Entertainment Poll
In a recent poll teens between the ages of 12 to 17 who were polled. In the poll 69% said that they believed it was legal to copy a CD from a friend who had purchased the original. Only 21% said that it was legal to copy such a CD if the friend got the music for free. 58% felt it was legal to copy the friend's purchased videotape or DVD. 19% thought copying was legal if the film was not purchased ("Is copying a," 2011) . The entertainment industry feels that this will cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue.
Political Poll
The first poll is a Gallup poll that deals with popular attitudes about George Bush, and Barack Obama. In the poll, a majority rated President Obama "about the same" or "worse" than George W. Bush, according to a new Gallup poll. It polled a random sample of 1004 adults who were asked to compare two presidents. In terms of results, 4% said that Obama was a worse president than George W. Bush. 22% said Obama was approximately the same. A 43% plurality said that they preferred Obama's handling of the presidential office (Jones, 2011) .
The Gallup poll was conducted Sept. 15-18 and possesses an error margin of plus...
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Clearly, restaurants and bars have their work cut out for them if they wish to capture their share of the scarce entertainment dollars in the market right now. When the main criteria for where to go becomes "whatever is nearby and cheap," that is bad news for those in the industry. Making it even more difficult for restaurant and bar owners, people are traveling less as well for the entertainment.
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