Artists make almost nothing from CD sales anyway. They are signed to horrid contracts and record labels use "hollywood accounting" to deprive them of CD royalties. Fifteen % of zero and zero % of zero are both zero. Trent was right to encourage stealing his music because only the labels will lose because they pocket all the $$$, and he can still draw an income from concert appearances.
Impersonating a lawyer is bad enough, but going so far as to impersonate an intellectual property lawyer? The man clearly has no shame. Society must be protected from people as depraved as him.
Huh? Lawyers lie all the time. I wouldn't had known the difference.
The official definition of a cult is an organization that rejects Jesus Christ, uses their own "scriptures" as superior to the King James Bible, discourages their members from reading the Bible, and then poses as a religion.
I don't know who made this particular definition "official" but I'd reject any such definition that classifies EVERY non-christian religion as a "cult". Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. ALL meet your #1 criteria; they reject Jesus Christ.
The "official" definition comes from the highest authority: The Bible itself
Why is "cult" in quotes? Only because you use it in the vulgar (common) sense. Follow this link for a better understanding.
For future reference: Double-check anything else your church/pastor tells you. SEE Matthew 24:11, 2 Peter 2:1, Isaiah 9:16, 1 John 4:1
I love it when people rebuke christians using the Bible and then have no idea what they are talking about.
To quote Jesus: you sir, do err for you know not scripture. Plus you place wikipedia as superior to the Bible. That was weak birdshot, so go back and study the Bible better before you use it to rebuke a christian who has received the Holy Spirit. It is people like you who give christians a bad name.
in the US it is officially recognized as a religion.
That is not true.
Co$ and IRS fought a battle for years over religious tax exemption. The IRS revoked the exemption with the justification that it was a profit earning business. Every court supported the view of the IRS.
The IRS submitted only after it was blanketed with thousands of petty Co$ lawsuits and it did not have the resources to defend all those lawsuits. The Co$ also infiltrated IRS staff at their offices. This is just one of thousands of examples how Co$ abuses the legal system through deception and half truths. Hubbard encouraged his members to abuse the legal system and to lie.
The agreement between IRS and Co$ remained confidential until it was brought to light via a FOI filing from the WSJ. When it was published there was a lot of outrage over the perks that the IRS granted to Co$ which are not available to other religions.
The Holy Bible is free to anyone who asks for one. Co$ is the only cult who charges their members for access to their "scriptures" which are split into multiple tiers and the charges increase exponentially as you advance through each tier. They pressure their brainwashed members to sell their homes, cash in their retirement accounts, deplete their children's inheritances, and go into crushing debt through credit cards to pay for their "scriptures".
One of the terms of the IRS agreement is that all Co$ course and scripture expenses could be deducted from income taxes. No other organization enjoys this perk and the IRS is forbidden to extend it to anyone else. That's just one of the terms that has raised a lot of outrage over the Co$.
The Co$ extorted the religious tax exemption from the IRS, plain and simple. Once that was in their hands, they waved that tax exemption at other countries hostile to their interests, but they were not easily fooled.
Hubbard filed for the exemption way back in the 50s to shield his quackery from government agencies like the FDA. Hubbard has been well established as a charlatan, a professional liar, and a barrater who has exploited the system at any opportunity.
The official definition of a cult is an organization that rejects Jesus Christ, uses their own "scriptures" as superior to the King James Bible, discourages their members from reading the Bible, and then poses as a religion. The Co$ fits that definition to the tee, and they are also a criminal organization in many peoples' eyes, despite the celebrity attachments. Good to see the Belgium is brave enough to prosecute Co$ as such.
TorrentSpy has announced that to comply with the MPAA Puppet^W^W impartial judge orders, all of its servers' RAM cards will be replaced by WOM cards. WOM, or Write Only Memory, is the latest cutting edge technology designed to ease the learning curve of geek challenged courts and remain compliant with discovery demands. All digital access information to their website will be safely stored in the WOM cards, readily surrendered to the courts. TorrentSpy has also announced implementation of the Fair Use Circumvention Kit at a later date but has declined to provide further details, despite curious snickering under their breaths.
Unless the business has a strict need for high upload speed, why not satellite?
That's precisely what I did when I moved to my new job and rented a house in the rural country. No cable and no DSL where I live. I went with Starband satellite ISP at $50/month, not much more than broadband. The area where I live is wide and flat so I have good line-of-sight with no obstructions.
