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I don’t know if this is a great idea. I think that people can easily get movies on their computer illegally such as certain downloadable services like limewire which is the equivalent to Napster. The only nice thing about it is that some people are willing to pay the money to get the movie. I think the rental thing is the biggest problem. Renting movies is always an issue for people because they usually like to hold some type of possession. I think renting at blockbuster is okay but when you rent something on your computer you feel that you own it and then when the rental is due you lose what you felt you owned. I think one of the bigger problems is that someone can rent a DVD and then they can store it on their computer which allows them to have the file and watch in whenever they want anyway and it is most likely cheaper. Also with the downloading there are a lot of security issues that make it impossible to send the file, which is another reason people will be against it because no one likes to deal with security issues. I think if I were to look at it at a positive level, there are some advantages that are going to be taken. People in America are extremely lazy and they have gotten to the point where they don’t even want to get off the couch and get a movie down the street which is most likely a 5 minute drive. People would rather sit at their computer and download a movie which allows them to get use no effort and see their favorite picture.

Microsoft legal issues

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I think it is interesting when dealing with auctions as to what is legal and illegal. EBay seems to be a great and widespread website that has capabilities beyond most. I wonder when it goes from auctioning something legal to illegal if most of these transactions are picked up. Are all of the sellers on eBay and the transactions they are making viewed by someone working for eBay? Something that really gets me going is that people risk selling something so illegal on the eBay. I think that there are a lot of other ways that are less known and not likely to get caught to sell a product. EBay is such a big and powerful website, that while there are millions of transactions going on, they are the most likely to be targeted for theft. I think that eBay should be going after the people who used them to sell this pirated software. The reason for this is to prove a point that not only Microsoft is at risk and going to do something about it but so is eBay. If someone known that by selling something illegal on eBay is going to get them possibly sued by eBay as well, they are going to be less likely to go through with it. EBay is a great tool for selling and buying things, but it is really so open to theft and problems, how can you trust someone that you do not know and could be any place in the world?

Microsoft selling on eBay

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I think it is interesting when dealing with auctions as to what is legal and illegal. EBay seems to be a great and widespread website that has capabilities beyond most. I wonder when it goes from auctioning something legal to illegal if most of these transactions are picked up. Are all of the sellers on eBay and the transactions they are making viewed by someone working for eBay? Something that really gets me going is that people risk selling something so illegal on the eBay. I think that there are a lot of other ways that are less known and not likely to get caught to sell a product. EBay is such a big and powerful website, that while there are millions of transactions going on, they are the most likely to be targeted for theft. I think that eBay should be going after the people who used them to sell this pirated software. The reason for this is to prove a point that not only Microsoft is at risk and going to do something about it but so is eBay. If someone known that by selling something illegal on eBay is going to get them possibly sued by eBay as well, they are going to be less likely to go through with it. EBay is a great tool for selling and buying things, but it is really so open to theft and problems, how can you trust someone that you do not know and could be any place in the world?

SWAP CD'S

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This is an interesting because I don’t know how good of an idea it is. With people having the ability to burn CD’s and now even download them on an ipod or send through the internet, I don’t see the market advantage to trading. It is possible that people enjoy obtaining the actual CD, but when trading, it does not mention if these are burnt copies or not. It is also in my opinion that Americans hate mailing and packaging things more than anything else. This has a lot to do with the fact that we are lazy but it seems that it mailing just isn’t a reliable and common source. While we enjoy receiving mail, we rarely like to send it to anyone. Also the legal ramifications for the trading of CD’s don’t seem that they will be easy to obtain. People tend to have friends with similar tastes in music, so the best thing to do is to have certain people buy certain albums and then rip their music for your own liking; this is a much more suitable way then trading albums over mail. If there were any advantages to this it would be that you could find someone with a large library of music and trade with them, but you then run the risk of not only having the CD’s not work but that you do not have good enough CD’s to trade with the person. How do you place value on certain CD’s because some come in sets of two and some are in box sets and some are longer and shorter than others. Getting the rights of major labels such as Sony and Capitol are not goign to be easy.

Mobile Television!!!!

Mobile Television

It is incredible how much television Americans watch. People in America watch TV even when there is nothing on that they want to watch. The fact that people want mobile television is even more amazing to me. Television seems to get in the way of everything else, so now it is going to be out in the community when people are driving cars and waiting inline for the bank. Cell phones are already enough distraction to everyone and mobile television will only be worse. It seems that Nokia is going to be one of the biggest competitors for the mobile television. Some things to take into question are if these televisions, being hooked up to the internet, will get cable or even better, HBO. It would not surprise me if things like this were available on these mobile television stations. It is going to be a huge marketing ploy, with mobile phones already having the ability to play mp3’s and have things like Apple’s ipod built into them. With this in mind, what are people willing to pay? It says that they are willing to pay 5 to 10 euros per month which may be something that they don’t realize adds up to a lot per year if you factor in your mobile charges. Will this really be something that catches on? It would not surprise me, although I would never want to have television on my cell phone and see it as a complete waste of time, resources and money, I think that it will go over really well in America.