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| stargelman |
  Feb 3 2006, 09:25 AM
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 Senor Snore  Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon  |
Wow...I always felt the RIAA and their tactics of "sue them, and they'll buy more records" was silly, but this is just rediculous. From the article:
Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, but was nevertheless sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" plaintiff's music files, has requested a pre-motion conference in anticipation of making a summary judgment motion dismissing the complaint and awarding her attorneys fees under the Copyright Act. Yeah. Sueing someone for file swapping who doesn't even own a computer. That's rich. What's next? Sueing the residents of an old folks home for humming melodies without paying royalties? -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Proweler |
Feb 3 2006, 10:46 AM
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| Soulseeker3.0 |
Feb 4 2006, 01:58 AM
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 Master  Joined: 18-February 05 From: From "not where you are"-ville |
HA HA HA yes the RIAA is a pain and the comic is funny... I hope i don't get in trouble with them....
--------------------  (linky) SKA This was pretty unusual, because most children at his age wanted to become great warriors, known all through time as saviors of, well, anything - Toroabok |
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| Red |
Feb 4 2006, 08:31 AM
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 Mouth  Joined: 29-May 05 From: If you're lucky, sometimes I'm here. |
The RIAA is now shutting down websites for Illegaly posting song lyrics. Who says "Why buy a cd, if I can read it instead?". For Christal's sake, its like they're just trying to anger the public. A twelve year old girl got in legal trouble for downloading commercial jingles. They really are scum.
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| Neela |
Feb 4 2006, 01:24 PM
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 Finder  Joined: 15-September 05 |
I had never heard of any of this before... but from the sounds of it I might be a target for them. I stopped listening to music sometime in the '90s because all of it started sounding the same.... and not in a good way.
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| Wolfie |
Feb 4 2006, 03:23 PM
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 Mage  Joined: 14-March 05 From: Dublin, Ireland |
Those guys are nuts. And the funniest part is, it's having no major affect on pirating of songs and stuff, because there's just too many people doing it
--------------------  D�anaim smaoineamh, d� bhr� sin, t�im ann - Descartes Only the dead have seen the end of war ~ Plato Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G.K. Chesterton EnsamVarg |
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| Proweler |
Feb 4 2006, 06:08 PM
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I wonder if you could make a profit just by suing people for piracy.....
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| stargelman |
Feb 4 2006, 11:09 PM
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Senor Snore Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon |
QUOTE(Proweler @ Feb 4 2006, 06:08 PM) I wonder if you could make a profit just by suing people for piracy.....  A certain german lawyer did. -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Red |
Feb 5 2006, 04:36 PM
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Mouth Joined: 29-May 05 From: If you're lucky, sometimes I'm here. |
QUOTE(stargelman @ Feb 4 2006, 10:09 PM) Thats just sad. I hate when people make a living of the unjust loss of others. -------------------- //LEFT ARM PULLS TRIGGER, RIGHT ARM SHRUGS SHOULDER//TRANSMISSION ENDED
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| Proweler |
Feb 5 2006, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE(stargelman @ Feb 4 2006, 11:09 PM) Doesn't ring a bell here. What is his story? -------------------- |
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| DoomedOne |
Feb 6 2006, 02:19 AM
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Just learn the law and you'll be fine, like everything else there are not only loppholes in the laws but easy ways to stay under their radar.
The biggest advice I could ever give anyone who ever pirated or downloaded anything with copy-right protection is never think just because you've never been caught doing it before doesn't mean you won't be caught eventually. -------------------- A man once asked the Buddha, "How does one escape the heat of the summer sun?"
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| stargelman |
Feb 8 2006, 10:10 AM
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QUOTE(Proweler @ Feb 5 2006, 09:28 PM) Doesn't ring a bell here. What is his story? That's one special guy. He's a lawyer and he's probably one of the most hated individuals in this country. Early in his carrier, he hunted pirates. He forced some guy to pose as a girl on a couch for a photo which he then used in some teen mag for an ad where he wrote he was a girl that was interested in mail-swapping games. All those who answered that ad were in for a surprise. Later, he found another field to excell in and began to work in the trademark business. He'd send warnings to people for using trademark names which would cost those people a lot of money, often whole batches of them. The most (in)famous such case involves a trademark called 'Explorer', and he sent warnings to people who had programs on their homepages with names like "FTP Explorer", but not to the makers of such programs. Eventually someone didn't want to pay and asked the PO for removal of that trademark and won, and that whole business was over, but I'm sure he's found something new by now. To say he's unpopular is an understatement. His office door sign has been removed several times, he's undoubtedly received numerous anonymous threads and I think even his car was burnt down once. -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Soulseeker3.0 |
Feb 8 2006, 10:41 PM
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Ha, his car.... Yes well sounds like I'd hate him if I ran into him... but whats his name?