The only minus is one-time $700 for installation and purchase of dish/modem, and a slight delay when you hit RETURN on a URL as the requests is relayed to the satellite system, but the download speed is steady and almost as fast as broadband. And not as many downtimes as TW Roadrunner.
This sounds very interesting, but I have no idea what you mean by a "Compressor".
I'm not really interested in becoming an audiophile, could you just point me at the component you bought?
Google for Alesis Nanocomp, that is what I used. I believe it is out of production but easy to find used for under $50. It is a stereo compressor designed for musicians but it happens to work very well on DVDs and cable TV. You may need adapter cable from the 1/4" jacks to the RCA jacks of your TV/stereo.
To counter the CD "loudness war", we have DVD movies with
too much dynamic range.
Scenes with explosions, traffic, etc are way too loud while the dialogue is way too soft.
I solved the DVD problem by inserting a compressor on the audio out of the DVD player before it reaches my stereo - precisely what the network station did before the era of DVD when everybody watched movies on HBO, Turner Classics, ABC, NBC, etc. I did the same to my parents' TV so they wouldn't get blasted by commercials on cable TV. We are all much happier.
Unfortunately there is no easy solution to "squashed" CDs. Once the dynamic range is compressed to oblivion, you cannot get it back without the source material (IE master multitrack). In the last five years I have bought 10x more DVDs than CDs.
"I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled!"
Lots of people make the mistake of thinking that Microsoft is a software company. That's wrong. Microsoft is an abuse company that uses software as a method of delivering abuse.
Lots of people make the mistake of walking into abuse when they want to have an argument. Stupid gits.
Before CDs were around, plastic was replacing vinyl for records. I remember having to return an album FOUR TIMES before I got one that would play without skipping. Plastic records had horrible return rates. Out of frustration I bought fewer records because I got tired of the hassle of returning them.
When CDs came around, they were a much more reliable product. That's when I really started building a collection.
Scene of a motor vehicle accident, hours from a hospital. Red Cross is treating victims
Red Cross Aid: You've lost a lot of blood. Do you know your blood type? Victim: O-negative Red Cross Aid: Excuse me while I check our stock. Victim: Hurry up, I'm a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson Red Cross Aid: Darn, we're fresh out.
The internet is destroying the oppressive music industry and the iron grip it has on the distribution channels.
There are plenty of good songs that never get played on the radio or can be found in traditional CD retail channels. The internet is changing the way music gets heard. There is a world of great music out there if you turn off the radio and the TV, and LOOK FOR IT!
Last I heard, the automobile was destroying the horse-n-buggy but the world economy didn't collapse. Get with the program, Sir Elton.
You did not see men in black suits bearing shiny weapons. You did not see Cheney mooning at an alien spaceship. You will peacefully disperse to the homes of your loved ones and take them out for a nice picnic. At night you will see what appears to be alien laser blasts, these are actually fourth of July fireworks. We're the government and we are here to help you. And you will faithfully pay your taxes on time and without debate. Thank you.
The rootkit was not the only reason I stopped buying Sony products.
Their media recorder products are intentionally crippled to prevent piracy. But audio recording engineers - content CREATORS - have found that they cannot record legitimate material on them. No more Sony recorders.
Of the mp3 and audio CDRs I have made at home, the ones that fail are made by Sony. My non-Sony CDRs are still going. No more Sony CDRs. In fact I am replacing PC backups made on Sony CDRs.
Because of the consumer electronics division butting heads with the music/movie division, they dragged their feet before releasing an mp3 player and lost the window to the market. With the track record of media recorders, I'm reluctant to buy a Sony mp3 player.
Sony seems paranoid to lock their consumers into their proprietary hardware - memory stick, et al. No thanks.
I won't be buying Sony products EVER. Only when they feel the pain of fallen sales will they understand the ills of their ways.
If they sue MediaMax, this starts a ripple wave throughout the industry that scares off companies considering the DRM business only to discover the liability of your customer(s) suing you.
So this hampers development of DRM technology. What sane company would go into business with a mega-corp that ligitates their suppliers?
With DRM hampered, this reduces the effectiveness of copyright. Go Sony!
Before internet, the major labels owned the traditional distribution channels - that's where the $$$ is.
The internet threatened that business model. With the predatory fees against the internet radio, they hope to drive them into bankruptcy and then snatch up the remains - it happened to Napster and some other websites. Then one by one they acquire the distribution channel on the internet and fund their legal war chest in the process through the fees.
