Oh... the RIAA has been harmed (assuming your numbers are correct). Unfortunately for them, the damage is self inflicted.
When sales continue to plummet, I suspect that we'll hear the same "old school" rants. The RIAA will continue to tighten it's grasp on an ever-shrinking market. The number of artists that are proving that they don't need the RIAA is increasing as is the public awareness of alternative methods to acquire new music.
The music world is changing. No amount of litigation will stop it.
I predict that by 2015, we'll all get to watch the VH1 Behind the Music episode titled, "The Death of the RIAA."
I disagree. I believe teenagers today are far more sophisticated than we were 20 years ago. As a teenager, my world was far more restricted, far more censored, and seemed larger. I think the internet and the communications and the vast information that it brings has broadened the horizon.
Then be careful for the early to mid-thirties when you'll be convinced that you've seen enough of the world to believe that your perception of reality is the right one for everyone else. Teenagers and mid-twenties think they know it all, but I'm convinced that there is enough lingering self-doubt for them to overplay their hand. At early thirty, most if not all of the doubt is gone.
AC, you are a fool. There is no question and no argument that child porn is bad. If you have read the information and understand what DeCSS is and is not, you woudn't ask such questions.
Let me get this straight... you're worried about the unwary and uninformed doing something that may cost them in the future?
You're wasting your time. There's a sucker born every minute.
I'm a motorcyclist as well. However, you will rarely see me going faster than the flow of traffic. Yes, that means that sometimes I'm exceeding the speed limit. But I'm not weaving in and out of traffic, and blowing by people like they're standing still.
Ya know... it the assholes doing 30-40 miles over the limit that are the problem. When I'm on the freeway, I don't watch every single car all the time. I'm tracking. I have a mental note of where all the cars are and periodically check and adjust tracking. It isn't too hard to keep track of six or eight cars as long as everyone is proceeding at a steady rate. You know which cars are gaining on you and the cars that you're overtaking....and then asshole blasts into the picture, completely unaccounted. The problem with going really really fast isn't that you might lose control. The problem is the other drivers that didn't see you coming from behind because guess what? They are looking FORWARD most of the time. Imagine that?
In the past, CHP did not use radar unless it was provided by the community they worked in. CHP would not invest in radar guns. I don't know if this is still the case.
Awesome? That's a stretch... disgusted that this movie took best picture this year and Crowe took best actor. Of course... the nominees weren't all that.
Maximus could have been played by ANYONE. Crowe brought nothing new to the screen with this portrayal. Hanks was far more believable in Cast Away.
As for Gladiator, I couldn't get past Phoenix being cast as Commodus. What an absolute joke. The character paled in comparison to Malcolm McDowell's Caligula. IMHO, he set the standard...
Main Entry: cult
Pronunciation: 'k<
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate -- more at WHEEL
Date: 1617
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
Why would Scientology try to 'patent' their way of religion. Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. try to reach out to people and say: "Here, these are our religious documents. Use them and you'll be a better person."
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the mormon church fundamentally christian?
Did the mormon church also do the same thing as CoS and sued individuals for posting "trade secrets"?
People have this notion that a religion is okay but a cult is not. By definition, christianity is a cult!
Point? The bottom line is... HE WANT'S MONEY TO FINANCE HIS WAR.
Time to find a new business model. This one is out of date and swiftly becoming unprofitable.
Here's my pseudo-religious argument... If there is a god and he throws an planet-killing asteroid at your planet. Are you going against the will of god if you try to survive it?
I hear that sucking sound, it's my karma points going fast.
The advantage (and this I remember hearing in a high school health class a few years ago) is that there's A LOT of bacteria in that area, and while it won't kill anyone not to have it removed, removing the bacteria from that area can be beneficial too.
Advantage? Mutilation is an advantage? When did you go to high school? The seventies? Gimme a break. If there ever was a hot bed of bacterial infection, it's a female. You don't see us rushing out to mutilate them now do ya?
I guess soap and water is such a bother that it's simpler to just slice off some tissue.
That's right soap and water... Plain soap and water... not anti-bacterial soap either. All that stuff does is compromise your immune system.
I tell ya what... before you choose to mutilate your child, I suggest that you go observe a circumcision. It is one of the most brutal, unneccessary things I have ever witnessed.
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Oh... the RIAA has been harmed (assuming your numbers are correct). Unfortunately for them, the damage is self inflicted.
When sales continue to plummet, I suspect that we'll hear the same "old school" rants. The RIAA will continue to tighten it's grasp on an ever-shrinking market. The number of artists that are proving that they don't need the RIAA is increasing as is the public awareness of alternative methods to acquire new music.
The music world is changing. No amount of litigation will stop it.
I predict that by 2015, we'll all get to watch the VH1 Behind the Music episode titled, "The Death of the RIAA."
When it sells for $5000, it's no longer just a coffee pot.
No disagreement there. I think the difference is the information available at your fingertips, 24/7. It's a different world.
