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• On the post: Romance Author Adele Dubois Receives Takedown On Blog Post For Having The Same Name As Singer Adele

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 04:45pm

  im betting here is what happened:
  
  adelle- sony artist
  shakira former sony artist that released an album with a song titled grande exitos
  
  adelle + exitos = SonyIsAnAsshat

• On the post: Canadian Politician Claims That Ripping A CD To Your iPod Is Like Buying Socks & Stealing Shoes To Go With Them

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 17 May, 2012 @ 06:46pm

  Re: Let me fix that for him

  wouldnt even go that far,
  its more like buying socks only to find that you may only keep them in ONE specific sock drawer, and no one else is allowed to wear those socks. just you....only you... never anyone else. and if you want to keep them in another drawer or let anyone else wear them? you have to buy another set of socks for that... except, again, only one person is allowed to wear that new pair of socks... but hey.. you can keep that new pair of socks on the floor at the foot of your bed...
  
  of course, once you do that, you then again, cant keep those socks anywhere else other than your floor at the foot of your bed....
  
  ... and are we starting to see the ridiculous nature of what we are talking about here?

• On the post: TV Network Execs Contemplate Going To Court To Say Skipping Commercials Is Illegal

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 03:42pm

  by all means guys... just keep driving me further towards options that give me a way to NOT watch commercials.... dont worry one bit about the fact that these options give you NO money as opposed to at least some...

• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re: Question:

  see, here is the problem with being afraid to "throw another brother under the bus"... is he truely your brother if he lives his life bilking those seeking the word of god? that sound more like a false prophet to me.
  
  and, as one of my favorite authors said "a man of the cloth should be recognizable as one in spite of what he wears, not because of it"

• On the post: Counting Crows Distributes Songs And More Via BitTorrent

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 03:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  the problem isnt a fear of independant artists. as far as the artests themselves go, i really could not care less how they decide to market their wares. its their decision not mine.
  the actual problem is that in agencies such as RIAA and MPAA stating that they are in fact working towards ensuring their members are getting paid, they are in fact not working towards that end at all. what they ARE doing is trying to use legislative means to enforce their old school way of doing things on everyone else.
  They could have very easily adapted to the internet a LONG time ago and the problems they are having now would be minor... still present to be sure, but nowhere near to the level it is now. but they did not. they are attempting to get poorly worded and vague legislation passed which has seriously negative ramifications on the rest of the world.
  so, you can sit there all day long and croon about freedom of choice, but these organizations have proven time and time again, they are not worried about artists in any way shape or form. they are worried about two things: money and control. thats it

• On the post: German Pirate Party Wins Seats In Fourth Straight State Election

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 12:05pm

  Re:

  you should really read rick falkvinge's write up on that specific subject if you have not done so already. the other parties have nothing to worry about at the moment as they are not openly rejecting the current status quo from the media outlet overloards.

• On the post: German Pirate Party Wins Seats In Fourth Straight State Election

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 11:51am

  Re:

  i would so totally do that..
  
  
  that is, if i were electable to begin with... which im not.

• On the post: It's Amazing The Lengths 'Music Supporters' Will Go To In Trying To Trash Success Stories

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 04:40pm

  Re: We've had the "super-fan" thing in the past, it worked fine

  apparently the problem is that if you give money DIRECTLY to an artist, you then are expected (rightly so) to say if you like the art thats being produced and then can influence an artist to make more art that you like.
  
  if you give money to a large corporation, you are (not quite so rightly so) expected to just shut your mouth about the art thats being produced and continue to fork over dollars and just OBEY.
  
  so when you boil it all down, apparently the actual problem is, we have brains and can think.

• On the post: UK Gov't Considering Requiring A 'Porn License' If You Want To Look At Porn Online

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 07 May, 2012 @ 02:06pm

  Re: Business Opportunity

  on the gripping hand...lol
  
  intentional or happpy accident?

• On the post: AT&T Argues That More Competition Is Bad For You & Leads To Higher Prices

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 07 May, 2012 @ 01:56pm

  Re:

  came here to say this...sorta.
  yes, he is actually talking about spectrum crunch rather than actual competition with a single market. So, the guy is still an idiot, but he is an idiot for different reasons than this article lays out.

• On the post: Misguided Senators Propose Plan To Make It Harder For Law Enforcement To Track Down Human Trafficking Online

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 12:41pm

  "we've got to protect our phoney baloney jobs!"
  /mel brooks

• On the post: Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood's History To Pretend That It Came About Because Of IP Laws

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 12:03pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Sadly the exact opposite is almost always true.

  okay... they liberated the idea... that work better for you? lol

• On the post: Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood's History To Pretend That It Came About Because Of IP Laws

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 11:30am

  Re: Re: Sadly the exact opposite is almost always true.

  if you are going to try to correct someone on a forum, or other public venue, you may want to be sure that you're 100% correct.
  
  they were not founded as a software firm for office.... the office software didnt start until way later, they were founded as a software company that produced software interpreters, then they bought dos. office products didnt come until much later (word was released in 1983 and it was available for DOS only.... at the time apple had lisa write...so no, it was not created 'for apple'.
  
  as for stealing, apple stole the concept of the gui from xerox, microsoft lifted the idea from apple and yes, jobs said that but he even stole that comment from picaso who said it long before jobs did... (and i belive that bob dylan also said the same thing but worded slightly differently).

• On the post: Chris Dodd Rewrites Hollywood's History To Pretend That It Came About Because Of IP Laws

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 03 May, 2012 @ 11:17am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  no, those are rough film makers...

• On the post: Details Of Google Wi-Spy Investigation Show Disorganization And Bad Controls, Rather Than Malicious Spying

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 01 May, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Re: That's right, I said 'enogh'

  okay, that made me laugh

• On the post: Why Do We Celebrate The 'Solitary' Experience Of Books But Decry The Social Experience Of Online Social Media?

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2012 @ 09:18pm

  because the intelligence level of books can pretty much always be appropriate to the person, social networking however almost always devolves into the lowest common denominator which is almost universally "idiot people doing idiot things"
  
  sure there are exceptions but even there, you pick up a stupid book, you can stop reading it. you cant always just stop the tide of stupid tweets and at some level you just either have to put up with the stupidity or not use it at all.

• On the post: Dan Bull Talks About Trying To Reach The Charts While Giving Away His Music

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2012 @ 01:58pm

  Re:

  and yet, here you are spending your oh-so-valuable time reading about it and commenting on it.
  
  methinks your statement belies your true feelings.

• On the post: Hasbro Offers Nerf Blogger Free Samples, Sends Lawyers And Investigators Instead

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2012 @ 11:00pm

  Re: Re: typo

  the only thing that comes to mind after reading your post is
  
  and thats why we had to kill daddy, he gave the mouse a cookie.
  
  o.0

• On the post: RIAA Keeps Trying To Spin Hadopi's Clear Failure Into A Success Story

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2012 @ 11:54pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  you do not have civil rights "as a musician".
  there are no guarunteed rights as a musician just as there are no such rights in any field of employment.
  
  your statement right there is the entire mess in a very neat and tidy nutshell: YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS TO EARN MONEY IN ANY SPECIFIC FIELD OF EMPLOYMENT. if your particular field has become unprofitable, find another one you can make money in...
  ....burger king looks like they are always hiring....
  
  was that clear enough for you?

• On the post: Author Discovers Assassin's Creed Uses Same Cliche'd SciFi Trope As His Book… Sues For Infringement

  

  harbingerofdoom ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2012 @ 08:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: zing!

  see avatar ^^^
  :)

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