Tell me, did Guns N' Roses recently graduate from the Metallica School of Public Relations? I hear its quite the program now that they have added the new "Prince" wing.
Step 1. Collect the 10Q filings for all the major labels.
Step 2. Locate the declared losses due to filesharing in each.
Step 3. Add them up. Should equal approx. 69 Billion.
What??
No such entries in the SEC filings for these companies you say?
Claim 81: (excerpt)
"Your honor, the brain chip reads the plaintiff's mind sends a radio frequency signal to the cochlea implants left ear and right ear."
OK....Mind reading brain chips passing data to his PC which forwards that on to some AI software on a website somewhere that is designed to create voices and arguments designed to torture him which is sent back through to his brain chips.
"We pointed out how little sense it made for various state attorneys general to force Craigslist to charge for the "erotic services" group. "
Epic Fail.
Now if the AG's were REALLY on the ball, they would have had just urged Craigslist to require the word "Donut" in all posts in the 'Erotic Services' category, thus ensuring plenty of ongoing Police attention.
....Would it be a real life crime to attack and kill the avatar of a tax collector??
This development in cyber-law almost begs the creation of a "Hill-Billy Run" MMORPG where you collect and buy ingredients, setup and run stills, run and sell moon-shine and dodge those pesky revenue'ers. And the revenue'ers would be real life tax men.
The TSA is not going to stop ratcheting this all up until we are stripped naked, cavity searched by robot, inserted into a bomb proof Lexan tube and inserted into the belly of the airliner like abuseable, bar-coded air-cargo.
Screw you TSA.
Here's an idea. Why don't we just come to grips with the realization that the planet is now to small to tolerate the un-civilized?
Please, if you are a parent of an adult child who works for the Performance Rights Society (Gang, more like), please invite them home for dinner tonight. Please do not delay as this is important.
Once they arrive, make sure your favorite dinner music is playing softly in the background as you serve dinner. During dessert, be sure to present your child with a bill for 3,000 Pounds to cover your obligation to the PRS. If your child refuses to remit, notify his or her PRS supervisor at your first opportunity.
If none of this works, please spank your badly behaving child no matter the age.
You owe this to society as you clearly made serious mistakes in raising your child.
If their names are publicized, then their children and parents are very likely to find out what the REALLY do for a living.
This makes for awkward Thanksgiving meals:
RIAA Lawyer "Bob": "Mom, could you pass the gravy, please?"
Mom: "Sure Son, here'ya go. And darling, please remember that no amount of my Giblet Gravy can wash away that empty feeling you have inside you because you're working for the GOD-DAMNED MPAA!"
Mike's comments aside, I think you are ENTIRELY missing the point.
As a consumer, I couldn't flippin' care less about any computer manufacturer's contracts for any of their side businesses. I buy COMPUTING HARDWARE and I DEMAND it run the software that I CHOOSE. You need to STOP THINKING that devices like the iPhone are somehow in some magical special class of product that does not have to play by the rules of the market place for general purpose, network attached computing devices. If Apple were to impose the same software functionality restrictions it has on the iPhone to their line of desktop or notebook products, their customer base would rightly revolt.
Smart handset makers...I AM YOUR CUSTOMER, not the mobile network operators. Design me in maximum capability and speed for my dollar with an open software architecture and the iPhone's "Golden Formfactor" and you will be handsomely rewarded with my loyalty.
Mobile Networks Operators...Please try to understand this before one of us dies. YOU SUCK AT COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE DESIGN and UNDERSTANDING the NEEDS of your CUSTOMERS. You are quite simply no god-damned good at it and you foul up every product you take a hand in. Please, please have the wisdom to focus your energies on building standards based, higher and higher speed networks and providing access to them using the DEVICE OF MY CHOICE. Provide decent coverage at a reasonable price and you will prosper.
On the post: Guns N' Roses' Lawyer Says Dr. Pepper Giveaway Was Fraud... Even Though Axl Rose Liked It
Ahhh, Yes...
Aging rocker AssHats flinging frivolous lawsuits about.
Tell me, did Guns N' Roses recently graduate from the Metallica School of Public Relations? I hear its quite the program now that they have added the new "Prince" wing.
On the post: Did The EU Actually Do Something Right In Its Efforts To Fight Google Dominance?
Ahhhh....
Uhh...Ohh. Flame suit on.
Let the intercontinental barbs fly!
On the post: Music Industry Squanders $69 Billion Worth Of Free Promotions In 2007
Its EASY to test that $69B figure.
Step 2. Locate the declared losses due to filesharing in each.
Step 3. Add them up. Should equal approx. 69 Billion.
What??
No such entries in the SEC filings for these companies you say?
I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED I tell you!
On the post: Monty Python Puts All Its Content On YouTube To Increase Sales Of Scarce Goods
Obligatory...
On the post: The Most Bizarre Lawsuit You Might Ever See
The door is ajar on the loonie bin...
"Your honor, the brain chip reads the plaintiff's mind sends a radio frequency signal to the cochlea implants left ear and right ear."
OK....Mind reading brain chips passing data to his PC which forwards that on to some AI software on a website somewhere that is designed to create voices and arguments designed to torture him which is sent back through to his brain chips.
