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independentm...
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Date: December 11, 2005 @ 2:02 AM
Quick link to the previous edition:
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/18822 |
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independentm...
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Date: December 11, 2005 @ 3:44 AM
Invention:">http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8424&feedId=online-news_rss20">Invention: The McDownload --New Scientist
Movie, music or game with your Big Mac, sir? That’s what The Walt Disney Company in Hollywood has in mind. Patents filed by Disney reveal plans to drip-feed entertainment into a portable player while the owner eats in a restaurant.
You only get the full programme by coming back to the restaurant a number of times to collect all the instalments. McDonalds could use the system instead of giving out toys with Happy Meals, suggests Disney’s patent.
...snicker giggle |
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independentm...
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Date: December 11, 2005 @ 3:47 AM
Sony BMG admits to new CD bug --Vnunet
Sony BMG has admitted to a new security problem affecting nearly six million of its CDs, after the detection of vulnerability with the MediaMax patch it supplied on 6 December. |
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pepe512000
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Date: December 11, 2005 @ 1:39 PM
I bought kraft peanut butter the other day, and noticed I get a free download with that...traitors! |
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gatorman295
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Date: December 12, 2005 @ 1:28 PM
Further big-studio consolidation:
Paramount Buys Dreamworks With $1.6 Billion Bid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4519012.stm |
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Accipiter777
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Date: December 12, 2005 @ 2:10 PM
Did not know where to post this, so i put it here, I've Been Looking Into The "Billboard Top 100" End Of Year Lists From 1950 To 2004, And Have Found The Following To Be True.
In The 50's, 5 Songs Appear Twice.
In The 60's, 3 Songs Appear Twice.
In The 70's, 3 Songs Appear Twice.
In The 80's, 2 Songs Appear Twice.
In The 90's, 68 Songs Appear Twice.
In The 2000 - 2004, 29 Songs Appear Twice.
To Make This A Little Clearer, In The 50's, 5 Songs Appear In The End Of Year List More Than 1 Year. Example "Fats Domino-(Blueberry Hil1)" Was Number 41 In 1956 And Number 46 In 1957. So What Happened In The 90's? Less Music Put Out? The Trend Continues In The 2000's. You Decide! |
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independentm...
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Date: December 13, 2005 @ 4:11 AM
Damnit Prince! Didn't you learn your lesson yet?
Prince Signs Deal to Release New Album --AP
"Prince, who has put out most of his music on his own record label over the past decade, is aligning himself with a major label once again. The 47-year-old superstar has signed a deal with Universal Records to release his upcoming album, "3121," early next year. A press conference was scheduled Tuesday in Los Angeles."
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independentm...
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Date: December 13, 2005 @ 12:01 PM
MTV, Microsoft team up for digital music service --Reuters
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Lachatte
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Date: December 14, 2005 @ 9:24 AM
Mike, "Prince had a similar deal with Columbia Records in 2003; that label distributed his acclaimed comeback album, "Musicology," for NPG Records, Prince's label."
Isn't it just for distribution?
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 14, 2005 @ 2:29 PM
Accipiter777 -- Actually, new releases peaked in 1999. They have been reducing the number of releases since the day Napster appeared. Then they are surprised that sales drop.
As soon as I pointed this out to the world, new releases became top secret information. I asked Nielsen for the 2003 and 2004 numbers, but they are priced at $125 each. |
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carla60626
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Date: December 14, 2005 @ 5:07 PM
I didn't see this posted.
An industry unwilling to play by rules of 'fair use'
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-fi-golden12dec12,0,4396408.story?coll=cl-music-features |
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independentm...
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Date: December 15, 2005 @ 5:54 AM
Thanks Carla, missed that item completely!
Good finds DeadMan2003! |
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independentm...
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Date: December 15, 2005 @ 8:24 AM
Xbox 360 copy protection cracks --BBC
More evidence that DRM doesn't even work. So, why bother? |
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Lachatte
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Date: December 15, 2005 @ 8:26 AM
Great article, Carla! |
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otech
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Date: December 15, 2005 @ 10:43 PM
I don't know if this was already posted
Band Recalls Its Own Copy Protected CD, While Sony BMG Refuses To
"My Morning Jacket Offers Its Own Recall"
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004255.php
Maybe other bands will begin to follow
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 12:11 AM
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/fromthearchive/story/0,12269,1668864,00.html]What happens when you begin to define some music as "illegal"[/url] |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 1:10 AM
From a Rolling Stone article dated December 13 concerning Sony's DRM fiasco.
