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I think it's because large corporations without a public figure at the helm think like paperclip maximizers. There is a process that counts cost vs. reward for
by spiritplumber 12y ago
I think it's because large corporations without a public figure at the helm think like paperclip maximizers. There is a process that counts cost vs. reward for various strategies, and the most efficient one is selected. TW is big enough that they don't have to worry about their reputation taking a big hit from doing this once, or even a dozen times - people will still pitch scripts to them.
What puzzles me is why we hardly ever hear of military or even professional reprisals against these companies.
- konceptz 12y agoI'm confused,and intrigued, what a "military reprisal" would be.
- spiritplumber 12y agoIn this case I guess it would be "You've ripped me off to the tune of a million dollars, so I'm going to cause you a million and one dollars in property damage, this way you'll learn next time". This is considered acceptable in some cultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weregild http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weregild
- thaumasiotes 12y agoSo, weregild is a legal institution the entire point of which is to prevent the process you're talking about. Why the link?
- spiritplumber 12y agoBecause if at some point in history there was a need for weregild, the process I am talking about was common enough to warrant addressing.