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More from RIAA

December 30th, 2005

Sorry for the abundance of RIAA releated news today - but these guys are just so damn slick.

From ArsTechnica the story of RIAA coercing a 15 year old girl to perjury.

Damn, it just doesn’t get better than that now does it?

I really wish this site[itch.in] was a joke, but I seriously doubt that it is. If Coldplya/Virgin don’t want me to listen to music on my iPod or computer (also note the reference to “Macintosh PC” - idiots) then they can go fuck themselves, I won’t buy it, even if I might like it. I won’t even buy it off of iTunes just becuase of this dumb stunt. Unless Coldplay recants.

Until the recording industry understands market pricing, fair use and most of all quality music they will continue to lose money. It is just a matter of time until a big name act cuts the labels out entirely and self publishes - digitally. The labels need to adapt or they will find themselves obsolete.

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Score one for the little guy

December 30th, 2005

The little guy is standing up against the RIAA with the help of some compassionate lawyers[recording...spot.com] (that is not an oxymoron) who are helping out the EFF[eff.org].

The goal here appears to knock out any legal basis for the RIAA’s “John Doe” lawsuits. The RIAA is using 3 footings for the suits and the goal of the current effort is to deny all three, leaving the RIAA with little legal grounds to continue the current line of suits. I’m sure they will find some other way to bring these anonymous suits, but at least it will take them a while if this effort succeeds.

Also reported here[slashdot.org] with some good discussion.

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Wasting Time

December 28th, 2005

OK - amazing facts to brighten your day. Third nipple anyone?

And if you are a _true_ major geek

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Summary of RIAA

December 28th, 2005

Here is a great summary of the RIAA’s efforts this year. It’s a lot more funny when you put it all in one place.

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Lana Turner

December 27th, 2005

To follow up on the puppy post from a couple weeks back, the baby pug is now here and her new name is Lana Turner. She just came home yesterday and rumor has it that Ben and I get to see her before Sunday. At least, that’s what Patrick (in the picture) says– if it’s not true, I will beat him silly with “Focus on the Family” journal.

Kisses, anyone?

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Random fun links

December 26th, 2005

Here you go, fun stuff for today:

Uncle Goddamn - fun videos!

Disinformation - crazy fun interesting stuff

Enjoy

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Wikipedia!

December 25th, 2005

If you use Wikipedia (you do don’t you?), please consider making a small donation to keep Wikipedia going strong. Even $5 makes a difference (it’s like recycling, every little bit counts), and it’s tax deductable.

If you need some extra reasons:

Wikipedia is incredibly expansive, almost 900,000 articles in English, and hundred of thousands of articles in other languages (if you are fluent in other languages consider adding content!)
Wikipedia is quite accurate, incredibly close to Britannica, but error can be easily correct in moments rather than years.
Wikipedia is a great jumping off point - links to external references let you explore sources and opinions and learn on your own.

If you love usingn Wikipedia like I do, think about making a small donation, if you haven’t used Wikipedia, think about using it. And if you know a lot about something, consider adding articles or editing existing ones for accuracy.

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