StopSnottyScotty@yahoo.com has now been created as a contact address, and a website will hopefully be along soon. HillsCap is hoping to get at least 1,000 people to sign on to the lawsuit since that's about the number of complaints it takes to get the FTC's attention.
Tell your friends, tell your neighbors! It's barbecued spammer for dinner tonight!
> A better example, however, would be: "How about this being like a diseased hobo golfer wearing a sandwich board depicting child pornography trying to enter your home and being denied?"
HillsCap (who I think is an admin at an ISP) has gone on the warpath against Scott Richter. See this thread in SpamCop's forums...
http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showto pi c=1456
He's saved up a few *million* emails from Scotty and he has contacts with some interestingly acronymed agencies, if you get my drift. If the right people get on board with this, we just might be able to raze Opt-In and sow the ground with salt after it's gone.
What separates a catastrophic failure from a regular failure when you're talking about this suit? I suppose it's the *speed* at which you're eaten by the bear.
Hey, if you use a tool to convert South African money to the currency used in the Umbrian section if Italy, would it be proper to call that tool......a Rand-Um number generator?
I'll be here all week! Try the veal! We miss you, Alan King!
I'm just waiting for the first major label act to step up and say "we don't support illegal downloading, but if you just *happened* to accidentally download our new album then it'd be pretty cool if you mailed $10 to GARBAGE, PO Box 666..."
I'd be all over that in a heartbeat! Or what about an online version of ASCAP/BMI? How awesome would it be if a company/website opened up that said "you pay us what you think that download was worth, and we'll send it to the bands." They'd have to be pretty aboveboard so that you knew the money was getting delivered correctly, but I bet if they earned the trust of the online community then they'd be swamped with cash in no time.
The RIAA labels want to use online delivery to cut out *all* the ancillary costs of music production while keeping the pricing structure (and their cut of the profits) the exact same. They can't keep fooling everybody forever, and screwing the people who said "hey! we *want* to pay for mp3s!" is another shovelful of dirt in their grave.
> At the 99-cent price, only about 10 cents from each song sale goes to Apple's bottom line, with about 70 cents going to the record labels and the other 20 cents paying for credit-card fees and distribution costs, sources say....and on bumper stickers, and billboards, and I want it plastered on the windows of every CD merchant in the middle of the night. Now that local newscasts are 90% non-news, let's get them to spend some time covering *THIS*. It's fluff about the entertainment world, but at least this time it's INFORMATIVE fluff instead of that monstrous circle-jerk of "news coverage" about the end of "Friends."
Anyone care to wager how much of that $.70 goes to the artists? Anyone? How about that price hike? Think royalties are going up for the people who actually do the work? Think again...
I'm tired of waiting for the RIAA to drown in the tarpit. We need to shove it deeper in and put a few bullets in its head while we're at it.
> I wasn't being a grammar-Nazi, just honestly confused.
Oh, I didn't mean that as a bad thing. The grammar and spelling Nazis are the only people keeping the entire net from devolving into a completely unreadable mess. (And yet I *still* giggle every time someone posts "YUO ARE TEH SUX0R!" Go figure...)
> WalMart is not the place it used to be. Notice that "The customer is always right" is no longer their policy and that "Always the lowest prices" has been replaced with "Always low prices".
And did you notice how their "BUY U.S.! MADE IN THE USA!" flag-waving has sort of... disappeared?
> The only gimmick ep or the only Blair Witch parody that was funny?
The only funny Blair Witch parody, of course. *All* of Alton's parodies are good.
(I tried to re-type my original sentence about six times and still can't parse it out right. Call me France, as I surrender to your 133t grammar-Nazi skills!)
> and it avoids just being a formula cooking show with a bunch of gimmick episodes
And don't forget the classic Blair Witch parody, which was probably the only one ever that was funny.
My favorite thing about the show is how much effort he puts into explaining the *why* of cooking. Every other cooking show in the world will say "Chili is teh yummy!" and leave it at that, but Alton will spend fifteen minutes explaining the chemistry behind the capsaicin/tongue reaction and then another fifteen dissecting the enzymatic science behind Beano and farts. And then, of course, he'll give you a kickass recipe that's almost a science lesson. Alton rules...
> I'm actually thinking about how many of AB's Good Eats I can cram onto one disc
Is there a secret cult of gourmet geeks around here, or is it just that Alton's funky-ass approach to cooking somehow engages the geek mind? 'Good Eats' absolutely rocks my world. I actually have a sysadmin friend who not only tracked down the hard-to-find brand of Alton's kitchen containers, but drove to another state just to get him to autograph it! I wonder how many people here are Alton-style cooks and how many of us would live off Cheetos if they could...
