 elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | Newspaper Tax We already have PBS-NPR spewing plenty of propaganda.
Do we really need Pravda?
Let the newspapers fail.
Something else will rise in their stead.
Our local newspapers haven't done any real journalism in a generation. | |
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 | KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Newspaper Tax actually these ideas for propping up private businesses with taxes on a service also opens up possible legal loopholes that would cause them more harm. People would then state that they should be allow to bypass newspaper pay walls.
Just as when the music industry here in the US wants a tax to cover the cost of piracy, it could open them to more piracy and possibly generate a legal loophole for downloaders who could then claim they paid for the content through the tax.
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| rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | While I don't wish the newspapers harm and I'm sure we have other stupid taxes, this idea is so ridiculous I don't even know where to begin.
The article claims that while a broadband tax is ridiculous, it's less ridiculous than taxing Google. In my opinion, that's like saying you are more likely to die if attacked by a 1,500lb vs. a 1,000lb polar bear. On the surface, smaller sounds better but relative weight isn't the risk. It's why it attacked -- to eat or protect. If it's hungry, you will be consumed. If it's protecting, after mauling you it might leave you alive. | |
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| | KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: Newspaper Tax However the internet is like having a nice fence to keep the bears out. And this person is saying that everybody should have to step outside once and awhile so the 1000lb one can maul them just a bit to remain fair to the one who failed to adapt to the new fence around the city.
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|  pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Not to mention Government Motors too.
Though you gotta figure, most media outlets in the US already parrot and spew everything the current administration wants them to say already, would there be any real difference if this happened here?
And yes, it has been proposed for the US as well.
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|  fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | said by elray:We already have PBS-NPR spewing plenty of propaganda.
Really? Got any examples?
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| | But if Newspapers fail What will we wrap fish in, line bird cages with and train puppies on? | |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | RIM and their user base Well they are in trouble, and the outage they just had does not bode well for their marketing. Especially unlike normal smartphones when the RIM network goes down the phone can lose much of its functionality beyond making calls. When naturally the emails are vital to running a business these days.
I tend to think BB10 will not put them on a road to recovery, They are facing the most competitive market in years. Android has excellent phones, Odds are by the BB10 release there will be an iPhone 5s coming and a Galaxy S3 v2 or Galaxy S4 along with great offerings from HTC and LG.
And the third pitch coming in at 112mph while being a curve ball is Windows Mobile. WM8 is a wildcard, it could fall flat or it could be the smartphone silver bullet that IT departments are looking for. If it can tightly wrap into existing enterprise windows networks it will give business the control they desire and if MS can sign on app devs, it could offer the app coverage that has current users seeking iOS and Android phones.
naturally the windows8 phones are still a very unpredictable wildcard in the smartphone market. with everything depending on MS being able to get app developers on board. One can have a great phone but with no Apps nobody will buy it.
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