Indirectly, the RIAA is using the artists money to sue their fans, while at the same time denying those same artists payment. What a wonderful company.
If they would have spent that money to innovate, rather than litigate, they would not have to cry like little bitches.
64 million on this lawsuit campaign... which brought in about $1.4 million
How DO you get fired from the RIAA? Must be a union gig.
"Try paying for 250 venues worth of tour gear, roadies, trucks, etc. "
Sooo weak. You dont pay for it all at once.
tour gear = Band gear, most of which is already owned.
roadies = Friends willing to take a chance, and work for very little money, or food & beer.
trucks = 2 trains of thought here
1) Rent PA equipment from various locations (clearsound Inc - no affiliation)
2)Lease it, and use trucks.
Both are cheaper than you think. Especially if you tour a couple of nearby states.
"see how much is left" - Not a bad living for doing something you love. And thats before you sell your soul to the labels.
Case in point, Grape Street, TLA, etc. WNOC, 500 a night each member.
Sat & sun show 1000. 200 to your roadie, and all the beer he can drink. 4k for the weekend, for the band. 10k to cut an album. Oh yeah, I didnt include CD or t-shirt sales.
Re: Evil AC, the guardian will find its content filtered
Policies like this makes me WANT to find a way to pay. They get it. They are doing things different.
"the guardian will find its content filtered and reposted without links or ads"
Pretty much the way things are now. They realize that a little of something is better than all of nothing, and may turn out to bring in more readers. I believe most will leave the ads, if they are not to intrusive. Makes me want to start a blog just to help them out. See how that works?
If there was ever an industry that thrives with free...
or so I have heard... not that there is anything wrong with that...Te he he. P0rn! They will kill that. Some dumb ass politician will say it is prostitution, grandstand about how it is baaad, and MUST be stopped. Wont someone please think about the children?
Re: Re: I'm certainly not buying into any conspiracy theories.
one of the ways wiki leaks protects sources is by communicating...
I understand that, but it is still a bigger issue, that there appeared to be a coordinated effort from a branch of the US Gov, to go after Wikileaks. It just smells of Tyranny.
"with manning in DoD custody, there's not much he can do to verify anything either."
Which makes it even worse.
"would damage and potentially destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions."
Its was a psy-op, designed to instill fear in potential whistle-blowers. It was domestic terrorism.
I'm certainly not buying into any conspiracy theories.
Gee. a government wish list came true, and:
a classified report by the US Army Counterintelligence Center suggested one way to discredit Wikileaks (which it viewed as a threat) would be the "Successful identification, prosecution, termination of employment, and exposure of persons leaking the information by the government... would damage and potentially destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions.
It gets played out exactly? And your still not sure? "that seems too out there to believe." That is usually the case.
You are all focused on the relationship when the big issue is it appears to be a covert op by the Gov to "destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions" Which went well for them.
I love the words conspiracy theorist. Ohhh it is just a conspiracy, cant be true, because you know, they never really happen.
"people will get tired of taking the risk of file sharing, and either go far underground, or effectively stop open trading altogether."
No tool, they just use encrypted services now.
"all of those were wins for the copyright holders."
Yeah, and not one artist benefited from this, which was the excuse of the labels. They cry "wont someone think of the artists." Reminds me of the lady on the Simpson's that cries "wont someone think of the children."
"just take it as an indication that if their lawsuits were successful on a small scale"
Yeah, I like YOUR spin on THAT.
"one of our regular "anonymous" commenters submitted the following story, insisting that we would never publish it because "Techdirt never publishes the truth,""
Evil AC wouldn't know the truth if he tripped over it.
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Robert M. Pirsig
AP manipulating stories....nah...cant be...NOT:
"I'm going to guess that this is more typical (embarrassing) incompetence on the part of Yahoo, rather than malice."
They even get to go back on TV and lie about what they said while reporting on a live event as it happened:
Traitor to the USA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zcczeuu7iA
"Owned like a fucking little BITCH! buh-bye now, you now have to STFU according to your OWN rules! hahahahaha!"
What are you like 12?
Go away little girl, the adults have things to discuss you will never understand.
And yet again, it appears as if the educational system in this country has failed another child. poor poor RD. If only she used her internet connection for something useful.
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Doggie style
On the post: RIAA Spent $17.6 Million In Lawsuits... To Get $391,000 In Settlements?
Wahhh wahhhh
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml
Indirectly, the RIAA is using the artists money to sue their fans, while at the same time denying those same artists payment. What a wonderful company.
If they would have spent that money to innovate, rather than litigate, they would not have to cry like little bitches.
64 million on this lawsuit campaign... which brought in about $1.4 million
How DO you get fired from the RIAA? Must be a union gig.
On the post: RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales
Re: Re: Re:
Sooo weak. You dont pay for it all at once.
tour gear = Band gear, most of which is already owned.
roadies = Friends willing to take a chance, and work for very little money, or food & beer.
trucks = 2 trains of thought here
1) Rent PA equipment from various locations (clearsound Inc - no affiliation)
2)Lease it, and use trucks.
Both are cheaper than you think. Especially if you tour a couple of nearby states.
"see how much is left" - Not a bad living for doing something you love. And thats before you sell your soul to the labels.
