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RIAA Sued For Amnesty Offer
wo1verin3 writes "CNET News is reporting that the RIAA is being sued because of 'Clean Slate' filesharing amnesty program that was announced on Monday. 'Clean Slate' allows people to (supposedly) avoid legal action by stepping forward and forfeiting any illegally traded songs. The suit, filed in the Marin Superior Court of California, charges that the RIAA's program is deceptive and fraudulent business practice." The suit claims that the amnesty is "designed to induce members of the general public... to incriminate themselves... while (receiving)... no legally binding release of claims", a statement the EFF also agrees with.
And i am too drunk to get a first post...
I want Letters of Marque. And a nice frigate so I can go plunder some fat Spanish galleons filled with freshly pressed dubloons.
Yarr.
Gods, I loved Pirates!
Is that I submitted this story hours ago, and it was rejected. The title of the subject was the exact same title. The summary was very similar to the one you see for this article. Fuck you slashdot. You have just lost a long time reader.
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http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ ID=34469
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Is bin Laden the 'Mahdi'?
Some Muslim followers believe he is prophesied 'awaited enlightened one'
Posted: September 8, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
Editor's note: Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin is an online, subscription intelligence news service from the creator of WorldNetDaily.com - a journalist who has been developing sources around the world for the last 25 years.
(C) 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
U.S. military intelligence experts are studying a video clip of Osama bin Laden in which he stands before a dry-erase board with an Arabic phrase written upon it - "awaited enlightened one," reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
No one who has seen the video is quite certain of the meaning or the context. But, the Hadith, a collection of Islamic holy writings that supplement the Quran, predicts a messianic figure will arise in the last days of history. This "Mahdi," along with the "Prophet Jesus," will lead the believers to victory over the infidels.
Osama bin Laden
The video raises the question of whether bin Laden sees himself as this Mahdi or if he is expecting another to arise and lead. Either way, the addition of a dimension of Islamic prophecy to the global terror war may seriously complicate matters for planners in the West, G2 Bulletin reports.
According to G2 Bulletin's military sources, some of the detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay have told interrogators they joined bin Laden's al-Qaida offensive because they think he is the "awaited enlightened one." Others in military intelligence say some of the terrorists crossing the border into Iraq with al-Qaida ties are doing so because of their belief in this Islamic prophecy.
Muslim believers - both Sunni and Shiite - expect the Mahdi to return one day to restore justice to the world. This messenger is not as great as Muhammad, but is a messianic figure found in all branches of Islam.
Interestingly, since the end of 2001, bin Laden has been signing his name "Osama bin Muhammad bin Laden," rather than just Osama bin Laden. This is significant, reports G2 Bulletin, because it gives the al-Qaida leader an apocalyptic dimension. The Hadith says the Mahdi will be recognizable, among other things, by the fact that he carries the name of the Prophet.
"Al Mahdi" is supposed to appear at a time when Muslim believers are severely oppressed in every corner of the world. He will fight the oppressors, unite the Muslims, bring peace and justice to the world, rule over the Arabs, and lead a prayer in Mecca at which Jesus will be present.
While some Islamic analysts have expected bin Laden to declare himself as "caliph," few have speculated about the possibility of the terrorist upping the ante. Operating as he does without a territorial base, bin Ladin could, some suggest, resort to claiming the most powerful title in Islam - the Mahdi.
The Mahdi is one of two positive prophetic figures who, according to Islamic teachings, will appear at the end of time - Prophet Jesus being the other. Together, these two will combat unbelievers and the forces of evil: the antichrist-like Dajjal, or "Deceiver"; the Dabbah, or "Beast"; and the murderous, rapacious hordes of Yajuj wa-Majuj, who appear earlier in the Bible as "Gog and Magog."
The description of the Mahdi that emerges from these Islamic sources can be summarized as follows:
* he will be descended from the Prophet via his daughter Fatima;
* he will have the same name as the Prophet, and his father's name will have been the same as the Prophet's father;
* he will have a distinct forehead and prominent nose;
* he will be extremely generous and altruistic;
* he will arise in Arabia and be compelled by popular acclamation in Mecca to lead the Muslims;
* he will withstand attack by an army from Syria, which will be swallowed up by the desert;
* he will fill the earth wit
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GNAA take notes
Seems like everyone misses the obvious troll signs...
whitey
nt, mod him Insightful
You got to love the way he(or she I guess) tries to milk this "story" (Fairy-tale perhaps), for every little bit of sob they can. It sounds more like someone eitehr feeding us a load of BS, which is likey, or someone looking for a scapegoat due to their failed business and miserable life.
YOU DID IT!!!. you reeled in quite a boatload of suckers. truly one of the best trolls i've seen in a long time.
Not only an obvious troll, it is also one that opposes his previous comments on Slashdot.
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You have dishonored yourself.
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Are you people retarded!? To all you water-on-the-brain fuck nuggetts replying to this as if it were real.........
it isn't.
Yeah! And UDMA is even worse! I hear those pinko Linux bastards have UDMA5!
:)
I bet even stupid Macs have it!
DoWN WiTH The DMA!!!!
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