YES. I think it's the whole "in the name of marketing" thing that really gets me. I mean, normally, you have to pay money to get the information you need from people to market...well, anything! And here it's like all this information that we put up with no intent of it being used in this way, simply because we see it as a way to share things with friends and family, is suddenly valuable, yet... Well, we never see a cent from it, you know? In fact, these companies all seem to think it's up for grabs simply because it's there. On the internet. Which, as you mentioned, is an EXCELLENT segue into the whole piracy thing. It seems that there's a bit of a double-standard going on, you know? >_>
That would make me so mad with those papers though! ARGH. I do feel like all of that information should be readily available to you as a researcher/academic. And oh, your library argument makes me all impassioned all over again, lol. I think my anger about the Megaupload thing has subsided a bit, but this just gets it going again. ;) Because I agree. It should be free. One big free internet library where you only pay for physical content if you want it. Just because companies like Netflix, and these premium subscription TV services have decided that it's a nice idea that people should pay for downloads, or pay a monthly fee for service, that doesn't mean it has to be the only way people access the content! It just doesn't work for some people and they need to INNOVATE if they want people like ME to want to pay them for anything. ARGH.
Sorry. Tangent. :D And you know, I think it's pure greed, and also just poor business models that have led to this push towards controlling all this information. Companies want to push themselves out of the red and they'll do that any way they can. If it's easier to waste their time pushing through legislation like SOPA and PIPA to put a little extra cash in their pockets, rather than come up with a viable solution to their problems with declining sales, that's the route they'll go.
That would make me so mad with those papers though! ARGH. I do feel like all of that information should be readily available to you as a researcher/academic. And oh, your library argument makes me all impassioned all over again, lol. I think my anger about the Megaupload thing has subsided a bit, but this just gets it going again. ;) Because I agree. It should be free. One big free internet library where you only pay for physical content if you want it. Just because companies like Netflix, and these premium subscription TV services have decided that it's a nice idea that people should pay for downloads, or pay a monthly fee for service, that doesn't mean it has to be the only way people access the content! It just doesn't work for some people and they need to INNOVATE if they want people like ME to want to pay them for anything. ARGH.
Sorry. Tangent. :D And you know, I think it's pure greed, and also just poor business models that have led to this push towards controlling all this information. Companies want to push themselves out of the red and they'll do that any way they can. If it's easier to waste their time pushing through legislation like SOPA and PIPA to put a little extra cash in their pockets, rather than come up with a viable solution to their problems with declining sales, that's the route they'll go.
*sigh*
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But! I will try to stay positive! ;)
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