EULAs are crap. I didn't sign anything. I didn't agree to anything. I routinely ignore them. Several haven't held up in court anyway, like the Network Associate EULA that said you couldn't review Mcafee VirusScan without their permission.
Most of those albums are very old, and they don't make them like they used to back in the day. I imagine a lot of us who have those have LP and Cassette. With few exceptions, today's crap has maybe one good song.
What do you get when you buy a CD? Ripped off! The prices are outrageously inflated, and maybe you get one good song.
Don't buy CDs. The people who the recording industry most wants to rip off are teens, aka children. An industry that exists to rip off children is a public nusiance.
And you pay them pennies for the right to play the song versus the payola the artist and label have to cough up to get a song played. Yes, payola is alive and well, just not as blatant as it was in the fifties. Read moreand more.
The record labels should have been paying Napster, and should be paying Kazaa, Morpheus, et al for the promotion they provide. Instead, this promotion is free, and they are looking a gift horse in the mouth.
The Bens have more influence than the Georges. Just ask Sen. Mitch McConnell(R- Kentucky) He's legalized bribery's best friend in Washington, and the one real obstacle to campaign finance reform.
It is good that Senator Coleman is getting involved, but he doesn't understand some things. Copyright infringement is not theft. They are different, and file trading should not be considered copyright infringement, it's fair use. File trading networks are the new radio, and end users don't have to pay to listen to the radio. We can punish the RIAA ourselves without waiting for a Senate that unamimously passed the DMCA to do it by not buying CDs. Boycott the recording industry.
It is clearly music popular with teens that they are targeting. Teens are also the ones they want to sell CDs to at outrageously inflated prices. An industry that exists to rip off children is a public nusiance. Boycott the recording industry. Don't buy CDs.
Perhaps the recoring industry is intentionally making a pay-per-download music service that doesn't work, so frustrated users will go back to buying CDs. Don't do it!
Amen! Preach on! The recording industry as it exists today belongs in the dustbin of history. Let's put them there. Don't buy CDs. After they are gone, a new music industry run by people who love music can arise.
To hell with the RIAA. Don't buy CDs.
Slashdotters in Michigan and California need to vote these bastards out. It would speak volumes if they don't even survive their primaries.
In the United States of Avarice, sharing is a crime against the state religion, Capitalism and the state deity, The Almighty Dollar. Remember the Seven Cardinal virtues. Greed,(aka avarice) pride, envy, lust, gluttony, sloth and wrath!
The recording industry needs to accept that the P2P genie is out of the bottle, and stop trying to identify file traders. They are wasting their time. If they keep insisting that only pre-recorded media like CDs are legit, they will find themselves in the dustbin of history, and good riddence! Don't Buy CDs.
Since these dorks are selling things that don't actually exist. I'll pay with MAD money. If that's no good, I have Monopoley money, too. Better yet, I'll write you a check. Dumbasses!
Considering that the original sucked ass, this version could only be better, especially if it doesn't have Boxie and his F***ing daggit, or the Eastern Alliance.
From the article: Weiss said he's also seen a surge of postings on Morpheus message boards from users who are ticked off at being in the RIAA's cross hairs. "People are just outraged at the actions of the recording industry," he said. "I've got people saying they want to organize groups to boycott buying CDs now."
Some groups like that have been around for a long time, since the first "copy protected" CDs that won't play in a computer came out, such as Don't Buy CDs. and Boycott RIAA. An industry that presupposes that its customers are freeloaders and thieves doesn't deserve to have any customers.
Boycott is a good idea, but if Lexmark gets away with this, the whole industry will do it. Let us all hope this case gets overturned. Maybe it will go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and they will declare the DMCA unconstitutional. That would be the best possible outcome. If I want to use an off brand toner cartridge, that's my businsess. Void my warranty if it's still in force, but trying to put the remanufactured and bargain brand toner companies out of business is a restraint of trade. Static Control Components could bring an anti-trust case.
Translation has been around long as language, and the methods for doing it have not really changed. Takeing them online is not new. Prior art! Prior art!
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EULAs are crap. I didn't sign anything. I didn't agree to anything. I routinely ignore them. Several haven't held up in court anyway, like the Network Associate EULA that said you couldn't review Mcafee VirusScan without their permission.
