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Bertelsmann Looking At Pulling Plug On Napster

azaroth42 writes "The end of Napster has finally come according to the Guardian as German group Bertelsmann pull the plug on the already 'past its use by date' music service. And the same story on CNN."

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  1. Re:First post?!?!? by technix4beos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Didn't you just post this same comment to the TTT thread?

    I smell a bot, or a llama.

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    user@host$ diff /dev/urandom /dev/uspto
  2. Re:First post?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's obvious, you'll have to bash in her head with a brick first.

  3. Re:First post?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Yes I did.

    I'm desperate.

    What's a llama?

  4. 16 Year Old Sentenced 10 years for stealing 6-pack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    INVERNESS -- Earlier this year, 16-year-old Adam Bollenback swiped a six-pack of beer from a refrigerator in a woman's garage and got caught by Citrus County sheriff's deputies.

    The situation went from bad to worse when Bollenback slithered out of a patrol car while the deputy wasn't watching, leaving behind only his shoes.

    He was caught and accused of burglary, petty theft and escape. Prosecutors charged him in the adult system, a move that was within their discretion.

    After Bollenback was tried and convicted of the crimes, the state Department of Corrections recommended the boy, now 17, wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet for two years. The Department of Juvenile Justice thought a stay in a high-level youth facility would be more appropriate.

    On Tuesday, Circuit Judge Ric A. Howard discarded those suggestions and sentenced Bollenback to a 10-year prison term.

    "You're well on your way to a lifetime of prison and I don't want to see that happen," Howard said before handing down the punishment. "This sentence is going to break your spirit right now."

    Bollenback's mother, Cheryl, was stunned by the judge's decision.

    "What? What did he say?" she asked, glancing around the courtroom in confusion. "Ten years? Is that right?"

    Bollenback's lawyer, Jim Cummins, immediately asked the judge for permission to keep the youth at the Citrus County jail for 10 days so he could file motions protesting the sentence. Howard denied the request.

    Then Cummins asked that his client, still technically a juvenile, be segregated from the adult inmate population. The motion also was rejected.

    "He's an adult and he's going to be treated as an adult," Howard said.

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  5. Re:16 Year Old Sentenced 10 years for stealing 6-p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    So?

    The little punk got what he deserved.

    If you do the crime, you've gotta do the time.

  6. Re:The significance of this news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a weirdo. Grow up.

  7. Re:In Related News: RIAA Cracked Again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That "third hack" is part of the "second hack". For some reason, the slack RIAA admins have not yet removed the page.

    Still a well thought out hack, though. It makes a nice change to the usual "HTIS P4Ge H4X0R3D BUY LEET|=reAK!" waste of time crap.

  8. Re:First post?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Using Underared or Overrated to avoid M2 hasn't worked for nearly a year. Besides, whats the little bitch whining about? I can still read his post, even when its at -1. That ain't censorship, the silly little fucktard.

  9. OT: Your .sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You should be using double quotes (") to enclose a string, not single ('). You should only use a single for a char ('a'), it won't work for a string ("This is a string").

    Unless thats not C or C++, in which case, ignore this.

  10. Re:Right tool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can we get an OFFTOPIC on this post?