Slashdot Mirror
RIAA Chats With Song Swappers
einer writes "Orignally seen
on Drudge; in reaction to their recent loss in court, an IM was sent to 'hundreds of thousands' of grokster and Kazaa users by the RIAA warning that they were NOT anonymous and that they could face legal consequences if they did not stop sharing copyrighted material. The IM was sent to users hosting copyrighted songs for download. Is this a scare tactic or an honest attempt to reform the p2p user community, or both?"
Yeah, a guy I knew used to grow and sell it to feed his wife and kid.
...
... a terrorist he was not. The closest he ever got was getting drunk and shooting at road signs.
Hey, it was either that or get a job
But still
(Mods : I know it's off-topic, and a reply to an AC, but I just have to bitch.)
...to pay for rent, snacks, and a PlayStation.
... a good deal comes from Southern Asia and Asia Minor, and is sold specifically to fund terrorist organizations in those parts of the world ... So yeah, by buying drugs you really ARE supporting terrorism
But what about the vast majority of the marijuana bought in the United States? It comes from drug cartels in Mexico and Latin America.
Wrong. The vast majority comes from within the US.
That money goes (indirectly, through your dealer)...
Since we're talking about funding drug cartels and supporting terrorism, I suppose it's only fair to bring up Iran-Contra.
It's heroin that's the real killer.
Well, our government
did pay those same terrorist organizations in hopes that they wouldn't sell drugs. Of course, being 'evil-doers', they didn't. Nor did they stop being terrorists.
Nevermind the fact that for the poor farmers of Afghanistan, it's easier to buy food with money from poppy fields than it is to grow food for your starving family. Funny how that still hasn't changed, dispite being 'liberated' by the US.
I don't care one way or another who uses drugs, but I do care when people believe the bullshit our own government spouts. The drug-money that reaches terrorists is a pitance next to the amount of pork in our anti-drug budget.
-dr.badass
Don't become a regular here -- you will become retarded.
People who use drugs-- pot, coke, heroin, whatever-- are fucking losers, and of that there is NO doubt.
What about people who drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes? Are they, as you so eloquently put it, "fucking losers" as well?
People who use drugs-- pot, coke, heroin, whatever-- are fucking losers, and of that there is NO doubt.
And even better... what about coffee drinkers?
MaryJane is the biggest cash crop in Illinois, bigger than soybeans and corn combined. Biggest in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, too.
We've got over 2 million in jail and we haven't even made a dent in juana production. What's left of rural America would vanish overnight if we were as successful at eradicating marijuana farms as the Taliban were at eradicating opium production.
Nah, it's always best to keep incest in the family.
You were 80% angel, 10% demon. The rest was hard to explain. - Over The Rhine
"Math in a song is good."-Linford