www.magnatune.com slogan = "we're not evil" --mat
On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 19:23, Doug Riddle wrote: > First, their member's sales are down because their > offering sux. Where is the next "The Who?" God I > miss Molly Hatchet. Pull out something new for the > love of Mike! > > Second. I bought my last CD from any member of the > RIAA last year. I own a radio, but most of the music > is so poor, all I ever listen to is WJBO. Rush plays > decent music sometimes. How sad is that? Ten or > twelve FM stations, and I am back to AM radio. > > Thirdly, and lastly, this tactic is doomed. Ford > tried it already way back when. If you sue your > customers you wind up with competition where none > existed before. > > I think you will see record labels coming out with a > version of the GPL. Buy it once, use it, share it, > throw it a away, resell it, we don't care. That is > when I will start buying music again. > > Well, except for the Marine Corps, and the US Army. > That money ALL goes to charity. > > Totally off the subject, but speaking of charity, the > OLOL's Chilren's Miracle Network is campaining again. > They really helped a friend's child last year. They > are a good cause. If you have five or ten bucks, send > it to them. I ate a 7-11 hotdog for lunch yesterday, > and sent them the money I would have blown on a bunch > of good hot wings from Pluckers. And yes, I had the > hotdog for lunch, and it had me for the rest of the > day. All beef, sure. > > Doug > > --- Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://classic.winamp.com/news.jhtml;$sessionid$CY3CKHJAXTCHY5YAAAARCZY?articleid=10061 > > > > RIAA Takes Lunch Money from 12 Year Old > > By Mike Darrah <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Published September 10, 2003 @ 12:17 AM > > > > The RIAA has announced that it has reached a > > settlement with 12-year-old > > Brianna Torres for $2000. In addition to the fines > > the RIAA forced her > > mother to confess of her daughter's immoral file > > sharing sins publicly. > > The fine is estimated to around 1,000 days worth of > > lunch money for > > Brianna (estimating they are $2 each). > > > > "We understand now that file-sharing the music > > was illegal, You can > > be sure Brianna won't be doing it anymore." > > Sylvia Torres (mother of > > Brianna) was quoted as saying in an official > > statement distributed > > by the RIAA. > > > > Brianna (an honor student living in a housing > > project on the upper > > west side of NY) was quoted as saying "I am > > sorry for what I have > > done. I love music and don't want to hurt the > > artists I love." > > > > Brianna was under the understanding that because she > > paid money to > > obtain the software she then used to search her > > favorite file sharing > > network, she was legally obtaining music. > > Apparently, the RIAA feels > > strongly enough that Brianna has done wrong they had > > to issue a lawsuit > > against the child for trying to listen to her > > favorite musicians on-line > > while in the safety of her own home. > > > > The RIAA hopes that this and several hundred other > > pending lawsuits will > > discourage further file sharing activity and spur > > what they feel are > > sluggish CD sales. We remain suspect > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
