insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| reply to Seandhi
Re: wtf?
said by Seandhi  :Not that I agree with the RIAA, but the logic is that iPods would not be nearly as popular without the products put out by the RIAA. By that matter the government should get profit sharing from all car manufacturers, because without the roads the government sets up, cars wouldn't sell. And ISPs should get money from ebay/amazon/newegg/etc because if it wasn't for them providing internet access, none of those sites could make money. Also ups/fedex/usps should also get kickbacks from any business that relys on them for shipping. The list goes on forever. The same logic will also always apply in reverse. So Apple should see more profit from the music sales because the RIAA wouldn't sell as much music if it wasn't for itunes and the ipod. This type of justification is pointless because in the end we would have to build a complex system to attempt to figure out how much money each business ends up earning because of a related business and all the money will probably just end up with the government, because the government is what allows our ways of free commerce to exist. |
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Xaak
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September 26th, @02:28PM
| said by insomniac84 :
By that matter the government should get profit sharing from all car manufacturers, because without the roads the government sets up, cars wouldn't sell. They do, it's called sales taxes, excise taxes, auto registration, gasoline tax...
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ryanthadude2
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| said by Xaak :said by insomniac84 :
By that matter the government should get profit sharing from all car manufacturers, because without the roads the government sets up, cars wouldn't sell. They do, it's called sales taxes, excise taxes, auto registration, gasoline tax... ..and wheel tax where I live. ugh.. anywho, back on topic  |
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