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Hilary Rosen from RIAA will write Iraq's Copyrights?
sould writes "The Register is reporting that Hilary Rosen is to assist in writing Iraq's Intellectual Property laws. Can't have those Iraqi's pirating Eminem now can we?"
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I thought that when we ousted Sadaam, that meant the end of cruel and merciless regimes for the Iraqi people. ;-)
;-)
I wonder if the Republican Guard will instinctively rally around Ms. Rosen?
Someone might shoot her!
Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
can you say "Client state"
we own it now!
Yeah, freedom, freeeeedoooommm!
"Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door." - Emily Dickinson
And to think everyone thought the bombing was the "Shock & Awe" part of the campaign....
What are they going to do, copywrite broken bricks and bits of windows?
Where ever you go, there you are.
... if they make her wear veils all the time.
Garg
Garg
Alumnus, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
this is why she retired/is retiring? Maybe it wasn't about Oil... it was really about securing all that Iraqi IP and Music! The REAL conspiracy is uncovered!
-- Having a Creationist Museum is like having an Atheist place of worship
Is she willing to relocate? That would be awesome.
This is ironic since the Iraqi Information Minister has apparently been writing the RIAA's sales statistics reports.
You know, it's refreshing that rather than being saddled laws which are based on wisdom and forward-thinking ideals, the Iraqis will be able to skip straight to having laws based on short-sighted greed.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
So the war wasn't about oil after all.. It's about piracy! ;)
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
Hillary "Heinous Hil" Rosen, Iraqi I.P. Minister
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
Isn't this equivalent to having Michael Jackson run a child care center???
Dr. Kevorkian has already been pegged to be their Health Minister.
Only because he can't pronounce "colonization" properly.
In Soviet Russia...michael would be rotting in Siberia!
Pirate a movie: Gouge out eyes
Pirate a CD: Chop off ears
Pirate software: Amputate soft tissue: goodbye buttocks
Steal cable service: Death by hanging with coax cable noose
Hack into system: Hacked to death with meat cleaver
Mod-chipping game box: Death by soldering iron
You were right the second time, when you called it redundant. You were right the second time, when you called it redundant.
Depends on whether it's the US or the Iraqis who want the real Saddam Hussein to please stand up.
To-do List: Receive telemarketing call during a tornado warning. Check.
man, I tried but couldn't think af a good reason for why he would say it ain't colonization. Thankfully you came through in the clutch.
Beer Die is the game of champions Learning To walk my own path.
Why would Hilary need to worry that we would want to pirate it? Have you ever heard that stuff?
No, actually an oxymoron is two opposites. Like "Army Intelligence".
Or "Fox News".
Prohaps it's time for a name change, New Saudi Arabia. or the NewSA.
They have announced they've resurrected Hitler to write the civil rights laws in the 'New' Iraq.
Kenneth Lay will be spearheading the committee on democratic corporatism.
Ronald Reagan will come out of retirement to direct the operations of the new Iraqi dept of mental health.
Bush has assigned his brother, Jeb (who will be taking a paid leave of absence from his duties as Governor of Florida) to ensure the Iraqi people have free and full access to fair democratic elections.
Larry Flynt is coming out of seclusion to assist with writing laws regulating morality in print media.
Michael Jackson is relocating his 'Neverland' ranch to the outskirts of Baghdad so he can be on-hand to advise in the creation of child decency legislation.
OJ Simpson, who recently discounted rumors that he would be starring in a new reality series, was asked to provide input on the formation of a forensic unit in the new Republican Republican Guard.
Jeffrey Dahmer's memoirs were found to contain startling revelations that will help solve the problem of food shortages in no time.
Finally, further tests have shown that 55-gallon barrels once thought to contain chemical weapons actually only held 'special sauce' for former President Bill Clinton's big macs. When questioned about the news, one coalition soldier in charge of the search said "Nope, nossir, we haven't found any WMDs yet. But, we do think we might have located Jimmy Hoffa."
These people looked deep into my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
Wasn't she the joker, I think?
I suggest you read Slashdot
Well at least prostitution is legal in Iraq!
5 3. htm
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29238
Well, Its part of the rebuilding plan of the U.S. stock market.
(note sarcasm)
--aiee
The oil industry makes campaign contributions. Result: US troops are sent to protect the oil wells and the Oil Ministry.
The RIAA makes campaign contributions. Result: US lawyers are sent to protect the latest Britney Spears and Eminem albums.
The Iraqi National Museum doesn't contribute to the campaign. Result: The museum gets looted, and priceless artifacts thousands of years old are stolen or destroyed.
Perhaps property owners in Damascus should take notice? Or is this just a wild conspiracy theory?
Remember the days when Republicans were the party of fiscal responsibility?
Yep, point made, you are an idiot.