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Barack Obama may or may not save the auto industry or the banking system. But he's already a one-man stimulus package for the media (present publication included). Magazines with his face on the cover fly off shelves by the millions. Publishers hawk instant dvds and books. An MSNBC ad invites viewers to "experience the power of change." For one glorious day, Nov. 5, Americans actually wanted to buy a newspaper...
...while, the 21st century had debased piracy. The word evoked cheap and illegal Chinese DVDs of Hollywood blockbusters - the real Pirates of the Caribbean having become historical fantasy. Suddenly, however, old-fashioned "Jolly Roger" piracy has hoisted itself as a distinctly modern-day menace, playing out every week off the eastern coast of Africa. At least 88 ships have been attacked in the Gulf of Aden alone this year. The problem would not pose too difficult a problem for the modern military forces of the world to solve - except that there has been no political will thus far to launch...
...While it is true that loose regulation has made pornographic magazines and pirated DVDs easily available to minors in Indonesia, advocates for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities say the problem will not be righted by the new legislation. They point to existing provisions in the criminal law as sufficient to deal with the problem, and complain that the new law poses a threat to non-Muslim Indonesians. "The law imposes the will of the majority that embrace Islam, is a form of religious discrimination and against the spirit of tolerance taught by the country's founders," says Theophilus...
...best seller Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations.) Malone is more or less accused of treason: giving aid and comfort to the enemy by making movies that "hate America." One soldier back from Iraq says that he and his buddies found a lot of Malone DVDs when they captured Saddam's palace...
...more consumers start doing that kind of math, sectors like video games, DVDs and cable TV will be buffered from the shockwaves hitting other parts of the economy. So far this year video games are on a 20% or more growth trajectory, thanks in part to the introduction of three popular new platforms. The $50 billion industry hasn't been around long enough for other recessions to provide a guide as to how it will fare. (People got through the Great Depression just fine without Grand Theft Auto). But, as a bang-for-your-buck form of entertainment, gaming seems...