I disagree. I believe teenagers today are far more sophisticated than we were 20 years ago. As a teenager, my world was far more restricted, far more censored, and seemed larger. I think the internet and the communications and the vast information that it brings has broadened the horizon.
Then be careful for the early to mid-thirties when you'll be convinced that you've seen enough of the world to believe that your perception of reality is the right one for everyone else. Teenagers and mid-twenties think they know it all, but I'm convinced that there is enough lingering self-doubt for them to overplay their hand. At early thirty, most if not all of the doubt is gone.
You'll get over that too.
Ah... but we are making progress. Swordfish had a bad computer geek also, but he wanted to be good.
AC, you are a fool. There is no question and no argument that child porn is bad. If you have read the information and understand what DeCSS is and is not, you woudn't ask such questions.
In many places ties never left. The world of brick and mortar still exists. Turn off your cpu and go take a look.
Can you dig it?
Let me get this straight... you're worried about the unwary and uninformed doing something that may cost them in the future? You're wasting your time. There's a sucker born every minute.
I'm not anti-children. I'm pro-adult. Unfortunately, some people think it's the same thing.
Going to reply to my own post... Wrong statement... it's not 30 to 40 over the limit. It's 30 to 40 over the flow. The limit? That's arbitrary.
I'm a motorcyclist as well. However, you will rarely see me going faster than the flow of traffic. Yes, that means that sometimes I'm exceeding the speed limit. But I'm not weaving in and out of traffic, and blowing by people like they're standing still.
Ya know... it the assholes doing 30-40 miles over the limit that are the problem. When I'm on the freeway, I don't watch every single car all the time. I'm tracking. I have a mental note of where all the cars are and periodically check and adjust tracking. It isn't too hard to keep track of six or eight cars as long as everyone is proceeding at a steady rate. You know which cars are gaining on you and the cars that you're overtaking. ...and then asshole blasts into the picture, completely unaccounted. The problem with going really really fast isn't that you might lose control. The problem is the other drivers that didn't see you coming from behind because guess what? They are looking FORWARD most of the time. Imagine that?
In the past, CHP did not use radar unless it was provided by the community they worked in. CHP would not invest in radar guns. I don't know if this is still the case.
The story was boosted from Landover Baptist. It's parody, not truth.
With how well Exit Wounds is performing, I think it's safe to say Seagal is (sadly) still going to be making movies. Ugh.
What? As along as we have Seagal, the world is safe from Van Damme... oh... er... mebbe not... he's still making movies...
Awesome? That's a stretch... disgusted that this movie took best picture this year and Crowe took best actor. Of course... the nominees weren't all that. Maximus could have been played by ANYONE. Crowe brought nothing new to the screen with this portrayal. Hanks was far more believable in Cast Away. As for Gladiator, I couldn't get past Phoenix being cast as Commodus. What an absolute joke. The character paled in comparison to Malcolm McDowell's Caligula. IMHO, he set the standard...
Maybe you should talk to Webster.
Main Entry: cult
Pronunciation: 'k<
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate -- more at WHEEL
Date: 1617
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
If the shoe fits...
Why would Scientology try to 'patent' their way of religion. Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. try to reach out to people and say: "Here, these are our religious documents. Use them and you'll be a better person."
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the mormon church fundamentally christian?
Did the mormon church also do the same thing as CoS and sued individuals for posting "trade secrets"?
People have this notion that a religion is okay but a cult is not. By definition, christianity is a cult!
Well, okay, I do respect religion, it helps this society with moral standards, and gives some people reason to act "good".
We atheists take exception to this idea. I don't believe in god. I'm not afraid of hell. I'm still a good person.
Is there such a thing as a "wannabe SF reader"? What are the prerequisites for becoming an SF reader?
Point? The bottom line is... HE WANT'S MONEY TO FINANCE HIS WAR. Time to find a new business model. This one is out of date and swiftly becoming unprofitable.
Let me see if I follow... by stating, "There is no god", I am then God.
Wow... that really worked... I can feel the omnipotence flowing through my veins already.
There's another option... expire.
Here's my pseudo-religious argument... If there is a god and he throws an planet-killing asteroid at your planet. Are you going against the will of god if you try to survive it?
I hear that sucking sound, it's my karma points going fast.
The advantage (and this I remember hearing in a high school health class a few years ago) is that there's A LOT of bacteria in that area, and while it won't kill anyone not to have it removed, removing the bacteria from that area can be beneficial too.
Advantage? Mutilation is an advantage? When did you go to high school? The seventies? Gimme a break. If there ever was a hot bed of bacterial infection, it's a female. You don't see us rushing out to mutilate them now do ya?
I guess soap and water is such a bother that it's simpler to just slice off some tissue.
That's right soap and water... Plain soap and water... not anti-bacterial soap either. All that stuff does is compromise your immune system.
I tell ya what... before you choose to mutilate your child, I suggest that you go observe a circumcision. It is one of the most brutal, unneccessary things I have ever witnessed.