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RIAA Denies Hypocrisy in Royalties Dustup
Hairless ape writes "The RIAA is reacting to a story pointing out the group's hypocrisy in its attempts to have songwriter royalties lowered. The issue stems from attempts to get webcasters to pay fixed royalty rates. 'In short, the contention was that the RIAA wanted to pay a percentage of its revenue to songwriters as its profits have fallen, but pushed for a fixed per-stream when it came to earning money from webcasters.' The RIAA says that's not so, and that SoundExchange offered a similar model to webcasters. Either way, the rates sought by the two groups would have bankrupted many webcasters. 'Now you know; it wasn't about hypocrisy, but one of the seven deadly sins may still have been involved.'"
Since when was hypocrisy one of the seven deadly sins?
Actually at least six of these new seven deadly sins apply to the RIAA, starting with "polluting the environment".
Reduce, reuse, cycle
Sounds like Payola all over. Maybe we'll get Eliot Spitzer to prosecute RIAA again ... Oh, wait!
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So, all they have to do is clone Lance Bass and they'll have a hat trick on the new list.
Okay, but what about human experimentation? *cringes*
I'm waiting for a "-1 somepeoplejustshouldn'tgetmodprivileges" meta-moderation.
Perhaps the new deadly sin of "excessive wealth" would cover this as well.
In that case everyone's going to hell!
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Lets see
(1)genetic modification - everyone from the biotech industry
(2) human experimentations - sadists
(3) polluting the environment - everyone who drives a car; nuclear power plant owners; electricity consumers
(4) social injustice - anyone earning more than 100K p.a. and not making a tax deductible donation (St. Peter will have to check with the IRS)
(5) causing poverty - some from the list above; politicians
(6) financial gluttony - anybody who is the subject of CNBC's American Greed
(7) taking drugs - hippies
Anyone I missed?
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Unscrupulous organization denies blatant hypocrisy. Details at 11.
Prediction: The real iPhone killer is going to be sex robots from Japan. Think about it.
Even if it isn't fair - at least it is legal. The RIAA sometimes has problems with that, too.
#1, genetic modification. We will jail all who grow roses and all who have fruit orchards?
#2, human experimentation. What's wrong with medical research, psychological research, etc.?
#3, #4, #5 need definition
#6, punish success and all suffer
#7, only the drugs you don't happen to like. Does everyone agree on which drugs are bad?
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So, let's see. The RIAA is certainly guilty of the new 4, 5, and 6
Nothing new here... just because these sins were just recently listed didn't mean that the riaa execs weren't going to hell anyway: They were accusing innocents of "stealing" their "property" (that's perjury), engaging in monopolistic practices and asking too much of punitive damages (which would go against "thou shalt not steal"), etc. They were evil, and they know it.
I wonder if the alcohol that Christ made out of water counts as drugs or not? If not, I'd like to hear why alcohol is not a drug.
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...that everyone knows what we already know, people like my mother who think most artists make millions from CD sales will get the picture: the RIAA doesn't care about artists' profit- just its own.
Because it's legal and the government gets their cut?
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I came into this thread with 10 shiny new mod points hoping to find someone insightful, but found not a single comment in the entire thread worth promotion. What's happened to slashdot? A story on a hot subject, and I see nothing but off-topic trolls and insipid banter about deadly sins taken out of context from the description at the top of the page. Not a single comment on the actual article.
Anyway, the RIAA's attempt to dodge the charge of hypocrisy is equally lame. First the new deal gives ridiculous profit to SoundExchange (30% of gross). And even though they do have a 'plan' to share with artists (an inequitable one, albeit), the lack of expediency is directly adding to the profit of the RIAA through this process. The artists are clearly an afterthought. The RIAA can't come close to hiding their real motivation: profit for its members at all costs, regardless of artists rights/needs.
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(1) Would this cover gene therapy?
(2) I guess we'll never have cures for any more diseases, or does drug trials not count as human experimentation?
(3) CO2 emmissions? Everyone does it. Not even counting waste products (or trash).
