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A_bomb37
2009-02-26 12:21:35 PM  
I for one, would just like to flip them the metaphorical internet bird.

*pauses*

There you go. Ladies and gentleman, carry on.
 
thomps
2009-02-26 12:50:49 PM  

A_bomb37: I for one, would just like to flip them the metaphorical internet bird.

*pauses*

There you go. Ladies and gentleman, carry on.


that kind of rockstar attitude is the sole property of the RIAA. you'll be hearing from their lawyers.
 
RoxtarRyan
2009-02-26 12:51:54 PM  
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My skinny ass, kiss it.
 
darkyn
2009-02-26 12:52:02 PM  
I'm not surprised; they are being disintermediated and will eventually cease to exist as artists become more capable of producing, distributing and marketing their own music.

And good riddance.
 
ozone
2009-02-26 1:12:06 PM  
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My fat ass, kiss it.
 
jake_lex
2009-02-26 1:16:19 PM  
I've wondered how long the music industry can pay the RIAA to continue strategies that don't even slow down piracy as they retard the growth of legitimate online music services and alienate customers in this economy.
 
Asa Phelps
2009-02-26 1:30:00 PM  
It's ASCAP that would collect the royalties for the live performance.
 
AmazingRuss
2009-02-26 2:50:37 PM  

jake_lex: I've wondered how long the music industry can pay the RIAA to continue strategies that don't even slow down piracy as they retard the growth of legitimate online music services and alienate customers in this economy.


Forever. If they run out, the government will take money from us directly and give it to them.
 
deltabourne
2009-02-26 2:57:55 PM  
This is the first time I take this kind of news as GOOD news
 
guilt by association
2009-02-26 3:02:01 PM  
Fark them in the ear.
 
wolvernova
2009-02-26 3:07:34 PM  
May they all DIAF.
 
Yarps
2009-02-26 3:09:38 PM  
And the intertubes rejoice!
 
Sin_City_Superhero [TotalFark]
2009-02-26 3:11:36 PM  

Asa Phelps: It's ASCAP that would collect the royalties for the live performance.


Are you sure it's not the NAACP?
 
Glitchwerks
2009-02-26 3:12:04 PM  
...and how much taxpayer money have they wasted with their frivolous lawsuits?

Dying in a fire is too good for these people.
 
Ika7734
2009-02-26 3:14:13 PM  
yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.
 
Satanic_Hamster
2009-02-26 3:17:56 PM  
Of course, the "article" subby linked to was a god damned blog that just linked to another site.
 
wolvernova
2009-02-26 3:21:21 PM  

Yarps: And the intertubes rejoice!


If this is the result of the hard economic times, then it was all worth it.
 
flyingmonkeysreign
2009-02-26 3:30:54 PM  
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(breath)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
haplo53
2009-02-26 3:45:55 PM  

Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.


This.
 
Fuggin Bizzy
2009-02-26 3:58:05 PM  

Sin_City_Superhero: Asa Phelps: It's ASCAP that would collect the royalties for the live performance.

Are you sure it's not the NAACP?


Eh?
 
xnewnoisex
2009-02-26 4:27:23 PM  
You know it's their jobs that they are losing. I feel bad for them but I feel happy at the same time. it's odd.
 
wolvernova
2009-02-26 4:35:05 PM  

xnewnoisex: You know it's their jobs that they are losing. I feel bad for them but I feel happy at the same time. it's odd.


Don't feel bad for them. They did the devil's work.
 
RoxtarRyan
2009-02-26 4:45:34 PM  

xnewnoisex: You know it's their jobs that they are losing.


Oh, boo-farking-hoo.

/I'd love to add something witty and sarcastic, but too busy doing my 'happy dance'
 
fredbox [TotalFark]
2009-02-26 4:48:13 PM  

Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.


If you work for Satan, that makes you a demon. Even if you only work the bellows.
 
Sodium Benzoate
2009-02-26 4:52:45 PM  
I REQUIRE %100 LAYOFFS.
 
Tsunami Ditka
2009-02-26 5:13:39 PM  

fredbox: Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.

If you work for Satan, that makes you a demon. Even if you only work the bellows.


Eh, I'm not thrilled with that absolutism. I get the feeling that the guy on the cleaning crew doesn't have the luxury of being able to evaluate every job opportunity on the basis of which farkers he's going to piss off.

