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Kansas AG Rejects Settlement Discs

Posted by timothy on from the because-these-suck dept.

RWarrior(fobw) writes "Kansas's Attorney General has rejected 1600 CDs by 25 different artist as part of the music industry's anti-trust settlement. Is this a community values issue, a censorship issue, or just crap music being foisted off onto the public as part of a meaningless settlement?"

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  1. Weird Al by ParticleMan911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's with all these new records these days? I'm still content with my Weird Al - Bad Hair Day album.

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    1. Re:Weird Al by Richard+Dick+Head · · Score: 3, Funny

      Al? As in Al Capone?

      Anyway, I am anxiously awaiting Frank Sinatra's next album. The last one was *stereophonic*! Nothing like a little Frank to put some moxie in your step.

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    2. Re:Weird Al by Monkelectric · · Score: 3, Funny

      Harry Connick Jr has been making Frank Sinatra albums for years :)

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  2. Re:Looks Like All of the Above by dj2fast · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have lived in kansas all my life. If it isn't people screaming about the teaching of evolution, its people bitching about music.

  3. The truth is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I heard somewhere that the settlement calls for the RIAA to send the states all of their crappy CDs to libraries.

    You see, part of a library's mission is to archive the arts for as long as possible. The RIAA was just going to throw away these shit CDs, resulting in the permanent loss of YEARS of crappy music.

    In order to have a history of what is now known as the "Modern Crappy Music Era", the RIAA cut a deal to ship all their crap to libraries around the USA.

    However, some in Kansas question if "Notorious B.I.G." is really in the "Modern Crappy Music Era". Some believe that these CDs really belong in the "Post-Modern Crappy Music Era".

    Only a court can determine the answer.

  4. Wizard of Oz by konaforever · · Score: 3, Funny

    You think the AG would ban the Wizard of Oz as well. Not only is it violent (2 witches die), but the main theme is a young female who wants out of Kansas.

    Of course, maybe even the AG knows you can hide the truth about Kansas.

    Look. Even the people of Topeka http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/930557 4.htm/ can't think of anything good about their city or state!

  5. Re:List of banned CDs by mikeboone · · Score: 2, Funny

    That just makes room for more copies of Willennium (if they have any left after sending it to the other states)!

  6. Re:bigger problem by wkitchen · · Score: 2, Funny
    So this really wasn't any sort of punishment for the recording industry. More like a lesson that they could do whatever the hell they want and "repay" their debt to society with worthless crap.
    Nah. This whole "dump whatever's collecting mold in the warehouse" thing is just the recording industry execs exercising their right to free speech. It expresses their view that laws and ethics are meant only for for poor people; that consumers are just money cows who's only purpose in life is to be milked; and that it is corporations who hold most of the real power, not laws, not courts, not elected officials, and especially not citizens other than the corporate elite.
  7. No, it's really a good deal by lgordon · · Score: 3, Funny

    The State of Kansas only has to purchase 4 more cds at the regular price over the next 24 months, and all of the cds are absolutely free!
    They merely have to pay $2.79 each for shipping and processing. The selection of the month comes automatically, but the head librarian can return it back to RIAA and they will pay for the shipping.
    They even have a full 10 days to try them, and if the State of Kansas is not completely satisfied, they can return all of the cds and have no further obligation.