If the only international law we're worried about our president breaking is a copyright law, then I see it as a nice change.

The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers'. ...

I can't wait for the first freepers to call for Obama's head over this.

eddyatwork: I can't wait for the first freepers to call for Obama's head over this.

No. Then we'd be ruled by a zombie communist with no head. No thanks. Its hard enough to sleep as it is.

eddyatwork: I can't wait for the first freepers to call for Obama's head over this.

Impeachment trials start when?
This is way worse than a BJ, it's International law being broken.
Damn socialists think that art is free.

Did I cover everything?

Burn_The_Plows: eddyatwork: I can't wait for the first freepers to call for Obama's head over this.

Impeachment trials start when?
This is way worse than a BJ, it's International law being broken.
Damn socialists think that art is free.

Did I cover everything?

You forgot the implied racism, but it was still well within the bounds of a nice attack.

mr_bunny: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers'. ...

dear mr_bunny,

my client, mr. shakespeare, respectfully requests that you cease and desist in all usage of the phrase, "...let's kill all the lawyers," to avoid further legal action.

yours, etc.,

john wyndpype, esq.
wyndpype & strang, solicitors
london w11

FlashHarry: mr_bunny: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers'. ...

dear mr_bunny,

my client, mr. shakespeare, respectfully requests that you cease and desist in all usage of the phrase, "...let's kill all the lawyers," to avoid further legal action.

yours, etc.,

john wyndpype, esq.
wyndpype & strang, solicitors
london w11

I defy you!

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mr_bunny: kill all the lawyers'.

Kill all the lawyers' WHAT? Their dogs? Kids? Goldfish?

eddyatwork: mr_bunny: kill all the lawyers'.

Kill all the lawyers' WHAT? Their dogs? Kids? Goldfish?

Bunnies

Sampson Jessep: Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

Abraham Weinberg: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

Sampson Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has thumbs and those thumbs need to be bitten by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Tybalt and curse the Montagues; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Tybalt's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, bites thumbs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me biting that thumb, you need me biting that thumb. We use words like honor, code, wherefore. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to bite something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to bite my thumb at a man who bites his thumb under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I bite it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a thumb and start biting. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

ExJerseyGirl: Bunnies

I've got a theory, it could be bunnies.

Cake Hunter: Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

BRAVO! BRAVO! ENCORE! ENCORE!

/Nicely Shakespeared!

Music wants to be free.

Good luck trying to stuff all that toothpaste back in the tube, though.

madmann: Music wants to be free.

Good luck trying to stuff all that toothpaste back in the tube, though.

Music also wants free refill trips to the salad bar and lower car insurance rates, but music is not going to get either of those.

Cake Hunter: Sampson Jessep: Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

Abraham Weinberg: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

Sampson Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has thumbs and those thumbs need to be bitten by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Tybalt and curse the Montagues; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Tybalt's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, bites thumbs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me biting that thumb, you need me biting that thumb. We use words like honor, code, wherefore. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to bite something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to bite my thumb at a man who bites his thumb under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I bite it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a thumb and start biting. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

Win.

mr_bunny: madmann: Music wants to be free.

Good luck trying to stuff all that toothpaste back in the tube, though.

Music also wants free refill trips to the salad bar and lower car insurance rates, but music is not going to get either of those.

LOL... there's not a mainstream song of the last 40 years that I couldn't acquire in under a half-hour for free. You can love that fact or you can hate it, but denying it is just retarded. Makes you look like you work for the RIAA with that level of cognitive dissonance.

madmann: LOL... there's not a mainstream song of the last 40 years that I couldn't acquire in under a half-hour for free. You can love that fact or you can hate it, but denying it is just retarded. Makes you look like you work for the RIAA with that level of cognitive dissonance.

I found an obscure dead canadian musician from 25 years ago that noone in my country heard of in less than 15 mins. Sure... the files were in FLAC, but I got what I was looking for to prove the song existed.

//BB Gabor

Cake Hunter: Sampson Jessep: Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

Abraham Weinberg: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

Sampson Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has thumbs and those thumbs need to be bitten by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Tybalt and curse the Montagues; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Tybalt's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, bites thumbs. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me biting that thumb, you need me biting that thumb. We use words like honor, code, wherefore. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to bite something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to bite my thumb at a man who bites his thumb under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I bite it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a thumb and start biting. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

You sound literate.

I was thinking about this issue when I heard that President Obama gifted an iPod with pre-loaded music. My conclusion is this:

When iTunes syncs with another computer, it erases the contents installed, not copying those contents from the iPod to the computer. However, if the Queen listens to the music pre-loaded onto the iPod, that's when the violation occurs. The music had to be loaded onto another computer for the files to be copied to the iPod.

