I disagree. It could be related to deregulation. Give greedy businessmen a corner, and they'll cut it. If there were things that could have prevented this, but were costly, they were eliminated with deregulation.
Speaking of termination, why doesn't IBM just make all those assclowns at SCO sleep with the fishes? Big Blue aren't exactly known for being nice guys.
Why would anybody who doesn't have a VCR flashing 12:00 shop at Fry's Electronics in the first place. It hella sucks!
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The few cents in licencing radio stations pay out per song are peanuts compared the the millions per year they recieve in payola before they will play a song. Besides, end users do not have to pay these fees anyway.
I don't endorse counterfeit discs, but a kid who has five dollars to spend on music, not 20 is going to buy them, won't give a rat's ass whether it is legal, and won't percieve himself as doing anything wrong. The major labels have a dying business model, just as the horse and buggy industry did once the automobile was invented. The labels must accept the digital revolution, or their place in the dustbin of history.
My computer won't scan. I hold sheets of paper up to the screen and press enter, but nothing happens!
At technician walks up to a secretary's desk, and she says, "It's about fucking time you got here! I pressed F1 45 minutes ago!"
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The radio is free for the listening, and online file trading is the new radio. As for the teenyboppers, they could easily be driven to the counterfeit disc vendors at flea markets and street corners if the the discs at the mall won't play in a computer, but the pirated ones will. The RIAA needs to decide which side of the digital revolution to be on. Right now, they are on the heads in the basket side.
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Their costs to bring these frivolous subpoenas and lawsuits is going up. Take their money away by boycotting them, and they will be forced to stop. File trading is promotion, not theft, and the genie isn't going back into the bottle. The recording industry must adapt, or perish. Our purchases are a privilege they must earn, not a debt we owe!
Indeed! The more people they anger, the more people will join the ever-growing boycott of the recording industry. When the current bunch of bloodsuckers are put out of business, a new music industry of, by, and for people who love music can rise from the ashes.
I would never compare SCO to Microsoft. Microsoft actually produces software, SCO exists only to bring frivolous litigation, in an attempt to shake the money tree. Maybe the U.S. Government will send all the assholes at SCO to camp Xray with the rest of the terrorists.
From now on, I suspect many Australians will buy the four dollar pirated disks sold on street corners. They will play in any player. Since the Government doesn't care about EMI ripping consumers off, consumers need to put EMI out of business themselves. Dontbuycds.org predicted that the labels would just drive everyone to the counterfeiters in an article called, What is piracy?
If the $20 legitimate CDs at the mall won't play in a computer, and the $4 pirated CDs at the flea market, or on a street corner will, what do you think the kids will buy? The RIAA is so stupid! They need to stop making copy protected disks, and go after the counterfeiters, not file traders. There is an article about that at dontbuycds.org called what is piracy? Well worth reading.
Property seems a lot more tangible than "the pursuit of happiness." People also seem to think that since we have the right to pursue happiness, we also have the right to catch it. Not necessarily so.
That isn't an apple to orange comparison, that's more like apples to rocks. We're only talking about music here. In debate class, they would call changing the subject from music to slavery a straw man.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence, not the constitution. Despite what your average yahoo thinks, they are not the same document. Unlike the Constitution, which is the basis of our body of laws, the Declaration is not part of the body of laws, just a philosophical treatise. So there!
Oh yes! Teddy Ruxpin. That was a great toy. You could put Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols into your little brother's bear, and make Teddy sing Anarchy In the UK... "I am an anti-christ, and I am an anarchist! Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it. I wanna destroy!"
The little tyke would run screaming, "Mom! Mom! Teddy Ruxin's posessed!"
If 2/3 of us agree that file trading isn't wrong, then it shouldn't be illegal. Punish the recording industry for calling us thieves by boycotting them. If Congress keeps listening to the RIAA, and other greedy profiteers greasing their palms instead of the 2/3 majority, we the 2/3 majority need to vote those bums out!
If the RIAA is involved, you can forget about the artists getting anything. The RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America, not the Recording Artists' Association of America. They don't give a rat's ass whether the artists eat or starve, they only care about their cocaine, their Jaguars, their hookers, and their multi-million dollar houses. Don't buy CDs.
