Sentences with phrase «less immediate threat»

They see DRM as a defense against piracy, but piracy is a much less immediate threat than a gigantic multinational with revenue of $ 48 Billion in 2011 (more than the entire global publishing industry) that has expressed its intention to «disrupt» them, and whose chief executive said recently «even well - meaning gatekeepers slow innovation» (where «innovation» is code - speak for «opportunities for me to turn a profit»).

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Ultimately, operating from a survival state means your life is driven by unconscious impulses that serve only to get you away from an immediate threat, not to set you up for success down the road, which can lead to less than optimal decisions in a moment of panic.
Causes the blood supply to our muscles to open more allowing additional fuel to be pumped to the parts of our body we need the most, while simultaneously reducing blood flow to less critical organs such as our digestive and reproductive systems since we won't be needing these to escape the immediate threat.
These schools also clearly faced pressure to improve in order to avoid the voucher threat, even if that threat was less immediate.
The other big risk associated with tuna is less of an immediate threat, but its long term effects can be devastating: mercury poisoning.
Global warming, on the other hand, is far less of an immediate threat, many of its effects can not be reversed no matter what we do, the cost of attempting such a reversal could destroy the economies of emerging nations and make their development impossible — and it is a slow moving threat, that governments can plan to deal with over time.
Some have interpreted this as a sign climate change is less of an immediate threat than thought.
Rather, in - sourcing is cited as the most immediate competitive concern: 83 per cent of large firms report having business taken in - house by their client; another 15 per cent view it as a potential threat, leaving less than two per cent of large firm leaders who don't see it as a concern.
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