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  1. Re:Pizza? by drinkypoo · · Score: 1 · on Star Trek Sequel Already Planned

    To paraphrase Garth Brooks....

    Garth fucking Brooks? You may hand in your geek card on the way out. No, in fact, just give me the fucking thing now, you're leaving by the trap door. And by leaving I mean soon to be impaled on sharp fucking spikes. Besides being a totally talentless dipshit he is also a crusader against first sale rights.

    [...]Brooks' stance against used CDs so infuriated West Coast consumers that hundreds of fans last week roasted the singer's albums in protest, staging "Garth Buck$ BAR-B-Qs" from Seattle to Los Angeles--including one bonfire at Silver Lake-based Rockaway Records.

  2. The AHBA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Should IT Unionize?

    Best. Association. Ever.

  3. Re:Garth Brooks may never go digital by welshsocialist · · Score: 1 · on Led Zeppelin Agrees To Digital Distribution

    Garth Brooks has had a deal since 2005 with Wal-Mart (details are here). However, I just searched Wal-Mart's music downloads and don't see Garth Brooks downloads listed; there are links though. From the results of the search, it seems that the deal was for CDs. When browsing through a Wal-Mart music section, the prices for Brooks' releases are lower than everyone else's (bargain bin excluded). That's amazing.

  4. Re:Sorry, you weren't actually their dream consume by drinkypoo · · Score: 1 · on How to Turn A Music Lover to Piracy

    And for those who don't believe that it's true that the music industry wants to stop you from buying used, check out this little gem.

  5. Re:Modify the article title... by dosquatch · · Score: 2, Informative · on iPod May Become Next Fair-Use Battleground

    Used CDs have already been a target of the RIAA. At least, a target of Garth Brooks, and a carrot drawing the RIAA's desire to double-dip royalties.
    http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/garth049.shtml
    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/200206 14-9999_1b14usedcds.html

  6. I remember that.... by SvnLyrBrto · · Score: 1 · on Testing The Right To Resell Downloaded Music
    Garth brooks (remember him?) was every bit the industry's anti-first-sale schill, back in the day, as metallica are the RIAA's anti-fair-use schills today.

    I specificly remember the news clips of garth BBQing used copys of his own CDs on a grill, in some kind of press stunt. Of course, I can think of no better fate than fire for clensing the world of garth brooks (or metallica, for that matter), but that's another story.

    Too bad Napster hired that hack Boies, who wound up getting assraped by lars, instead of whoever the used-CD industry hired to bitchslap garth.

    cya,
    john

  7. Re:took them long enough by newerbob · · Score: 2, Informative · on Record Industry Wants Royalties for Used CD Sales
    THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE

    In fact, Country Music superstart Garth "Baldie" Brooks has been bitching about his lost revenue to used CD sales for years.

    He even tried to strong arm reatailers that sold used CDs by not letting them have any orders for new CDs