Word: consumerization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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The company has often argued that the major record labels have failed to keep pace with the American consumer. And instead of working on its technology sprinting skills to catch up, the Recording Industry Association of America has cried copyright foul. The RIAA sued Napster for "contributory copyright infringement," and...
Undoubtedly, part of Napster's appeal is the free music it offers. But an even bigger attraction is that Napster actually works--easily in fact. Napster is streamlined, straightforward and self-explanatory. Napster puts power in the hands of the consumer--power to access an incomparable selection of MP3's...
I can't deny my own voyeuristic fascination as I scroll down through the choices of men being offered one final moment of the "freedom" to be a consumer. Their choices, as diverse, poignant and sometimes just plain wacky as they are, offer clues to their identities and character. But...
SENIOR SCAM The FTC has issued a consumer alert against unscrupulous organizations that prey on thousands of senior citizens. With names like Remington Estate Services, they use deceptive practices to pressure victims into setting up living trusts that in many cases are worthless. A living trust, as opposed to a...
But by then the opposition was morphing from inchoate splinter groups into something that looks like a mainstream coalition. In July 1999, some 40 environmentalists, consumer advocates and organic-food activists met in Bolinas, Calif., to map a national campaign. Rather than endorse the total ban on genetically modified foods...