destribution is not really that bad! I know that a lot of USA people think that capitalism is the way to go and that any govermnet intervention is just nasty socializm creeping in. The truth is that you just have to balance between the two. I lived in both systems and I can assure you - event the USSR type of socialism had its positive sides. |
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11-03-2010, 10:03 AM | #32 | |
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There is another point to be made. The prices that the advanced economies demand are not that affordable in countries with different income. How can one pay 200 USD for a copy of Windows if the average salary in the country is 150USD? So maybe my bisness is not worth having - after all I am just a single person. But what about the 3 bln people that live in Asia? Does anyone in his right mind expect them to buy legitimate copies of Windows or pay for legal DVD's?! Isn't it smarter to allow 300 mil of those to watch a movie for 0.50 with practically no cost of distribution (e.g. p2p technology). |
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11-03-2010, 11:28 AM | #33 | |
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11-03-2010, 12:23 PM | #34 | |
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Of course each person has the right to decide for themselves what to watch and consume as entertainment. What nobody has the right to do is call me a brainless idiot for enjoying TV or movies, or tell me I'm watching "too much." That's judgmental snobbery, pure and simple. It's also judgment based on ignorance, since someone who claims they never watch TV has no idea if what I'm watching is worthwhile or not. Last edited by whitearrow; 11-03-2010 at 12:30 PM. |
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then they can probably afford the $3-$4 dollars it costs *me* in the US to rent a movie through iTunes or Amazon. |
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This can work, as long as it does not cause a lot of bad will if your higher paying customers find out about it and refuse to keep paying the higher prices. Last edited by twobits; 11-03-2010 at 01:35 PM. |
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Now in fairness, the biggest issue with the BBC is that it could, in theory at least, be subject to pressures by the political bodies that fund it (i.e., the British Parliament). -- Bill |
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The BBC has an annual budget of about £4.6bn (about US$7.4bn) - that would be one heck of a private membership organisation! About £3.4bn of that comes from the tax payer; the other £1.2bn from the BBC's commercial businesses (eg selling programmes to overseas broadcasters).
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If you consider me a snob, OK. Shrug. |
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11-03-2010, 04:16 PM | #45 | |
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I suggest you research if interested. I don't see the point of debating it further. I'm not a scientist and probably would mangle the info, and I don't see a need to convert others to ditching TV. I brought it up because I think it's interesting and compelling, but to each his own entertainment and learning. |
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