Case in point, Grape Street, TLA, etc. WNOC, 500 a night each member.
Sat & sun show 1000. 200 to your roadie, and all the beer he can drink. 4k for the weekend, for the band. 10k to cut an album. Oh yeah, I didnt include CD or t-shirt sales.
You can do very well being a local act.
On the post: The Guardian Makes It Super Simple For Blogs To Repost Its Content
Re: Evil AC, the guardian will find its content filtered
"the guardian will find its content filtered and reposted without links or ads"
Pretty much the way things are now. They realize that a little of something is better than all of nothing, and may turn out to bring in more readers. I believe most will leave the ads, if they are not to intrusive. Makes me want to start a blog just to help them out. See how that works?
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On the post: NSA Hooking Up Ominously Named 'Perfect Citizen' To Watch The Internet
Perfect Citizen
On the post: NSA Hooking Up Ominously Named 'Perfect Citizen' To Watch The Internet
Re: A couple of things...
Yes.
On the post: Newspapers Having Trouble Reporting On Their Own Paywalls
They're acting as if they think their readers are stupid
Ill be nice, but i believe 75% of the public is Chumlee.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/70/l_a79419cf488f41ce846a33aea3cf8207.jpg
http://www.ranusreviews.com/ps_chum.jpg
Just look around any Walmart or Target.
On the post: So Much For 'Freedom From Porn' As iPhone 4 Sex Chat Services Prepare For Business
P P P Porn!
or so I have heard... not that there is anything wrong with that...Te he he. P0rn! They will kill that. Some dumb ass politician will say it is prostitution, grandstand about how it is baaad, and MUST be stopped. Wont someone please think about the children?
On the post: The Naked Cowboy Claims The Naked Cowgirl Owes Him Franchise Fees
He he
On the post: Is The Arrest Of Bradley Manning Part Of A Coordinated Effort To Discredit Wikileaks?
Re: Re: I'm certainly not buying into any conspiracy theories.
I understand that, but it is still a bigger issue, that there appeared to be a coordinated effort from a branch of the US Gov, to go after Wikileaks. It just smells of Tyranny.
"with manning in DoD custody, there's not much he can do to verify anything either."
Which makes it even worse.
"would damage and potentially destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions."
Its was a psy-op, designed to instill fear in potential whistle-blowers. It was domestic terrorism.
On the post: Is The Arrest Of Bradley Manning Part Of A Coordinated Effort To Discredit Wikileaks?
I'm certainly not buying into any conspiracy theories.
a classified report by the US Army Counterintelligence Center suggested one way to discredit Wikileaks (which it viewed as a threat) would be the "Successful identification, prosecution, termination of employment, and exposure of persons leaking the information by the government... would damage and potentially destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions.
It gets played out exactly? And your still not sure? "that seems too out there to believe." That is usually the case.
You are all focused on the relationship when the big issue is it appears to be a covert op by the Gov to "destroy this center of gravity and deter others from taking similar actions" Which went well for them.
I love the words conspiracy theorist. Ohhh it is just a conspiracy, cant be true, because you know, they never really happen.
On the post: Michael Robertson's Crowdsourced List Of 1,400 Examples Of EMI Giving Away Free Music; EMI Denies All But 3
EMI has never authorized music to be posted for free online - was a misquote
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtQqjKGFVBWBdDBVVjRQd2xZQUZSSUYtcGhrNTczN0E&hl=e n#gid=0
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Baxter sent out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfwdb9UvUag
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I normally dont advocate violence
On the post: Defining Success: Were The RIAA's Lawsuits A Success Or Not?
Re: Evil AC, you are a tool
No tool, they just use encrypted services now.
"all of those were wins for the copyright holders."
Yeah, and not one artist benefited from this, which was the excuse of the labels. They cry "wont someone think of the artists." Reminds me of the lady on the Simpson's that cries "wont someone think of the children."
"just take it as an indication that if their lawsuits were successful on a small scale"
Yeah, I like YOUR spin on THAT.
On the post: Defining Success: Were The RIAA's Lawsuits A Success Or Not?
Evil AC
Evil AC wouldn't know the truth if he tripped over it.
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Robert M. Pirsig
On the post: Are Yahoo & The AP Manipulating Comments? Or Are They Just Really Bad At The Internet? [Updated]
All you programmers out there
(Its rhetorical, no need to answer.)
No testing was done? No one checked? Incompetence.
On the post: Are Yahoo & The AP Manipulating Comments? Or Are They Just Really Bad At The Internet? [Updated]
It nice to be optimistic
"I'm going to guess that this is more typical (embarrassing) incompetence on the part of Yahoo, rather than malice."
AP omits sign had Osama w/Bush on puppet strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r823xx71uc
BBC does it too
BBC CENSORS Benazir Bhutto AFTER HER DEATH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rctRdq4rB30
They even get to go back on TV and lie about what they said while reporting on a live event as it happened:
Traitor to the USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zcczeuu7iA
Does not surprise me one bit.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RD is p0ned
What are you like 12?
Go away little girl, the adults have things to discuss you will never understand.
And yet again, it appears as if the educational system in this country has failed another child. poor poor RD. If only she used her internet connection for something useful.
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