Is it just me, or do the ever increasing numbers of Industry pressure groups seem to all be formed by the same small group of companies?
This is a measure designed to 'gull' the general public (Im tempted to add the word license there, don't know why:) ) into believing that industry has mobilised itself against OSS.
When in fact only Microsoft its distribution partners, and occasionaly Adobe has taken issue with it.
No... Its not that we hate capitalism (free market) its that we hate Mercantilism (closed market, restricted monopolies and production techniques) which is the way they wants it, well we gets it. Some men you just can please.
I have to agree with this, to paraphrase Naomi Klein...
'how can the mailroom boy get to be the Chairman of the board when the mailroom has been outsourced to Pitney Bowes and he is a temporary worker from an outside agency?"
Things in the UK are a little different due to a tradition of secrecy among the big players but as they get more powerful they follow their american cousins and become very bold. Most 'impartial' government advisory agencys in the UK have their boards stuffed with chairmen of corporations who aims are diametricaly opposed to regulation and legislation.
Where corporations used to seem like the engine of economic growth and power, with the 1980s removal of the monopoly limiting powers and the vast expansion and 'synergetic' growth of the Global Mega Corps, they now seem set upon total exploitation of their captive markets.
And with the aid of the non-elected non-representational WTO which can fine countries for passing environmental , food safety, workers rights etc laws. We have the corporations setting themselves up as the common enemy of all mankind.
You have shamed me sir,
I always steal from the cinema by bringing my own 'Street' cokes. I sometimes even use my memory to review over films and parts of films without recourse to the Special Edition DVDs and most often I simply read the book. In short I am personly responsible for tens of thousands of dollars stolen from the pockets of impoverished Movie Moguls and their urchins.
John
Ice of the same mass as water occupies a greater volume, so technicaly the sea should go down a little when the caps melt, but due to the overall heating of the oceans, they will expand. Nothing you could see in a glass of water perhaps, but give it 10-15 years and Venice, New York, London, Boston and every other city near the sea will have an unpleasant example of what the problem looks like.
It may be a few years since Prince was a megastar but he cut loose from his recordco some time back and distributes his own music over the web from npgmusicclub.com
His 'Nation of Thieves?' article is spot on.
I sent them another copy of your email and added this for good measure:
PS. I don't believe all the silly nonsense you are giving out about numbers of CDs copied, because I believe you are making a Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc argument that 1 cd-r was sold for every music CD sold and each was therfore used to make a copy. You also make a further A Priori assumption that everyone who copied a CD would, if they couldn't have copied it, bought a 'legitimate' copy, this would not stand up in an English court where you would have to prove actual loss, and leads me to conclude that your entire argument is an elaborate Strawman.
I might add, I bought over 300 CD-Rs last year and used all of them to copy open source software and make backups of my computer system
I think the people to bring this to the attention of are the bands involved, If we take the time to personaly tell them that we wont be buying their CDs and why, then they might start to put pressure on the record companys from the other side. It may also be worth informing record stores who sell such CDs that we will boycott them as well. If enough people do so then pretty soon they will think again.
Ah but if you do rip that CD in Europe, then according to Article 7 of Directive 2001/29/EC you will be a criminal. As all EU governments *have* to give legal protection to BMG and their Cohorts, against any individaul who seeks to break their copy protection systems.
Im in agreement with many here, I will not be buying another music CD, not even as a gift.
And on average those 60,000 employees earn $250,000 per annum, but hold on a moment, aren't most of those employees infact permatemps who work for agencies at pitiable rates of pay, always hoping for but never getting full time employment? Dont over 75% of Microsofts workforce not actualy work for Microsoft at all? I think we should be told. Ps. If you are talented enough you will get a job elsewhere
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Is it just me, or do the ever increasing numbers of Industry pressure groups seem to all be formed by the same small group of companies? :) ) into believing that industry has mobilised itself against OSS.
