RIAA Sequentially Repeating Edison's Mistakes?

An anonymous reader writes "George Ziemann has written the latest installment in his 'history repeats itself' series of articles regarding the record industry and the tactics utilized by their lobby, the RIAA. This time Ziemann focuses on the recent RIAA lawsuits against individuals who file-trade, and the search-and-seize missions against independent music stores. Slashdot posted his first two articles back in June."

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Yankees are pass/fail

[JimmytheGeek]

They can never do well, they can only achieve adequacy. The K.C. Royals had an amazing season, without even getting to the postseason, but for a team with the Yankees payroll advantage, they must win the championship or underachieve to the point of self-castration.

The Yanks were catastrophic, humiliated failures the last couple of years. Absolutely epic failures. They haven't had the #2 payroll since the mid-1990s. That was once, I think. Have they ever had two years in the bottom half in the modern age?

Their payroll was 50% higher than the Diamondbacks, who beat them in the World Series. Their payroll was double that of the Angels, who didn't even let them into the world series.

It makes me sick to read about the canny front office, or the tradition of the organization. They have a spoiled old brat (and felon) for an owner, some accomplished suck-ups in the front office, and that's about it. Let's see them do something with the median payroll. Let's see how much savy they have then. Let's see whether Mystique and Aura hang on someone else's shoulders.

And Bloomberg should STFU about Pedro tossing Zimmer, the Designated Gerbil, to the ground. In NY he'd have been arrested? How about Nelson and Garcia jacking that groundskeeper, Hell's Angels style, for waving a towel in their bullpen? Garcia:"I didn't hit him, I only shoved him. I have no idea how my nuckles got cut." Must have forgotten the brass knucks, the thug. There were cleat marks in the guy's back - that's something I don't think the Hell's Angels ever did during a stomping.

Re:Yankees are pass/fail

[_xeno_]

Geez, I'm from Massachusetts and I think Pedro should have been charged with attacking a 70 year old guy. It sickens me to hear people defend these assholes who make up the Red Sox team this year. We've got Manny who tried to pretend that Clemmens was trying to hit him. We've got Pedro who viciously shoved an old man to the dirt for yelling at him. OK, so the 70 year old man was running at him yelling stuff. That's definately a reason to viciously shove him to the ground. If you've got the maturity of a two-year-old.

Then we have the Red Sox groundkeeper who was harrassing the Yankees players. Eventually he jumps on top of them and gets hurt in the process. He deserved what was coming.

Throughout this series the Yankees have been a real class act while the Red Sox have been bitching and whining the entire time. The Red Sox fans have to be the most unsportsmanlike fans I've ever heard, trying to psyche out the opponents team by chanting things like "Clemmens" or "Jailbird." I mean, come on. Really mature. I'll note that it also didn't work and that despite the fans being immature assholes, the Yankees still won those games.

So in game seven tonight, I can only hope that the Yankees win and that the Red Sox can think about their immaturity and hopefully mature a little for the next season. It's been what, 85 years without a World Series victory? Let's make it 86. The Red Sox shouldn't have any success until the fans and players mature.