You are assuming that the restructuring plan won't fail. That is a big gamble. Worldcom's restructuring could fail, and it could still go away. If that happens, the stock is worthless paper, much like the "Bernie Flickers" they plan to start giving to their employees, instead of US currency.
Naturally, a 13 year old would listen to Eminem. A prefabricated product of the industry like him might be willing to preach some stodgy record executive's party line to kids, but that would kill his rebel, bad boy image that angers parents, and makes him look so cool to teens. He would help himself more be encouraging file traders. An industry that wants to sell things to kids who don't even have jobs for 20 bucks each is no better than the dope dealer on the street corner. Boycott the recording Industry. As Axl Rose said in the song, Shotgun Blues about a record executive, "and while you're ripping off children, somebody's F**king your wife." Record executives, and the RIAA are the real pirates.
"If the record labels make a concerted effort to get their artists to educate the public about how downloading takes money directly out of the artists' pockets, things may change."
This quote tells it all. The recording labels view artists as a commodity they own, like slaves. They tell artists, "I made you a star, and I can take it away!" What nonsense! They view music fans as a commodity as well. Boycott the recording industry. Don't buy CDs. We, the fans decide who is and isn't a star. The RIAA and record executives are the real pirates.
Our Congressmen and Senators need to hear from us. They don't read Slashdot, so us preching only to each other does no good. The best way to get their attention is with a fax. Unlike e-mail, a fax is tangible, and not going to just be killed by a spam filter, or easily ignored. Unlike snail mail, fax gets there quickly. Want your Congressmen and Senators to hear your thoughts? Fax them.
Richard A. Muller doesn't have a clue. In his sheltered ivory tower, he doesn't see that 2004 will be 1984. Big Brother is probably watching you right now!
The broadcasting and recording industries have both stopped giving us any music worth listening to, and now are trying to push congress in opposite directions. It's a shame congress listens to either of them. If Clear channel, and the big recording labels end up destroying each other, it might be a victory for music fans. Boycott the recording industry.and Boycott Clear Channel.
Javaheads, Rejoice! I mean coffee drinkers, not Java programmers. While the people who tell is coffee is bad for us will lose their minds, and and be drooling on themselves by age 60, we will still have our minds. Make that a triple espresso!
My point is that they should have done a needle exchange, or at least given instructions for sanitizing needles with bleach and/or rubbing alcohol. There were already several free condom programs for anyone who wanted them. The program ignored the real problem with IV drug use, and was just a photo op for a grandstanding politician.
It's nice that the FTC mandated distinguishing paid results from metasearches, but the worst problems with search engines are phony metatags. Frequently searching for CDs, MP3, Music, or anything other than porn brings back a porn site at the top of results. It's deception. I could mention an offender which I got delisted by writing letters, but that would only give them free advertising. The FTC should treat use of phony metatags an act of fraud, and respond accordingly.
Reminds me of Cincinnati Ohio's plan to give free condoms to i.v. drug users, when they spread AIDS by sharing needles, not by sex. That was a ridiculous dogooder project. I think Coucilman Tyrone Yates came up with that one.
Anybody who is angry about Roadrunner blocking their p2p file sharing should cancel their sevice, and tell them why. If no other high speed service is available, groups of former subscribers could get together, and start a Motorola Canopy Wirelss ISP of their own. Slashdot posted
a story about those a while back. No one should continue to do business with a company that won't give them what they are paying for. Pull the plug.
I Tried that link, but got a page not found error. Aids in the 1930s? This is the first time I've read that. The theory that AIDS came from an American biological weapons lab was put forth by the former Soviet Union during the cold war, or so it has been said. I'm not saying that I believe it, but a lab created virus is no longer just science-fiction. This fact will lead imaginations to run wild.
If you have an idea for a machine, but no working model to test, proving it works, there should be no patent. IF I can patent a machine based on drawings alone, why not patent a time machine?
Don't wait for them to call you. Write to them, or better yet, fax them. The info you need to do so should be a congress.org They will never hear the voices of people who don't speak up, and the corporations constantly have their ear. Don't let their voices be the only ones congree hears.
This is still just a bill. Look at all the names on the proposal, and write to those congressmen. They will not know what we think about these issues unless we tell them. Snail Mail may never get there, and e-mail can be easily ignored. from my own experience, faxing them is the best way. The fax numbers of the congressmen involved should be published at congress.org. Read more about fair use, and digital music at dontbuycds.org
This lends credence to the theory that AIDS was created in a biological warfare lab, and did not exist in nature before that. This is terrifying. We could cause our own extinction tinkering with this stuff. We are, to use a cliche, playing god be creating viruses.
Galileo said, "The Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go." and that was blasphemy. They even killed Giordono Bruno. I wonder what the websites said that was so awful. Might it have been that the Pope is not infallible?
If you could compile a list of those, It would be a great service, or if they would email comments@dontbuycds.org a list of artists unafilliated with the big 5 and RIAA couls be listed as exempt from the boycott.
Heart attacks can be used as a treatment to cure heart disease. If you are blown away by that, you should also know that snake oil is real, and it works!
Janis owes nothing to the labels. You are still believeing the "I made you a star" lie that record companies have been telling artists since the invention of the phonograph. They are leeches.
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You are assuming that the restructuring plan won't fail. That is a big gamble. Worldcom's restructuring could fail, and it could still go away. If that happens, the stock is worthless paper, much like the "Bernie Flickers" they plan to start giving to their employees, instead of US currency.
