I love when people tell me what music sucks and what music I "should" be listening to. It makes my life so much easier.
You misunderstand, I mean that you shouldn't share Def Leppard because listening to their music in any format other than an entire album in a sitting does a great injustice to these seminal artists.
POOOR SUUUM SHOOGAR ON MEEEEEEEH! IM HOT - STICKEE SWEET - FROM MY HANNS TUH MEH FEEET YAH!
The recording industry said Pate's daughter was offering songs by Billy Idol, Missy Elliot, Duran Duran, Def Leppard and other artists. Pate said that he never personally downloaded music and that he so zealously respects copyrights that he does not videotape movies off cable television channels.
First of all, Pate is fully within his rights to videotape movies off cable! It's called Fair Use!
The fact that he 'zealously respects copyrights' only means that he is misinformed, and most likely has been taken in by **IA propaganda that would lead you to believe that there is no Fair Use.
Secondly, I am looking forward to several things: The death of CD sales and painful realization of the RIAA that they are going down. The explosion of indi artists and methods of distribution, and no more focus-group artists!
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, let the 80's die a noble quick death, not a lingering bedridden death like the 70's. Ironic that I would say that, as I played in a 80's cover band, friends don't let friends share Def Leppard.
Is it allowed to use the actual *heat* of the sun to produce energy, such as in a Stirling engine, or is that now considered 'Reverse Engineering of Sunlight' and outlawed under the DMCA?
at two things. First, there aren't any first and last name combos. "AngelaMikesell@..." might be one, but I see them all the time on urm...screenshots of Kazaa lite running.
Second, where is kazaalite? There is only one entry for that, but I know there are more users of kazaalite than that...
I guess I'm also shocked that anyone actually hasn't heard of Klite and/or isn't running it instead of Kazaa.
hmm. Glad my name isn't on there - HillaryBlowsMonkeys@Riaa.com
They were pretty swell until the buyout, then everything went to hell. Artists weren't getting paid, you couldn't link there, had to sign in to listen to anything, took 30 clicks to hear something, limits on length and number of songs, all sorts of crappy rules and regulations, and f*cking Maddona and other Major Label songs started showing up. What was great and innovative is now a barely veiled spamvertiser of carefully hidden independent music, and a promoter of the highest bidder.
All this displaced some great talent, discouraged new artists, and soured the old artists who made the service into what it was.
The question remains: What prevents the same buyout/long downward spiral of CDBaby?
Uh, where do you think the source for the digital files comes from? What were you going to send them, mp3s? You must have the source files right? Burn them on a CD, have a (knowlegeable) pal do the artwork, and send it in. They will let you.
If 10,000 people order a CD, I'm sure you can find someone who wants a nice return on their money and front the bill for making them. Hell, I'll lend it to you (in exchange for a small fee, of course.;)
Apple 12" Powerbook, portable supercomputer, dead at 1 year old (give or take)
I just heard some sad news on the Screen Savers - PPC superstar Apple 12" Powerbook was found dead in its Cupertino home this morning. A new Sony laptop that costs more and is less supported by the Linux community is suspected. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss it - even if you didn't enjoy its parallel cpu work, there's no denying its contributions to popular culture, lickable UIs, battery life and one mouse button. Truly an international/dvorak icon.
(I really can't be the first to post this, can I?)
You might want to upgrade to cat 2.0, which addresses some of these issues while adding new features such as toilet training and Stay-DuL(TM) claw technology.
I have found a few bugs, such as loud 3 am meowing, but I think you'll find a greatly improved user experience. It also scales to the 970 PPC processor, making your cat the fastest ever!
Paypal for instance, hides its phone numbers deliberately so as to force email responses to issues. (email is easily ignored).
Taken from paypalwarning.com (was an expired article on msnbc))
Any Paypal customer with a problem typically has an impossible time calling and talking to a real live person, and personal attention to electronic mail is virtually non-existent. According to Vince Sollitto (PayPal spokesman), Paypal intentionally makes the phone number very difficult to find in order to save costs. This is fine, except their Email "customer service" also leaves a lot to be desired. Many times you will get a canned response that doesn't address your initial Email message, if you get a reply at all. It doesn't do any good to complain anyway. When asked about customer complaints, Sollitto said the company reads them, but takes them with a grain of salt...
Just reminded me of the White House. Congress hardly responds to what the people want (file sharing, etc) why should the President be any different?
Maybe if you read the whole article instead of hitting 'reply' halfway through, you'd see that 'This guy' (Sosa) has joined a suit against Direct TV. He's now liable for 1/7th of the 100,000 in laywer fees and court costs.
Maybe this qualifies as 'balls'. Next time RTFA, and keep your kneejerk reactions to yourself.
Why is it that everytime I read about some RIAA/Direct TV/MPAA/whatever else lawsuit, these people just fucking knuckle under?
This guy sent his money in? 3,500 bucks and this guy did nothing. The RIAA college kids gave the RIAA 12,000 and 15,000 for having a fucking search engine.
They had a case! They could have countersued! Call a fucking lawyer, and take these bitches to court!
Then they have the fucking nerve to put up a paypal link, so dumbasses can reimburse them? WTF? Fight the corporate fuckers, I'll chip in for that.
If this guy has a goddamn paypal link, I'll paypal him a kick to the head. People who just roll over are hurting you and me. What's to stop Direct TV from calling random people and demanding money? It boils down to the same thing - these extortionists are judge, jury and executioner, and they won't stop until someone gets some fucking balls.
All my porn comes from P2P! How am I supposed to get it now?!
It looks like you could rape a whole bunch of women, kids, animals, and grandmas and *still* do less time than what this bill suggests. So go make your own.
