This guy's problem is he doesn't think big enough. Obviously, his mission is to suck the ass of the music industry at any cost to his constituents. So if he really wants to make an example of a few people, why not issue the death penalty ? That'll get their attention !
I like the activist approach. But what's to stop me from reporting that guy with the barking dog down the street and my boss ? Oh, and that guy that cut me off on my way to work yesterday. and John Poindexter. and ?
"I don't think the spam problem is as bad as Heroin" --The spam problem is much worse than heroin. Virtually everyone who uses heroin does so out of their own choices. Spam is forced on us against our will !
The article says the music industry is "Already reeling from... the illegal but widespread downloading of copyrighted music from the Internet".
Is there any evidence of this ? It seems that the music industry loosers keep making this claim and now it is being reported in the NYT as unsubstantiated fact !
I can think of other, more plausable reasons for this reeling ( little interesting new music, artificially expensive prices, general lack of imagination, etc). Too bad they can't funnel their legal and lobbying budgets into music !
The music industry has always fought new technology (radio, cassettes) on unfounded claims and was later proven wrong. Are they actually on to something this time ? Is there any evidence at all ?
When I was a kid I had hours of fun with a toy space capsule for my GI Joe. Boy, would I like to give this to my son. I't's worth as much as $200 to me.
In Georgia about 10 ago, police boarded the Greyhound I was riding and asked everyone if they could search their bags. I was the only one who said no. They brought a dog on to sniff my bag.I don't know if they're still doing random searches because that's the last greyhound I'll ever ride.
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This guy's problem is he doesn't think big enough. Obviously, his mission is to suck the ass of the music industry at any cost to his constituents. So if he really wants to make an example of a few people, why not issue the death penalty ? That'll get their attention !
I like the activist approach. But what's to stop me from reporting that guy with the barking dog down the street and my boss ? Oh, and that guy that cut me off on my way to work yesterday. and John Poindexter. and ?
"I don't think the spam problem is as bad as Heroin"
--The spam problem is much worse than heroin. Virtually everyone who uses heroin does so out of their own choices. Spam is forced on us against our will !
eef.org is a great place to see the crap being drafted into law right now.
Not odd for Microsoft. Everything's always a one way street with them. Ask anyone who's had the misfortune to partner with them.
The article says the music industry is "Already reeling from ... the illegal but widespread downloading of copyrighted music from the Internet".
Is there any evidence of this ? It seems that the music industry loosers keep making this claim and now it is being reported in the NYT as unsubstantiated fact !
I can think of other, more plausable reasons for this reeling ( little interesting new music, artificially expensive prices, general lack of imagination, etc). Too bad they can't funnel their legal and lobbying budgets into music !
The music industry has always fought new technology (radio, cassettes) on unfounded claims and was later proven wrong. Are they actually on to something this time ? Is there any evidence at all ?
When I was a kid I had hours of fun with a toy space capsule for my GI Joe. Boy, would I like to give this to my son. I't's worth as much as $200 to me.
In Georgia about 10 ago, police boarded the Greyhound I was riding and asked everyone if they could search their bags. I was the only one who said no. They brought a dog on to sniff my bag.I don't know if they're still doing random searches because that's the last greyhound I'll ever ride.