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2006-04-05 Home Front: Culture Wars

the RIAA has been known to suggest that students drop out of college or go to community college

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Posted by 3dc 2006-04-05 11:48|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 1) Entertainment being part of the culture - the insanely long copyrights (currently 130 years) deny legal access to culture to the in-mature young. (sort of like hold drugs in front of addicts then arrested them when they use them. Entrapment

Because, of course, there is no entertainment that isn't generated by the RIAA and MPAA.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-04-05 12:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-04-05 12:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Excuse my spelling. I am really mad about this stuff. My spelling gets bad when I am mad.

Posted by 3dc 2006-04-05 12:36|| 2006-04-05 12:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Back in the mid-90s, the boys in the executive suites of the entertainment industry did liberally dust both sides of the aisles of Congress with gold. In return they got a massive extension on the copyright period. All at the same time they continue to cook the books on accounting. They still charge music artist for 'breakage' in their write offs. Ever seen an AOL or Earthlink CD damaged in the mail? As far as I'm concerned the entire lot needs to have RICO dropped on them cause it'll take the executives' treasury rather than the business'. No prisoners taken. Oh, and demand of your quaking Pub representative concerned about November to repeal the G*D* Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act.

Posted by Thrager Slainter5546 2006-04-05 13:40|| 2006-04-05 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 The RIAA thinks you should buy separate copies of music on CD's and for your portable (MP3) music players. Converting CD's to MP3's for personal use is apparently unfair. I think the RIAA and their pals in the movie industry (MPAA) are a bunch of [language inappropriate even for Rantberg deleted].

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-05 20:11|| 2006-04-05 20:11|| Front Page Top

#5 You already know how the recording industry treats customers. Here's what they do to musicians.

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-05 20:14|| 2006-04-05 20:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey DMFD:

See, I'm like a murderer, see, I'm like a murderer
And I could rip you limb from limb
And I could rip you limb from limb
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
See, I'm like a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm like a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, see, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
See, I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat

Posted by Secret Master 2006-04-05 20:58|| 2006-04-05 20:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually I hadn't heard of Albini before the article. If that's an example of his 'music' - well, let's just say I'll stick with Miles Davis.

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-05 21:12|| 2006-04-05 21:12|| Front Page Top

#8 The RIAA and MPAA are good reflections of the industries they represent: vicious, devious, powerful and utterly lacking in ethics.

I saw a similar rant by Courtney Love (I know, I know, but she makes some good points) here.

Posted by xbalanke 2006-04-05 22:11|| 2006-04-05 22:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't get me started. RIAA and MPAA members mostly belong in jail. Big bunch of GD crooks.

Posted by SPoD 2006-04-05 22:59|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-05 22:59|| Front Page Top

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