This is a measure designed to 'gull' the general public (Im tempted to add the word license there, don't know why
When in fact only Microsoft its distribution partners, and occasionaly Adobe has taken issue with it.
Well maybe you would pay a lot for you Redhat stuff, but you could buy Debian for very cheap, and guess what I just happen to be a Debian CD vendor :)
No... Its not that we hate capitalism (free market) its that we hate Mercantilism (closed market, restricted monopolies and production techniques) which is the way they wants it, well we gets it. Some men you just can please.
Yeah Id agree with that, after all you can buy gyrocopters for that sort of price today.
I have to agree with this, to paraphrase Naomi Klein... 'how can the mailroom boy get to be the Chairman of the board when the mailroom has been outsourced to Pitney Bowes and he is a temporary worker from an outside agency?" Things in the UK are a little different due to a tradition of secrecy among the big players but as they get more powerful they follow their american cousins and become very bold. Most 'impartial' government advisory agencys in the UK have their boards stuffed with chairmen of corporations who aims are diametricaly opposed to regulation and legislation. Where corporations used to seem like the engine of economic growth and power, with the 1980s removal of the monopoly limiting powers and the vast expansion and 'synergetic' growth of the Global Mega Corps, they now seem set upon total exploitation of their captive markets. And with the aid of the non-elected non-representational WTO which can fine countries for passing environmental , food safety, workers rights etc laws. We have the corporations setting themselves up as the common enemy of all mankind.
Is find out what royalties RIAA will charge us...
You have shamed me sir, I always steal from the cinema by bringing my own 'Street' cokes. I sometimes even use my memory to review over films and parts of films without recourse to the Special Edition DVDs and most often I simply read the book. In short I am personly responsible for tens of thousands of dollars stolen from the pockets of impoverished Movie Moguls and their urchins. John
Ice of the same mass as water occupies a greater volume, so technicaly the sea should go down a little when the caps melt, but due to the overall heating of the oceans, they will expand. Nothing you could see in a glass of water perhaps, but give it 10-15 years and Venice, New York, London, Boston and every other city near the sea will have an unpleasant example of what the problem looks like.
It may be a few years since Prince was a megastar but he cut loose from his recordco some time back and distributes his own music over the web from npgmusicclub.com His 'Nation of Thieves?' article is spot on.
I sent them another copy of your email and added this for good measure: PS. I don't believe all the silly nonsense you are giving out about numbers of CDs copied, because I believe you are making a Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc argument that 1 cd-r was sold for every music CD sold and each was therfore used to make a copy. You also make a further A Priori assumption that everyone who copied a CD would, if they couldn't have copied it, bought a 'legitimate' copy, this would not stand up in an English court where you would have to prove actual loss, and leads me to conclude that your entire argument is an elaborate Strawman. I might add, I bought over 300 CD-Rs last year and used all of them to copy open source software and make backups of my computer system
I think the people to bring this to the attention of are the bands involved, If we take the time to personaly tell them that we wont be buying their CDs and why, then they might start to put pressure on the record companys from the other side. It may also be worth informing record stores who sell such CDs that we will boycott them as well. If enough people do so then pretty soon they will think again.
Thats what I have just done at the Queens of the Stone Age message board The fans reading told me to buy a new CD player!
Ah but if you do rip that CD in Europe, then according to Article 7 of Directive 2001/29/EC you will be a criminal. As all EU governments *have* to give legal protection to BMG and their Cohorts, against any individaul who seeks to break their copy protection systems. Im in agreement with many here, I will not be buying another music CD, not even as a gift.
And on average those 60,000 employees earn $250,000 per annum, but hold on a moment, aren't most of those employees infact permatemps who work for agencies at pitiable rates of pay, always hoping for but never getting full time employment? Dont over 75% of Microsofts workforce not actualy work for Microsoft at all?
I think we should be told.
Ps. If you are talented enough you will get a job elsewhere