The day of silence was a preemptive move by the internet radio that they can and will deny the major labels both their spoils and their legal war funds. That is why SoundExchange offered a reprieve, this move has hit them where it hurts. But the internet radio organization knows the limited value and should accept not a reprieve but a repeal of the predatory fees. It's also a stalling tactic while the organization tries to alert federal government to the racketeering tactics of SoundExchange and its close ties to the RIAA.
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Artists make almost nothing from CD sales anyway. They are signed to horrid contracts and record labels use "hollywood accounting" to deprive them of CD royalties. Fifteen % of zero and zero % of zero are both zero. Trent was right to encourage stealing his music because only the labels will lose because they pocket all the $$$, and he can still draw an income from concert appearances.
Huh? Lawyers lie all the time. I wouldn't had known the difference.
It was? I didn't see it on TV.
I don't know who made this particular definition "official" but I'd reject any such definition that classifies EVERY non-christian religion as a "cult". Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc. ALL meet your #1 criteria; they reject Jesus Christ.
The "official" definition comes from the highest authority: The Bible itself
Why is "cult" in quotes? Only because you use it in the vulgar (common) sense. Follow this link for a better understanding.
For future reference: Double-check anything else your church/pastor tells you. SEE Matthew 24:11, 2 Peter 2:1, Isaiah 9:16, 1 John 4:1
I love it when people rebuke christians using the Bible and then have no idea what they are talking about.
To quote Jesus: you sir, do err for you know not scripture. Plus you place wikipedia as superior to the Bible. That was weak birdshot, so go back and study the Bible better before you use it to rebuke a christian who has received the Holy Spirit. It is people like you who give christians a bad name.
That is not true.
Co$ and IRS fought a battle for years over religious tax exemption. The IRS revoked the exemption with the justification that it was a profit earning business. Every court supported the view of the IRS.
The IRS submitted only after it was blanketed with thousands of petty Co$ lawsuits and it did not have the resources to defend all those lawsuits. The Co$ also infiltrated IRS staff at their offices. This is just one of thousands of examples how Co$ abuses the legal system through deception and half truths. Hubbard encouraged his members to abuse the legal system and to lie.
The agreement between IRS and Co$ remained confidential until it was brought to light via a FOI filing from the WSJ. When it was published there was a lot of outrage over the perks that the IRS granted to Co$ which are not available to other religions.
The Holy Bible is free to anyone who asks for one. Co$ is the only cult who charges their members for access to their "scriptures" which are split into multiple tiers and the charges increase exponentially as you advance through each tier. They pressure their brainwashed members to sell their homes, cash in their retirement accounts, deplete their children's inheritances, and go into crushing debt through credit cards to pay for their "scriptures".
One of the terms of the IRS agreement is that all Co$ course and scripture expenses could be deducted from income taxes. No other organization enjoys this perk and the IRS is forbidden to extend it to anyone else. That's just one of the terms that has raised a lot of outrage over the Co$.
The Co$ extorted the religious tax exemption from the IRS, plain and simple. Once that was in their hands, they waved that tax exemption at other countries hostile to their interests, but they were not easily fooled.
Hubbard filed for the exemption way back in the 50s to shield his quackery from government agencies like the FDA. Hubbard has been well established as a charlatan, a professional liar, and a barrater who has exploited the system at any opportunity.
The official definition of a cult is an organization that rejects Jesus Christ, uses their own "scriptures" as superior to the King James Bible, discourages their members from reading the Bible, and then poses as a religion. The Co$ fits that definition to the tee, and they are also a criminal organization in many peoples' eyes, despite the celebrity attachments. Good to see the Belgium is brave enough to prosecute Co$ as such.
TorrentSpy has announced that to comply with the MPAA Puppet^W^W impartial judge orders, all of its servers' RAM cards will be replaced by WOM cards. WOM, or Write Only Memory, is the latest cutting edge technology designed to ease the learning curve of geek challenged courts and remain compliant with discovery demands. All digital access information to their website will be safely stored in the WOM cards, readily surrendered to the courts. TorrentSpy has also announced implementation of the Fair Use Circumvention Kit at a later date but has declined to provide further details, despite curious snickering under their breaths.
That's precisely what I did when I moved to my new job and rented a house in the rural country. No cable and no DSL where I live. I went with Starband satellite ISP at $50/month, not much more than broadband. The area where I live is wide and flat so I have good line-of-sight with no obstructions.
The only minus is one-time $700 for installation and purchase of dish/modem, and a slight delay when you hit RETURN on a URL as the requests is relayed to the satellite system, but the download speed is steady and almost as fast as broadband. And not as many downtimes as TW Roadrunner.
