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Music Festival Producer Pre-Sues Bootleggers
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently, if you even have been *thinking* about bootlegging the Mile High Music Festival this coming weekend in Denver you've already been sued. No joke. Event producer AEG has already filed trademark infringement claims against 100 John Does and 100 Jane Does in anticipation that they're going to bootleg the event. Since none of the sued parties have actually done anything yet, no one's showing up in court to protest the lawsuit either, so it moves forward... meaning that AEG can use it to get all sorts of law enforcement officials (US Marshals, local and state police and even off-duty officers) to go seize bootleg material."
So now AEG is giving a try, too.
I'm sorry you had such bad luck with your school, and yes I can see how colleges would like to make money off of students by using false advertising. I do believe I work for a college that has nothing but good intentions for its students. We are a government funded, non-profit organization technical college, so money is not an issue with us. In fact the majority of our students don't even spend a dime on their education, due to scholarships and grants that we find for them. I couldn't work for a company that misleads students, and definitely wouldn't be telling people about our programs if I wasn't 100% sure it was all for bettering the future for the students who attend it. I really think a lot of the HVAC jobs come along with who you know and where you want to be located, and fortunately for our graduates, we have faculty who have successfully placed them with employers whom we have spent years building good report with. Just because some colleges scam students, doesn't mean all of the colleges do. Believe it or not, there are a select few places that do actually care about how successful their students are after they leave campus. I am proud to be working at one.
The college that I went to is a non-profit organization so funding money is no problem at all. Ranken is considered to be the the best technical college in the midwest of the united states. This college is nationally accredited so my intentions were to go to tthis school and receive a great job when completed. So I still find it hard to believe that students from that tradeschool are getti ng jobs with companies with no problem. This HVAC market is a matter of who you know and not what you know to get your foot in the door. Maybe your just taking up for the schol being you are apart of the staff there and you just wants to defend the school. That's okay but you just have to face reality that for the most part this HVAC is a scheme and that companies stereotypes others and that isn't fair to someone who is young and trying to do something positive with their life and want to be successful. I could have done negative things in my lifetime but I chose not to because I have toprovide for my family and then when you doing good deeds in your lifetime and it's like the doors are constantly closing and nothing isn't opening then you look at life like things are just failing.
Eric in Lowell, Massachusetts said: I have been in HVAC for 7 years now, and I think it sucks. Any constuction job I do not recommend. It is an abuse on your body and health I recommend getting a desk job, retirement age is going up and up, can you climb ladders and hang duct work at age 67? can you sit behind a desk at age 67?
Excellent point! And with the probability that social security won't even exist by the time people in their 20's and 30's right now get to retirement age, that is even more reason to consider getting a job that is easier on the body. Otherwise you're going to see people in their 60's and 70's who either can't move because their backs are ruined from years of abuse, or they can't get a desk job then because nobody will hire them due to their age. So young people, think before you get into the construction field!
You got to diversify man. HVAC is a big field. True, the industry does abuse but thats when I step.
The HVAC field is a scam. I went to trade school, and did very well. I can not find a job in the field, period. I have been looking since last November, and nothing. I tried all the local unions, past the entry tests with flying colors, and nothing. I have found out the unions are only interested in a person who has family already in them. The school I attended has not given me a single lead on a job, unless I want to do apartment maintenance. I did that before, and apt. maintenance has nothing to do with HVAC. Unglogging drains and toilets, and painting is not HVAC. I stronlgy advise against attempting to get into this field, unless you dad or brother already is. This field makes new peopl
While I could care less about DMB this comment seems unnecessarily rude, adding nothing to... really any conversation.
Hahaha, some negro disagreed with you and modded you troll. What a country.
(By the way, I'm black.)
That's what negative moderation is on slashdot: "-1, Disagree."
it really doesn't matter to me, I browse at -1 so I can see the posts that aren't politically correct. Although sometimes it is amusing. :)
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