Most of those albums are very old, and they don't make them like they used to back in the day. I imagine a lot of us who have those have LP and Cassette. With few exceptions, today's crap has maybe one good song.
What do you get when you buy a CD? Ripped off! The prices are outrageously inflated, and maybe you get one good song. Don't buy CDs. The people who the recording industry most wants to rip off are teens, aka children. An industry that exists to rip off children is a public nusiance.
And you pay them pennies for the right to play the song versus the payola the artist and label have to cough up to get a song played. Yes, payola is alive and well, just not as blatant as it was in the fifties. Read more and more.
The record labels should have been paying Napster, and should be paying Kazaa, Morpheus, et al for the promotion they provide. Instead, this promotion is free, and they are looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Where is the right to bribe in the Bill of Rights? Maybe you hallucinated and saw it while smoking crack.
Dude, you're smoking crack!
A corporation is not a legal voter, yet they will still be giving. Legalized bribery isn't going away. It's all about the Bens.
The Bens have more influence than the Georges. Just ask Sen. Mitch McConnell(R- Kentucky) He's legalized bribery's best friend in Washington, and the one real obstacle to campaign finance reform.
It is good that Senator Coleman is getting involved, but he doesn't understand some things. Copyright infringement is not theft. They are different, and file trading should not be considered copyright infringement, it's fair use. File trading networks are the new radio, and end users don't have to pay to listen to the radio. We can punish the RIAA ourselves without waiting for a Senate that unamimously passed the DMCA to do it by not buying CDs. Boycott the recording industry.
It is clearly music popular with teens that they are targeting. Teens are also the ones they want to sell CDs to at outrageously inflated prices. An industry that exists to rip off children is a public nusiance. Boycott the recording industry. Don't buy CDs.
SBC forever! The RIAA and DMCA, never! Don't buy CDs.
Perhaps the recoring industry is intentionally making a pay-per-download music service that doesn't work, so frustrated users will go back to buying CDs. Don't do it!
If this works, then buy it, and use it. Take that, RIAA! In the mean time, don't buy CDs.
The RIAA isn't considered a trust because they bribe the authorities into not calling them one.
Amen! Preach on! The recording industry as it exists today belongs in the dustbin of history. Let's put them there. Don't buy CDs. After they are gone, a new music industry run by people who love music can arise.
To hell with the RIAA. Don't buy CDs. Slashdotters in Michigan and California need to vote these bastards out. It would speak volumes if they don't even survive their primaries.
In the United States of Avarice, sharing is a crime against the state religion, Capitalism and the state deity, The Almighty Dollar. Remember the Seven Cardinal virtues. Greed,(aka avarice) pride, envy, lust, gluttony, sloth and wrath!
The security holes at the Department of Homeland Security will be bigger than this one!
The recording industry needs to accept that the P2P genie is out of the bottle, and stop trying to identify file traders. They are wasting their time. If they keep insisting that only pre-recorded media like CDs are legit, they will find themselves in the dustbin of history, and good riddence! Don't Buy CDs.
Since these dorks are selling things that don't actually exist. I'll pay with MAD money. If that's no good, I have Monopoley money, too. Better yet, I'll write you a check. Dumbasses!
Considering that the original sucked ass, this version could only be better, especially if it doesn't have Boxie and his F***ing daggit, or the Eastern Alliance.
Some groups like that have been around for a long time, since the first "copy protected" CDs that won't play in a computer came out, such as Don't Buy CDs. and Boycott RIAA. An industry that presupposes that its customers are freeloaders and thieves doesn't deserve to have any customers.
Boycott is a good idea, but if Lexmark gets away with this, the whole industry will do it. Let us all hope this case gets overturned. Maybe it will go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and they will declare the DMCA unconstitutional. That would be the best possible outcome. If I want to use an off brand toner cartridge, that's my businsess. Void my warranty if it's still in force, but trying to put the remanufactured and bargain brand toner companies out of business is a restraint of trade. Static Control Components could bring an anti-trust case.
Was that a parody website? Was that story made up? Enquiring minds want to know.
Translation has been around long as language, and the methods for doing it have not really changed. Takeing them online is not new. Prior art! Prior art!