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New Zealand Shows Music Piracy Boosts Sales
vik writes "According to This NZ news article it appears local music is being boosted by piracy. Strangely, their Associate Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, Judith Tizard, supports this when she warns that "... while sales of local music are high, so are illegal copies of New Zealand albums." Unfortunately as always, government bodies don't seem to be able to make the connection even when it stares them in the face."
I didn't know that Middle-Earth was at the top of the music scene, good for them.
You'd almost think that you care about us in the Southern Hemisphere ;)
Not always. Take, for example, the correlation of unshowered, pasty-white Slashbots and "not getting the sex." Yeah.
What the DON'T tell you is that New Zealand has a vested interest in ENYA, yes the artist of such noteworthy titles as "Sail Away" and other new age hits. It turns out that the only way people will buy Enya is because they accidentally downloaded it--thinking it was Kenyan music--and want to do everyone a favor by taking it off the market through purchasing all remaining copies and tossing them into the incenerator ASAP. Where do you think Enya is from? New Zealand, where else? A coincidence? I think NOT!
KHAAAAAN!
So which way does the causality go? Being smelly, white and pasty causing the "not getting the sex"? Or not getting sex can lead to smelly, white and pastiness?
Its a..*sniff*... visious cycle....*sniff* :,(
Im not here now... Im out KILLING pepperoni
Just don't send us another Paul Hogan, or we'll never look at you again.
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Cable "theft" isn't stealing, it's not even borrowing.