(Oh, and I'm getting one of those Philips players too. Read the reviews at videohelp.com. People are raving about it!)
Umm... speaking as an American who's lived his whole life in the south, I have to throw up a flag on that one. Anybody who tells a southern woman that she's second-class will likely get a serious beating. My cousin was a professional model *and* started on her high-school football team, and broke the arm of the last guy who was less than gentlemanly with her. I don't know about Italian Catholics, but once you've had a tractor rip the doors off your car you'll think twice about calling a southern girl "second class."
Heh. I was kidding about that, obviously. Just cheekily pointing out that I read an article on actual paper - a bit of a rarity these days.
> What is the name of your paper
The Roanoke Times (www.roanoke.com), and the article was in the 5/02 paper *I think*. The article really didn't stick with me when I skimmed it this weekend, and my citation of it here wasn't meant to say "Aha! The Christians do it too!" as much as it was an anecdotal reference to "hm, it seems that the RIAA can't even impress the really *good* people."
I've searched the paper's site *and* the AP for the article, but so far I've come up empty. If I find the article somewhere, I'll certainly post the link. Maybe it's still in the bin and I can scan it.;)
> I'm not being defensive, just observant to the tone of your parent post.
And again, I didn't mean to come off as evangelical-bashing and I'm sorry if that's how I came across. I have my moments of snotty trollery, but that wasn't one of them.
(and thanks for the tutorial on html, but the html preview converted my post to a working link in the middle of completely unformatted, unreadable text. GAAH!)
> You should have provided a link so that we could determine this for ourselves.
I'm no HTML expert, but I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to provide you with a link to yesterday's newspaper. You're welcome to rummage around in the bin behind my house, though. Maybe the AP wire has some online search ability?
> Your post makes the whole Christian community look guilty of illegal filesharing, which it is not.
Defensive much? I said nothing of the kind. The article was about the rise of Christian rock that finally doesn't suck, and in the middle of it there was a discussion about P2P trading. The article never said (and I didn't imply) that *all* Christians did *anything*. These people were self-avowed conservative Christians who, by definition, you would think would hold themselves to very high standards of behavior. In the article it clearly said (and I did not) that this was not free, uncopyrighted music, but that the sharing was justified by looking at it as a form of online ministry - even if it went against the wishes of the bands, that wish being to get paid for their work. My badly made point was that if even a youth pastor can say "yeah, the band wants money for their music, but I'm filesharing for the Lord!" then the media producers are definitely fighting an uphill battle to get us regular heathens to respect IP rights.
> Only users who engage in illegal activities really have anything to worry about.
I read an interesting article this weekend in which various evangelical Christians (including one youth pastor) all encouraged P2P sharing of music by Christian artists for various reasons. All of the reasons given were variations on "it's helping spread the word" and "the Bible says that you shouldn't be concerned with money," which pretty well mirrors the "it's free advertising" and "rock stars already have enough money" logic that most file traders share.
When I started typing this, I had some point in mind about how when even evangelical Christians can ignore IP laws ("thou shalt not steal" being the original DMCA) without a second thought, media companies are definitely in trouble. I completely lost track of how to make that point, so feel free to mod me (-1, interesting, but only vaguely related, coherent, or on-topic).
> I have never, in my entire life living in pretty much the dead centre of the British Isles, heard anyone say "Bloody wanker".
I have *no* idea why, but I'm absolutely gasping for air from laughing at that. Funniest thing I've read in a *month!*
Sometimes I wish I had been born English because I have such an affinity for their comedy (and Kate Beckinsale), but I think being a Yank somehow makes me appreciate it even more...
Much like the words "Gen-X," "extreme," "controversial," the "i-" and "my-" prefixes and everything else that has been marketed, hyped, and "Next on Entertainment Tonight!"-ed to death, the "-blog" suffix has now joined the ranks of things that instantaneously bring out my "HULK SMASH!" reflex and, unfortunately for much of the world, I was exposed to a massive dose of radiation last night. I'll likely just wither away and die, but on the off-chance that I wake up tomorrow with a set of X-Men-esque abilities, the guy who coined "Right Guard Extreme!" just might want to start digging a hole to hide in.
> I've not seen anyone on./ EVER advocate ripping tunes and then using them for commercial gain
Then you missed the whole "I paid $5 for twelve gigabytes of mp3s from Russia... and it's all *legal*!" discussion here not too long ago. I was surprised at the number of people who felt that as long as they were paying *something* to *somebody*, then they were free and clear.
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StopSnottyScotty@yahoo.com has now been created as a contact address, and a website will hopefully be along soon. HillsCap is hoping to get at least 1,000 people to sign on to the lawsuit since that's about the number of complaints it takes to get the FTC's attention.
