1)The school I went to supplied the equipment, but you had to provide the video/film. Making the videotape his personal property.
2)According to the lawsuit, the video was sent out along with messages inviting people to make insulting remarks about it.
3)In the excerpts from Internet chats filed in court, the four appear to be plotting ways to get the gifts sent to another address so they can keep the iPod for themselves.
The point is that this kid was humiliated so bad he dropped out of high school and finished the session at Pavillon Arc-en-ciel, a ward specializing in child psychiatry at the Trois-Riviyres Regional Hospital Centre. I'm 32, but I remember when I was his age, a zit was the end of the world. I can't even imagine what this would be like. It's not like he could just change high schools to get away from it, or move to another town, or province, or even country. This was humiliation on a worldwide scale. Who are you to criticize how he handles it? He can't walk in to Barnes and Nobles and buy a "Handling Worldwide Humiliation in High School for dummies" book. I think he's handled it fairly well. It's not like he's going around suing everything that breaths, or the people with the deepest pockets. He could be suing the school and the websites that hosted the file, but he's only suing the four kids that actually caused his injury.
Yeah, some punks steal your personal property. Post it to the internet without your permission. Encourage people to write insulting remarks. Plot to steal the iPod and money sympathetic people have raised for you. Basicaly, try to ruin your life. Then when you stand up for yourself you have asshats like you condemn them for it. Great lesson to teach your son.
Are all lawsuits evil? According to this article these kids did a lot more than just hurt this kids feelings. They stole the video from a school filing cabnet. Posted it to the internet with messages encouraging people to make fun of it. Conspired to hide the fact they stole the tape from school officials. Plotted to have the iPod and money that were raised for him sent to a different address, so they could keep them. Ghyslain was so widely mocked at his private high school that he dropped out. He had to finish the session at Pavillon Arc-en-ciel, a ward specializing in child psychiatry at the Trois-Rivieres Regional Hospital Centre. They didn't just hurt his feelings, the tried to ruin his life. Surely theres a lawsuit in there somewhere. I hope they take these punks to the cleaners.
Alledgedly the video was stolen out of a filing cabnet at school. The "friends" conspired to hide the fact they stole it. Then even tried to scheme to have the iPod and money that was raised for him be sent to a different address, so they could keep it. Some friends, huh? Actually in a phone interview when asked "I guess it wasn't a friend who did this, more of an enemy?" He replied, "More or less. It was someone I knew.". He should sue them, and I still want to see him in Ep. III.
I'd say the majority of people DO use drugs. They just use ones that are considered acceptable. Alcohol is a drug. Caffeine is a drug. Aspirin is a drug. The only difference is the level of acceptability. Most people don't mind that things like Heroin and Cocaine are illegal, but try to outlaw their coffee and you're in for a whole lot of trouble. Just like what happened when they tried to outlaw Alcohol, and is presently happening with Marijuana. It isn't the device itself, it's the level of acceptability. Most people wouldn't mind this device if it only reported you after you went 10 kph over the speed limit for 5 minutes. However, every time you drift over the speed limit is not acceptable to must people.
Who needs Jay Sherman when you've got great sites like Every One's a Critic? Since everyone's tastes are different. You can rate the movies you've seen. It then compares your tastes to the tastes of everyone else in the database. Then it gives you a list of people who are the closest to you. So you can get opinions from people that think like you do. Works amazingly well.
Phish tried to let people redownload shows. They found people were using the site as a virtual hard drive, and downloading shows repeatedly. Bandwidth was through the roof, so they cut it down to a 48 hour window. Though if you emailed the webmaster and explained your hard drive took a crap, they'd probably let you redownload the show(s).
1) You can already do this now, and you don't need the RIAA to change their business practices to do it. Great sites like Acid Planet and MP3.com have tons of great music available. Like this shameless self promotion I collaborated with a buddy on.
2) I've always said if they're going to do this they should charge by the megabyte, not the song.
3) The problem is that it would completely change the landscape. People would stop thinking in terms of "Albums" and start thinking in terms of "Songs". The whole concept of making an album would go out the window. As soon as a song was done it would go up on the internet for sale. To sit on it would be costing them money.
Thanks for the offer Tinfoil. I checked out your site, and I like what you're trying to do with it. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of free time right now to dedicate to something like that. Good luck though.
Indeed, number one could almost be seen as false advertising. Which leads to distrust among consumers. It does allow new bands to get their music out there though. I'm sure most of them would rather not be pressured into releasing a radio friendly song in the first place.