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I disagree. It could be related to deregulation. Give greedy businessmen a corner, and they'll cut it. If there were things that could have prevented this, but were costly, they were eliminated with deregulation.
I think I see where this thread is going, and I don't like it. No more about Duke Nukem Forever! No, no no nooooooooooo!!
Just run the damn aquarium screen saver!
Speaking of termination, why doesn't IBM just make all those assclowns at SCO sleep with the fishes? Big Blue aren't exactly known for being nice guys.
I thought their shitty code was responsible for the majority of windows crashes.
If this new ape will stop being so skittish, there is a company that will hire him. Primate Programming.
Why would anybody who doesn't have a VCR flashing 12:00 shop at Fry's Electronics in the first place. It hella sucks!
I don't endorse counterfeit discs, but a kid who has five dollars to spend on music, not 20 is going to buy them, won't give a rat's ass whether it is legal, and won't percieve himself as doing anything wrong. The major labels have a dying business model, just as the horse and buggy industry did once the automobile was invented. The labels must accept the digital revolution, or their place in the dustbin of history.
At technician walks up to a secretary's desk, and she says, "It's about fucking time you got here! I pressed F1 45 minutes ago!"
The radio is free for the listening, and online file trading is the new radio. As for the teenyboppers, they could easily be driven to the counterfeit disc vendors at flea markets and street corners if the the discs at the mall won't play in a computer, but the pirated ones will. The RIAA needs to decide which side of the digital revolution to be on. Right now, they are on the heads in the basket side.
Their costs to bring these frivolous subpoenas and lawsuits is going up. Take their money away by boycotting them, and they will be forced to stop. File trading is promotion, not theft, and the genie isn't going back into the bottle. The recording industry must adapt, or perish. Our purchases are a privilege they must earn, not a debt we owe!
Why doesn't IBM just use their old-school tactics, and make everyone at SCO sleep with the fishes?
Indeed! The more people they anger, the more people will join the ever-growing boycott of the recording industry. When the current bunch of bloodsuckers are put out of business, a new music industry of, by, and for people who love music can rise from the ashes.
I would never compare SCO to Microsoft. Microsoft actually produces software, SCO exists only to bring frivolous litigation, in an attempt to shake the money tree. Maybe the U.S. Government will send all the assholes at SCO to camp Xray with the rest of the terrorists.
... A clony pony?
From now on, I suspect many Australians will buy the four dollar pirated disks sold on street corners. They will play in any player. Since the Government doesn't care about EMI ripping consumers off, consumers need to put EMI out of business themselves. Dontbuycds.org predicted that the labels would just drive everyone to the counterfeiters in an article called, What is piracy?
If the $20 legitimate CDs at the mall won't play in a computer, and the $4 pirated CDs at the flea market, or on a street corner will, what do you think the kids will buy? The RIAA is so stupid! They need to stop making copy protected disks, and go after the counterfeiters, not file traders. There is an article about that at dontbuycds.org called what is piracy? Well worth reading.
Property seems a lot more tangible than "the pursuit of happiness." People also seem to think that since we have the right to pursue happiness, we also have the right to catch it. Not necessarily so.
That isn't an apple to orange comparison, that's more like apples to rocks. We're only talking about music here. In debate class, they would call changing the subject from music to slavery a straw man.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence, not the constitution. Despite what your average yahoo thinks, they are not the same document. Unlike the Constitution, which is the basis of our body of laws, the Declaration is not part of the body of laws, just a philosophical treatise. So there!
The little tyke would run screaming, "Mom! Mom! Teddy Ruxin's posessed!"
If 2/3 of us agree that file trading isn't wrong, then it shouldn't be illegal. Punish the recording industry for calling us thieves by boycotting them. If Congress keeps listening to the RIAA, and other greedy profiteers greasing their palms instead of the 2/3 majority, we the 2/3 majority need to vote those bums out!
Why are a group of little girls singing about marijuana in the first place?
2/3 of us agree that copyright is crap? Let's abolish it!
If the RIAA is involved, you can forget about the artists getting anything. The RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America, not the Recording Artists' Association of America. They don't give a rat's ass whether the artists eat or starve, they only care about their cocaine, their Jaguars, their hookers, and their multi-million dollar houses. Don't buy CDs.