"We take the security issues very, very seriously," says Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG president of global digital business. But Hesse adds that the company has no plans to recall the CDs or offer refunds: "At this point, this is pretty much it."
Cary Sherman said a month ago that Sony had already "pulled CDs with that technology from store shelves."
Lying bastards. |
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pepe512000
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 1:45 AM
This article, would be rather sad, but is actually quite hillarious...ITunes online music have tracks of their albums missing....
...."the defective tracks had been taken off the site and the album was now advertised as a "Partial Album".
[url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/the-day-the-music-went-defective/2005/12/16/1134676433042.html]The day the music went defective[/url |
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Lachatte
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 9:29 AM
Pepe, one customer said: "Apple is aware of who has downloaded those tracks - they should be out there proactively offering refunds."
Offer refunds??? :lmao: |
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gfmlcka
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 4:26 PM
Good find Carla!
"the media moguls are making arguments that we shouldn't buy."
Products too.
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DeadMan2003
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 6:57 PM
http://p2pnet.net/story/7335
RIAA/MPAA spider bot faker. This one sounds interesting :) |
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pepe512000
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 11:44 PM
Doesn't matter how many people they sue, one of these days, they will GET it...they're going down...
Music industry slump accelerated in 2005 |
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pepe512000
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Date: December 16, 2005 @ 11:54 PM
More lawsuits of a different kind...
The Beatles sue EMI over disputed royalties |
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 17, 2005 @ 12:21 AM
"The media moguls are making arguments that we shouldn't buy."
"Products too."
Good one, gfmlcka!
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 17, 2005 @ 3:02 PM
"I believe they are offered stardom in exchange for allegiance or mind control."
The drooling idiots that run record labels? The morons that can't do simple math and have already forgotten what happened last week? They are evil overlords secretly ruling the world?
I'm thinking LSD is making a comeback. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 2:13 AM
http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/p2p_aacdgfggfg_a/
http://www.leadingthecharge.com/stories/news-00113100.html
Both are great links DeadMan2003. I moved them over to:
Music industry slump accelerated in 2005
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/19016 since they kinda go with what pepe512000 found. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 2:29 AM
Artie Shaw, Luther Vandross among music's losses --Reuters
Here is a look at some of the notable artists who died in the past year. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 2:40 AM
DeadMan2003
Date: December 14, 2005 @ 5:27 PM ( delete )
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/55200 20/detail.html
Movie Company Files Federal Piracy Suit Against Tri-State Man |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 2:42 AM
DeadMan2003
Date: December 14, 2005 @ 7:47 PM ( delete )
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/14/ie_ub erpatch/
MS releases IE �berpatch |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 2:49 AM
Folks, let's try to keep items "In The News" a little more tidy.
If possible, just give the link and a brief description or comment. We don't need the whole article posted here. (I will go to the front page with things we think need more lengthy treatment.) |
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TrueAudio
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 3:18 AM
Thanks Independentmusician, hehe sorry about that :) |
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independentm...
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 1:00 PM
Don't sweat it TrueAudio.
The anti-copy or print CD-R by Kodia --Akihabaranews
A company called Kodia launches a special CD-R in Korea that allows you to enter a number of protection parameters before the burning process. These protections disable the possibility to print a file stored onto the CD, or copy files to a computer, or even the impossibility to copy the CD. |
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 18, 2005 @ 8:23 PM
IF those type of CDs were to become the wave of the future, you can bet I'll be stocking up on about a hundred of the current type of blank CDs.
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TrueAudio
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Date: December 19, 2005 @ 2:50 AM
"These protections disable the possibility to print a file stored onto the CD, or copy files to a computer, or even the impossibility to copy the CD."
Like every other form of DRM, someone will figure out a way around it, and if something like that becomes prevalent, it may well just convince more people to stop buying anything on those discs.
"impossibility to copy" = impossible to READ the disc, if it is READABLE, which it must be to be able to be sold and used for any purpose, it can be hacked, period. Optical media isnt self-aware with a consciousness knowing when someone is trying to copy it.
Sounds nothing more like a "hardcoded" "unbreakable" DRM like Macroblindess's DVD ripguard was purported to be.
With the P.S.A. Senate telling Bush to go fuck himself with regards to the (un)patriot act, we have some of our freedoms back. You can only bullshit people, and piss people off for so long before they fight back.
