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Sony BMG Says Ripping CDs is Stealing
LKM writes "Sony seems to think we should not be allowed to rip CDs we own to our iPods. In fact, doing so is stealing, and we should all re-buy songs, preferably one copy for each device. Says Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG: 'When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song. Making a copy of a purchased song is just a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'.'
I guess somebody should tell Sony about all the devices Sony produces that allow this stealing to occur!"
Damn, I'm good!
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sony owes me and they owe me big time. they owe me for Star Wars Galaxies. They owe me for ripping my cash month after month whilst each and every month breaking some balance in the game in order to keep players try to fix up their templates and pay in the meantime. they owe me for the jedi crap they pulled out on us, making players master ALL 24 professions in the game in order to be able to have a chance at becoming a jedi. They owe me for the second jedi crap they pulled, making people go through endless quests for 1 years duration in order to be able to become jedi. They owe me for the last jedi crap they pulled, for making jedi available to EACH and everyone without any effort, after putting all players through that effort for 2 years.
more than anything, they owe me for fuckin up a great game universe like Star Wars like this in order to cash cow players.
Sony, you are some company that EXPLOITS the customers, disdains them, violates their privacy, shuts up servers on the face of players without warning because 'its not making profit' (japan swg), places rootkits on people's computers.
Sony, go eat dung. You have stolen enough for yourselves. Its time to pay back.
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Saying "Ripping CDs is Stealing" is child molesting. So would you let you tell something from a child molester?
If you're going to troll, you need to be more subtle.
Anonymous Cowards suck.
That may have been true a few years ago, but now Slashdot is such a barren wasteland I predict he'll get plenty of replies: there are two already as I write this.
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Something always annoyed me about that joke, because Chewie does not live on endor. He visited it for a while at the end of Jedi, but why do they say that he ever lived there? It does not make sense...
That iPhone argument is ridiculous and I tire of it.
First off, anyone who bought one knew that it was "locked" to AT&T. Fair or not? Dunno but then I also didn't rush out to buy one.
Second, you *can* use it on another carrier, you simply cannot update it with patches, which Apple told everyone about before hand.
So go ahead, buy it and use it how you want. I don't see how Apple has any obligation to support that decision because the business model for it is based around it operating with AT&T. You're under no obligation to A) Update B) (most importantly) Buy one.
To me this all feels similar to the Wii wrist strap deal. If Nintendo simply hadn't given them away, no one would be able to blame them when they launch the controller across the room. Similarly if Apple never offered updates, you'd have nothing to bitch about.
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See, it's this. Your subconscious recognizes that the joke contains inherent racism or sexism or classism... or the underling meta-discriminatory-ism. The authors of the joke know that nobody would get the joke if they used "Han Solo" or "Luke Skywalker" or "Princess Leah". Chewie is the victim of *ism. He's covered in fur. He's different. Ewoks are covered in fur. Chewie must live on Endor. Nobody *else* would ever think to live on Endor. Maybe the Princess has a secret thing for fur, eh?
If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Hey thanks for taking the time to reply with your insightful/interesting/informative/funny post.
Oh, actually no let me read that again. Oops, i misread the first time, actually you're a asstunnel. Nice troll though but no banana for you.