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- MacBookForMe, on 10/05/2008, -1/+83Never ending Hollywood greed...
- Ismith988, on 10/05/2008, -0/+72***** YOU HOLLYWOOD
- iticu, on 10/05/2008, -0/+60"Like taking candy from a baby."
- GamingForever, on 10/05/2008, -0/+54In Hollywood, we take money from little kids!
- CreativeGuy, on 10/05/2008, -8/+60This is just getting comical. I mean really, Kindergartens, are you ***** kidding me??? I mean are you really seriously ***** kidding me?
ATTENTION TERRORISTS: PLEASE BOMB RIAA AND MPAA BUILDINGS AT A TIME CONVENIENT FOR YOU - JUST MAKE SURE NOBODY TOOK THE DAY OFF THAT DAY FIRST! - oliversan, on 10/05/2008, -0/+46Don't they have enough money as it is?
- dsmx, on 10/05/2008, -0/+39Is hollywood trying to get everyone to hate them? Do they view it as a challenge to get as many people against them as possible?
- thisoneisunique, on 10/05/2008, -1/+36“We would rarely show DVDs anyway because it’s frowned upon — kids get enough TV at home,” she said.
I'm so glad that someone said this in the article - People don't send their kids to kindergarten so that they have to watch DVDs there (at least I wouldn't). - basye, on 10/05/2008, -0/+29Money grubbers!
- ks136, on 10/05/2008, -0/+26Poor, poor, Hollywood...yeah, I feel really sorry for them.
- pigfister, on 10/05/2008, -0/+24NAME AND SHAME THEM PPL!
dont allow them to hide being the smokescreen of the trade body titles!
RIAA, SOUNDEXCHANGE, BPI, IFPI, CRIA, Ect, Ect, Ect:
# Sony BMG Music Entertainment
# Universal Music Group
# Warner Music Group
# EMI
MPAA:
# The Walt Disney Company
# Sony Pictures
# Paramount Pictures Viacom—(DreamWorks owners since February 2006)
# 20th Century Fox (News Corporation)
# Universal Studios (NBC Universal)
# Warner Bros. (Time Warner)
==================================================================================================
CORPORATE GREED with the backing of the US congress.
Couldn't webcasters bypass all RIAA affiliated music to avoid extortionate royalty rates, well NO because the Gatekeepers don't want you to listen to any Indie music as it diverts revenue away from them!
As we had with the Payola deals (RIAA pay to only play their music on the radio)
Now we have this, which makes it impossible for any Indie artist to succeed without signing their soul over to the Gatekeepers
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/29/033522 ...
fta: "With the furor over the impending rate hike for Internet radio stations, wouldn't a good solution be for streaming internet stations to simply not play RIAA-affiliated labels' music and focus on independent artists? Sounds good, except that the RIAA's affiliate organization SoundExchange claims it has the right to collect royalties for any artist, no matter if they have signed with an RIAA label or not. 'SoundExchange (the RIAA) considers any digital performance of a song as falling under their compulsory license. If any artist records a song, SoundExchange has the right to collect royalties for its performance on Internet radio. Artists can offer to download their music for free, but they cannot offer their songs to Internet radio for free ... So how it works is that SoundExchange collects money through compulsory royalties from Webcasters and holds onto the money. If a label or artist wants their share of the money, they must become a member of SoundExchange and pay a fee to collect their royalties.'"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/24/141326 ... - inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+22Hollywood?! Doing something illegal?! SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE!
- hnazareth16, on 10/05/2008, -1/+19Charging kindergartners? Why evil soulless Hollywood executive thought that would be a good idea?
- SSUK, on 10/05/2008, -0/+15Were you an extra in Metal Gear Solid at some point?
- Owwmykneecap, on 10/05/2008, -0/+14As an Irishman all i can say is "!".
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+14I make mistakes too. But I have never sued Kindergartens
- compgeek, on 10/05/2008, -0/+13What a bunch of *****. will their need for money never cease
- Philbert, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12Technically you're not allowed to invite a bunch of friends over to watch a movie at your house. Nor are you allowed to load your DVDs to your friends.
- zmigliozzi, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12When will people in masses boycott hollywood? I'm doing my part.