Which is why I think indie labels are seeing such growth. They allow the artists to decide what is art, not some marketing survey. The RIAA's real problem is the RIAA.
Removing dependance on full-length physical media will do a couple of good things. First it will force the industry and artists to put out more quality tracks instead of relying on a couple radio tracks to sell a disc made mostly of filler. Second, the consumer will no longer get stuck with a lousy disc.
Some bad things:
1) Instead of having one or two radio friendly songs to get you to buy the album, so you can then hear the more innovative stuff they really want to do, record companies may force bands to only release "radio" friendly music, since that's what sells. Leaving a lack of innovative music.
2) Selling individual songs on the internet could lead to bands being pressured to shorten their songs. If you get 99 cents a song, record companies would rather a 3 minute 3 Meg song to a 10 minute 10 meg song.
3) The death of the "concept" album. If each song has to stand or fall on it's own, what incentive does a band have to release something with a larger scope? No more Darksides, Quadrophenias, Red Headed Strangers, Kind of Blues, etc.
Buying music by the song may be the future of bubblegum pop, but I hope it'll never be the future of truly creative music.
What if the RIAA continues to artificially inflate prices? If I buy another CD wouldn't that entitle me to sue them again for price gauging? I mean if someone punches me, I settle with them for a monetary amount and say it wasn't assault, that doesn't now give that person the right to continue punching me.
The reason the Archos Jukebox recorder doesn't support it is because the mp3 encoding/decoding is done through a chip, not through software. It isn't cost effective at this point in time.
This could lead to Artists being pressured to shorten the length of their songs. The song meat by moe. is 45 minutes long. Would this cost the same as Storm Troopers of Death's Anti-procrastination song which clocks in around a whopping 8 seconds? They should charge by the MB instead.
Spammers based in other countries would love this, they'd get a huge list for little ($500) or no cost, and since they're not in this country, face no penalty's. Where do I sign up?
I love how he repeatedly says how the candidate saved money. Not once mentioning that it actually costs ISPs money to deliver these things. Like he thinks by pushing the send button, the magical internet fairies come and deliver each email by hand. But then again, politicians were always good at spending other peoples money.
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Right now, that is the moral. Hopefully they can change it to: Don't try and humilate the school nerd, it can come back to bite you in the ass.
$225,000 is an ungodly sum of money?
1)The school I went to supplied the equipment, but you had to provide the video/film. Making the videotape his personal property.
2)According to the lawsuit, the video was sent out along with messages inviting people to make insulting remarks about it.
3)In the excerpts from Internet chats filed in court, the four appear to be plotting ways to get the gifts sent to another address so they can keep the iPod for themselves.
You can read more about it here
The point is that this kid was humiliated so bad he dropped out of high school and finished the session at Pavillon Arc-en-ciel, a ward specializing in child psychiatry at the Trois-Riviyres Regional Hospital Centre. I'm 32, but I remember when I was his age, a zit was the end of the world. I can't even imagine what this would be like. It's not like he could just change high schools to get away from it, or move to another town, or province, or even country. This was humiliation on a worldwide scale. Who are you to criticize how he handles it? He can't walk in to Barnes and Nobles and buy a "Handling Worldwide Humiliation in High School for dummies" book. I think he's handled it fairly well. It's not like he's going around suing everything that breaths, or the people with the deepest pockets. He could be suing the school and the websites that hosted the file, but he's only suing the four kids that actually caused his injury.
Yeah, some punks steal your personal property. Post it to the internet without your permission. Encourage people to write insulting remarks. Plot to steal the iPod and money sympathetic people have raised for you. Basicaly, try to ruin your life. Then when you stand up for yourself you have asshats like you condemn them for it. Great lesson to teach your son.
Are all lawsuits evil? According to this article these kids did a lot more than just hurt this kids feelings. They stole the video from a school filing cabnet. Posted it to the internet with messages encouraging people to make fun of it. Conspired to hide the fact they stole the tape from school officials. Plotted to have the iPod and money that were raised for him sent to a different address, so they could keep them. Ghyslain was so widely mocked at his private high school that he dropped out. He had to finish the session at Pavillon Arc-en-ciel, a ward specializing in child psychiatry at the Trois-Rivieres Regional Hospital Centre. They didn't just hurt his feelings, the tried to ruin his life. Surely theres a lawsuit in there somewhere. I hope they take these punks to the cleaners.
Alledgedly the video was stolen out of a filing cabnet at school. The "friends" conspired to hide the fact they stole it. Then even tried to scheme to have the iPod and money that was raised for him be sent to a different address, so they could keep it. Some friends, huh? Actually in a phone interview when asked "I guess it wasn't a friend who did this, more of an enemy?" He replied, "More or less. It was someone I knew.". He should sue them, and I still want to see him in Ep. III.