In short, the President is in violation of copyright law.

Is there anybody left who didn't break copyright law by now? You would have to be living under a stone.

aarond12: When iTunes syncs with another computer, it erases the contents installed

only with iTunes. There are many other media management programmes that wont do something spiteful like erase your mp3 player.

FTFA - But none of us should want a world where even our leaders--much less the rest of us--can't figure out how copyright law operates in their daily lives.

This is the larger concern, but I'm sure this thread will just descend into childish partisan bickering.

Meh. Let Lars skulk...

Dis it come with a reset Button?

maby reset was miss spelled?

torture is one thing but now you're farking with the recording industry and their money.

impeach and murder the bastard but only after suing him for about the same amount as the fiscal budget deficit.

I hope the "dumbass" tag is either for the law, or the RIAA for something this stupid.

It is only a copyright violation if Obama kept a copy for himself. If he purchased it for the sole purpose of gifting, and did not keep a copy for himself, then it isn't a copyright violation.

/Copyright law made simple. 1 payment = 1 copy

odintal

torture is one thing but now you're farking with the recording industry and their money.

impeach and murder the bastard but only after suing him for about the same amount as the fiscal budget deficit.

Impeach him... gee can then Dems rewrite the

Culture of Corruption?

Subby: Visit the Queen: Check. Gift iPod filled with awesome songs: Check. Break international copyright laws in the process: Che..Wait, wut?



I see what you did there, communistmitter.

The really, REALLY fun part will be when the RIAA sues someone for sharing music, and they use this event as a defense.

"If it's wrong, then why didn't you go after that well-known scofflaw, President Barack Obama? What? You were afraid? Boo-hoo. Call us back when you file suit against ALL of the people who are breaking the law, not just the poor and non-powerful ones..."

/They should have just bought an iTunes gift card...

Obama is the law! You can't sue the messiah! The law evolves around him and his cabinet. That is why half of his crew are immune from paying taxes.

Laws do not even apply to Dear Leader...

Now release the hounds

The article could have stopped at:

"You know your copyright laws are broken..."

Yep, sums it up pretty well.

They have way too much time on their hands.

I would love to see the RIAA attempt to serve both the Queen of England and the President of the US with court papers.

Personally, I'm glad. We need go get with the times, and these laws need to bludgeoned to death. I'd say they've outlived their usefulness, but that would imply they were useful to begin with.

Would this break Sharia Law??

/I keed

Biological Ali: Personally, I'm glad. We need go get with the times, and these laws need to bludgeoned to death. I'd say they've outlived their usefulness, but that would imply they were useful to begin with.

Without copyright there would be no hotels for rockstars to throw hookers out of.

And television!

netcentric: Laws do not even apply to Dear Leader...

Now release the hounds

*person I don't like* is *one of the famous dictators* hurf durf

I thought the iPod contained just footage and coverage of the Queen's visit to the U.S. a while back. What copyright issues could there be there?

/DNTFA

Somacandra: /DNTFA

Obviously.

Copyright owners have consistently argued in court that many digital products (even physical "promo" CDs!) are "licensed," not "owned," and therefore you're not entitled to resell them or give them away.

LOL. Good luck with all of that.

scruffy1: I would love to see the RIAA attempt to serve both the Queen of England and the President of the US with court papers.

They're too busy focusing on people who can't afford to defend themselves.

Usernameaboutnothing: netcentric: Laws do not even apply to Dear Leader...

Now release the hounds

*person I don't like* is *one of the famous dictators* hurf durf

NK Dear Leader is awesome, he has the media behind him and can do no wrong. What's not to like. Stories of amazing feats abound. Very well liked in his country. His gov't provides for everyone.

Dictator you say? hmmm I did not think of that. So you are saying Obama is a Dictator too. Well he is making gov't bigger but he hasn't dictated the country yet. He has only dictated the biggest debt load we've ever had.

Lets over-look the IPOD flub, and think about the huge Debt.

Usernameaboutnothing: netcentric: Laws do not even apply to Dear Leader...

Now release the hounds

*person I don't like* is *one of the famous dictators* hurf durf

Oh sweet, mad libs! Let me try...

My annoying Asian neighbour is Pol Pot!

Billy McGoodGuy: let me know when he kills half a million people. **YAWN**

You need to work on a new schtick.

Enough about the farking iPod!!!

Billy McGoodGuy: krelborne: Billy McGoodGuy: let me know when he kills half a million people. **YAWN**

You need to work on a new schtick.

you need to work on your butthurt.

Thanks for proving my point.