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Victory For Music Locker Services?
Joining the ranks of accepted submitters, Gaygirlie writes "Michael Robertson, the owner and founder of the MP3Tunes music locker service, has been locked in a copyright infringement case with EMI Records for a while now, especially because of the Sideloading search engine that is tacked along with the locker service. Now the case has been resolved though: EMI Records won. But lost on all the accounts that actually really matter."
The important parts here are that MP3Tunes was granted safe harbor protection under the DMCA, and that merging multiple copies of the same file doesn't make distributing that master copy a public performance.
Their DAR.fm thing is also neat.
I hope this means they'll be able to ramp up the service now, as their support sucks.
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Judge Pauley soundly rejected that line of reasoning, writing that "MP3tunes does not use a 'master copy' to store or play back songs stored in its lockers. Instead, MP3tunes uses a standard data compression algorithm that eliminates redundant digital data."
That sounds awfully clueful for a jurist... he even used the the word "algorithm" correctly.
What country was this in, again?
Inconclusive at best.. The lawyers can milk this for a while longer
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I know! It's terrible that they can just run around offending everyone by being themselves while those poor straight people have to skulk around, being careful about displaying affection in public lest they risk hostility and possibly even violence. Something must be done!
When someone says, "Any fool can see
Looks like the RIAA will be shopping for a new law. Any legislators or political party in need of funding? I think I know where your next "donation" is coming from.
Of course, this being Slashdot, it's also equally plausible that she's
No one's stopping you from registering 'straightdude'. I do think it's a little annoying that they seem to think their sexual orientation is relevant in many context where it is not. But that's not reverse orientation, you're free to act as annoying as they do if you want.
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I am unaware of anything stopping you from registering an account "straightguy" or "nohomogirl"
It isn't so much a matter of "getting to", whats stopping you from doing it? I flaunt mine all the time, whenever my wife and I walk down the street, I hold her hand. I have been known to wear a shirt that says "I may not be Mr Right, but I will fuck you until he gets here".... I guess that could be orientation (if not sex) neutral.
As to why its done, I think its an identity thing. Straight is "normal", there is way more of us. So if I call myself "straight steve" well.... my name "Steve" does more to identify me as a unique individual in most crowds than "straight". Whereas gay people make up only about 10% of the population, so its a much stronger identifier. As such, I think gay people are more likely to identify with it...whereas I am more likely to be set apart by some other aspect of my interests.
Also, it means that, with the 1 in 10 odds working against them, broadcasting makes it easier to find others who are similar, which is important for a number of reasons, including dating. When 9 out of 10 of the people that interest you are unavailable to you, before you even start to factor in who is or isn't in a relationship already.... it makes a lot more sense to want to raise up a flag, so to speak.
Now, there is a darker side to this. Let us not forget that, just a generation ago we had a strong "coming out" movement, which was a reaction to social problems.
But by all means, identify publicly as straight if you feel you feel that will help you in some way.
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
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Salutations, fat charming one from the Young Mutt of the Three Sexualities. Cheers!
Does this mean my MP3.com t-shirt from 1998 is back in style again?
It's a visibility issue. Because we don't have the benefits and drawbacks of being visible by default we're constantly having to bring it up as appropriate in order to remain out. Coming out is a constant process.
When straight people do it, it's just plain obnoxious, since the vast majority of folks are straight, it's mostly a matter of emphasizing what a bigoted jerk one is.
That's more or less precisely it. The rules about what is an isn't appropriate in public ought to be the same regardless of who it is unless there's a damn good reason. And a bunch of prudes and bigots not wanting to see is hardly a valid reason.
At the end of the day for those that find this to be offensive the best way to end the practice is by ensuring that it's not a big deal. But in general I don't think that's going to happen as it's not generally the real problem that they're whining about.
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I rested all my hopes and futures on my one hit song "Bootleg Rum and the Red Flag Pirate" Little did I know they were forbidden words.
https://www.google.com/support/music/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs
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Ok, world:
I admit it. I'm straight.
I've had my innocent childhood curiosity forays with my male peers. I've had openly gay friends as an adult. And girls are just better. Better enough that I don't care about the other gender, at all: They're just not attractive like that. I've tried to keep an open mind, and at times in my teenage years I might've wished to be gay to avoid all of the pain wrought by teenaged girls, but it just doesn't work.
I'm straight as an arrow. Despite my occasional viewing of Thai ladyboy porn, I'm straight. (The ladyboys aren't really men, anyway, but just some mentally-twisted halfbreed that I sometimes find entertaining to watch. When I am rich and famous, I intend to hire one full-time as a "personal trainer", just to go along with the wife's persistence on having a "pool boy" on staff (whether or not we actually own a pool). I'm sure there will be drinking and Lulz and weird gratification for all.)
Just so you all know. And so there's nothing to be confused about.
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Yeah, you're right. Even when you're (at best) 90% straight, declaring oneself as such does seem pretty obnoxious.
Kid-proof tablet..
Re: 1) I fail to see how claiming to be a homosexual female would reduce the chance of being hit on by creepy fat guys who live in their moms' basements...