In short, he's likely a poor guy trying to feed his family, not a corporate CEO selling 15,000 rare species of insects down the river so that he can gold-plate his Lear Jet.
 
ochobit
2009-02-26 5:36:30 PM  
GOOD
 
What's a Internet Nubian
2009-02-26 5:36:33 PM  

Tsunami Ditka: fredbox: Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.

If you work for Satan, that makes you a demon. Even if you only work the bellows.

Eh, I'm not thrilled with that absolutism. I get the feeling that the guy on the cleaning crew doesn't have the luxury of being able to evaluate every job opportunity on the basis of which farkers he's going to piss off.

In short, he's likely a poor guy trying to feed his family, not a corporate CEO selling 15,000 rare species of insects down the river so that he can gold-plate his Lear Jet.


like the independent contractors that were working on the death star, they knew what they'd gotten themselves into when they signed up.
 
Thray
2009-02-26 5:40:20 PM  
I, for one, blame the 90 year old pirate grandma demographic.
 
Riche [TotalFark]
2009-02-26 6:18:10 PM  
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Yo Ho!
 
Tsunami Ditka
2009-02-26 7:05:07 PM  

What's a Internet Nubian: Tsunami Ditka: fredbox: Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.

If you work for Satan, that makes you a demon. Even if you only work the bellows.

Eh, I'm not thrilled with that absolutism. I get the feeling that the guy on the cleaning crew doesn't have the luxury of being able to evaluate every job opportunity on the basis of which farkers he's going to piss off.

In short, he's likely a poor guy trying to feed his family, not a corporate CEO selling 15,000 rare species of insects down the river so that he can gold-plate his Lear Jet.

like the independent contractors that were working on the death star, they knew what they'd gotten themselves into when they signed up.


Oh, come on. Comments of that nature are just retarded. I'd take a job cleaning toilets at Walmart if it was the difference between my family being fed and my family starving - and you would do the same thing. Furthermore, I'd hunt down the self-righteous asshats who smugly sat at their keyboards to degrade me for working for "the devil" and I'd kick them in the teeth. Christ, you can only take the anti-consumerist shiat so far before you start to look like a grade-A moron.
 
xnewnoisex
2009-02-26 8:28:18 PM  

wolvernova: xnewnoisex: You know it's their jobs that they are losing. I feel bad for them but I feel happy at the same time. it's odd.

Don't feel bad for them. They did the devil's work.


Bah! I do the devils work also.... I work for DirecTV
 
Nemo's Brother
2009-02-26 8:30:47 PM  

Tsunami Ditka: fredbox: Ika7734: yes, but the people let go probably have nothing to do with the lawsuits. Probably the helpdesk guy that has to fix some suits email client, or one of the cleaning crew. You can be sure that the asshat level will not drop.

If you work for Satan, that makes you a demon. Even if you only work the bellows.

Eh, I'm not thrilled with that absolutism. I get the feeling that the guy on the cleaning crew doesn't have the luxury of being able to evaluate every job opportunity on the basis of which farkers he's going to piss off.

In short, he's likely a poor guy trying to feed his family, not a corporate CEO selling 15,000 rare species of insects down the river so that he can gold-plate his Lear Jet.


Janitors are usually the last ones laid off. Their work is essential and they work for cheap. Worry not about the illegal overnight.
 
radioman_
2009-02-26 9:34:37 PM  
It's ASCAP that would collect the royalties for the live performance.

I see more BMI stickers on bar doors than I see ASCAP stickers.
 
icanhazstapler
2009-02-27 1:22:41 AM  
Say it ain't so!
 
King Something
2009-02-27 3:37:56 AM  
Good. Fark 'em sideways with a cactus..
 
icanhazstapler
2009-02-27 11:54:39 AM  

Tsunami Ditka: Oh, come on. Comments of that nature are just retarded. I'd take a job cleaning toilets at Walmart if it was the difference between my family being fed and my family starving - and you would do the same thing. Furthermore, I'd hunt down the self-righteous asshats who smugly sat at their keyboards to degrade me for working for "the devil" and I'd kick them in the teeth. Christ, you can only take the anti-consumerist shiat so far before you start to look like a grade-A moron.


Jeez, lighten up. I've worked for The Beast myself, and whenever anyone gave me a hard time for it I would pretty much agree with them. But a job is a job, and as soon as a new one opportunity would come up I'd move on. My being there didn't make the company any less evil, but at least I wasn't a part of what made it that way.
 
atlevangelist
2009-02-27 3:22:53 PM  
fark the RIAA gently with a chainsaw
 
J13P
2009-02-28 1:24:15 AM  
riaa EPIC FAIL
 
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