Tim

Actually, in many states (39), cursing at a police officer IS an arrestable offense...anyone ever heard of disorderly conduct? Often little more than a minor or fourth degree misdemeanor, disorderly conduct is one of those utterly repugnant "blanket laws" that makes any public display of emotion a crime. Refuse to follow an officer's order, go to jail. Swear at an officer, go to jail, Argue with someone loud enough for a neighbor to hear, go to jail. Refuse to leave YOUR OWN HOME because an officer has arbitrarily decided he has domain over YOUR house, go to jail. Face it, folks, unless you have an annual income of seven figures or larger, your first-amendment right to free speech is effectively gone. Also, freedom of speech DOES NOT, in fact, grant you the right nor privilege to run your mouth like an epic douche. Your rights are protected until they infringe on the rights of others.

Unless you're a radical Christian, in which case you believe you have the divine right to trample on the rights of others without consequence for "the glory of God".

HA! I didn't know Mattitude reached that far. Jonney Shih, VERSION 1! lol

@ Brandon

I don't know where you got the misconception that BBY marks down the small stuff, but let me give you a couple of examples of the contrary.

Working at BBY, employees receive an employee discount of 5% over cost on most items in the store. This is usually only useful on accessories or peripherals, as items like media and high-ticket items are often sold at or near cost anyway.

1.) Dynex (BBY Generic Brand) 6' USB 2.0 Perpheral Cable...Retail $38.99 EMPL $2.80

2,) Dynex 50 pack DVD+R...RET $19.99 EMPL $9.72

3.) Dynex 48 count AA Batteries...RET $16.99 EMPL $5.80

Best Buy makes its biggest profits off of its Dynex, Insignia, Geek Squad, inIT, and RocketFish brands. That's why every blueshirt and black/tanshirt tacks tons of accessories onto your purchase. The margins on all the private label products are HUGE.

Harry, that was doubleplusawesome.

HA! That's a joke with two layers. Bonus points to those who get both layers.

You folks are ignorant twits...when you buy a game console, game, or ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL, YOU DO NOT OWN IT. You are not paying for ownership. You are paying for permission to use the material for your own personal entertainment. The moment you pirate it, resell it without a license, or modify it to circumvent copy protection, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY BROKEN THE EULA, YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE DMCA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act

The provisions and subsequent modifications to the DMCA can be found here or among the links at the bottom of the entry.

The concept of ownership seems to be painfully flawed among the posters here. You buy a house, yes, it's yours, but you can't just add a waterslide, or a drawbridge (BAM?) without permits or zoning variances. Just because it's yours DOES NOT, IN ANY WAY, MEAN YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER IT.

Immigrations and Customs are involved because they are, by definition, imported materials. He violated the DMCA by modifying them to circumvent copy protection mechanisms. If you don't want to conform to the EULA, DON'T BUY IT.

The OFFICIAL camcorder of 16-time world champion Ric Flair...WOOO!

This is a total KIRF. If Sony (a Japanese company) issued a C&D, would it not have originated from the Corporate Legal division, which is based in JAPAN?

I absolutely LOVE you clowns who forget to consider that phones with this level of functionality generally sell for $300-$600 WITHOUT A CONTRACT. Better still, they are unlocked.

Had anyone else here ever noticed that when you ask someone who bxxxxhes about phone prices being this high what carrier they have, it is often a CDMA provider? Or an iPhone dork?

These are the types of trolls who think the PHONE is a ripoff and that a CONTRACT (read: 24-month indemnity waiver that costs $200+) is somehow a better value.

Anyhow, read your damn provider's price tags to see how much your precious BB Storm REALLY costs.

Me? Fortunately, I live in Dayton, OH where I just got my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (MSRP: $399) for $149 WITHOUT A CONTRACT. Cincinnati Bell understands how valuable freedom of choice truly is.

Umm...have you been paying attention? Cincinnati Bell is only available in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. In addition Cincinnati Bell DOES NOT REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO SIGN A CONTRACT. There are options to sign a contract on select handsets in order to receive a bigger discount, however, many of CinBell's customers do not mind paying a little extra for a handset in order to forgo being licked into a contract.

What on earth made you think this was available in TEXAS? And that a contract was mandatory? Can you even read English?