RIAA at it again
Study says pirating has almost zero effect on music sales.
Or is it affect? It affects but has no effect?
Goddam english language.
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Or is it affect? It affects but has no effect?
Goddam english language.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Here's some interesting news: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32634/118/
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Former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen is now suing the major record labels and the RIAA for negligent and illegal investigation and prosecution.
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Andersen's lawyers are hitting the defendants with the full power of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and federal and state RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Act), something that is often used against mafia and street gang members.
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"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
I know, it was annoying not having any music at work.
I'm not too worried. It'll only effect people broadcasting in the US. In the long run, it just means the more determined broadcasters will just move overseas and broadcast from there. The laws of any one nation don't have much power over the global internet.
I'm not too worried. It'll only effect people broadcasting in the US. In the long run, it just means the more determined broadcasters will just move overseas and broadcast from there. The laws of any one nation don't have much power over the global internet.
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Wow, funny how all those people are being systematically forced out of the "land of the free." Mayhaps we should change it to the "land of the litigious."TPRJones wrote:In the long run, it just means the more determined broadcasters will just move overseas and broadcast from there.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Earlier than that: February 3, 1913 was the first big step down the steep slope of socialism/communism (and the curtailing of freedoms that inevitably follow).
"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
TPRJones wrote:Earlier than that: February 3, 1913 was the first big step down the steep slope of socialism/communism (and the curtailing of freedoms that inevitably follow).
Some might argue the 19th Amendment was worse.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
Dude weighs in on latest RIAA case.
I didn't know she happened to be a single American Indian mother of two. Good call. They couldn't've picked "generic white dude?"
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I didn't know she happened to be a single American Indian mother of two. Good call. They couldn't've picked "generic white dude?"
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
One of the 4 major labels that constitutes the RIAA is considering pulling out:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ar....pi.html
I smell a lot of "if" in this news... but we'll see.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ar....pi.html
I smell a lot of "if" in this news... but we'll see.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
RIAA lawyers fail to disclose evidence to defense team. & get away w\ it.
Emphasis mine.
Jacobson is the RIAA witness (a network security dude). He looks in the logs of someone's machine, finds evidence a particular event (hardware config. change). He tells the RIAA lawyers about this item, who then fail to tell the defense. Their first knowledge was the witness talking about it in open court.
Now, not that this excuses whoever's on trial here, but fucking seriously -- you're supposed to be the Dream Team of lawyers & you can't dot your Is or cross your Ts. That's what being a lawyer is. So you'll excuse me if I don't believe your half-assed "we're just cheerfully incompetent" shyte.
Tim Reynolds, lead counsel for the recording industry, apologized no less than four times, saying that he the omission was not made in bad faith and that he had not realized Jacobson was talking about some recently unearthed bit of evidence.
Emphasis mine.
Jacobson is the RIAA witness (a network security dude). He looks in the logs of someone's machine, finds evidence a particular event (hardware config. change). He tells the RIAA lawyers about this item, who then fail to tell the defense. Their first knowledge was the witness talking about it in open court.
Now, not that this excuses whoever's on trial here, but fucking seriously -- you're supposed to be the Dream Team of lawyers & you can't dot your Is or cross your Ts. That's what being a lawyer is. So you'll excuse me if I don't believe your half-assed "we're just cheerfully incompetent" shyte.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."