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Webcaster Alliance Threatens To Sue RIAA
detroitindustrial writes "The Washington Post reports that the Webcaster Alliance is threatening to sue the RIAA under the Sherman Antitrust Act. In their letter to the RIAA, the Webcaster Alliance alleges that the RIAA and the Voice of Webcasters negotiated in collusion and, 'were apparently intent on either eliminating their competitors and/or raising barriers to entry in the market for small commercial webcasting.' It goes on to say that the RIAA also wanted to eliminate smaller webcasters, who tend to play more independent material, in order to maintain their monopoly on music distribution."
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one time i snuck into the bathroom while my sister was taking a shower and i peeked behind the shower curtain. her back was to my face, so she didn't see me at first. then she turned around and freaked at me poking my face in at her. she freaked so bad that she slipped and hit her head on the plumbing and there was blood. my dad burst in and i don't remember what happened after that but i have this big bump on my head to match my sisters.
then this one time i went into the attic to see if i could find my old star wars toys because i loved playing with them. we have this pull down ladder to get into the attic. it's really warm up there, and there's lots of dust. there were these cool trunks too but they were locked. my star wars toys were nowhere to be found, so they were probably in one of the trunks. that or my parents got rid of them without telling me. they do that a lot.
then there was this one time i was walking to the shore and i found a really big tire. oh, i already wrote about that.
then there was this one time after i scared my sister in the bathroom, i was messing around in the back of the house and she was gardening. i asked her how deep i'd have to dig a hole to properly bury someone. i don't remember what happened after that but i have another big bump on my head. that's not fair. my head hurts.
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Visa/Mastercard merchants filed a class action lawsuit against Visa for FORCING you to process the debit cards. So basically any merchant between 1992 and last year is going to get a piece of the pie.
:)
I think this will ultimately end up being that any person who purchased music, listened to radio, or listened to an online station in a certain time period will get part of a settlement...similar to the Visa case.
When I become president, I'll disband the RIAA for being communist
germany isn't mad at italy. germany is just mad at berlusconi and stefani, i.e. at the italian government, for their blatant lack of diplomacy and the danger they represent for the european integration. (background: After a german EU congressman criticized berlusconi and gave a list of very concrete problems for europe caused by the berlusconi government, berlusconi had no way to deny the truth and just tried it with an insult: he said they were producing a movie about nazis, and he'd love to see the german EU congressman in the role of the concentration camp captain)
While this brought all european governments, and especially the german government, up against the italian government, it can't harm the friendship between the german and italian people.
you seem to be afraid of a strong and united europe, and your hate against france and germany (certainly for having forged a european counterweight to the unilateralism and "preemtive war doctrine" of bush). Again, this won't destroy the strong friendship between the european and american people. It's just that bush's lack of diplomacy and his way to endanger world peace lead to tensions between the bush government and european governments.
finally, just because you lack diplomacy and social intelligence (as your insults show), doesn't mean we more cultivated slashdotters will hate all people who didn't have the chance to build up the necessary intellect before posting a comment, we just dislike the total wankers who use the forum to express their frustrated stupidity
and aren't even capable of keeping their posts on topic
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