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Posted by: Milo at January 23, 2008, 11:25 pm

Topic: Sundance: August, Be Kind Rewind, Gonzo Forum: Film Hobbit

Quote: Originally Posted by Josh) Are we talking about a system in which whoever delivers the best product and the best service wins? Because that's not what we have. For instance, in the case of August you have a company which has come up with a superior product and provides a superior service, but is swallowed up by old money, corporate sharks... and is pretty much powerless to prevent it. Wish I could say I believed your heart wasn't in the right place, but I don't. Like I said, the system ain't perfect and we do have hostile takeovers; but it's better than any alternative--and we are talking about a fictional look at a hard case here. We have laws governing corporations including anti-trust, and if that fails can we blame anything but human fallibility, the same as individual crime on a corporate scale for which they should be brought to trial, or government corruption reacting to a public that remains apathetic until the s**t hits the fan? Quote: There are of course always exceptions, and those exceptions survive to become companies like Microsoft and Google... except... whoops even those companies got where they are by swallowing up other people, not necessarily by delivering a better service or a better product. Instead, they bought other people's better products and made them their own. Other than anti-trust, prohibitions against stock manipulation and the straightforward criminal legislation we already have in place, what would you suggest? Should we legislate fairness or use social pressure against those who offend our collective sense of fair play, especially when only the insiders know what's really going on?

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