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Gandalf5619 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:12:07 EDT

This morning I took the liberty to call Mr. Bronfman's office. His AA answered. I cheerfully greated her and inquired about the weather. She responded and said it was raining. I informed her that it was bright, sunny and cool here in Tennessee. I then tol her to pass on to Mr. Bronfman that I'd just downloaded Radiohead's NEW album, In Rainbows, and paid $15.95 directly to Radiohead. While I played it in the background, I asked, "Do you hear that?" His secretary coldly responed, "Yes." I then informed her that was the sound of RIAA's demise. Don't you love it?!!! GREAT ALBUM!!!! YOU should dowload it!!!

Gandalf5619

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ZonzoMaster — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:18:07 EDT

@TechnoDestructo: I would like to see people yelling shit at them on the streets (if they ever get out of their evil lairs).

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Ikki — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:28:25 EDT

You mean like the RIAA does to college students?

I smell a class action lawsuit.

Ikki

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Mr. Gunn — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:30:25 EDT

alakawaka: You mean like the RIAA does to college students?

Mr. Gunn

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Grrrrrrrrr — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:22:25 EDT

"Can't sleep, RIAA goons will eat me."

Grrrrrrrrr

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alakawaka — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:38:27 EDT

From wikipedia on cyberbullying...and seriously...there is NO WAY losers like you can afford a lawyer.

It can constitute a computer crime. For example, in the United States it is a federal crime to anonymously "annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person" via the internet or telecommunication system, punishable by a fine and/or up to two years imprisonment.

alakawaka

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Darkest Daze — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:03:54 EDT

All I can say is "scumbags".

Darkest Daze

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bnb614 — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:09:08 EDT

Eric Nicoli was awesome in "Everybody Loves Raymond."

bnb614

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hoyleysox — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:02:39 EDT

What is a good, free internet fax program?

hoyleysox

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hoyleysox — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:58:57 EDT

The bronfman # is good. I called him and left a message with the receptionist.

hoyleysox

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Trai_Dep — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:01:50 EDT

Bronfman has the luxury of saying, "Gosh, it's not *me* that wants to extort college kids" in interviews, knowing full well that his RIAA minions will use their long knives while providing plausible deniability. Don't believe the hype.

Trai_Dep

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thisiskspraydad — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:39:34 EDT

And how much, pray tell, did the Bronfman clan earn a ways back during prohibition...hmm, family riches from breaking the law...do tell.

thisiskspraydad

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Skeptic — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:12:35 EDT

Balding, overweight, middle-aged white men. What a surprise.

Perhaps not surprising. But, Edgar Bronfman seems to be rather attractive, at least on the outside.

Keep in mind that evil people can be attractive and charming. Evil doesn't typecast.

Skeptic

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ikes — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:06:32 EDT

gari is right. EB jr ruined Seagrams, to the chagrine of his uncle Sam. Nothing like taking a perpetually successful business and trashing it in your quest for stardom and fame. Bronfman wasn't happy enough ghost writing shitty love songs for celine dion (see "Junior Miles"), he went and sold off the money-making liquor business to buy up Universal and other media outlets in a misguided quest for "content".

At least I got 6 months of severance outta all that.

ikes

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lpranal — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:26:50 EDT

Balding, overweight, middle-aged white men. What a surprise.

lpranal

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jitrobug — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:26:47 EDT

Go after the smaller labels.

Plus don't just boycott "sony-bmg" - boycott all of sony. Don't buy anything from a company that supports such customer hostile behavior.

or, more accurately, such internet hostile behavior - anyone with an account from an ISP could find themselves getting sued because of the RIAA's sloppy methods.

jitrobug

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Gari N. Corp — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:05:31 EDT

Edgar Bronfman squandered a perfectly good liquor fortune (I mean, how many complaints do you get about booze makers, Mister Consumerist?) because he decided he had to a media mogul. Then, having destroyed billions in Seagram shareholder value (yesyesyes, I know, pity the shareholders) in a merger with Universal. He then did the same - in reverse - with Warners. Textbook lesson in how to turn daddy's money into a reaming for music-lovers

Gari N. Corp

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faust1200 — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:56:00 EDT

Hugh Laurie? From the hairline-up maybe.

faust1200

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acambras — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:53:27 EDT

I think Edgar Bronfman looks like Hugh Laurie in that photo. Except that I like Hugh Laurie.

acambras

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mopar_man — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:19:32 EDT

They all have the greedy corporate look but especially Edgar with his Mr. Burns fingers. Eric looks like the dad from "Everybody Loves Raymond."

mopar_man

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TimSPC — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:06:58 EDT

Edgar Bronfman looks like the bastard child of Ralph Finnes and Seth Green.

TimSPC

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TechnoDestructo — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:43:50 EDT

Hit list.

TechnoDestructo

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thisiskspraydad — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:42:34 EDT

Should Edgar be there? Afterall he wants the punishment for piracy to remain a parental prerogative.

From a interview with Adam Reuters (??!!)

EB:We don't want to go after people who are casually downloading a few songs, but people who are massively uploading tracks. Having said that, it's not the centerpiece of our strategy.

AR: Taking a question from the audience, McLuhan Ennis asks: "Can you give a description of the what you describe as middle ground? Say, within the context of a mash-up, what would be an example of fair use?"

EB: It's our hope we can find a way to generally license much or all of our content for users to adapt in any way they see fit. We want people to use their creativity to take our content and do what they think is an interesting thing.

AR: So, you have seven children, have you ever caught any of them using Gnutella or Limewire or the P2P network?

EB: I have. I explained to them what I believe is right, that the principle involved is that stealing music is stealing music. Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child, a bright line around moral responsibility is very important. I can assure you they no longer do that.

AR: What were the consequences?

EB: I think I'll keep that within the family. (Laughter)

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/12/01/warner-mu...

thisiskspraydad

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mantari — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:42:31 EDT

Why do they all look like mob bosses? :)

mantari