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InnocentAngelWings (August 12, 2008 at 8:52 pm)
That was Good!!
I Agree With him 110% :)
mattmz (August 5, 2008 at 9:51 pm)
beautifully spoken. this guy is right on the money.
superfisto (July 27, 2008 at 9:56 pm)
He misstated the chicken case. I'm pretty sure that it was a "takings" case was ruled on a utilitarian theory. The airport was close to the chicken farm. The trauma caused to the chickens by the sound was less than the utility of the WWII bombers.
He's right about property rights. But that was a bad example.
superfisto (July 27, 2008 at 9:48 pm)
Naked Economics tells a better story.
korockid (July 26, 2008 at 8:55 am)
brilliant.
KoyotoShadow (July 22, 2008 at 4:51 pm)
Government is afraid to act, as politicians on both sides of the aisle are backed by businesses, as you need a great deal of money to get a public office anymore. The only real solution possible is for a push from us, the people they are supposed to represent. Government has to be pressured by their constituents to overcome their connections and do the right thing, not just for us, but for our children and those that come after, so we don't leave them with our problems.
KoyotoShadow (July 22, 2008 at 4:47 pm)
Now, I'm all for businesses keeping rights over their material, after all, businesses need material to sell to be able to survive, and if everything is just going to be taken and distributed free and the creator gets nothing for it, why bother creating, at least in a business sense? There has to be a middle ground to be reached, and it seems like either side refuses to budge an inch. Action must be taken by both sides, or it will result in an electronic world war between business and consumer.
KoyotoShadow (July 22, 2008 at 4:43 pm)
Change can only be directed in one way or another. The internet and it's various new media outlets, such as youtube, myspace, or even the bloggers are taking power from established media and returning it to the hands of the individual where it originally rested. This rides against the grain of the businesses that have been feeding the public with information for so long, who only now are realizing that people are beginning to once again decide things for themselves, and that scares them.
KoyotoShadow (July 22, 2008 at 4:41 pm)
Hmm, this has always been a touchy issue between industry and consumer, namely the people watching this video right now, us. For many decades business has controlled content of all kinds when suddenly this thing called the internet appeared, and they became afraid. They had power, and this new media threatened them with losing that power, so they fight tooth and nail to hold onto it, even though questionable means. What they don't realize is that change isn't something that can be stopped.
CocotheNut (July 22, 2008 at 3:49 pm)
I believe this is exactly the kind of view he's talking about at 14:35 :< |