The reason why NO FORM of DRM will ever work is because if it COULD, alcohol would still be illegal today. Give people what they want or they will get it anyways, no matter the cost. Pirates and hackers have been and are the true innovators of technology, Pirates and hackers will never die because the desire for freedom will never die within the human soul and fiber of our being.
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ShadowMom
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Date: December 19, 2005 @ 2:56 PM
Well, it's official....wonder if the RIAA knows...:rofl:
Iran's President Bans Western Music
"Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is required," according to a statement on the council's official Web site. |
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ShadowMom
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Date: December 19, 2005 @ 2:59 PM
40 drunken Santas...six geese a-laying..
Yeah, I'm off-topic again...so sue me...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Forty drunken Santas rampaged through central Auckland, stealing from stores and assaulting security guards, the New Zealand Herald reported on Sunday, in a protest against the commercialization of Christmas.
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TrueAudio
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Date: December 19, 2005 @ 2:59 PM
NATO upgrades and expands RFID network
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/B456F3B62A007FA5CC2570DC000D2386
More RFID
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2005/12/19/auto-id-rfid-and-mobility-progress-from-implementation-to-integration-in-2006/ |
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TrueAudio
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Date: December 20, 2005 @ 2:27 PM
MPAA triumphs over grandfather
sued for more than $500,000 USD
http://p2pnet.net/story/7373
"To settle lawsuit, grandfather will speak against film piracy"
"This says it all.
Now they are coercing the victims to make speeches in favor of an idea that the speaker does not necessarily believe in.
Inverted free speech: Slavery speech."
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peatrap
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Date: December 20, 2005 @ 4:21 PM
I do not know what he aggreed to with the RIAA, if they did not man date what he is to wear when he speaks he should have a suite printed up with all the illegal things the RIAA has done and the fact he has been forced to speak out in their defense. |
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otech
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Date: December 20, 2005 @ 10:42 PM
Looks like a new movie project that is free to watch and share from Sprite (Coca-Cola).
Check it out ...
http://marcushateshisjob.com/
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independentm...
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Date: December 21, 2005 @ 4:20 AM
Many of the RIAA settlements have such stipulations.
When you settle with the RIAA you are actually being bound to a lot more than simply admitting "guilt" and paying a fee. You are being locked into a forced contract. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 21, 2005 @ 5:04 AM
What next? We won't be allowed to customize our automobiles?
Xbox modders charged with copyright crime --CNet
Two owners of a Los Angeles game store and a third man face up to five years in prison on charges filed Monday in a federal copyright infringement case for selling modified Xbox game consoles, prosecutors said. The modifications allowed the machines to play pirated video games, they said. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 21, 2005 @ 5:24 AM
Copyright bullies OR just protecting the trademark fairly? You decide!
Hershey Seeks Injunction Over Book Cover --AP
Hemingway Heirs File Lawsuit Over Bar Name --AP
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 21, 2005 @ 11:46 AM
I've already decided that things have gotten out of hand.
And my reaction is shifting from disapproval to disgust.
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peatrap
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Date: December 21, 2005 @ 6:40 PM
What next? We won't be allowed to customize our automobiles?
This was tryed about six years ago, the major auto makers were pushing for a law that would require you to bring your car into the dealers for repair. Autozone and the other parts dealers all banded together with petitions on their check out counters defeated it. For the life of me I do not understand why businesses that are computer oriented have not fought the Riaa and Film industry. These 2 industries are controling the business models for many major corporations. |
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pepe512000
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 7:44 AM
Torture? They probably feel right at home :)
Eminem Music Used to Torture Prisoners
An update on the Iranians ban on Western Music..if anyone out there cares at all....
Iran's leader can try, but music ban won't fly |
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benjdavis
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 8:01 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/22/anti_piracy_laws_tougher/ |
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Lachatte
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 8:08 AM
:lmao: @ pepe. One prisoner said that “he was kept in a pitch-black prison and forced to listen to Eminem and Dr. Dre’s rap music for 20 days..." Any comment from the artists about this method of torture?
Thanks, pepe! |
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leflaw
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 2:47 PM
Yeah, the real hard cases had to listen to Mariah Carey. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 3:45 PM
Bewkes promoted to No. 2 at Time Warner --Reuters
Jeff Bewkes, who turned HBO into a sensation, was promoted Wednesday to president and chief operating officer at parent company Time Warner Inc., positioning him as the No. 2 at the media giant and a likely successor to Chief Executive Richard Parsons.
