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Re: No surprise, old site, meet the new (same) sites They will never stop the Pirates.
Boycott the RIAA, any label who signs with them, and any artist who signs with them.
Support local artists and independent labels and/or artists. |
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kudos:12 | said by gorehound:They will never stop the Pirates. Boycott the RIAA, any label who signs with them, and any artist who signs with them. Support local artists and independent labels and/or artists. While this is great in concept, local bands typically suck. There is a reason they are local. |
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| said by Matt:said by gorehound:Support local artists and independent labels and/or artists. While this is great in concept, local bands typically suck. There is a reason they are local. »www.ilovemetric.com/ |
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kudos:12 | said by derekm:said by Matt:said by gorehound:Support local artists and independent labels and/or artists. While this is great in concept, local bands typically suck. There is a reason they are local. » www.ilovemetric.com/ I should have stated local bands that aren't in the extremely large cities. (like New York, LA, Toronto, etc.) |
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said by gorehound:They will never stop the Pirates. Boycott the RIAA, any label who signs with them, and any artist who signs with them. Support local artists and independent labels and/or artists. There is absolutely nothing stopping you, or anyone else, from choosing which artists/labels you want to "support" or "boycott" -- whether that's monetarily, fan-wise, whatever. It's a free country.
What this has to do with piracy, I don't know. Somehow the idea's gotten twisted around that if you pirate, you are somehow making a noble gesture against the RIAA. Um, no.
Unless of course you go public and declare, "I, Joe Blow, stole ONE THOUSAND SONGS from the RIAA! And I distributed them to FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE! Here's my address and phone number and ISP user ID!" Now that would be making a statement.
But of course, that's not what people do. They don't want to be caught getting something for free and distributing it to others that they should be buying. (I'm trying hard to avoid the words "trafficking in stolen goods" here.) |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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kudos:12 | said by MyDogHsFleas:What this has to do with piracy, I don't know. Somehow the idea's gotten twisted around that if you pirate, you are somehow making a noble gesture against the RIAA. Um, no. Unless of course you go public and declare, "I, Joe Blow, stole ONE THOUSAND SONGS from the RIAA! And I distributed them to FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE! Here's my address and phone number and ISP user ID!" Now that would be making a statement. But of course, that's not what people do. They don't want to be caught getting something for free and distributing it to others that they should be buying. (I'm trying hard to avoid the words "trafficking in stolen goods" here.) It's all a rationalization. It's not about teaching the RIAA a lesson for the exact reasons you mention.
I wonder how effective the civil rights sit-ins would have been if they were held in secret and no one wanted to admit they were doing it? |
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