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Canadian Recording Industry Faces $6 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Michael Geist ^
| 07 December 2009
| Michael Geist
Posted on 12/08/2009 5:34:43 AM PST by ShadowAce
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12/08/2009 5:34:44 AM PST
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ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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12/08/2009 5:34:58 AM PST
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ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Big Chet Baker fan. Too bad about the heroin. I guess whoever his estate is should look forward to a big pay day.
To: ShadowAce
To: happinesswithoutpeace; equalitybeforethelaw
I posted this for the irony it presents.
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12/08/2009 6:04:41 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Sounds like one infringement suit I can enthusiastically support.
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12/08/2009 6:09:12 AM PST
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Gil4
(Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
To: ShadowAce
To: Dr. Sivana
And their math is wrong—at 29 cents per disc, the tax on a 50-disc spindle is $14.50, not $13.50
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12/08/2009 6:20:12 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Sony, Time-Warner, those guys are becoming really entertaining.
To: ShadowAce
To: happinesswithoutpeace
Sorry—I can’t read your mind. If you have a question, please ask it.
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12/08/2009 6:26:58 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
To: ShadowAce
This truly is, delicious irony.
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posted on
12/08/2009 6:46:58 AM PST
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: ShadowAce
And their math is wrongat 29 cents per disc, the tax on a 50-disc spindle is $14.50, not $13.50 No, no, it's OK - those are Canadian Dollars, they're worth less!
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12/08/2009 6:49:55 AM PST
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: ShadowAce
Chuckle. Hoist by their own petard.
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posted on
12/08/2009 6:52:37 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: ShadowAce
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
12/08/2009 4:41:09 PM PST
by
SubGeniusX
(The People have Unenumerated Rights, The Government does not have Unenumerated Powers!)
To: Dr. Sivana
Doesn’t that just sound like you’re being ripped off?
A lot of people, mainly geeks, use CDs for data and software storage, especially Linux geeks who tend to have many versions of many distros on CD. A good geek may have hundreds of CDs, not one with music on it. Yet he paid how much to the copyright cartel?
To: ShadowAce
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12/09/2009 6:34:57 AM PST
by
TChris
("Hello", the politician lied.)
To: antiRepublicrat
Doesnt that just sound like youre being ripped off?
A lot of people, mainly geeks, use CDs for data and software storage, especially Linux geeks who tend to have many versions of many distros on CD. A good geek may have hundreds of CDs, not one with music on it. Yet he paid how much to the copyright cartel?
I am not Canadian, so it does not affect me. Besides the uses you mention, there are genuine archival backups of purchased CDs. On top of that, who gets the royalties? Chances are, it will be given to the guys already making the big bucks, when in fact the "pirated" music may well consist of far more obscure material. The wrong people are getting compensated.
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