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Universal's MP3.com Clone Loses in Court

Posted by michael on from the no-songs-for-you dept.

erc writes: "According to this article, Universal Music Group's Farmclub.com online music service streamed songs without obtaining licenses from music publishers. According to the Court, Universal must obtain separate licenses for songs it wants to distribute over the net. Turn about, fair play!" Well, the courts are fairly consistent - if you don't have licenses from everyone and their brother, you can't play music online.

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  1. Barry Bonds' FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bonds went 1-for-2 with three walks, the third of which came in the ninth and tied Mark McGwire's 1998 NL record of 162. Babe Ruth set the major league mark of 170 in 1923.

  2. with apologies to monty python by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter.

    Man: You sit here, dear.
    Wife : All right.
    Man (to Waitress): Morning!
    Waitress : Morning!
    Man: Well, what've you got?
    Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and trolls; egg bacon and trolls; egg bacon sausage and trolls; trolls bacon sausage and trolls; trolls egg trolls trolls bacon and trolls; trolls sausage trolls trolls bacon trolls tomato and trolls;
    Vikings (starting to chant): Trolls trolls trolls trolls...
    Waitress: ...trolls trolls trolls egg and trolls; trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls baked beans trolls trolls trolls...
    Vikings (singing): Trolls! Lovely trolls! Lovely trolls!
    Waitress: ...or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and trolls.
    Wife: Have you got anything without trolls?
    Waitress: Well, there's trolls egg sausage and trolls, that's not got much troll in it.
    Wife: I don't want ANY trolls!
    Man: Why can't she have egg bacon trolls and sausage?
    Wife: THAT'S got trolls in it!
    Man: Hasn't got as much troll in it as trolls egg sausage and trolls, has it?
    Vikings: Trolls trolls trolls trolls (crescendo through next few lines)
    Wife: Could you do the egg bacon trolls and sausage without the trolls then?
    Waitress: Urgghh!
    Wife: What do you mean 'Urgghh'? I don't like trolls!
    Vikings: Lovely trolls! Wonderful trolls!
    Waitress: Shut up!
    Vikings: Lovely trolls! Wonderful trolls!
    Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can't have egg bacon trolls and sausage without the trolls.
    Wife (shrieks): I don't like trolls!
    Man: Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your trolls. I love it. I'm having trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls baked beans trolls trolls trolls and trolls!
    Vikings (singing): Trolls trolls trolls trolls. Lovely trolls! Wonderful trolls!
    Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.
    Man: Well could I have her trolls instead of the baked beans then?
    Waitress: You mean trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls trolls... (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)
    Vikings (singing elaborately): Trolls trolls trolls trolls. Lovely trolls! Wonderful trolls! Trolls tro-o-o-o-o-olls trolls tro-o-o-o-o-olls trolls. Lovely trolls! Lovely trolls! Lovely trolls! Lovely trolls! Lovely trolls! Trolls trolls trolls trolls!

    1. Re:with apologies to monty python by weinford · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If I had moderation points, I'd moderate this as a troll. But I don't, so I just laugh my ass off :-))

      --

      This sig is stolen from someone who had a much better idea than I had.
  3. Hey... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Would you like to have a taste of my penis?

  4. And Salon says by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    about it all , this... and when you think about it, its probably true

  5. Re:More importantly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Got a question: what does "flamebait" mean? I am german, and I just don't have a clue about this word. Please explain / translate if you can.

  6. Re:More importantly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's what the Nazis accused the Jews of saying.

  7. And more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Islamic terror is a worldwide menace



    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east /newsid_1566000/1566556.stm



    Imagine this happening at YOUR wedding. Clearly not even holy ground is sacred to these militants.

    1. Re:And more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      The whole society is suddenly falling apart!

      CINCINNATI, Ohio has declared a state of emergency following the outbreak of riots. The riots erupted in the city following the acquittal of a white police officer on charges connected to the fatal shooting of an unarmed black Muslim man.

  8. Re:More importantly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a "flame" is an strong argument or insult usually. it is internet slang.

    bait means something designed to attract something else.

    so flamebait is a post that's made to get other people to post arguements and insults.