I see the point about the freedom of speech and yadda-yadda. However, Yahoo groups (and - even worse - MSN groups) have never really been a healthy addition to the internet.
I only wish the British government would do the same - perhaps people will make *real* groups and/or websites.
Alternatively, you might consider that not everybody knows when to start looking for their new software on Kazaa.
Y'see, media professionals and photographers, the main target group for Adobe's lines of software, such as myself, are probably already on Adobe's mailing list.
RIAA teaching ethics in class?
Coca-cola and Pepsi days?
Every time I talk to USians about their school systems I am baffled by how little critical thought is applied before College-level. And I can't help but think that the corporatification of the educations might very well have something to do with it.
HJ
I suggest you try the following web search: Bush and State Budget, which comes up with hundreds of links about articles where Bush' policies have had a negative impact on the financial situation of the budgets of the individual states.
VoIP is hardly the problem in this case - I think the main problem is that the states are so incredibly strapped for cash after Bush' gross mismanagement that they are basically are on the path to bankrupcy...
Hence, they would do anything for some extra cash, rather than realising that "yes, VoIP would be quite cool, and people should pay just as little tax on it as they do on the Internet itself"
And regardless of everything, you could always play the music on a high-quality CD player, optically record it on MD and encode it from the MD, or even copy it straight to another CD in audio-mode, and rip the CD.
I guess we'll just have to wait untill the music industry realises this, and gives it up.
What worries me is they claim the action "violate free-speech laws and discriminate against an industry that provides millions of jobs.".. I guess they don't get the point: They CREATED the jobs themselves, by performing a service 80% of people completely despise.
Funny you should mention that. You bet your ass that the RIAA has every sharing program there is IN THE WORLD, in order to do "research".
I wonder what band the service techies use for their test searches.
Metallica, anyone?
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I see the point about the freedom of speech and yadda-yadda. However, Yahoo groups (and - even worse - MSN groups) have never really been a healthy addition to the internet.
I only wish the British government would do the same - perhaps people will make *real* groups and/or websites.
h
Alternatively, you might consider that not everybody knows when to start looking for their new software on Kazaa.
Y'see, media professionals and photographers, the main target group for Adobe's lines of software, such as myself, are probably already on Adobe's mailing list.
My dad used to have one of those. It broke down all the time though, so we got rid of it.
RIAA teaching ethics in class? Coca-cola and Pepsi days? Every time I talk to USians about their school systems I am baffled by how little critical thought is applied before College-level. And I can't help but think that the corporatification of the educations might very well have something to do with it. HJ
I suggest you try the following web search: Bush and State Budget, which comes up with hundreds of links about articles where Bush' policies have had a negative impact on the financial situation of the budgets of the individual states.
VoIP is hardly the problem in this case - I think the main problem is that the states are so incredibly strapped for cash after Bush' gross mismanagement that they are basically are on the path to bankrupcy...
Hence, they would do anything for some extra cash, rather than realising that "yes, VoIP would be quite cool, and people should pay just as little tax on it as they do on the Internet itself"
And regardless of everything, you could always play the music on a high-quality CD player, optically record it on MD and encode it from the MD, or even copy it straight to another CD in audio-mode, and rip the CD. I guess we'll just have to wait untill the music industry realises this, and gives it up.
THis was hardly news, was it?
.. I guess they don't get the point: They CREATED the jobs themselves, by performing a service 80% of people completely despise.
What worries me is they claim the action "violate free-speech laws and discriminate against an industry that provides millions of jobs."
Funny you should mention that. You bet your ass that the RIAA has every sharing program there is IN THE WORLD, in order to do "research". I wonder what band the service techies use for their test searches. Metallica, anyone?
Actually Guinness world record == Guinness beer but that is beside the point
This train had its first ride in 1999, so all of this is nothing new.
It might be worth noting that VG Nett has the same story here.