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independentm...
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 3:48 PM
Senate confirms two for FCC slots --Reuters
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Republican Tennessee regulator Deborah Tate to fill a Republican seat on the
Federal Communications Commission and Democrat Michael Copps to serve another term at the agency.
President George W. Bush has yet to nominate anyone to fill the other Republican vacancy at the FCC, which oversees and regulates the telecommunications and media industries. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 4:01 PM
Judge blocks Calif. video game law --MacWorld
A federal judge has prevented a recently passed video game law in California from being implemented. The judge imposed a preliminary injunction and said that the law was likely to fail constitutional muster. |
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independentm...
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Date: December 22, 2005 @ 4:04 PM
Jews for Jesus sues Google over blog --Reuters
Christian evangelical group Jews for Jesus is suing Google Inc., saying a Web log hosted through the Internet search leader's Blogspot service infringes its trademark. |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 2:09 PM
Interesting perspective on variable pricing. |
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ShadowMom
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 2:15 PM
$1,000 a cd??? Let's hope it doesn't catch on! :rofl: |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 5:39 PM
"The record companies didn't count on bands banding together, helping one another out." |
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 5:50 PM
Well, I'VE got a comment that'll probably start a firestorm:
If I had to be tortured by noise, I can't think of anything worse than rap-rambling "music" (of any ethnic genre)!
P.S. If somebody's toes feel stepped on, welcome to life! That's how I really feel, and I've been valiantly holding back for over two years of postings without saying so until now. FYI, my former username was GrumpyGeezer.
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 5:59 PM
Oh, heck, I might as well go for broke and see if I can garner ire as the least-liked poster of the moment. Here's an exerpt of George's news item, and my opinion to follow:
"The law, proposed by Assemblyman Leland Yee of San Francisco, would impose fines against retailers who sell violent or sexually explicit video games to minors. The legislation, known as AB 1179 . . ."
This law makes good common sense IF it can be enforced.
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TotallyFrust...
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 9:10 PM
"This law makes good common sense IF it can be enforced."
If taken literally, I agree....The law does not allow for selling adult material to kids in any other arena, what makes video games different. If a liquor store clerk sold my kid a bottle of Jack Daniels, I would want him in jail. The law (at leaast here anyway) requires proof of age prior to Cigarette purchase and Adult novelty shops garner signs requiring you be at least 21 before you can even walk in the door.
It seems like the media / software cartels want people to live by the letter of the law or "do the morally right thing" as long as it doesn't apply to anything that would impact their bottom line. |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 11:03 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Music Group Corp. has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General in connection with an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital music downloads, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 11:06 PM
"Here's an exerpt of George's news item..."
I don't think that was mine. |
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 11:14 PM
"The law does not allow for selling adult material to kids in any other arena, what makes video games different."
Good point. (For example, renting/selling violent or sexually explicit movies to minors should also incur the same penalty against retailers.)
"It seems like the media / software cartels want people to live by the letter of the law or "do the morally right thing" as long as it doesn't apply to anything that would impact their bottom line."
Yes, and isn't it disgusting of them, too. I recall berating their hypocrisy in this regard during a rant about a month or two ago....but you've stated it better than I did.
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 11:17 PM
"Here's an exerpt of George's news item..."
"I don't think that was mine."— George
You're right. It was Shmoo's.
(Sorry; I've had too much eggnog.)
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 23, 2005 @ 11:54 PM
That's okay. I'm having a Nyquil evening myself and you just confused me for a second. Thought I posted something I didn't remember. |
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gfmlcka
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Date: December 24, 2005 @ 11:09 AM
Merry Christmas RIAA.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-warner24dec24,0,3015790.story?coll=la-home-headlines
May you rot in hell.
(hey Elliot, how about a fine with some teeth this time?) |
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gdZiemann
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Date: December 24, 2005 @ 12:15 PM
Spitzer seems to be the only person in the entire US government who cares about what the industry is doing. |
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CynicalGeezer
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Date: December 25, 2005 @ 4:03 AM
At the state level, Greg Abbott is flexing HIS muscle.
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IFeelFree
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Date: December 25, 2005 @ 12:51 PM
Here's an interesting article about the Santangelo case:
Mom Fights Downloading Suit on Her Own
This woman is determined to fight the RIAA! |
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gfmlcka
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Date: December 25, 2005 @ 8:43 PM
Good for her! |
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