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The Stony Brook Press - Volume 24, Issue 14
The Stony Brook Press - Volume 24, Issue 14
The Stony Brook Press - Volume 24, Issue 14
Vol. XXV, Issue 14 "Can't Publish, Clowns Will Eat Me" Auust 13,2003
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Revolutions in society are based around Because of this convenient copyright cir- attempt to take down any new technology that
improving and creating technologies in two areas: cumvent, the music industry has avidly spoken tries to circumvent copyright laws. They have
the movement of goods and physical items (the out against music file sharing. A major actor, the gone to great lengths to attempt to accomplish
wheel, the steam engine), and the movement of RIAA (Recording Industry Association of this, including contacting Internet providers and
ideas and information (the telephone, the televi- America) is a conglomerate of the major music universities asking for assistance, sending cease
sion). Having the greatest social impact in recent publishers. These worldwide publishers consist of and desist letters, and privately messaging the
years is the Internet, transforming the way society Vivendi Universal, Sony, Warner Music, EMI individual user. These actors' would like to see
communicates. music, and Bertelsmann. The RIAA contests that copyright infringement come to a total standstill.
The Internet has become a multi-media people who download music online are thieves. Only in their ideal world can this happen.
tool that converges mediums that were once Richard Parsons, co-chief operating officer of AOL "Underground" trading of music will always
thought to only be separate. Print, video and Time Warner spoke out against Napster (a web- exist, as long as there is a cheap effective method
audio can be combined in a way that can greatly based group promoting unrestricted music shar- of doing so. In their ideal world, there would have
enhance a user's search *for information. ing) in 2000: to be no other crimes occurring; in the real world,
However, this new digital media has brought up "The defenders of Napster hide the reali- international lawmakers have other more pressing
the old question of copyrights. Is the sharing ty of what they are doing - ripping off artists - issues to deal with. Restrictions on copyrights in
through the digital medium simply sharing, or is it behind the fig leaf of third-party neutrality. They such an extreme fashion would involve control of
stealing? claim they're merely acting as a matchmaker Orwellian proportions.
To fully understand the question, we have among Web music fans who want to exchange dig- On the other side of the spectrum are the
to go back to the origin of copyrights, to the time ital music files already in their possession. That's actors who want uncontrolled sharing of copy-
of the printing press. According to Richard a little like a hijacker claiming he's doing nothing righted material. This set of actors includes the
Stallman: more than act as an intermediary in the transfer of "digitally aware" group of society. These are the
"The copyright system developed along property from one owner to another." (Merriden, people who realize how easy it is to trade and
with the printing press. In the age of the printing 31) publish works on the Internet. In the music
press, it was unfeasible for an ordinary reader to Parsons went on to state the hypocrisy of debate, a creative computer user, Shawn Fanning,
copy a book. Copying a book required a printing Napster, "Go to the 'Terms of Use' section at its created a file-sharing program that allowed unre-
press, and ordinary readers did not have one. Web site and this is what you'll read, quote. 'this stricted trade of music, called Napster. Napster
What's more, copying in this way was absurdly Web site or any portion of this Web site may not be was the first technology to be used in such a pub-
expensive unless many copies were made - which reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, or lic manner, and the first technology to be put
means, in effect, that only a publisher could copy otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose under major heat from global publishers and
a book economically." (para. 9) that is not expressly permitted by Napster" authors.
This set the standard for almost half a mil- (Merriden, 32). Parsons and.others in the RIAA Napster officials such as Milton E. Olin Jr,
lennia. As new media became available, publish- noted how this specific actor, Napster, wanted to chief operating officer at Napster said the record-
ers expanded to encompass them. It was not hard, prosper by avoiding the copyright on music, but ing industry was only going after Napster because
as this was the only feasible way for authors and still use a copyright to protect themselves. it took the control of music distribution out of the
creators of art and information to have their work While media publishers such as those hands of the few and into the hands of the many.