(4) The Catholic church wants to talk about social injustice? Maybe they should clean their own house first.
(5) How much does the church pull in each year? it is important for all parishoners to understand that giving is not optional (it is actually one of the six precepts of the Church)
(6) See above.
(7) No more medications for you. Or are there 'good' drugs and 'bad' drugs?
According to everyone's friend, Wikipedia, a drug is defined as "any substance that alters normal bodily function".
Using that definition, alcohols would be considered a drug. Of course, food, water, air, and every other foreign object introduced into a body could be classified as a drug. Your normal body function is to die. Taking drugs like food and water alter that and keep you alive. Air has that nasty habit also. I say let's ban drugs and see how long the human race lasts!
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Well, some religions (such as Southern Baptists) hold that alcohol is verboten. Others (such as Rastafarianism) have no problems with drugs. Most religions seem to uphold drinking as a celebratory or social act, and are silent on other drugs. So, I would say that religions tend to lump drugs and alcohol together, but the US is where they sent all the Christian groups that thought alcohol was too far.
From a non-religious point-of-view, the problem most people have with drugs is their addictive nature. Even Mills, the ultimate in 'do your own thing' said the one legitimate time to step in is when a person is removing their own freedom by signing themselves into slavery. Well, many people claim that hardcore drugs do that, because of their addictive nature.
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Oh yeah, I know it's all extra silly. But the blurb made me think of it, and my SlashKarma could stand taking a hit for the sake of posting something interesting.
My list like yours would look like this:
(1) Does this cover reproduction? You're mixing your genetic material with someone else.
(2) Technically, human experimentation would apply to your tailor. He fits pants to you, then modifies them, then fits them again...it's experimentation with a human involved.
(3) Polluting the environment is recursive. Say a Hail Mary to be forgiven, exhale CO2, have to say another one...
(4) Like, moving pedophile priests around rather than tossing them out? That kind of social injustice?
(5) Everything causes poverty. If nobody used gas, it would be cheap. If nobody ate lettuce, it would be cheap. Everything you use causes poverty. See a demand curve for more info.
(6) How about this?
(7) Sugar is a drug.
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rediculous.
If they really wanted to foster such a climate, they'd stop wasting their time on the petty pursuits that simply increase their lawyers' billable hours.
Reminds me of a certain "war"... in fact, several current "wars" (hint: they all start with "The War On").
"Press to test."
(click)
"Release to detonate."
That is not entirely true. While alcohol is indeed referred to as "strong drink", there are numerous references to good ol' alcoholic wine: see here.
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Actually more like "bearing false witness" than perjury, as in "Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
It's not paranoia when they really are out to get you.
The whole idea of atlas shrugged was taken from the idea of using guilt as leverage in religion. Here's an oft quoted part changed to fit a religious context:
. The whole idea is to make people think they are doing bad things in order to lay guilt on people. The Church also provides a convenient way to eliminate guilt in exchange for belief (not to mention nominal donations). The Church would happily consider alcohol a drug because then a few quiet drinks with friends becomes a horrible crime in the eyes of the priests, the thing is they don't want you to stop, they want you to keep "sinning" as it is the only thing that can keep you coming back to them for forgiveness.
People wonder why some governments (as in the US govt) has such a close association to the church.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
By what standard does the US government have a close association to "the church"? I don't even know what church that would be.
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Modus Operandi's are practically identical, by "the church" this applies to most theist churches. To be more accurate however how many US presidents have not been Christian? How many senators are not Religious? (willing to bet the vast majority (75%) are Christians in some flavour or another).
Connection enough?
At least the Australian government is honest about it, you have to be a member of the church of England to be a member of parliament.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
I should have been more specific, by close association I mean more in terms of the way they operate, Modus Operandi.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, if life just had an edit button.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
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(3) Polluting the environment is recursive. Say a Hail Mary to be forgiven, exhale CO2, have to say another one...
But, the O2 we convert to CO2 and then we exhale is the same CO2 other organisms convert to O2 and then exhale. Is that pollution or just the proper working of a closed system?
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
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