...but the RIAA has a little more sway than me with Congress.:)
That's what has always chapped my ass about the MAFIAA's relations with the two parties in this country. While the Repuglicans despise the 'Godless, immoral' entertainment industry on the whole, their brutal monopolistic behavior to squeeze as much cash as possible out of consumers fits right into the GOP's belief set. On the other hand, the Demmycrats give these thugs a free pass on being dicks about fair use and consumers' rights becuase the 'tainment industry is somewhat progressive on most other issues (the campaign donations don't hurt either). So it doesn't matter who is in majority in Congress; someone always has the MAFIAA's back.
...where most people will listen to the same track on their iPod and through their home stereo (which makes me think that a lot of people must be near-deaf, but I digress)
I suspect, just Like Wal-Mart when busted for having illegal alien cleaning crews, the MPAA will use the 'Shocked, Shocked!' defense - and blame their subcontractors. The well known lesson in Evil Corporate Land: never break the law when you can hire someone else to 'take the initiative'.
I think US network TV has merely replaced sex with violence. I occasionally update the computer of an older lady and she is a devotee of shows such as CSI (insert name-place here). I never watch these shows, but overhearing them while updating, I am struck how the level of violence and gore (always has a corpse, preferably decomposing) is near-voyeuristic. They've merely replaced one animalistic urge (copulation) with another (hunt-kill).
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Of course you meant Holodeck, right? /disable the safety protocols, Professor Moriarty!
... how does the rest of it go?
/dials Branson Information
as the odds of winning the lottery are equal to being hit by an asteroid, they should secure their funding through the purchase of tickets.
/powerball!
Cue up the appropriate soundtrack: Pink Floyd's Obscured by Clouds.
porn is a harsh mistress.
I suspect, just Like Wal-Mart when busted for having illegal alien cleaning crews, the MPAA will use the 'Shocked, Shocked!' defense - and blame their subcontractors. The well known lesson in Evil Corporate Land: never break the law when you can hire someone else to 'take the initiative'.
had it been named Apoptosis - EVERYBODY PANIC!
"Reading the result will change them." Heisenberg for President!
I think US network TV has merely replaced sex with violence. I occasionally update the computer of an older lady and she is a devotee of shows such as CSI (insert name-place here). I never watch these shows, but overhearing them while updating, I am struck how the level of violence and gore (always has a corpse, preferably decomposing) is near-voyeuristic. They've merely replaced one animalistic urge (copulation) with another (hunt-kill).
Or spell commander correctly.
"you're likely to find an audience that will listen to an attorney."
I think you might have that backwards.
we've had a week straight of cloud cover. Lights in the sky would only make the local bible-thumpers nervous anyway (Kansas).
"and Bush (!) has enforced it."
Only after exempting every piece of paper with the words Bush and Reagan printed upon them.