Google for Alesis Nanocomp, that is what I used. I believe it is out of production but easy to find used for under $50. It is a stereo compressor designed for musicians but it happens to work very well on DVDs and cable TV. You may need adapter cable from the 1/4" jacks to the RCA jacks of your TV/stereo.
- too much dynamic range.
Scenes with explosions, traffic, etc are way too loud while the dialogue is way too soft.I solved the DVD problem by inserting a compressor on the audio out of the DVD player before it reaches my stereo - precisely what the network station did before the era of DVD when everybody watched movies on HBO, Turner Classics, ABC, NBC, etc. I did the same to my parents' TV so they wouldn't get blasted by commercials on cable TV. We are all much happier.
Unfortunately there is no easy solution to "squashed" CDs. Once the dynamic range is compressed to oblivion, you cannot get it back without the source material (IE master multitrack). In the last five years I have bought 10x more DVDs than CDs.
Lots of people make the mistake of walking into abuse when they want to have an argument. Stupid gits.
When CDs came around, they were a much more reliable product. That's when I really started building a collection.
...like a woman scorned.
For alleged copyright infringements? Here in the USA this is a civil court matter, not criminal court.
Is the Russian criminal court the proper domain for copyright infringement?
Capitol Records would do the same, along with corporate shell tactics, to put off settling this debt. $cientology has done this all the time.
If the accounting records of major labels were ever audited, it would make Enron look like choir boys.
Red Cross Aid: You've lost a lot of blood. Do you know your blood type?
Victim: O-negative
Red Cross Aid: Excuse me while I check our stock.
Victim: Hurry up, I'm a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson
Red Cross Aid: Darn, we're fresh out.
There are plenty of good songs that never get played on the radio or can be found in traditional CD retail channels. The internet is changing the way music gets heard. There is a world of great music out there if you turn off the radio and the TV, and LOOK FOR IT!
Last I heard, the automobile was destroying the horse-n-buggy but the world economy didn't collapse. Get with the program, Sir Elton.
*duh*
*FLASH*
You did not see men in black suits bearing shiny weapons. You did not see Cheney mooning at an alien spaceship. You will peacefully disperse to the homes of your loved ones and take them out for a nice picnic. At night you will see what appears to be alien laser blasts, these are actually fourth of July fireworks. We're the government and we are here to help you. And you will faithfully pay your taxes on time and without debate. Thank you.
All your base are belong to us.
Their media recorder products are intentionally crippled to prevent piracy. But audio recording engineers - content CREATORS - have found that they cannot record legitimate material on them. No more Sony recorders.
Of the mp3 and audio CDRs I have made at home, the ones that fail are made by Sony. My non-Sony CDRs are still going. No more Sony CDRs. In fact I am replacing PC backups made on Sony CDRs.
Because of the consumer electronics division butting heads with the music/movie division, they dragged their feet before releasing an mp3 player and lost the window to the market. With the track record of media recorders, I'm reluctant to buy a Sony mp3 player.
Sony seems paranoid to lock their consumers into their proprietary hardware - memory stick, et al. No thanks.
I won't be buying Sony products EVER. Only when they feel the pain of fallen sales will they understand the ills of their ways.
If they sue MediaMax, this starts a ripple wave throughout the industry that scares off companies considering the DRM business only to discover the liability of your customer(s) suing you.
So this hampers development of DRM technology. What sane company would go into business with a mega-corp that ligitates their suppliers?
With DRM hampered, this reduces the effectiveness of copyright. Go Sony!
The internet threatened that business model. With the predatory fees against the internet radio, they hope to drive them into bankruptcy and then snatch up the remains - it happened to Napster and some other websites. Then one by one they acquire the distribution channel on the internet and fund their legal war chest in the process through the fees.
The day of silence was a preemptive move by the internet radio that they can and will deny the major labels both their spoils and their legal war funds. That is why SoundExchange offered a reprieve, this move has hit them where it hurts. But the internet radio organization knows the limited value and should accept not a reprieve but a repeal of the predatory fees. It's also a stalling tactic while the organization tries to alert federal government to the racketeering tactics of SoundExchange and its close ties to the RIAA.
In my hood, we use pies in the faces.
...find it dangerous for a company heavily investing in lobbying to be selling voting machines...?
G.W. Bush: You poor thing. Would you like Daddy to put this lawyer on the no-fly list?