to the MPAA and congress about SOPA: seriously?

So, let me see if I remember my recent history:

RIAA got all uppity about Napster. sued to have it shut down. When this happened, 3 new similar programs came around (Kazaa, Morpheus, WinMX). about this time, Bittorrent started taking shape. After the big filesharing programs were shut down, Bittorrent was going strong. Now, they want to filter out and have the authority to shut down file servers that are not located in the US, and are outside their jurisdiction.

You would think that the MPAA would realize that doing this shit is really really stupid. IF they would just suck it the fuck up, and actually provide methods to allow their content to be streamed (instead of giving a finger to the likes of netflix and hulu), they might actually see something in return.

I use bittorrent to get movies that are NOT on any legal streaming services. same with tv series/episodes. I do this because there IS NO VIABLE ALTERNATIVE YET.

To the MPAA, and the politicians they are paying off: FUCK YOU.

Fix for lack of jobs.

I hate watching or listening to the news, because 50%+ is all about the lack of jobs, and the shitty economy.  there needs to be more jobs to put more money back in the economy, and vice versa, so it's a massive catch-22.  However, EVERY side seems to be missing the EASIEST FIX for this issue.

lets put this simply.

For the sake of argument, lets say there are ... 1000 executives in the U.S. with a salary of over 5 million a year in the U.S. (I have no idea on this, just making this up).  lets now imagine that each of these 1000 executives were to cut their salary by 1 million each.  1,000 x 1,000,000 = 1,000,000,000.  That is 1 BILLION dollars.

Now, lets say that this money was then used to hire new employees, say at an average of $50,000 / per.



$1,000,000,000 / $50,000 = 20,000 new jobs.



if even ONE of these greedy douchebags would stop being such a greedy douchebag, and give 1m of his salary back, that would still be 200 new jobs.



One thing to realize is that the lack of jobs is NOT the fault of the president.  IT IS THE FAULT of arrogant, elitist, fat, overpaid, douchebag white executives with far too much money and far too little brains.

Dear MTV: Give up the M, you have nothing to do with Music anymore.

Dear MTV:  your self-deluded state that you have anything to do with music is over.  There is nothing left within you to even ATTEMPT a recovery at this point.  So, at this point, lets just change your name to what it should be.  Here are a few suggestions:

TnA TV.   pretty self explanatory, since what crap you actually do play for 'videos' is nothing more than a bunch of rappers with a bunch of almost naked sluts bouncing their tits and ass in the camera, or rappers showing off their fucking bling, which is the BIGGEST joke in the world.  personally, I think they're trying to make up for the fact that, despite being black, they are lacking in the size of their penis.

SRTV: Shitty 'Reality' TV:  it's ok, you can be honest with yourself.  You make/produce/selectively edit/show really shitty reality shows.  going for the biggest drama punch.  Your current biggest show, 'Jersey shitheads', is absolutely pointless.  a bunch of boy fags and whore-ass drama queen girls, painted up with orange tan gel, trying to act like a bunch of Guido's.  Seriously, you think this is entertainment?  the ONLY people that get any enjoyment out of this, have a lower IQ than the people that are in the show.  which is... what, somewhere in the 60'ish IQ range?

I'm going to tell you the exact moment I lost all respect for you.  about 10 years ago, I was watching the European MTV Music awards, for the sole reason that Depeche Mode was going to be performing live on them.  I sat through 2 hours of absolute SHIT, including that fucking untalented asshat called 'Jay-Z', and couldn't help but notice that 50%+ of the crowd in europe didn't care for him much either.  After 2 said hours, DM's performance was not shown.  I had to go find a Torrent online that actually had them performing.  So you seriously expect me to have ANY respect for you, when you cut out a group that actually has MUSICAL talent, to put someone who 'talks over drums'?  Fuck you.

Tell me something, when was the last time you actually even considered music?  was it back in the mid 90's or so?  You are the primary reason that there's so much pushing behind gang violence.  your shitty ass 'videos' (when they are played), do nothing but cause further escalations between the 2 coastal rapper gangs, and treat women like shit.  

Until you actually shut down and go away, Society is going to be a bowl of shit.  you had your chance, but you did nothing but just fuck up more and more.  Grow up, and move on.

This is not going to be saying anything new...

My first posting isn't going to be saying anything that hasn't been said by many many people in the past few years, and my voice is going to yet be another voice in a throng of others. 


This one is directed toward 2 entities, those being the MPAA and the RIAA.   These 2 bastard organizations that seem to leech money from music consumers, making them never wanting to pay for music or movies ever again after having been bent over and receiving a nice firm shafting from them, in public and in court.

So, lets break this down and put it into perspective.  your point of existance is to protect the copyrights of your clients, aka the music and movie labels/studios.  I get that, people who invest money should have a right to protect their investment, and to make money.  This is what capitolism means.  I'm not upset at you for your reason of being.

My problem with you, is you have no reason to really exist in a digital era.  Your actions likely caused delays in the studios/labels for making deals with companies like Napster, like Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, etc.  Instead of working with these companies in making legal methods of access on subscription or purchases of digital content, you thought it would be intelligent to just grab a selection of IP's, and file thousands of 'john/jane doe' lawsuits, in an effort to use them as a public flogging, to scare others into stopping their lawless filesharing and downloading.  repeatedly, you tried this, and a lot of people actually settled with you out of court, to avoid possible embarressment and heavier fines if it went to court.

Then there's the stories of you suing a 78 yo grandmother who didn't even own a computer.  then suing a 12 year old girl.  the woman who lived on a fixed income, couldn't even afford a lawyer, let alone your fines.  and you didn't seem to care, or even want to imaging the POSSIBILITY that you may the wrong person.

So, here's a bit on me: have I downloaded things without paying?  yes.  I'm sure there's not many people out there that haven't at some point.  Do I now?  Why would I want to?  I have the legal means to get the music and movies I want, through legal channels.  I have a Netflix, Pandora Pro and Spotify Pro accounts.  I legally pay for my music to stream or be stored offline and played from there.  I nearly pissed myself when Spotify was finally permitted in the U.S., and I am quite happy to pay them $120/yr, along with my $36/yr Pandora Subscription, and my Netflix account (whatever they are charging now).  Not only is it affordable, but it is provided in a way that is easily accessible over many different platforms, even streaming to my Android cell phone.

I will end this fairly tame rant, with a final word:

Lars Ulrich, you are a damn douchebag that needs to be set on fire and then pissed on.  you had a right to protect your music, but you just proved you were a complete and total fucktard.  Let me tell you a story:

When I was younger (late teens - early/mid 20's) I was a huge Metallica fan.  I bought all your albums.  I bought a buttload of your swag.  I bought your concert vids, your several hundred dollar 'vaults'.  I saw you in concert a BUNCH of times. 

Then, you decided to be a complete twat, by opening that hole in your face. and not closing it.

so, what did I do?  I sold everything I owned by you.  all my cd's, all my shirts, all my misc stuff, all the videos and box sets. everything.  Anything I couldn't sell, I held a bonfire with in my back yard, and invited any friends of mine that felt the same way to have a 'Metallica's an ASS' party.

Since then, whenever I hear one of your songs, I change the station, walk out of the room, or put my buds in and turn on something I'd rather listen to.

Remember this:  What do you call a guy that hangs out with a group of musicians?  The Drummer.  so, monkey, just go beat the drums, and shut the fuck up.