Then let's go back to Shannon's current (planned) script:
Shannon Wrote:I now consciously and subconsciously consider and make myself aware of the value of all the time, effort, work, expertise, knowledge, research, development, testing and experience that went into making this program.
I maintain that we as consumers have no idea how to do this except to ask questions about the technology which will not be answered. The intent is good though.
Shannon Wrote:I now consciously and subconsciously consider and make myself aware of all the value I get from using this program, and I make myself consciously aware of the fact that the value I get from using this program comes from using this program.
How exactly would this somewhat circular statement work? As someone previously asked, how would we know that the change we notice is due to the subliminal and not the book we're reading on the subject?
Shannon Wrote:I now consciously and subconsciously consider and make myself aware of how I would feel and respond in response to my choices and actions regarding this program if I were the producer and creator of this program and someone else did the same thing.
I really like this one, the put-yourself-in-my-shoes statement. It's also easy to accept, most people consider it only fair. Although without the knowledge gained by the first statement, I still might consider there's no way I'd charge the same amount for the products.
Shannon Wrote:I now make myself consciously and subconsciously considerate of the value of all the time, effort, work, expertise, knowledge, research, development, testing and experience that went into making this program, and the actual time, effort, work, expertise, knowledge, research, development, testing and experience that went into making this program, and I now choose to do the right thing regarding returning fair value in exchange for it and the value and benefit I get from using it.
Had to read this twice, and slowly. Again, it's difficult for us to know exactly quantify all the stuff. Like someone telling you that being a multi-millionaire is not as easy as you think. Nobody will believe it, because they don't have sufficient information. Everybody thinks life becomes easier with millions in the bank.
Although I think the 'doing the right thing regarding returning fair value' will work.
The 'right thing' of course remains subjective. Most serial killers believe they are doing it for the right reasons, Genghis Khan believed God sent him to punish mankind. Subject to the mental framework of the listener. Unless you intent to change that framework as well? Use the subliminals to tell people what is right and what is wrong? That would be morally questionable.
As for the value and benefit from using the program, I addressed that earlier. How do we know it came from the program, and not from something else we're doing. Not that I'd mind all too much if I'd end up giving credit to the program. After all, if this statement works for me, so would many others. Which means change is happening.
Shannon Wrote:I now educate myself on what the copyright laws of my legal jurisdiction are and how they affect me.
No comment, fine with me. I try to keep up with them anyway, just to see how often copyright holders abuse them against the 'little people'.
Shannon Wrote:I now choose to follow and obey the copyright laws of my legal jurisdiction with regards to this program.
Same as above. Glad to see it was refined a bit. You could change it into all Shannon L Matteson's products or all Subliminal-Shop/IML products to make it non-product-specific. In order for us to know what the subliminal is, we would at least be aware of where it came from. No self-respecting content-sharer would use a subliminal without reading its description page first. Not that I would know of course. I refrain from such behaviors.