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RIAA Afraid of Harvard
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "According to a report on p2pnet.net, the RIAA's latest anti-college round of "early settlement" letters targets 7 out of 8 Ivy League schools, but continues to give Harvard University a wide berth. This is perhaps the most astonishing display of cowardice exhibited to date by the multinational cartel of SONY BMG, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, and Vivendi/Universal (the "Big Four" record companies, which are rapidly becoming less "big"). The lesson to be drawn by other colleges and universities: "All bullies are cowards. Appeasement of bullies doesn't work. Standing up to bullies and fighting back has a much higher success rate.""
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Are we talking about an African elephant or an Asian elephant?
Rarely loses the master against his padawan. So to challenge him, a fool you must be.
Thank youuuu Yoda.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Nobody in their right mind sues a lawyer assembly plant, coward or not.
That's the comment I was looking for, seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Pushing around smaller and less reputable colleges and students may be fine and dandy...but trying to shove your weight around against Harvard is like lil timmy firing his peashooter at the deathstar, the RIAA would be decimated and a huge precedent would be set. Better to just leav'em be.
Trackball users will be first against the wall.
Recording Industry and Creationist Organization would be a much more appropriate name.
The GP's tagline is particularly appropriate, I think: WARNING: If accidentally read, induce vomiting.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Far too many still see them as a Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs. Time to turn that percepction around.
What?
I agree. But they're right to be scared of Harvard's lawyers -- they must be the bee's knees
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They have all the resources to take the RIAA's campaign down.
That would make a good senior project: "Students, your assignment this year is to put the kibosh on the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuit mill."
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Yoda of Borg : The Borg, we are. Assimilated, you will be. Futile, resistance is.
Luke Skywalker : OMG, Yoda was assimilated by MAFIAA of Borg. What can we do Obi-Wan.
Fixed that for you, I did.
With competent assassins, this becomes much harder.
Or are we talking zombies and ninja assassins here? 'Cause that'd make a great movie.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Hello. My name is Terrence "Mongo" Rennet, and I represent the American Council of Bullies, Toughs, and Schoolyard Ruffians. I'm here to clear up some tragic misconceptions about bullies and their place in the academic hierarchy, misconceptions that have gone unchallenged for too long. It is my hope that by "clearing the air," as it were, bullies and bullied can walk with head erect or cower behind lockers respectively with a newfound respect for one another.
Myth: Bullies are just jealous of your intelligence, sensitivity, or ability to play the oboe.
Fact: Bullies have no more jealousy of your mental abilities than we have of your clean, well-ironed, unfashionable clothing. To the contrary, we are profoundly glad that you have chosen to develop your mental prowess, leaving your body weak and defenseless against our brutality. For that we thank you, even as we elevate your underwear.
Myth: Bullies suffer from low self-esteem, and victimize others to make themselves feel better.
Fact: While each bully has his (or her, as is increasingly the case) own deeply personal reasons for bullying, I can assure you that a poor self-image is not one of them. To the contrary, bullying is a high-pressure occupation, and only someone with an unusual amount of self-confidence will have the elán to shake down younger students efficiently while evading authority. Children without self-confidence tend instead to spend recess in the library, the computer lab, or pretending to be warriors in ridiculous fantasy games. Sound familiar?
Myth: If you stand up to a bully, he will reveal himself to be a coward.
Fact: This is perhaps the most hurtful stereotype of them all, in the sense that if you try it we will hurt you. Endless movies and after-school specials depict a tormented victim finally working up the courage to attack his neighborhood bully, after which said bully runs away crying and -- I must chuckle here -- calling for his mommy. What writers of these "entertainments" don't realize is that bullies invariably establish a complex ritual pecking order through constant low-level violence against each other. Haven't you noticed us punching each other in the shoulder at the bus stop? Then you've witnessed the magic of our social structure. Even if you, with your weak, gelatin-like arms were able to do us physical harm, I can assure you that we would recover faster than you can recite your grade point average and teach you a few things about savage poundings you can't learn from Spider-Man comics.
With that thought, I take your leave, confident that I have, in my own small way, improved the world's understanding of the art and craft of bullying. Good day, and if I see you after school you're dead meat.
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I enjoyed your innovative use of capitization.
What was once true, is no longer so
Capitalization. Should have hit the Preview button!
What was once true, is no longer so
for a start, no one is being killed, and they are doing far more then just crying.
I just added you to the list of people i'm smarter then.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Neither is what he said, thought. He simply asserted that the sum total of his knowledge at the time he was going to school was greater than the sum total of any one of his professor's knowledge; I believe that the implied plural - the sum total of all his professors combined knowledge - was not what he meant. In no way does this imply that he learned nothing from those professors.
Of course he's still likely to be incorrect, blindly arrogant, and full of hubris.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
Well, the people who couldn't get into MIT had to go somewhere, didn't they?
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