Helpful link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
Now...we just need to get this guy on George Noory's show.
On the post: Newspapers Are Souvenirs
Re: True story
On the post: As Expected, Prostitutes Move Elsewhere After Craigslist Change
Does anyone in law enforcement THINK?
Epic Fail.
Now if the AG's were REALLY on the ball, they would have had just urged Craigslist to require the word "Donut" in all posts in the 'Erotic Services' category, thus ensuring plenty of ongoing Police attention.
Ah yea. That felt good.
On the post: China Sends Tax Collectors Into Online Worlds
Re: Re: virtual tax
On the post: China Sends Tax Collectors Into Online Worlds
OK....But....
This development in cyber-law almost begs the creation of a "Hill-Billy Run" MMORPG where you collect and buy ingredients, setup and run stills, run and sell moon-shine and dodge those pesky revenue'ers. And the revenue'ers would be real life tax men.
On the post: Prince: So Close, Yet So Far
Re:
Well, then I think its time for the pretty boy in the purple suit to COWBOY UP.
On the post: Prince: So Close, Yet So Far
And wind the clock forward...
Works for me.
On the post: Next Stage Of Security Theater: Homeland Security Wants More Info To Let You Board A Plane
Let's face the future...
Screw you TSA.
Here's an idea. Why don't we just come to grips with the realization that the planet is now to small to tolerate the un-civilized?
On the post: The Uneasy Balance Between Wikipedia And Truth
Let's all alter Mike reality...
- Mike Masnick holds the World Land Speed Record for a motorized bathtub.
- Mike Masnick invented the right mouse button.
- Mike Masnick speaks eight languages, three of them in reverse.
- Mike Masnick owns a restaurant that only serves BBQ'd "Fainting" goat.
- Mike Masnick has a 1:4000 scale replica of Mt. Everest in his basement.
- Mike Masnick teaches cats to walk only on their front paws.
Ahhh....Wikipedia. It's a good thing.
On the post: Performance Rights Society Goes After Childrens' Charity
Time for parental action!
Once they arrive, make sure your favorite dinner music is playing softly in the background as you serve dinner. During dessert, be sure to present your child with a bill for 3,000 Pounds to cover your obligation to the PRS. If your child refuses to remit, notify his or her PRS supervisor at your first opportunity.
If none of this works, please spank your badly behaving child no matter the age.
You owe this to society as you clearly made serious mistakes in raising your child.
On the post: Is The Indictment Of The Palin Email Hacker Legally Correct?
Ummm.... Crimeiness
"A serious offense, especially one in violation of morality."
Note the absence of "violation of law".
Sample usage:
"The District Attorney bent laws left and right seeking justice for Lori Drew's crimeiness."
On the post: Why Won't The MPAA's Lawyers Identify Themselves?
The answer is simple.
This makes for awkward Thanksgiving meals:
RIAA Lawyer "Bob": "Mom, could you pass the gravy, please?"
Mom: "Sure Son, here'ya go. And darling, please remember that no amount of my Giblet Gravy can wash away that empty feeling you have inside you because you're working for the GOD-DAMNED MPAA!"
On the post: Apple Shuts Off Loophole For Podcaster App Developer; He Switches Over To Android
Re: Calm down
As a consumer, I couldn't flippin' care less about any computer manufacturer's contracts for any of their side businesses. I buy COMPUTING HARDWARE and I DEMAND it run the software that I CHOOSE. You need to STOP THINKING that devices like the iPhone are somehow in some magical special class of product that does not have to play by the rules of the market place for general purpose, network attached computing devices. If Apple were to impose the same software functionality restrictions it has on the iPhone to their line of desktop or notebook products, their customer base would rightly revolt.
Smart handset makers...I AM YOUR CUSTOMER, not the mobile network operators. Design me in maximum capability and speed for my dollar with an open software architecture and the iPhone's "Golden Formfactor" and you will be handsomely rewarded with my loyalty.
Mobile Networks Operators...Please try to understand this before one of us dies. YOU SUCK AT COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE DESIGN and UNDERSTANDING the NEEDS of your CUSTOMERS. You are quite simply no god-damned good at it and you foul up every product you take a hand in. Please, please have the wisdom to focus your energies on building standards based, higher and higher speed networks and providing access to them using the DEVICE OF MY CHOICE. Provide decent coverage at a reasonable price and you will prosper.
OK...I've calmed down now.
On the post: Esquire Hopes To Keep Magazines Alive With Electronic Ink
For once, I'll be helpful...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmtorrone/2841259022/
I tried to buy one. They weren't in yet.
Boo-Hoo.
On the post: California: We Charge People To Read Our Laws For The Benefit Of Californians
I can't believe I'm going to say this.
The following entities may not register, hold, acquire, assert, transfer or claim copyright on any materials:
Any government entity at any level.
Any 501(c) organization.
There. Problem solved.
On the post: Once Again, Court Says Telco Can't Force Arbitration Over A Lawsuit
There must be at least a few....
If you are an AT&T employee, please answer the following question honestly after standing up and looking your cube neighbors in the eyes.
Do you or any of your coworkers actually have a soul? Or at least a close facsimile?
Seriously, we all want to know.
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