Who said artists don't get money? People still go to concerts and buy merchandise. And people will still buy CDs/iTunes downloads. The free downloads would just be in addition to all that.
Every mp3 blog I've come across has had the caveat "please buy after 24 hours." Surely 10% of the individuals who utilize them actually obey the caveat.
More bands should be offering their music for free on the Internet itself. Look at how well Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead (for starters) have done with their Internet releases.
Summary judgment can only be ordered if either party is unable to make a case. Judges cannot impose summary judgment simply on a whim. At best, this might be grounds for sanctioning TPB's lawyers, but I don't know how that works over in Sweden.
You must be new here; asking people on/. to RTFA is like asking an American car company to build an efficient hybrid. They won't do it, it's not in their nature.
1. Cut spending. We can start with the failed War on Drugs, or perhaps even cut military spending. We spend billions of dollars a year on military projects that get canceled. Or we could even (Gasp!) start pulling out of Iraq.
2. Revoke the tax-exempt status of churches. The really big mega-churches are pulling in millions of dollars a year, and yet so many religious types are violating the rules by inserting themselves into politics at any given opportunity. If those fuckers want to be relevant politically, they should pay.
3. Cap CEO pay lower than $500k. You shouldn't be getting hundreds of thousands of dollars for sitting around all day with your thumb up your ass and only occasionally appearing to give a few speeches.
4. Stop with the doom and gloom media stories. If you want people to have confidence in the economy, stop acting like it's the end of the world. Compared to the recessions in the 80s and 90s, we aren't so bad off as they were then. It just seems bad because the dollar figure is higher (inflation notwithstanding).
5. ????
6. PROFIT!
But surely reasonable Christians (such as myself) understand that taking the creation story literally is like driving a 450 grand Bentley through Compton at 5 mph with the windows down and East Coast rappers playing.
Besides, the Bible is full of metaphors. Read the Book of Revelation and tell me that the author wasn't on acid when writing it.
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Better call a locksmith.
I'm wondering exactly how one creates a Back Turtleneck.
Who said artists don't get money? People still go to concerts and buy merchandise. And people will still buy CDs/iTunes downloads. The free downloads would just be in addition to all that.
Every mp3 blog I've come across has had the caveat "please buy after 24 hours." Surely 10% of the individuals who utilize them actually obey the caveat.
Wait till you imagine hearing it in Professor Farnsworth's voice...
More bands should be offering their music for free on the Internet itself. Look at how well Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead (for starters) have done with their Internet releases.
That hat you're wearing, is it Reynolds or store brand?
And you don't know how summary judgment works.
Summary judgment can only be ordered if either party is unable to make a case. Judges cannot impose summary judgment simply on a whim. At best, this might be grounds for sanctioning TPB's lawyers, but I don't know how that works over in Sweden.
Real programmers use emacs.
But twitter was down.
But don't forget the exception to the rule, where if the other party knows he's joking; then the manifest intention means nothing.
That was the first contracts case I ever read. Sadly, it was also the easiest to understand.
Why, that's over 9000!
It *will* stimulate Rush Limbaugh's drug habit.
That's the same combination as my luggage!
I knew having a black president would bring about the end of the world. Just like Deep Impact!
What Constitutional basis is there for the existence of the IRS?
You must be new here; asking people on /. to RTFA is like asking an American car company to build an efficient hybrid. They won't do it, it's not in their nature.
Aw, we used to watch that movie every New Years' back home, but then the DVD went missing this year. This comment brightened my day up.
Holy crap, a website that touts itself as "exposing liberal media bias" is saying that "most of the folks in 'journalism' are liberal." I'm convinced.
Oh wait.
At last we'll be able to go to Ludicrous Speed! Maybe even to plaid!
I'm Dennis, and I'm being repressed.
I liked him better than Senator Binks, at least.
For all you know, I could have been saying "I Am Not A Lawyer, Yo." But thanks for understanding the plight of law students.
1. Cut spending. We can start with the failed War on Drugs, or perhaps even cut military spending. We spend billions of dollars a year on military projects that get canceled. Or we could even (Gasp!) start pulling out of Iraq.
2. Revoke the tax-exempt status of churches. The really big mega-churches are pulling in millions of dollars a year, and yet so many religious types are violating the rules by inserting themselves into politics at any given opportunity. If those fuckers want to be relevant politically, they should pay.
3. Cap CEO pay lower than $500k. You shouldn't be getting hundreds of thousands of dollars for sitting around all day with your thumb up your ass and only occasionally appearing to give a few speeches.
4. Stop with the doom and gloom media stories. If you want people to have confidence in the economy, stop acting like it's the end of the world. Compared to the recessions in the 80s and 90s, we aren't so bad off as they were then. It just seems bad because the dollar figure is higher (inflation notwithstanding).
5. ????
6. PROFIT!
But surely reasonable Christians (such as myself) understand that taking the creation story literally is like driving a 450 grand Bentley through Compton at 5 mph with the windows down and East Coast rappers playing.
Besides, the Bible is full of metaphors. Read the Book of Revelation and tell me that the author wasn't on acid when writing it.