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09-05-2003, 05:03 PM
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Symbol of Cyric
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I was sitting relaxing watching the US Open tennis earlier tonight when the comentator said something that really made me choke on my cola. He said that if more than three planes fly over Flushing Meadows in one day while the Us Open is on that the nearby airport authorites are fined... wait for it... 500 MILLION DOLLARS! First off does anyone know if that's true? And what do you think of it, it's madness surely! I know the USA is a rich country but this is ridiculous! Although you could also argue the fact that building a tennis facility that is used for two weeks a year and cost over 200 million dollars is madness also. Hmmm...
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09-05-2003, 05:06 PM
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Iron Throne Cult
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It disrupts their concentration and may cost them in the long run in tournaments, thats why the fine is so high. Plus the cost of setting up the opening must be very high and to have it ruined by noisy planes would tend to make them mad.
Yea, 500 million is insane, just as insane as the music industry fining people 100 grand a song that is caught on their computer [img]tongue.gif[/img] [ 09-05-2003, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: Gangrell ] |
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09-05-2003, 05:53 PM
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09-05-2003, 05:56 PM
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Harper
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lets see... 2500*100.000... holy cr...p I'm in trouble...
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09-05-2003, 06:26 PM
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2. they can only sue you if your sharing them. and its not fine because they are not a government body [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 09-05-2003, 06:27 PM: Message edited by: Zero Alpha ]
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09-05-2003, 06:30 PM
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Iron Throne Cult
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2. they can only sue you if your sharing them. and its not fine because they are not a government body [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]No... they're fining 100 grand a song, they're just crying because they've lost so much business because of Kazaa. They doing this to people and they know they can't pay them back, but then again people can counter sue them for infecting pcs with viruses and hacking into pcs to find songs being the invasion of privacy and destruction of personal property. Bastards [img]tongue.gif[/img] |
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09-05-2003, 06:38 PM
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2. they can only sue you if your sharing them. and its not fine because they are not a government body [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]No... they're fining 100 grand a song, they're just crying because they've lost so much business because of Kazaa. They doing this to people and they know they can't pay them back, but then again people can counter sue them for infecting pcs with viruses and hacking into pcs to find songs being the invasion of privacy and destruction of personal property. Bastards [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That's hilarious
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09-05-2003, 06:46 PM
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2. they can only sue you if your sharing them. and its not fine because they are not a government body [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]1. yes threadjacking is fun... [img]smile.gif[/img] 2. Actually I do sometimes share them... but not on Kazaa |
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09-05-2003, 06:51 PM
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The Magister
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I share my songs with no man. HA!
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09-05-2003, 07:00 PM
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geez, like they expect everybody to have that huge amount of money with them to pay that stupid fine.
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