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Singing Cow To Attack CBDTPA
karmawarrior writes "Gateway is launching an advertising campaign against Senator Holling's CBDTPA bill, which, apparently will include its cow mascot encouraging computer users to legally download MP3s and burn their own CDs." Wired also has a story; see Gateway's website for more, as Gateway takes a page from Apple's "Rip-Mix-Burn" playbook.
...take a page from Chik-fil-a. I can see it now, 2 cows on a ladder, painting a billboard to say "Download more Zepplin"
He won't cave into Disney and Sony.
Ok i'm all for lobbying against the bill...
but PLLLLLLLLLLEAAAAAAAASE dont show more of that cow!!!!! I hope Steve from Dell eats it! then gets mad cow disease and dies!!
Tell me the cow's name is Hillary!
On NBC while watching the Great Race. It was funny as hell.
My wife rolled her eyes and it gave me the perfect chance to let her know *why* they were running that commercial.
Now that Gateway has clearly chosen sides, I think we can start selling tickets to the battle royall:
"In this corner weighing in at a puny few billion in stated revenues is MPAA, AOL/Time Warner/CNN, RIAA and the BSA. In the Far corner, weighing in at an incalcuable sum is Gateway, IBM, Sun, Dell, Apple and all the people. This ain't really gonna be a long fight folks so don't blink."
My $0.02 will always be worth more than your â0.02, so
From Hollings's Point of View:
"First, they attack you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they moo at you.
Then they win."
I love how the Yahoo article explains what the CBDTPA is supposed to do... "a copyright-protection bill that would
prevent computers from playing pirated movies and music." More like "a bill that would prevent technology from eating into the profits of large corporations that are slow to adapt."
Anyhow, the CBDTPA is really just an OLURMATOWIRM (an Overly Long, Unwieldy, Redundant and Misleading Acronym That Obfuscates What It Really Means.)
... "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the w
And EAT the Gateway cow? You sadist!
No, head on over to Chick-Fil-A and "Eat mor chikin"
That supports cow rights. (:
Whoever stated that signature sizes should be limited to one hundred and twenty characters can just go ahead and kiss my
Why is it that Americans aren't persuaded by the voice of reason, but a talking hamburger really helps you see things straight?
Because America doens't like you. Therefore they exhibit "odd" behavior just to piss YOU off.
We refuse to be COWED
So the content industry should ruminate on this. Find some udder solution. Maybe tipping. Or a place where the grass is greener. And especially no bullshit.
Sig: What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org)
Maybe they should contact these guys?
www.eFax.com are spammers
The line in the articel that states "The Hollings bill has drawn the support of major recording companies" should read "The support of major recording companies has drawn the Hollings bill"
------- Assumption is the mother of all f$#@ ups.
I don't know about the human, but at least they could have hired a decent cow. This one really underperformed.
The only skin on a computer should be porn.
>the RIAA more concerned about *power* then *profit*.
... cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria!
Damn straight! No punk kids with computers are gonna dictate to us how music is distributed and 'consumed'.
*We* control the means of production and distribution and, by God, you'll only listen to the recording artists *we* decide at the time and place of *our* choosing.
To do otherwise hands the terrorists their victory. It'll be anarchy! Old Testament fire and brimstone stuff... rain 40 days and nights
That's how most of our laws are, right now. Ex post facto -- you break them, you do the punishment. The RIAA/MPAA wants to undermine this situation, and prevent people from breaking the law. We already tried this once.
It was called prohibition.
I can already see it now
Bill Gates being a Notiorious mob boss running a speakeasy in the middle of Washington state with Cops trying in vain to stop his illegal activities.
Wait a minute...
In Soviet Russia, Trojan exploits YOU!
So if the Chick-fil-A and Gateway cows did team up, would we see ads like this?
Yes, because all CD burners are sold to make discs full of illegally downloaded music
Bull. I use mine to make discs full of illegally downloaded software and movies.
You know, the Cult of the Singing Cow.
   
   
   
Ow! Stop hitting me!
It was just a joke. Geeze.
Ow!
If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.
vegetables: it's what food eats.
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