Tell your friends, tell your neighbors! It's barbecued spammer for dinner tonight!
> A better example, however, would be: "How about this being like a diseased hobo golfer wearing a sandwich board depicting child pornography trying to enter your home and being denied?"
So you've met my uncle Louie, have you?
FYI-
HillsCap (who I think is an admin at an ISP) has gone on the warpath against Scott Richter. See this thread in SpamCop's forums...
http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showt
He's saved up a few *million* emails from Scotty and he has contacts with some interestingly acronymed agencies, if you get my drift. If the right people get on board with this, we just might be able to raze Opt-In and sow the ground with salt after it's gone.
> in the event of a catastrophic failure
What separates a catastrophic failure from a regular failure when you're talking about this suit? I suppose it's the *speed* at which you're eaten by the bear.
Hey, if you use a tool to convert South African money to the currency used in the Umbrian section if Italy, would it be proper to call that tool...
I'll be here all week! Try the veal! We miss you, Alan King!
I'm just waiting for the first major label act to step up and say "we don't support illegal downloading, but if you just *happened* to accidentally download our new album then it'd be pretty cool if you mailed $10 to GARBAGE, PO Box 666..."
I'd be all over that in a heartbeat! Or what about an online version of ASCAP/BMI? How awesome would it be if a company/website opened up that said "you pay us what you think that download was worth, and we'll send it to the bands." They'd have to be pretty aboveboard so that you knew the money was getting delivered correctly, but I bet if they earned the trust of the online community then they'd be swamped with cash in no time.
The RIAA labels want to use online delivery to cut out *all* the ancillary costs of music production while keeping the pricing structure (and their cut of the profits) the exact same. They can't keep fooling everybody forever, and screwing the people who said "hey! we *want* to pay for mp3s!" is another shovelful of dirt in their grave.
> At the 99-cent price, only about 10 cents from each song sale goes to Apple's bottom line, with about 70 cents going to the record labels and the other 20 cents paying for credit-card fees and distribution costs, sources say.
Anyone care to wager how much of that $.70 goes to the artists? Anyone? How about that price hike? Think royalties are going up for the people who actually do the work? Think again...
I'm tired of waiting for the RIAA to drown in the tarpit. We need to shove it deeper in and put a few bullets in its head while we're at it.
> I wasn't being a grammar-Nazi, just honestly confused.
Oh, I didn't mean that as a bad thing. The grammar and spelling Nazis are the only people keeping the entire net from devolving into a completely unreadable mess. (And yet I *still* giggle every time someone posts "YUO ARE TEH SUX0R!" Go figure...)
> WalMart is not the place it used to be. Notice that "The customer is always right" is no longer their policy and that "Always the lowest prices" has been replaced with "Always low prices".
And did you notice how their "BUY U.S.! MADE IN THE USA!" flag-waving has sort of... disappeared?
> The only gimmick ep or the only Blair Witch parody that was funny?
The only funny Blair Witch parody, of course. *All* of Alton's parodies are good.
(I tried to re-type my original sentence about six times and still can't parse it out right. Call me France, as I surrender to your 133t grammar-Nazi skills!)
> and it avoids just being a formula cooking show with a bunch of gimmick episodes
And don't forget the classic Blair Witch parody, which was probably the only one ever that was funny.
My favorite thing about the show is how much effort he puts into explaining the *why* of cooking. Every other cooking show in the world will say "Chili is teh yummy!" and leave it at that, but Alton will spend fifteen minutes explaining the chemistry behind the capsaicin/tongue reaction and then another fifteen dissecting the enzymatic science behind Beano and farts. And then, of course, he'll give you a kickass recipe that's almost a science lesson. Alton rules...
> I'm actually thinking about how many of AB's Good Eats I can cram onto one disc
Is there a secret cult of gourmet geeks around here, or is it just that Alton's funky-ass approach to cooking somehow engages the geek mind? 'Good Eats' absolutely rocks my world. I actually have a sysadmin friend who not only tracked down the hard-to-find brand of Alton's kitchen containers, but drove to another state just to get him to autograph it! I wonder how many people here are Alton-style cooks and how many of us would live off Cheetos if they could...
(Oh, and I'm getting one of those Philips players too. Read the reviews at videohelp.com. People are raving about it!)
e) Rain delays = Kirsten Dunst runs onfield in that pink shirt = best. ratings. EVAR!
Offtopic? When asked for code?
Turn in your geek card...