I'd say the majority of people DO use drugs. They just use ones that are considered acceptable. Alcohol is a drug. Caffeine is a drug. Aspirin is a drug. The only difference is the level of acceptability. Most people don't mind that things like Heroin and Cocaine are illegal, but try to outlaw their coffee and you're in for a whole lot of trouble. Just like what happened when they tried to outlaw Alcohol, and is presently happening with Marijuana. It isn't the device itself, it's the level of acceptability. Most people wouldn't mind this device if it only reported you after you went 10 kph over the speed limit for 5 minutes. However, every time you drift over the speed limit is not acceptable to must people.
Who needs Jay Sherman when you've got great sites like Every One's a Critic? Since everyone's tastes are different. You can rate the movies you've seen. It then compares your tastes to the tastes of everyone else in the database. Then it gives you a list of people who are the closest to you. So you can get opinions from people that think like you do. Works amazingly well.
Phish tried to let people redownload shows. They found people were using the site as a virtual hard drive, and downloading shows repeatedly. Bandwidth was through the roof, so they cut it down to a 48 hour window. Though if you emailed the webmaster and explained your hard drive took a crap, they'd probably let you redownload the show(s).
1) You can already do this now, and you don't need the RIAA to change their business practices to do it. Great sites like Acid Planet and MP3.com have tons of great music available. Like this shameless self promotion I collaborated with a buddy on.
2) I've always said if they're going to do this they should charge by the megabyte, not the song.
3) The problem is that it would completely change the landscape. People would stop thinking in terms of "Albums" and start thinking in terms of "Songs". The whole concept of making an album would go out the window. As soon as a song was done it would go up on the internet for sale. To sit on it would be costing them money.
Thanks for the offer Tinfoil. I checked out your site, and I like what you're trying to do with it. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of free time right now to dedicate to something like that. Good luck though.
Indeed, number one could almost be seen as false advertising. Which leads to distrust among consumers. It does allow new bands to get their music out there though. I'm sure most of them would rather not be pressured into releasing a radio friendly song in the first place.
Which is why I think indie labels are seeing such growth. They allow the artists to decide what is art, not some marketing survey. The RIAA's real problem is the RIAA.
Some bad things:
1) Instead of having one or two radio friendly songs to get you to buy the album, so you can then hear the more innovative stuff they really want to do, record companies may force bands to only release "radio" friendly music, since that's what sells. Leaving a lack of innovative music.
2) Selling individual songs on the internet could lead to bands being pressured to shorten their songs. If you get 99 cents a song, record companies would rather a 3 minute 3 Meg song to a 10 minute 10 meg song.
3) The death of the "concept" album. If each song has to stand or fall on it's own, what incentive does a band have to release something with a larger scope? No more Darksides, Quadrophenias, Red Headed Strangers, Kind of Blues, etc.
Buying music by the song may be the future of bubblegum pop, but I hope it'll never be the future of truly creative music.
(4) Develope a P2P program where the sharers remain anonymous. That way the RIAA has no one to go after.
What if the RIAA continues to artificially inflate prices? If I buy another CD wouldn't that entitle me to sue them again for price gauging? I mean if someone punches me, I settle with them for a monetary amount and say it wasn't assault, that doesn't now give that person the right to continue punching me.
"Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?" Yeah, donate them to the blind, since they don't need to be able to see the screens anyway.
Why not just give the cable company even more of a monopoly.
My guess is that he's just pissed he couldn't rip his new "Queens of the Stone Age" CD. I know I was!
The reason the Archos Jukebox recorder doesn't support it is because the mp3 encoding/decoding is done through a chip, not through software. It isn't cost effective at this point in time.
They also need to consider data integrity. If a music disc skips it'll keep on playing, but if a program loses a bit it's going to be game over.
This could lead to Artists being pressured to shorten the length of their songs. The song meat by moe. is 45 minutes long. Would this cost the same as Storm Troopers of Death's Anti-procrastination song which clocks in around a whopping 8 seconds? They should charge by the MB instead.
Spammers based in other countries would love this, they'd get a huge list for little ($500) or no cost, and since they're not in this country, face no penalty's. Where do I sign up?
I love how he repeatedly says how the candidate saved money. Not once mentioning that it actually costs ISPs money to deliver these things. Like he thinks by pushing the send button, the magical internet fairies come and deliver each email by hand. But then again, politicians were always good at spending other peoples money.