10 people will post "in soviet russia you suck vacuum" jokes, of which the first 6 will be modded redundant and the last 4 modded up to anything between +2 and +5 funny, I think you meant: "In Soviet Russia, vacuum sucks you".
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1 person finally succeeds in combining a "in soviet russia" post with grammar nazi tactics.
You're all missing the point. Napster never violated any copyrights or trademarks. The USERS of Napster did. In this case, the Offspring ARE actively violating a trademark. There is no hypocracy in Napster suing the Offspring over this. For those who are counting, my comments alone violated 5 trademarks.
A friend of mine read a newspaper article about Metallica's identity-raid on some 350k Napster users and immediately called me on the phone. He wanted a 15-minute tutorial on mp3s and how to trade them online. Until the recent publicity, he was totally unaware of the mp3/napster phenomenon.
Here's the question: Have you considered the impossibility of putting the genie back into the bottle...and that your lawsuit against Napster will achieve exactly the opposite of what you hope to accomplish by introducing the masses to an alternative to buying your music?
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I'm surprised no on has connected the dots yet, but ever since the downfall of AOL this plants ultimate demise has been as predictable as the tides.
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1 person finally succeeds in combining a "in soviet russia" post with grammar nazi tactics.
... or before long we'll be expecting the banks to also cover the cost of all the idiots that send cashiers checks to Nigeria hoping to get rich.
One way or another, people are going to have to learn some lessons... and financial loss is usually a powerful lesson.
The "First Right" is one's right of control of one's own body.
Examples:
Right to die
Right to abort pregnancy
Right to use drugs
You're all missing the point. Napster never violated any copyrights or trademarks. The USERS of Napster did. In this case, the Offspring ARE actively violating a trademark. There is no hypocracy in Napster suing the Offspring over this. For those who are counting, my comments alone violated 5 trademarks.
Here's the question: Have you considered the impossibility of putting the genie back into the bottle...and that your lawsuit against Napster will achieve exactly the opposite of what you hope to accomplish by introducing the masses to an alternative to buying your music?