sci.research.careers

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, morrisjcroy@ wrote:

>> In the case of the teenager, money flows out of the teenager's wallet
>> (and sometimes debt flows in, instead).
>
> These days teenagers just download the tunes for free, from some
> pirate p2p file sharing network.

A lot do, a lot don't (according to at least one WSJ article), and I know
the record industry is very very very upset about this. And, they have
taken a good number (hundreds at least by now) to court.

But, the real damage is over in China (and India) where the piracy of any
media that exists is even more over-the-top.

>
>> In the case of the CEOs, money flows into the CEOs' wallet.
>>
>> And, who benefitted the most from all of this?
>
> MTV.

I'll answer by saying that the guys who were all making a lot of money
made even more. The guys paying for it...maybe...got a little "glow" in
their neural pathways.

>>> It's more like watching a "trainwreck" in slow motion.
>>
>> Society is a big trainwreck. Actually, lots of them.
>>
>> Anyone for an extended discussion of this?
>
> The crazy train is pulling out of the station. All aboard!
>

Impossible, it's already _in_ the wreck. ;-)