Amazon's Special Thank-You 175
theodp writes "To commemorate its 10th Anniversary, Amazon.com announced that on July 16th customers will receive a special thank-you - a concert featuring Bob Dylan and Norah Jones. Of course, customers will be squinting at streaming video while Amazon employees actually attend the concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall, but isn't it the thought that counts?"
You know (Score:4, Insightful)
WOW!! (Score:2, Insightful)
Seriously wouldnt offering free 2 or 3 day shipping on all items for the weekend have been better?
Re:Bob Dylan? (Score:4, Insightful)
The times they are A-changin indeed
Re:Screw em (Score:1, Insightful)
Wow. So when Amazon decides to reward their employees, it's ok. When they try to share this with the world as well, it's arrogant? It's a concert for Christ's sake! They're streaming a (formerly) private concert and showing to the whole world, and you're complaining? Don't tune in then!
It's amazing how people can spin such a simple gesture into some sort of grudge-worthy action. I can only imagine what sort of hatemongering you'll engage in at the bookstore.
Re:Screw em (Score:5, Insightful)
However:
1. Neither of them come even close to the range of computing books I need. Even the larger store is almost entirely beginners books, or Windows-focused stuff, none of which is useful to me.
2. Amazon.co.uk generally ship stuff to me for the next day, and with enough of a discount that it wipes out S&H.
3. Travelling to the larger store is more expensive than S&H anyway, not to mention generally not wanting to spend an hour travelling to buy a book or two.
What's with the Amazon bashing? (Score:5, Insightful)
For real, why is everyone bashing Amazon? I buy stuff from them all the time. The prices are very competitive on most items, and the selection of stuff is hard to beat. I've been a pretty loyal customer since 1998, and unless something is significantly cheaper somewhere else, I almost always buy anything I need that they sell there.
If you don't like Bob Dylan or Norah Jones, then don't watch the frickin' concert! Jesus, you'd think that they were having John Ashcroft in concert or something, the way everyone is reacting! ("Let the eagle soar!..." Ugh.)
My company, a large Fortune 100, does this periodically. For special occasions, it will sponsor a concert for the employees and VIPs. Chances are that Amazon was going to have the concert anyway, and decided to Webcast it just to be nice, so give 'em a frickin' break, already!
Sheesh, talk about no good deed going unpunished...
Get over yourselves! (Score:5, Insightful)
This isn't deserving of thanks or, 'gee look how kind they are' -- I think of it as an extra service provided by a company. Some will enjoy it, some won't. Why is it deserving of such scorn?
When AOL did this several times over the past years, with the Rolling Stones, for example, did that deserve scorn?
Music is highly subjective, but it's the height of adolescent immaturity to slag off Bob Dylan and Norah Jones as crap if you don't like their style of music.
Get the fuck over yourselves.
(It was time to burn the karma anyway)
Re:Screw em (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:MOD UP (Score:4, Insightful)
Never never never base copyright on someones death (Score:5, Insightful)
Let me say that again. You never never never want to base the length of copyright on someones death. There are enough things that makes passing on hard enough. We don't need to put the added stress on people with the idea that "every day I stay alive is another residue check my family can receive." Or worse "if we unplug dad from the respirator out estate has to give up our copyright." Linking financial matters (even more than we already have) with the process of dying is inhuman. This is one of those cases where something sounds like a good idea but the consequences are disgusting.
Re:Bob Dylan? (Score:3, Insightful)
Girl of the north country. Who killed Davey Moore? Fourth time around.
What's common to those? They all borrow heavily from earlier works. The first two are basically rewritings of standard folk songs (which Simon & Garfunkel sang as "Scarborough Fair" and "Sparrow" respectively). The third is a take-off on the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" -- he'd never get away with that today. A number of his other songs owe a lot to older blues and folk songs.
All this is fine and admirable; what's not admirable is then turning around and saying that copyrights need to be extended infinitely and infringements should be clamped down on. He really has sold out.
Re:Get over yourselves! (Score:3, Insightful)
Amazon treats its employees to a picnic but tries to frame it as some kind of service to the customers.
"We're taking your sister to Six Flags -- don't worry, we'll show some pictures of some of the rides, aren't you excited?"
Re:Yes, but.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Yes, but.... (Score:2, Insightful)