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Two Blanks Against the Trend
skdffff writes "German band Eisbrecher has decided to make a statement for its fans and for music consumers in general and is releasing their album ("Eisbrecher") including a bonus DVD with 2 blank CD-Rs which have the same label as the CD itself. Alexx Wesselsky (singer and head of the group): 'We are of the opinion that the music buyers are criminalized enough and have been made responsible for the wretched state in the music industry. We are giving them the chance to make 2 legal copies for private use with "official blanks".'"
Bad Music - Great idea
If you can read this sig - the bitch fell off.
Where can I download the CD-Stomper template for the label for the blank CD-R's, so I have something to go with my Grokster MP3's I download for this album?
this is just a publicity stunt.
Which, of course, is a real surprise coming from the record industry. I bet you feel a right tit. (boom boom)
I guess they were hoping you would copy side one to side two and then give side two to one of your frie... oh, wait. =)
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I don't need no stinking cd's .. the original CD IS the backup. Next time .. feel free to include a pendrive for the "personal backup" :P
Goddam record companies forcing me to pay for 2 blank CDrs that I don't need. This is what happens when you have a monopoly.
I'm going to download the tracks off p2p in protest.
Hitler must be spinning in his lake of fire!
to copy our linux distros on while we prepair for the raids....
;_)
Creationists are a lot like zombies. Slow, but powerful and numerous. And they all want to eat our brains.
...that the original CD is copy-protected!
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
Bart: Uh, say, are you guys crooks?
Tony: Bart, um, is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving
family?
Bart: No.
Tony: Well, suppose you got a large starving family. Is it wrong to steal
a truckload of bread to feed them?
Bart: Uh uh.
Tony: And, what if your family don't like bread? They like... cigarettes?
Bart: I guess that's okay.
Tony: Now, what if instead of giving them away, you sold them at a price
that was practically giving them away. Would that be a crime, Bart?
Bart: Hell, no!
Tony: Enjoy your gift.
The "german rap scene" ???? ;)
Hitler must be spinning in his lake of fire!
Well, maybe. But if he could look at todays Germany, the fact of there being a rap scene or not would only slightly alter the rotation speed... there's too much other stuff that would make him spin...
left side two blank so you can help
I guess they ripped that out on their CD release
You're free to record anything you like on side two of your CD, once you peel that pesky label off.
It's music I've written, I've recorded, I hold copyright over
Are you sure? What way have you of knowing that you didn't just subconsciously copy substantial portions of someone else's copyrighted work? George Harrison got in trouble for that.
Twenty years ago The Dead Kennedys album "In God We Trust, Inc" (cassette tape version) came with the notice:
"Home taping is killing big entertainment industry profits, we left side two blank so you can help."
I believe the album was released in 1981.
Didn't Wile E. Coyote fall off of many cliffs due to this?
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I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. I will buy all 5000 copies of Eisbrecher's album, and copy "Duke" onto all 10,000 blank CDs.
Now for the truly evil part the scheme - I will replace copies of Eisbrecher's album in record shops with my Genesis version, and the poor shoppers will be dumbfounded and confused when they put it into the CD player, and don't hear the music they expect. When they check the label, they will be even more confused! Ha ha ha!
Captain Kaos strikes again!
(Joe Normal doesn't read this website)
Yes I do!
what we need is a strong german leader to bring them back to their rightful place of glory
moron