Rock Stars Need More Money
MonsieurEvil
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
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<div class="IPBDescription">Filed under 'Cry me a river'</div> <a href='http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,61860,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_9' target='_blank'>http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,...tw=wn_tophead_9</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->LAS VEGAS -- Rock stars, soul singers and famous faces from the movies came to Las Vegas on Thursday to help one of the world's largest computer companies make a pitch against digital piracy.
Rocker Sheryl Crow, U2 guitarist The Edge and actor Ben Affleck spoke out against piracy after a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show by Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, who pledged her company would protect artists' rights in all its devices.
Singer Alicia Keys, who performed two songs on stage, told the audience she regularly spoke with children about music piracy.
"I always tell them, 'You can download, but if you like what you hear, go out and buy it," she said.
Fiorina said the company would commit to either buying or developing the best software possible for content security, in a fervent speech in which she dedicated the company to battling piracy.
HP announced plans on Thursday for a digital music player based on Apple Computer's wildly popular iPod player and said it would install Apple's iTunes music software on its computers.
Longstanding music industry executive Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Universal's Interscope music label, gave a lengthy speech condemning piracy and called for changes.
"For the last few years, parents and children have been given a pass to do something they knew in their heart was wrong," he said. "We're going to support HP to the point where they're going to ask us to stop."
Iovine and Fiorina were joined on stage by the music industry figures, who also included country artist Toby Keith and producer Dr. Dre, to raucous cheers from a full theater audience.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The gathered musicians then took their $10,000 gift baskets, got in their stretch limos, and took private learjets back to their mansions.
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->LAS VEGAS -- Rock stars, soul singers and famous faces from the movies came to Las Vegas on Thursday to help one of the world's largest computer companies make a pitch against digital piracy.
Rocker Sheryl Crow, U2 guitarist The Edge and actor Ben Affleck spoke out against piracy after a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show by Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, who pledged her company would protect artists' rights in all its devices.
Singer Alicia Keys, who performed two songs on stage, told the audience she regularly spoke with children about music piracy.
"I always tell them, 'You can download, but if you like what you hear, go out and buy it," she said.
Fiorina said the company would commit to either buying or developing the best software possible for content security, in a fervent speech in which she dedicated the company to battling piracy.
HP announced plans on Thursday for a digital music player based on Apple Computer's wildly popular iPod player and said it would install Apple's iTunes music software on its computers.
Longstanding music industry executive Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Universal's Interscope music label, gave a lengthy speech condemning piracy and called for changes.
"For the last few years, parents and children have been given a pass to do something they knew in their heart was wrong," he said. "We're going to support HP to the point where they're going to ask us to stop."
Iovine and Fiorina were joined on stage by the music industry figures, who also included country artist Toby Keith and producer Dr. Dre, to raucous cheers from a full theater audience.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The gathered musicians then took their $10,000 gift baskets, got in their stretch limos, and took private learjets back to their mansions.
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No. Just proof that it should be legal to hire professional assassins.
Whoah, sorry, kinda went into the mist there, Agreed [WHO]them, agreed...
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yay more crap for me to uninstall... but wait, i dont have to worry. Im would not buy a crappy HP PC in the first place.
<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>For mother Russia</span></span></b>
No. Just proof that it should be legal to hire professional assassins. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I thought it was?
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yay more crap for me to uninstall... but wait, i dont have to worry. Im would not buy a crappy HP PC in the first place. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's what I thought was funny... honestly, you think people stupid enough to buy macs and HP's for personal use are smart enough to download music? No.
Really why complain about the money lost when you have so much of it. Really grow up I know you put a lot of work in to these songs but do you expect someone to play 16-20$ for something that their not sure they will like?
Yeah! I'm sure uh.....uh....some silly boy band doesn't do drugs!
I know but we poke fun anyways.
No. Just proof that it should be legal to hire professional assassins.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I may not be professional, but I know how to make a molotov coctail. 50% off if you do the driving-away once I've done the throwing!
<span style='font-size:7.3pt;line-height:100%'>(No, I'm not kidding about the coctails. Yes, I'm kidding about the 50% off bit <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)</span>
I beg to differ. I'm not a rockstar, not on cocaine and I'm not living an indulging lifestyle. Thusly the converse should obviously be true <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
And Dragon_Mech: Molotov's are too up-close and personal. Only santa could deliver as many as would be needed. I think we need to print a book on how people can do it themselves. We could call it something to cover up it's true purpose, such as "The Anarchists Cookbook."
Yes, but remember to pay 50%, because I OWN THE SOIL YOUR TRESS GROW ON!
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I don't see how this would hurt them. The only people who I will see hurt money-wise are the new artists <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
This is why money is all a bad thing....it's just like chlorine. It's both good and bad :/
It's just like hollywood: nobody deserves millions of dollars for 6 months worth of acting, no matter how good they are. I say tax it off the top and spend it on the little guy!
edit : Swear filter didn't get that one ;/
Yeah, like him:
<img src='http://muzyka.onet.pl/_i/plytyd/m/mc_hammer.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
and him:
<img src='http://vanillaice.saturn.org/images/left/3.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Seriously, go watch a few episodes of MTV cribs and tell me if they deserve all that cash. Who doesn't need a solid gold toilet seat and diamond 22's! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
(Yes even the ones Downloaded from Kazza when I used it) However now with the influx of money I have from my job (and the fact I really don't have anything else to spend it on) I have a very large music collection.
I don't mind the stars complaining about the fact that they don't like having their work distributed but I do get annoyed with the constant "OMG WE'RE LOOSING SOME MONEY! OMG I CAN'T BUY MY 4th HOME!"
Yeah, like him:
<img src='http://muzyka.onet.pl/_i/plytyd/m/mc_hammer.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
and him:
<img src='http://vanillaice.saturn.org/images/left/3.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Seriously, go watch a few episodes of MTV cribs and tell me if they deserve all that cash. Who doesn't need a solid gold toilet seat and diamond 22's! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think you mean him:
<img src='http://muzyka.onet.pl/_i/plytyd/m/mc_hammer.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
And him:
<img src='http://www.princeton.edu/~danj/pictures/headshot4.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
And so it begins... again... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
In his own, immortal words :
I told you homeboy u can't touch this
Yeah that's how we're livin' and you know u can't touch this
Look in my eyes man u can't touch this
You know let me bust the funky lyrics u can't touch this