Old World 1, New World 0. The four defendants in the landmark The Pirate Bay case, taking place in Sweden, have all been found guilty, and sentenced to one year in jail. They also received a hefty fine of USD 3.58 million to 17 
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Member since:2006-04-22
This last part what you said really does strike a note. There truly is a sense of entitlement of today's generation that believes they should just not have to pay for anything anymore, everything should just be free for them, without really explaining who pays for the costs.
Member since:2008-10-23
Makes me think about the crowned parasites during the french revolution. They didn't understand why this unwashed mass of peasants didn't want to pay their taxes. After all the king had done for them, allowing them to eat meat once a week and stuff, how ungrateful they were...
Member since:2007-06-28
i'll get downvoted to hell for this. but, the 'me' generation is truly the horde of baby boomers. they consume like no other, with little to no regard for the future and for others. it is their ineptitude and lack of accountability that has done a number on the world's economy. it is their marketing thinktanks that have created the hannah montanas of the world and convinced today's young people that they *need* all of this mass-market drivel.
the thing is, they thought that people would just keep on spending forever and ever. well, it freaking backfired on them. big surprise there. their cartels grew bigger than we should have allowed. they refused to embrace technology and evolve with the times. screw them.
this supposed 'me generation' of today has done WAAAY less damage than what we are stuck with right now at the hands of these wretched douches. cry me a freaking river, kids download music. boohoo. well, the baby-boomers turned investment into a get-rich quick scheme. destroyed the value of real estate. turned art into a mere commodity. waged freaking unjust war.
i am so sick of blaming young people for what is essentially the fault of greedy old men in suits.
it's because of these people that so much technology is being created specifically to LIMIT what people can do. i remember cringing years ago when first learning about DRM, thinking to myself "gee, so this is how they'll ruin things". it's extremely depressing how technology used to be so empowering. now, you have to train yourself to get around artificial limitations just to function.
screw them.
Member since:2005-07-06
Beautifully said - There are a few baby boomers out there who understand things but the vast majority find it a hell of a lot more convenient to use my generation as the whipping boy their failure to get a grip with a changing world. What is even worse is the belief that they shouldn't have to compete for positions with companies - that they are entitled to a position after a certain period of time, "I've been here for 20 years therefore I an entitled to become a manager", "I've been here for 20 years and I shouldn't have to compete with a younger employee who is smarter and more efficient".
What I find funny though is there is a backlash within this generation against many of the things pushed by the baby boomers. There is active rejection of political correctness, females are now telling the self appointed 'feminist leaders' to go take a hike and allow people to decide what they want to do (instead of these feminist elite's wagging their finger in disapproval of a female who decides to be a stay at home mum). So I have a lot of hope and maybe the next generation will finally purge the last remnants of the the baby boomer generation where the pyramid scheme of government monopoly on social welfare (and pensions) is given a good hard look at and regulation of peoples personal lives by way of the war on drugs is finally recognised as being an ill-conceived policy.
Edited 2009-04-17 20:12 UTC
Member since:2005-08-18
Hmm..maybe they're loosing money because their business model is obsolete and they're spending too much on products people don't want to pay for?
It's not like they havent cried wolf before. Remember how tapes was supposed to kill the recording industry because you could *GASP* copy records from other people.
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2005-08-27
The "tubes" meme is sorely overly used. Besides being a decent analogy for the audience, it seems that most have no context on the history of it.
Like it or not, the record companies see themselves loosing money, and the brat-like attitudes of the "me" generation are right out front with extreme disregard.