Since the people who are most at risk from this bill are probably never going to read it, hear about it or care, why not make a short monthly newsletter with links to a copy of the bill, plus the email, phone numbers, addresses of the congresswhores to write to or call.
This newsletter could also have a short, well written brief on the 'bill of the month' and links to the EFF and such.
Then distribute it on P2P.
It seems to me that it is the very *best* use of P2P - to educate voters and pre-voters as to what they are in for if this bill passes. As long as it's small and quickly downloaded, such a message could get out to many who won't see these bills otherwise.
Hell, record a message and put it in spoofed mp3 files. (just like Madonna) Just get it out there.
It pains me to see promising technology like p2p legislated out of existence. Especially since it *can* be used to educate people, and allow distubution of works that wouldn't be touched by the 'content industry'.
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You misunderstand, I mean that you shouldn't share Def Leppard because listening to their music in any format other than an entire album in a sitting does a great injustice to these seminal artists. POOOR SUUUM SHOOGAR ON MEEEEEEEH! IM HOT - STICKEE SWEET - FROM MY HANNS TUH MEH FEEET YAH!
Thank you.
First of all, Pate is fully within his rights to videotape movies off cable! It's called Fair Use!
The fact that he 'zealously respects copyrights' only means that he is misinformed, and most likely has been taken in by **IA propaganda that would lead you to believe that there is no Fair Use.
Secondly, I am looking forward to several things: The death of CD sales and painful realization of the RIAA that they are going down. The explosion of indi artists and methods of distribution, and no more focus-group artists!
Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly, let the 80's die a noble quick death, not a lingering bedridden death like the 70's. Ironic that I would say that, as I played in a 80's cover band, friends don't let friends share Def Leppard.
Hmmm, Backfire on MS? Or am I reading this wrong?
Go solar!
Is it allowed to use the actual *heat* of the sun to produce energy, such as in a Stirling engine, or is that now considered 'Reverse Engineering of Sunlight' and outlawed under the DMCA?
Hardly fair.
Second, where is kazaalite? There is only one entry for that, but I know there are more users of kazaalite than that...
I guess I'm also shocked that anyone actually hasn't heard of Klite and/or isn't running it instead of Kazaa.
hmm. Glad my name isn't on there - HillaryBlowsMonkeys@Riaa.com
Just kidding!
(not really)
...am too..really
shhh...not.
All this displaced some great talent, discouraged new artists, and soured the old artists who made the service into what it was.
The question remains: What prevents the same buyout/long downward spiral of CDBaby?
If 10,000 people order a CD, I'm sure you can find someone who wants a nice return on their money and front the bill for making them. Hell, I'll lend it to you (in exchange for a small fee, of course. ;)
I just heard some sad news on the Screen Savers - PPC superstar Apple 12" Powerbook was found dead in its Cupertino home this morning. A new Sony laptop that costs more and is less supported by the Linux community is suspected. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss it - even if you didn't enjoy its parallel cpu work, there's no denying its contributions to popular culture, lickable UIs, battery life and one mouse button. Truly an international/dvorak icon.
(I really can't be the first to post this, can I?)
that Flava-Flav will now hang an iBook around his neck?
I have found a few bugs, such as loud 3 am meowing, but I think you'll find a greatly improved user experience. It also scales to the 970 PPC processor, making your cat the fastest ever!
(Weeps into hands)
(cue Tonight Show music) Thank you very much!
I think I heard the sound of a million ricer jaws dropping.
How did you know my Indian name? I thought I had mangaged to obfuscate everything.
Any Paypal customer with a problem typically has an impossible time calling and talking to a real live person, and personal attention to electronic mail is virtually non-existent. According to Vince Sollitto (PayPal spokesman), Paypal intentionally makes the phone number very difficult to find in order to save costs. This is fine, except their Email "customer service" also leaves a lot to be desired. Many times you will get a canned response that doesn't address your initial Email message, if you get a reply at all. It doesn't do any good to complain anyway. When asked about customer complaints, Sollitto said the company reads them, but takes them with a grain of salt...
Just reminded me of the White House. Congress hardly responds to what the people want (file sharing, etc) why should the President be any different?
Maybe this qualifies as 'balls'. Next time RTFA, and keep your kneejerk reactions to yourself.
This guy sent his money in? 3,500 bucks and this guy did nothing. The RIAA college kids gave the RIAA 12,000 and 15,000 for having a fucking search engine.
They had a case! They could have countersued! Call a fucking lawyer, and take these bitches to court!
Then they have the fucking nerve to put up a paypal link, so dumbasses can reimburse them? WTF? Fight the corporate fuckers, I'll chip in for that.
If this guy has a goddamn paypal link, I'll paypal him a kick to the head. People who just roll over are hurting you and me. What's to stop Direct TV from calling random people and demanding money? It boils down to the same thing - these extortionists are judge, jury and executioner, and they won't stop until someone gets some fucking balls.
(I fully expect to be karma-lynched for this)
It looks like you could rape a whole bunch of women, kids, animals, and grandmas and *still* do less time than what this bill suggests. So go make your own.
This newsletter could also have a short, well written brief on the 'bill of the month' and links to the EFF and such.
Then distribute it on P2P.
It seems to me that it is the very *best* use of P2P - to educate voters and pre-voters as to what they are in for if this bill passes. As long as it's small and quickly downloaded, such a message could get out to many who won't see these bills otherwise.
Hell, record a message and put it in spoofed mp3 files. (just like Madonna) Just get it out there.
It pains me to see promising technology like p2p legislated out of existence. Especially since it *can* be used to educate people, and allow distubution of works that wouldn't be touched by the 'content industry'.
Jonathan Frakes explores the seedy world of Windows Vulneralbilities, on Windows Vulnerabilities Revealed, Patched!
Tonight on Fox!
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