- heystoopid, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11No , the greed for more exceeds the limits of common sense period .
- mgard7331, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11As if they don't have enough money as it is.
- Sabin, on 10/05/2008, -0/+9Charging kindergaten kids an annual fee so they can watch movie shown in class? WHAT THE ***** IS WRONG WITH THE MPAA?
- calbff, on 10/06/2008, -0/+8He can keep posting it, and I'll keep reading it.
- cambrown99, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7The MPAA belongs on the 'retarded scams people still fall for' list one digg below
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6The IRA needs to come here and deal with hollyweird!!!
- JoeVet, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6More mafia style tactics by the worlds copyright holders.
- 0tis, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6"All you maggots, smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard - you should have never trusted Hollywood"
- System Of A Down, 'Lost In Hollywood'
(Interestingly, the lyrics site I just got that from said "all you maggot-smoking fags"... I don't know what to say to that) - 0tis, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Really? I know I have, surely it's only a matter of time...
- mrm3x1can, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5***** the MPLC!
- sniffer, on 10/05/2008, -1/+6WTF! Hold on a minute:
Hollywood is in the US. Ireland is in Europe.
Different countries. HELL! Different continents!!
Who the hell are they to come here and demand our money?
Screw them! ***** the MPLC, the MPAA and alikes. If they come here i swear ill rip off the tires of their cars, loose the dogs on them and set them on fire after the dogs had a really big bite on them. Then, and only then, I'll dump them on a Sulfuric acid pool and send the remains the their offices with a note saying "Come and get some".
***** them. Hurray for The Pirate Bay! - heystoopid, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5It's time to invoke RICO .
- kirado4, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4What, hollywood breaking copyright law again..? Watch them get off scott free as usual
- Mankrik, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4IIRC, That DIRE FBI WARNING or whatever at the start of every movie you watch states you can't show it in a public place and such, so they want compensation.
- Matri, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4They're obviously so poor that they have to take candy from babies.
- adriantr, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Think of the children!
- tigertee, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4wow, this really makes me want to stop downloading movies and music to support the "industry"
- Skooma714, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4?
! - AltairLaAhad, on 10/06/2008, -0/+4They can't catch people in their own country so they decide to after kindergartens in Ireland.
No that won't backfire at all. /sarcasm - osullibhean, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4FTA "A spokesman from the IPO confirmed that an organization that acts in this manner could be fined or have its staff jailed."
This is a disgraceful attempt at a shakedown. Oh please, please, please.... someone lock these devious bastards up! - miralize, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3***** off mpaa
- pingudownunder, on 10/06/2008, -0/+3As an Irish citizen i say "Feck the MPAA/MPLC"
- ruffdogg, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3this is so funny, really, and apparently the kids only watch dvds when they are pretending to be going to the cinema, that is a hollywood advert
- osullibhean, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3The article is poorly written, I'll grant you that. However, it doesn't detract from the fundamental point, which is that the greedy ***** in Hollywood (who set up there in California to avoid paying royalties to Eastman Kodak back in the East) are attempting a shameful shakedown.
- sillyelf74, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3I think somebody forgot the phrase is "taking candy from a baby" not "taking money from a baby".
I keep on thinking I've seen the last desperate gasp of Hollywood trying to cling to a dead distribution model, and then I read a story like this that just shows me Hollywood is full of vampires who suck all that is good out of the industry. - magus_melchior, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3It's no longer a group of corporations. It's 21-century feudalism.
- ramsinks.com, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Hollywood can leave now. You are not needed any longer.
- osullibhean, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Is there a particular reason why you posted the same comment twice?
- unhg, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Beyond Disgrace.
- Phoenix478, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2Wow indeed. That seems good and evil. It's like a bunch of execs were sitting around...
"So... we haven't done anything really evil in awhile... anyone have any ideas?"
"We could demand money from six year olds..."
"Brilliant! Evil and money grubbing! Someone light this man's cigar with a $100 bill and then lets go make another horrible sequel to a trilogy from the 80's!" - ultrafez, on 10/05/2008, -2/+4In Soviet Russia, little kids take money from you.
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