Then again, getting something for nothing is a concept that MTV should be familiar with.
Charities will get something for nothing but will then pay for more sophisticated services.
Of course these days viewers not only want something for nothing, they increasingly want content tailored to them.
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The coalition came in promising to put an end to Britain's "something for nothing" culture.
Voters thought they could get something for nothing and for a very long time, governments could deliver.
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Mr Dorey said he appreciated parking charges would concern retailers but the logic of something for nothing was indefensible.
Chamber of Commerce President Rupert Dorey said getting something for nothing was "indefensible".
The important thing to remember about social-protection rules is simply that, in economics, you rarely get something for nothing.
Labour was now "officially the party of something for nothing, " he said, because it failed to back reforms to welfare.
Yet today, many prominent economists insist on pulling off an economic rabbit hat trick when they propose getting something for nothing.
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"And love for instance, love was something you did for nothing, you did something for nothing, it comes from there, " she added.
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Responsibility, we all must do our part, no more something for nothing.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the pay increases were part of a "something for nothing" culture, since the stock market had not risen to match them.
Now, one thing I've got to say, though -- and I think I speak for every public official here -- you can't have something for nothing.
The right fears that someone will get something for nothing.
Once again, people want something for nothing.
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Ms Sturgeon went on to attack Johann Lamont, the Scottish Labour leader, for criticising a "something-for-nothing society" and Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson for claiming only 12% of households contribute to Scotland's wealth.
Sony's Music Unlimited service has met with a lukewarm reception from some technology analysts, who cannot see why consumers should be expected to pay for something that they could get for nothing from the likes of Spotify.
Mr Roberts concedes that the something-for-nothing culture remains a problem for the music industry.
So whether it is our hopeless good nature that wishes to believe in the altruism of the free gift giver (unlikely) or our burning desire to receive something-for-nothing (more likely), the freebie-seeking thread is so persistent in us that the theme remains a constant in money and life.
While Mr. Roy, a Wall Street analyst, can no doubt afford that hot new piece of technology on day one of release, most Americans have to wait until the manufacturer has amortized enough of its costs to lower the price or, alternatively, settle for something they can more easily afford or for nothing at all.
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It will be hard for Bell Atlantic to argue for any fee for something that costs them nothing, Hardt says.
The case for a merger, meager as it is, could go something like this: buy Chrysler for almost nothing, spin off Jeep or Hummer, absorb the minivan operations and a few other product lines, like the Chrysler 300 rear-wheel-drive platform.
So we find ourselves in a new era where standing for nothing is standing for something, kind of like the GOP these days.
It is a startling comedown for a guy who made something out of nothing.
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