-------------------- (linky) SKA This was pretty unusual, because most children at his age wanted to become great warriors, known all through time as saviors of, well, anything - Toroabok |
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| stargelman |
Feb 9 2006, 11:38 AM
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Senor Snore Joined: 8-February 05 From: Onderon |
QUOTE(Soulseeker3.0 @ Feb 8 2006, 10:41 PM) Ha, his car.... Yes well sounds like I'd hate him if I ran into him... but whats his name? Günther Freiherr von Gravenreuth (the title he got from his wife). Though that's taking us a bit off-topic  -------------------- Being good means getting better.
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| Neela |
Feb 9 2006, 11:40 AM
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Unfortunately... companies aren't the only ones to blame in our messed up system of lawsuits. Check this one out....
The flying shrimp If this family gets awarded anything at all... I will be very very upset. IMO... They should be charged with fraud and be forced to pay for all of the court costs, attorney costs for both sides, loss wages for those jury member present, everything! Then they need to issue a public apology to the restaurant! |
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| Schlucke |
Feb 9 2006, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE(stargelman @ Feb 9 2006, 11:38 AM) Günther Freiherr von Gravenreuth (the title he got from his wife). Well, I'd like to add something. I never met him personally but I read a few posts in an internet forum he uses. He is not someone that you want to like at all. -------------------- Tonight we'll drink the old town dry,
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| TiE23 |
Feb 11 2006, 07:56 AM
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QUOTE(Wolfie @ Feb 4 2006, 03:23 PM) Those guys are nuts. And the funniest part is, it's having no major affect on pirating of songs and stuff, because there's just too many people doing it That's true, if they could somehow find every person who downloaded a song or movie or something, a crap load of people would be in jail. Like at my highschool, I've heard people talking about downloading songs. Know someone who has an iPod with 500 songs? How many you think were bought off iTunes? Hmm? Especially the kids at my school, who can barely afford the iPod itself and probably only have a dozen CDs, how are they going to get there music? P2P and Torrent sites awayyyyyy!!!  |
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| ChadFromCanada |
Feb 19 2006, 07:25 PM
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QUOTE(Red @ Feb 4 2006, 07:31 AM) . Who says "Why buy a cd, if I can read it instead?".  |
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| Red |
Feb 19 2006, 07:51 PM
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I'm in alot of trouble everyone. A friend of mine was telling me about a band he liked, and he told me some of the lyrics were very strange. I asked why, and he started to tell me about a song. Before you could say "Tricicles in skirts", shots were fired. I'm in an FBI hospital right now, because appearently being shot twice and shocked with an air tazer is a quite terrible thing. When I asked where my friend was, they tranquilized me and threw me in a pit of rabid bears until I had learned my lesson. I'm being held for Grand Theft Audio, the theft of hard working billionaires money, Grand Theft Electro, uncertified bear fighting and for no particular reason, assaulting a police officer and evading arrest.
There have now been numerous websites shut down for the distribution of lyrics. Why? Good question. Because the RIAA and most major record labels hate humanity. Its like the whole Outsiders effect with the Socs, the multi-billionaires can no longer get richer or get in trouble, so they're just starting trouble with random people for blurred causes. People having websites shut down for posting lyrics, even though MOST BANDS HAVE FREE LYRICS PAGES ON THEIR WEBSITES, is simply insane, and all people responsible for this insanity should be fed to alligators with dull teeth. -------------------- //LEFT ARM PULLS TRIGGER, RIGHT ARM SHRUGS SHOULDER//TRANSMISSION ENDED
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| Wolfie |
Feb 19 2006, 07:53 PM
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nah i think they should be fed to rabbits. As in bunny rabbits. specially trained to eat human flesh, starting from the toes and working upwards. Imagine how long and painful a death that would be
-------------------- D�anaim smaoineamh, d� bhr� sin, t�im ann - Descartes Only the dead have seen the end of war ~ Plato Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. - G.K. Chesterton EnsamVarg |
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