Those thieving children

http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/..._music_ce.html

On the last day of the recent Reuters Media and Marketing Summit in New York, Warner Music
Group CEO admitted that he was "fairly certain" that one or more of his seven children had
downloaded music without the permission of the copyright owner, which Reuters referred to as
stealing.

Despite the alleged infringers' proximity to the major label head and his direct awareness of
it without the use of ISP subpoenas, somehow no lawsuits were deemed necessary, although
Bronfman said that his kids had "suffered the consequences":

"I explained to them what I believe is right, that the principle 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."

So, the children of major label CEOs get a verbal explanation for infringing Warner's sacred
copyrights, while everyone else has to worry about getting sued. I totally get it. It's like
how if you're a Bush niece who has a rock of crack cocaine fall out of her shoe while in
court-ordered rehab for faking a prescription for anxiety medication, you only have to spend a
few days in jail.

Or how if you're name is Nixon you get pardoned because of an old friendship
instead of prosecuted, or if you're a US Senator Shelby's son Claude and
you get caught in an airport with 13.8 grams of hash, the US Attorney
ignores it and the guy walks, but if Michael goes into a 7-11 and swipes a
pack of cigarettes he has a court date.

History is interesting. But it seems a tad late for people to get their
undies in a wad over Ford's pardon of Nixon. Where were they then?

The RIAA which has now obtained approximately 30,000 agreements to be repaid
$3500 in the 93 US district courts, doesn't go after people are a getting a
few files. They are after the largest number of heists. I don't know what
their threshold is.

Your point is a good one though.

Those Bush nieces and nephews aren't in Iraq riding tanks--and there are a
lot of them who are prime age for signing up. The twins are donating their
services to hundreds of guys in Georgetown and Chelsea Peirs bars after
getting faced nearly every night. Neither holds a job.

CH



"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
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> http://blog.wired.com/music/2006/12/..._music_ce.html
>
> On the last day of the recent Reuters Media and Marketing Summit in New
> York, Warner Music
> Group CEO admitted that he was "fairly certain" that one or more of his
> seven children had
> downloaded music without the permission of the copyright owner, which
> Reuters referred to as
> stealing.
>
> Despite the alleged infringers' proximity to the major label head and his
> direct awareness of
> it without the use of ISP subpoenas, somehow no lawsuits were deemed
> necessary, although
> Bronfman said that his kids had "suffered the consequences":
>
> "I explained to them what I believe is right, that the principle 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."
>
> So, the children of major label CEOs get a verbal explanation for
> infringing Warner's sacred
> copyrights, while everyone else has to worry about getting sued. I
> totally get it. It's like
> how if you're a Bush niece who has a rock of crack cocaine fall out of her
> shoe while in
> court-ordered rehab for faking a prescription for anxiety medication, you
> only have to spend a
> few days in jail.
>
>

"Chad Harris" <fixvista-itneedsit.net> wrote in message
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|| Those Bush nieces and nephews aren't in Iraq riding tanks--and there are a
| lot of them who are prime age for signing up. The twins are donating their
| services to hundreds of guys in Georgetown and Chelsea Peirs bars after
| getting faced nearly every night. Neither holds a job.
|
| CH

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?

George W. Bush: A, find, upstanding "Christian" man!
Surely we should all follow his and his whole family's examples!
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