Dig this... she's *Mormon.*
(but I get your point)
Umm... speaking as an American who's lived his whole life in the south, I have to throw up a flag on that one. Anybody who tells a southern woman that she's second-class will likely get a serious beating. My cousin was a professional model *and* started on her high-school football team, and broke the arm of the last guy who was less than gentlemanly with her. I don't know about Italian Catholics, but once you've had a tractor rip the doors off your car you'll think twice about calling a southern girl "second class."
> I don't want to rummage your trash.
;)
Heh. I was kidding about that, obviously. Just cheekily pointing out that I read an article on actual paper - a bit of a rarity these days.
> What is the name of your paper
The Roanoke Times (www.roanoke.com), and the article was in the 5/02 paper *I think*. The article really didn't stick with me when I skimmed it this weekend, and my citation of it here wasn't meant to say "Aha! The Christians do it too!" as much as it was an anecdotal reference to "hm, it seems that the RIAA can't even impress the really *good* people."
I've searched the paper's site *and* the AP for the article, but so far I've come up empty. If I find the article somewhere, I'll certainly post the link. Maybe it's still in the bin and I can scan it.
> I'm not being defensive, just observant to the tone of your parent post.
And again, I didn't mean to come off as evangelical-bashing and I'm sorry if that's how I came across. I have my moments of snotty trollery, but that wasn't one of them.
(and thanks for the tutorial on html, but the html preview converted my post to a working link in the middle of completely unformatted, unreadable text. GAAH!)
> You should have provided a link so that we could determine this for ourselves.
I'm no HTML expert, but I'm pretty sure there's no way for me to provide you with a link to yesterday's newspaper. You're welcome to rummage around in the bin behind my house, though. Maybe the AP wire has some online search ability?
> Your post makes the whole Christian community look guilty of illegal filesharing, which it is not.
Defensive much? I said nothing of the kind. The article was about the rise of Christian rock that finally doesn't suck, and in the middle of it there was a discussion about P2P trading. The article never said (and I didn't imply) that *all* Christians did *anything*. These people were self-avowed conservative Christians who, by definition, you would think would hold themselves to very high standards of behavior. In the article it clearly said (and I did not) that this was not free, uncopyrighted music, but that the sharing was justified by looking at it as a form of online ministry - even if it went against the wishes of the bands, that wish being to get paid for their work. My badly made point was that if even a youth pastor can say "yeah, the band wants money for their music, but I'm filesharing for the Lord!" then the media producers are definitely fighting an uphill battle to get us regular heathens to respect IP rights.
> Only users who engage in illegal activities really have anything to worry about.
I read an interesting article this weekend in which various evangelical Christians (including one youth pastor) all encouraged P2P sharing of music by Christian artists for various reasons. All of the reasons given were variations on "it's helping spread the word" and "the Bible says that you shouldn't be concerned with money," which pretty well mirrors the "it's free advertising" and "rock stars already have enough money" logic that most file traders share.
When I started typing this, I had some point in mind about how when even evangelical Christians can ignore IP laws ("thou shalt not steal" being the original DMCA) without a second thought, media companies are definitely in trouble. I completely lost track of how to make that point, so feel free to mod me (-1, interesting, but only vaguely related, coherent, or on-topic).
> Nah, it's like morse code, only if you look at what you receive the probability wave collapses and the cat dies.
I'm not waiting 'til Friday to say it - that's the funniest thing I've read all week! Welcome to my quote file, fella.
> I have never, in my entire life living in pretty much the dead centre of the British Isles, heard anyone say "Bloody wanker".
I have *no* idea why, but I'm absolutely gasping for air from laughing at that. Funniest thing I've read in a *month!*
Sometimes I wish I had been born English because I have such an affinity for their comedy (and Kate Beckinsale), but I think being a Yank somehow makes me appreciate it even more...
Much like the words "Gen-X," "extreme," "controversial," the "i-" and "my-" prefixes and everything else that has been marketed, hyped, and "Next on Entertainment Tonight!"-ed to death, the "-blog" suffix has now joined the ranks of things that instantaneously bring out my "HULK SMASH!" reflex and, unfortunately for much of the world, I was exposed to a massive dose of radiation last night. I'll likely just wither away and die, but on the off-chance that I wake up tomorrow with a set of X-Men-esque abilities, the guy who coined "Right Guard Extreme!" just might want to start digging a hole to hide in.
Cliches of the world, fear my wrath.
10 PRINT "You."
20 END
Go on, admit it. If I had posted this yesterday when this story came out, I would be modded funny, insightful, and +1 for subtlety.
> I've not seen anyone on
Then you missed the whole "I paid $5 for twelve gigabytes of mp3s from Russia... and it's all *legal*!" discussion here not too long ago. I was surprised at the number of people who felt that as long as they were paying *something* to *somebody*, then they were free and clear.
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