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Canada Immune From RIAA?
Nick McKay writes "Tech Central Station is carrying a story on how Canadians are legally allowed to copy music not only in the home environment, but also on P2P networks such as Kazaa."
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Har Har Har... Told ya!
Right, just like Iraq is immune from American military forces.
"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it." -- Ayn Rand
Wait a sec, I am Canadian. Never mind.
Lax marijuana laws? Check.
Can marry another man if for some reason I was feeling saucey? Check.
and now freedom to share music?
Are they accepting applications??
Ohhhhhhh CAAAANAADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Our home and native land!!!!
w00t!
Hey Nick McKay and Tech Central Station: SHUT UP.
This was one of our best kept secrets..
Thanks for waving the proverbial red cape in front of the raging bull (RIAA).
S
That obsure reference from an MST3K episode alone, discounts Canada on so many levels.
Yes! I listen to NYC Speedcore and do math at 3AM. I suggest you try it too.
"So, how much would it cost to buy this land called 'Canada'?"
okay, lets try to do some math correctly
1 GB = 1024 MB not 1000MB
this means that it would be $1228.80 not $1200
Yes, I saw a good documentary (also by Michael Moore) on Canada called "Canadian Bacon." It really opened my eyes and made me realize how evil our neighbor to the north really is. I'm sure glad I live in the USA, home of the free!
If it's not at the center, it's got to be pretty close considering that Earth itself is at the center of the known universe.
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Co-Location Hosting in Canada up 500%.
for the hairy smelly putrid ass kissing dog licking dirt sucking shit eating grinning hole in the head turd flipping inbread hippo humping kentucky fried love of God....
its copyright infringment - it is not stealing, damnit. the SCOTUS has made that clearer than the hole in your head.
guns kill people like spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.
- Booze and TOTALLY NAKED women in our strip clubs
- Toronto (much like NYC I think) allows women to walk around topless (not that any do, but the possibility is there)
- Casinos popping up all over the place
- An increasingly larger separation of Church and State (hence the allowed gay marriages)
- Better beer
- Cheaper CDs, DVDs, computer hardware, software, and just about any other form of entertainment
- Cheaper medicine
Of course, a lot of this is paid for with much higher taxes, user fees, levies, and the fact we all live in igloos and have to hunt baby seals once the snow starts in August.
- In hell, treason is the work of angels.
Yep, Canada is socialist. Love it or hate it, that's what we are. But fascist? Come now. There are four points to define fascism. We have the option to remove our dictator every 3 to 5 years; I have to agree with the stringent socioeconomic controls; we don't use (much) terror, and I haven't heard of any censorship :) ; and we're generally considered one of the more polite nations (probably something to do with a zillion square miles of land and about a dozen ships in our military fleet).
Now stop calling us fascist or we'll stop letting you buy our beer!
Sure I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
Furthermore, Canada's Head of State is H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, who is notorious for the huge cache of files she hosts on the Buckingham Palace server farm. She also has off-site backup facilities at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.
Unfortunately, all the music is by Handel or Walton, and the porn is by Rubens.
Using HTML in email is like putting sound effects on your phone calls. Just say <strong>no</strong>.
As in The RIAA, Eh?
(Sorry)
What Would Jesus Do
(for a Klondike bar)?
See, that's funny, because Canada (is possibly the only country to?) already fought off an American invasion of conquest.
Vintage computer games and RPG books available. Email me if you're interested.
Canada seems to be a lot better in other ways too. Just watch "Bowling for Columbine"...
Woe betide he who does not take Michael Moore with a huge rock of salt!
Notice the last word in his posting was "eh"
What is the robbing of a bank, compared to the founding of a bank? -- Bertolt Brecht
Q: What do American beer and having sex in a canoe have in common?
A: Both are fucking close to water.
It does seem somewhat ironic. This might be a time when the RIAA would like plenty of copies of that song being distributed.
I think the topic has been flogged to death above, but yes, Canada autonomously entered the war. William Lyon Mackenzie King (our prime minister at the time) chose to step into it. He also talked to his dog for political advice and was convinced he was being contacted by the spirit of his long-dead mother. ... I am Canadian, by the way.
When life gives you lemons, you CLONE those lemons, and make SUPER-LEMONS. -- Dr. Cinnamon Scudworth, Ph.D