lol gotta love the government conspiracy theories

so this guy is saying that making a demo cd is illegal cause u arent getting the artists permission to play the track? then he is saying all djing is illegal unless u ring up every artist before your set or play only your own tracks...

"yo ferry how u goin mate? who am i? john smith from australia! you dont know me? sure you do, i was towards the middle and a little to the left of the crowd at your melbourne set. listen the reason im calling is im a dj and i wanted to know if you mind me playing solstice at my next gig. yeah i bought the record, i thought that meant i could play it too, but you know how these cops are these days. how did i get this number? aah.. hey look i left the stove on, gotta run..!"

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Originally posted by Philby i was towards the middle and a little to the left of the crowd at your melbourne set

rofl so true

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Originally posted by Philby lol gotta love the government conspiracy theories so this guy is saying that making a demo cd is illegal cause u arent getting the artists permission to play the track? then he is saying all djing is illegal unless u ring up every artist before your set or play only your own tracks... "yo ferry how u goin mate? who am i? john smith from australia! you dont know me? sure you do, i was towards the middle and a little to the left of the crowd at your melbourne set. listen the reason im calling is im a dj and i wanted to know if you mind me playing solstice at my next gig. yeah i bought the record, i thought that meant i could play it too, but you know how these cops are these days. how did i get this number? aah.. hey look i left the stove on, gotta run..!"

ROFLMAO @ Philby!

Hey I wouldnt mind that :P

But yes fuckin idiots should have their balls reattatched.

NB . . You do realise on most records it says "Do not play this record unless for home use without permission of the artist first" or something like that.

Just a thought.

Now for some maths . . . .

Australia = 20,000,000 people.
Lets say at least half have downloaded an mp3 in their time.
=10,000,000
Then at least half of the rest have either taped something from TV or on casette from the radio . .
=15,000,000
and the other 5,000,000 are either too young, too old or just too stupid to know anything about technology.

So that makes 15,000,000 Australian's that should get arrested. Looks like the Fed's have got a big job ahead of em. Good luck boys (Better hide your old mix tapes too)

Fucking Idiots


Tunage atm . . . . . NOFX - Murder the Government

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Originally posted by matt_a Now for some maths . . . . Australia = 20,000,000 people. Lets say at least half have downloaded an mp3 in their time. =10,000,000 Then at least half of the rest have either taped something from TV or on casette from the radio . . =15,000,000 and the other 5,000,000 are either too young, too old or just too stupid to know anything about technology. So that makes 15,000,000 Australian's that should get arrested. Looks like the Fed's have got a big job ahead of em. Good luck boys (Better hide your old mix tapes too)

Dude .. get some statistics

There's only 7 million households in Australia, and only about 65% of them have computers. About 50% of them have internet access. And even then, you'd be surprised at how few people actually download music.

Sure, it seems like a lot, but we all spend a shitload of time in a forum dedicated to music. What of the old people who log on once a week to check their emails? What of people who just want news, weather, FootyTAB and Lotto results?

I read some stats the other day that said about 90% of Kazaa's traffic is created by about 5% of its users -- there's a bunch of hardcore leechers who grab everything in sight, while the vast majority get what they're looking for, and get out

I think the recording industry as we know it will be completely gone within five years .. all this sort of thing looks like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic

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Originally posted by webmeister Dude .. get some statistics There's only 7 million households in Australia, and only about 65% of them have computers. About 50% of them have internet access. And even then, you'd be surprised at how few people actually download music. Sure, it seems like a lot, but we all spend a shitload of time in a forum dedicated to music. What of the old people who log on once a week to check their emails? What of people who just want news, weather, FootyTAB and Lotto results? I read some stats the other day that said about 90% of Kazaa's traffic is created by about 5% of its users -- there's a bunch of hardcore leechers who grab everything in sight, while the vast majority get what they're looking for, and get out I think the recording industry as we know it will be completely gone within five years .. all this sort of thing looks like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic

boo hoo joel. (I know you work for APRA :P)

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Originally posted by matt_a boo hoo joel. (I know you work for APRA :P)

You know something I don't?!?!?

I work in market research, it's my job to know dumb statistics like that

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The logic of these record companies astounds me. Surely they must know that they can't rid the world of internet piracy and that it is irrational to sue everyone and anyone for remixing tunes, playing mp3s etc! I know that they're trying to make an example out of this case, to show to the world the consequences of distributing mp3s...but don’t they realise it's not working.

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The industry's anti-piracy lawyer, Michael Williams, even drew a comparison between Mp3WmaLand and Osama bin Laden's terrorist cells.

That is ridiculous. I know lawyers are supposed to be persuasive and emotive; but making absurd comparisons between mp3s and terrorism does absolutely nothing to assist their cause. If anything, they've now lost their credibility (that is, if they had any in the first place).

Hmm, here's a rather avant garde thought for ya- how about adapting to today's society and using technology to your advantage.
(ohhh! that might be a bit too progressive and out there for us...we should just continue to waste time by taking people to court for piracy. Did you know it's as bad as terrorism?)

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and lets not forget those radio stations, jolz!

think of all them poor guys who will now have to make a phone call before every song they play!!!

WOOT NO MORE NOVA!!!

Well if u take into fact the Recording of TV shows onto cassettes and the teh recording of music rom radio, your bound to find people who are against piracy have done this, Hypocritical Bastards

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Originally posted by -=M=- WOOT NO MORE NOVA!!!

Hmm...

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Hmm, here's a rather avant garde thought for ya- how about adapting to today's society and using technology to your advantage. (ohhh! that might be a bit too progressive and out there for us...we should just continue to waste time by taking people to court for piracy. Did you know it's as bad as terrorism?)

I noticed that, but i still don't understand why they really give a flying fcuk. I mean terrorist are planning attacks while cops are planning attacks on poor risers of the next breed of Producers who are struggling enough with the worlds current economy.

Another thought just popped into my head, don't people think that the death of electonica will be caused by the federals?

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yes psygnosis smokes are addictive, but does one smoke or even one pack cost the same amount as one hit of heroin? no. Believe it or not the government, police and courts are there to protect and serve.

Except they are there for everyone, including record labels.