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RIAA Sues 261 Major P2P Offenders
circletimessquare writes "Yahoo!/Washington Post is reporting that the RIAA is suing 261 fileswappers whom they consider to be 'major offenders' in illegally trading music online. Remember to visit the EFF when full lawsuit details are released, and see if you're one of the unlucky few." Details of the amnesty program reported last week were also released, with the RIAA announcing it "...would require file sharers to admit in writing that they illegally traded music online and vow in a legally binding, notarized document, never to do it again."
Elk: All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much MUCH thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine, and what it is too. Host: That's it, is it? Elk: Right, Chris. Host: Well, Anne, this theory of yours seems to have hit the nail on the head.
The Rs approved these appointments without filibustering. They were playing by what they understood the rules to be.
That is a complete BULL and you know it.
Republicans either killed or effectively squashed countless Clinton appointees to the "Upper" courts. The reason why Democrats are using the filibuster to defeat 3, count them 3 (!) nominees are because the Bush administration is refusing to yield to the "Blue Slip" procedure.
For those who are unware, "Blue Slip" is a process where if Senators from the nominee's home state has an opportunity to voice their opinion on the nominee. This is PRECISELY the method chosen by Clinton-era Republicans to kill one nomination after another. However, this administration has decided to ignore "Blue Slips", going against the established traditions respected by many administrations in the past. THAT IS WHY Democrats are using the filibuster.
Please it takes two to tango. If you are going to blame one side, have the decency to blame the other as well.
Disclosure: I don't listen to modern music, except when in the company of others. I do not download music in any form. I do not buy music in any form. The following is casual observation
Music today is too simplistic to deserve a lot of money.
Most mass-marketed songs have a simple beat, and a half dozen notes and/or chords, played ad nauseum.
The lyrics frequently make no sense. Not the airy, ethereal nonsense of the 60s. I mean garbled, like the "artist" is purposely trying to sound like s/he can't sing clearly.
Many songs are nothing but shock value. "Profanity" can be used in an artistic way, but when it rises past a certain point it becomes pointless.
Even 20 years ago, music was better. I don't particularly like anything made in the past 60 years, but even music from the 1970s is more musical than the cacaphony produced today.
Am I #1000?