Whiny Lib Geek: "We Want Stewart and Colbert for Free"
The Free Stewart and Colbert Movement! (link) recently posted a length diatribe on how The Daily Show and Colbert Report should be available on the web for free. Below is a summary of the FSCM case:
- Geeks do a lot of geeky stuff totally unrelated to their position
- [lib] Geeks Like Stewart and Colbert
- Said geeks are angry and bored with TV, music, movies...blah blah blah
- They promise to "download commercials" in exchange for open-format videos
- It's not Comedy Central's fault your grandma's basement doesn't have BASIC cable
- Stop buying Anime porn and Star Trek memorabilia and you may be able to afford the $1.99 it costs to get episodes off iTune.
- Thinly veiled threats (or weak humor) about hacking their "bank accounts, e-mail, and children's school grades" may not be an appropriate motivator. I'm not sure their target demo is the cyber-criminal who generally steals the Copyrighted content they sell.
- The "I probably make more money than you" approach is only slightly less pathetic than the Geek Threat approach.
- For $69, you could probably HIRE Rutger Hauer to beat an accountant.
- "Creepy, geek videos"--youtube.com already beat you to it
- If you're bored with tv, music, movies (etc.) GO OUTSIDE ONCE IN AWHILE
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