 thender2Glamour ProfessionPremium
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Staten Island, NY | P.S. Where is retirerich/TCH? He usually beats me to such threads with a generic, uninspired, unfounded, backwards-thinking comment on why X large company/corporation is right and X person is wrong. |
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 JeffreyWilpon please sell the MetsPremium
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| said by thender2:He usually beats me to such threads with a generic, uninspired, unfounded, backwards-thinking comment on why X large company/corporation is right and X person is wrong. He must be off today. He's been popular in the Friday Night Open Thread, but I'm usually half in the bag by that point. Too lazy to type, too drunk to care. 
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
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kudos:1 | said by Jeffrey:said by thender2:He usually beats me to such threads with a generic, uninspired, unfounded, backwards-thinking comment on why X large company/corporation is right and X person is wrong. but I'm usually half in the bag by that point. Too lazy to type, too drunk to care. Sounds like my Friday night, if I'm not stuck working.....
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
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Dallas, TX | reply to thender2
Also missing is Taylor Troll. His drivel usually shows up
in topics of this sort.
Maybe he's downloading TV show episodes or something. I've
always wondered if he was a closet "pirate", and his
trolling was an attempt at misdirection.
But I'm sure he'll show up sooner or later here.
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Asmodeus
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA | reply to thender2
said by thender2:He usually beats me to such threads with a generic, uninspired, unfounded, backwards-thinking comment on why X large company/corporation is right and X person is wrong. let me be clear... any company has a right to protect it's property, intellectual or otherwise... my main complaint is with the method by which that comes about... it's perfectly legal for the riaa to defend the interests and assets of the recording industry, but they are totally going about it the wrong way... this is extortion plain and simple and it's wrapped in the guise of an easy-pay system to get you off the hook... also what you don't see, if not read completely is the type of conditions you will have to agree to if you do settle in this fashion... it's crap... all of it... |
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RayWPremium
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kudos:1 | said by Asmodeus:it's perfectly legal for the riaa to defend the interests and assets of the recording industry, Glad you specified the recording industry, and not the poor working artist who sees very little if any of the profits going to the favored few and management.
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Asmodeus
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Spring Valley, CA | said by RayW:said by Asmodeus:it's perfectly legal for the riaa to defend the interests and assets of the recording industry, Glad you specified the recording industry, and not the poor working artist who sees very little if any of the profits going to the favored few and management. i didn't specify anything... I was just stating what is rather than what people wish... there's rarely if ever in the past of anything resembling a rich or well-to-do artist... artists historically have always been on the shorter end of the stick financially... not until recently or at least within the 20th century have we seen substantial wealth come to artists of varying stripes... art has always been about being the poor, struggling artist who tries to make it big so his art can be seen and/or heard by more eyes and ears...
also, being an artist is a purely meritorious endeavor... if you are good, people will notice, and from that you will make money, but if you aren't and only want to create art for the sake of being a purist, then money and fame will not follow you... it's a trade off and really no one is to blame on ones success or non-success other than the artist... |
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RayWPremium
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kudos:1 | Oh? You consider the RIAA artists? It looked like you were separating those who control distribution from those who do the creating.
My apologies.
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Asmodeus
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA | said by RayW:Oh? You consider the RIAA artists? It looked like you were separating those who control distribution from those who do the creating. My apologies. wow... how in the hell did you even possibly infer that i said that the that the RIAA are artists... the riaa is a collective group that represents the recording industry and it's artists... i never said anywhere or even implied that the riaa are artists... you are seriously going to have to explain how you got to that conclusion...
all i said was, was that the riaa has the right to defend the interests and property of the recording industry and the artists that it represents... the manner by which they do that is what is in question here, not who is a poor starving artist because of whatever mechanism you think the riaa is employing against them... |
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RayWPremium
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kudos:1 | Ok, you added the artists into the equation this time, not that most of them get anything worthwhile from the RIAA.
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thender2Glamour ProfessionPremium
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Staten Island, NY | reply to RayW
said by RayW:said by Asmodeus:it's perfectly legal for the riaa to defend the interests and assets of the recording industry, Glad you specified the recording industry, and not the poor working artist who sees very little if any of the profits going to the favored few and management. To be fair, some get a good contract, and some get screwed. While I will agree that most labels appear to do what you specified, some artists, not even large ones, do get a decent deal.
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quatrixPremium
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kudos:2 | reply to Doctor Four
Good call. The RIAA and all of the corporations are evil, everyone who says different is a "troll", I have the right to take whatever music and software I want, blah blah blah. Yeah, look how hardcore I am now with my illogical justifications for my actions. Maybe I should change my user ID to warez_pirate_thasp_karl_69. |
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thender2Glamour ProfessionPremium
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Staten Island, NY | said by quatrix:Good call. The RIAA and all of the corporations are evil, everyone who says different is a "troll", I have the right to take whatever music and software I want, blah blah blah. Yeah, look how hardcore I am now with my illogical justifications for my actions. Maybe I should change my user ID to warez_pirate_thasp_karl_69. Did you read the post above the one you made or do you enjoy trolling? Nothing wrong with it, I like to troll as well.
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
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said by RayW:said by Asmodeus:it's perfectly legal for the riaa to defend the interests and assets of the recording industry, Glad you specified the recording industry, and not the poor working artist who sees very little if any of the profits going to the favored few and management. Not that I don't agree with you (I do and the actual artists will continue to see next to nothing), but the RIAA was formed by the major record companies to create a collective body going after issues like this, before congress, etc. It's a choice of the artist to sign with the record company and it's a choice for the record company to be a member of the RIAA. If the artists doesn't want to live with the consequences of being a member, he (or she) doesn't have to join. There is just considerable advantages, such as production, marketing, distribution, etc that signing with a record company brings.
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said by thender2:He usually beats me to such threads with a generic, uninspired, unfounded, backwards-thinking comment on why X large company/corporation is right and X person is wrong. Changed your name to WP from OfficerThasp . Trying to hide something?
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thender2Glamour ProfessionPremium
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2 edits | a) I did that about three minutes ago. Stalk much?
b) Inside IRC joke. Unlike your nick changes from RetireRich to TCH and god only knows what others, mine is temporary, and for slight humor. Yours is intended for deceit. Had I intended deceit, my avatar would change as well as my posting tag.
c) I have nothing to hide. I make my opinions as public and post them in context to any related news article. |
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