Naturally, a 13 year old would listen to Eminem. A prefabricated product of the industry like him might be willing to preach some stodgy record executive's party line to kids, but that would kill his rebel, bad boy image that angers parents, and makes him look so cool to teens. He would help himself more be encouraging file traders. An industry that wants to sell things to kids who don't even have jobs for 20 bucks each is no better than the dope dealer on the street corner. Boycott the recording Industry. As Axl Rose said in the song, Shotgun Blues about a record executive, "and while you're ripping off children, somebody's F**king your wife." Record executives, and the RIAA are the real pirates.
As part of their restructuring, Worldcom is going to start paying it's employees in company script, which will only have value in the company store.
"If the record labels make a concerted effort to get their artists to educate the public about how downloading takes money directly out of the artists' pockets, things may change." This quote tells it all. The recording labels view artists as a commodity they own, like slaves. They tell artists, "I made you a star, and I can take it away!" What nonsense! They view music fans as a commodity as well. Boycott the recording industry. Don't buy CDs. We, the fans decide who is and isn't a star. The RIAA and record executives are the real pirates.
Our Congressmen and Senators need to hear from us. They don't read Slashdot, so us preching only to each other does no good. The best way to get their attention is with a fax. Unlike e-mail, a fax is tangible, and not going to just be killed by a spam filter, or easily ignored. Unlike snail mail, fax gets there quickly. Want your Congressmen and Senators to hear your thoughts? Fax them.
I certainly hope this is a hoax, but business will do anything to grab a buck.
Richard A. Muller doesn't have a clue. In his sheltered ivory tower, he doesn't see that 2004 will be 1984. Big Brother is probably watching you right now!
The broadcasting and recording industries have both stopped giving us any music worth listening to, and now are trying to push congress in opposite directions. It's a shame congress listens to either of them. If Clear channel, and the big recording labels end up destroying each other, it might be a victory for music fans. Boycott the recording industry.and Boycott Clear Channel.
You haven't heard the half of it! Those pop up ads contain subliminal messages. It is far worse than you think it is.
You haven't read the half of it. These pop-up TV ads contain subliminal messages. They are going way too far!
Javaheads, Rejoice! I mean coffee drinkers, not Java programmers. While the people who tell is coffee is bad for us will lose their minds, and and be drooling on themselves by age 60, we will still have our minds. Make that a triple espresso!
My point is that they should have done a needle exchange, or at least given instructions for sanitizing needles with bleach and/or rubbing alcohol. There were already several free condom programs for anyone who wanted them. The program ignored the real problem with IV drug use, and was just a photo op for a grandstanding politician.
It's nice that the FTC mandated distinguishing paid results from metasearches, but the worst problems with search engines are phony metatags. Frequently searching for CDs, MP3, Music, or anything other than porn brings back a porn site at the top of results. It's deception. I could mention an offender which I got delisted by writing letters, but that would only give them free advertising. The FTC should treat use of phony metatags an act of fraud, and respond accordingly.
Reminds me of Cincinnati Ohio's plan to give free condoms to i.v. drug users, when they spread AIDS by sharing needles, not by sex. That was a ridiculous dogooder project. I think Coucilman Tyrone Yates came up with that one.
Anybody who is angry about Roadrunner blocking their p2p file sharing should cancel their sevice, and tell them why. If no other high speed service is available, groups of former subscribers could get together, and start a Motorola Canopy Wirelss ISP of their own. Slashdot posted a story about those a while back. No one should continue to do business with a company that won't give them what they are paying for. Pull the plug.
I Tried that link, but got a page not found error. Aids in the 1930s? This is the first time I've read that. The theory that AIDS came from an American biological weapons lab was put forth by the former Soviet Union during the cold war, or so it has been said. I'm not saying that I believe it, but a lab created virus is no longer just science-fiction. This fact will lead imaginations to run wild.
If you have an idea for a machine, but no working model to test, proving it works, there should be no patent. IF I can patent a machine based on drawings alone, why not patent a time machine?
Don't wait for them to call you. Write to them, or better yet, fax them. The info you need to do so should be a congress.org They will never hear the voices of people who don't speak up, and the corporations constantly have their ear. Don't let their voices be the only ones congree hears.
This is still just a bill. Look at all the names on the proposal, and write to those congressmen. They will not know what we think about these issues unless we tell them. Snail Mail may never get there, and e-mail can be easily ignored. from my own experience, faxing them is the best way. The fax numbers of the congressmen involved should be published at congress.org. Read more about fair use, and digital music at dontbuycds.org
This lends credence to the theory that AIDS was created in a biological warfare lab, and did not exist in nature before that. This is terrifying. We could cause our own extinction tinkering with this stuff. We are, to use a cliche, playing god be creating viruses.
Galileo said, "The Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go." and that was blasphemy. They even killed Giordono Bruno. I wonder what the websites said that was so awful. Might it have been that the Pope is not infallible?
If you could compile a list of those, It would be a great service, or if they would email comments@dontbuycds.org a list of artists unafilliated with the big 5 and RIAA couls be listed as exempt from the boycott.
May I suggest getting a bicycle, or a horse?
Heart attacks can be used as a treatment to cure heart disease. If you are blown away by that, you should also know that snake oil is real, and it works!
Janis owes nothing to the labels. You are still believeing the "I made you a star" lie that record companies have been telling artists since the invention of the phonograph. They are leeches. www.dontbuycds.org