shown to the public. Stallman uses the printing comprising of the RIAA benefit from copyright David Boies, Napster's lawyer stated copyrights
press again as an example: laws; a more essential actor benefits from the laws, existed for the public's benefit:
"So when the public traded to publishers the artist (or author). In the debate on music trans- Copyright is therefore an incentive that
the freedom to copy books, they were selling ferring on the Internet, high profile musicians we as a society grant so that we may have better
something which they could not use. Trading have spoken out as well. In the specific controver- access to more original expression. In the end, the
something you cannot use for something useful. sy engulfing Napster, Lars Ulrich from the band copyright laws are for the benefit of the public as
and helpful is always a good deal. Therefore, Metallica stated copyrights exist for the author's a whole, not the individual copyright owners. The
copyright was uncontroversial in the age of the benefit: balance requires that these rights be limited so that
printing press precisely because it did not restrict "I don't have a problem with any artist we as a society can share, grow and build upon
anything the reading public might commonly do." voluntarily distributing his or her songs through one another's creativity. But the balance is always
(para. 10) any means the artist elects -at no cost to the con- at risk in the struggle between copyright absolutes
sumer, if that's what the artist wants. But just like and those who think more limited projections are
Cyberspace is the first medium that a carpenter who crafts a table gets to decide appropriate. (Merriden, 56)
allows the average person to publish to a broad whether to keep it, sell it or give it away, shouldn't The computer using public is another
audience. Copyright infringement existed before we have the same options?" (Merriden, 46) actor in this debate of online publishing. Many
the Internet, but not in the form it does now. For Ulrich and many other artists are on the online "pirates" use the Internet because they do
example, a person utilizing a copy machine, VCR, same side as the RIAA and the music publishers: not like the control the music industry has over
or CD burner could mass duplicate a copyrighted music is stealing. Even though books and print them. They claim the price of music is to high, and
material, but the instances of that were infrequent. are not "pirated" as music is, Author Harlan the public selection is limited. The Internet allows
The Internet allows the average person to mass Ellison has harshly spoken out on Internet copy- a person to sample a wider variety of music for
transfer copyrighted material to other people at an right infringement: free. Internet users who share music do not con-
extremely cheap rate. Whereas videocassette or Individuals seem to think that they can sider what they do "stealing," as they are not
CD copying requires a certain amount of overhead allow the dissemination of writers' work on the physically taking anything. In addition, they say
capital, an Internet user can use the tools he Internet without authorization, and without pay- the "losses" claimed by publishers are bogus. If
already has to transfer information. ment, under the banner of "fair use" or the idiot the information was not free, they wouldn't have
The actors in this debate can be grouped slogan, "information must be free." A writer's taken it to begin with.
into two major camps, those for the uncontrolled work is not information: it is our creative proper- While Lars Ulrich of Metallica will claim
sharing of copyrighted material, and those against ty, our livelihood and our families' annuity. Why that new artists suffer the most from online music
it. Actors who want intellectual property regulat- should any artist, of any kind, continue creating publishing, ut others will contest that. Musical
ed are none other than those who have directly new work, eking out an existence in pursuit of a groups that are unable to publish to the public
prospered off of the regulation: publishers. While career, following the muse, when little Internet through the "official" ways use the mp3 format
cyberspace can carry digital forms of print, audio, thieves, rodents without ethic or understanding, and the Internet as advertisement for their music.
and visual media, not all of these older mediums steal and steal and steal, conveniencing them- This act is not illegal, and helps many lesser-
are equally threatened. Video and print media are selves and "screw the author?" What we're look- known artists.
nowhere near as threatened as audio media is. ing at is the death of the professional writer! The end of Napster signaled a new age in
This wasn't always so. Until recent years, audio, (Ellison, para. 4) online publishing. While the RIAA was able to
video and print were equally hard to convert to These prominent actors, with exception of shut down Napster, they have yet to stop the
digital form. The advent of the MPEG 3 (Moving Ellison, have exorbitant amounts of money and newer generation of file-sharing programs, such
Pictures Experts Group) technology (or mp3 for power on their side. The RIAA consists of global as Kazaa. While Kazaa works in a way similar to
short) created a way for audio to be compressed to corporations who have the power to lobby to gov- Napster, involving a central location for all users,
a size small enough for Internet file transfer, and ernments and hire the most expensive lawyers for other technologies exist which have no centrality,
still retain the necessary information that makes it court battles. They are willing to sue any person
worthwhile to hear. offering digital music files on the Internet, and Continued onpage 9
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in sweeping generalities, and still experience whatsoever, and who terrific governor, so long as he
be the front-runner only on the even changed his party affiliation doesn't view this as a between-
basis of his celebrity? Does it mean just so he could run, over men movie gig. But why are we so con-
that we are tired of "conventional who had tons of city experience. vinced, as a society, that people
politicians"? Or does it mean that Now Mike Bloomberg's approval who have never done politics
the ones we are offered with sim- ratings are hovering around 35%. before are so much better than
ply cannot get the job done any- We hate him now. people who have?
more? New York City voters elect- Again, we feel
ed a man who had no political Schwarzenegger would make a
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By Sam Goldman
There as been an open rift in recent years the best of both words. Like an ocean, the album
since the Deftones came out with White Pony has the ability to both soothe (their first single,
three years ago. Some fans long for the old, "Minerva") and destroy (the insanely aggressive
relentless, nu-metal aggressiveness of Adrenaline "When Girls Telephone Boys"), and they can even
and Around The Fur and called White Pony do it in the same song ("Hexagram", rumored to
pussy shit; others loved the new, deeper, darker, be their next single). They can break out the mas-
Tool-like Deftones. Whichever side of the fence sive guitar riffs ("Battle Axe"), or use absolutely
you're on, one thing is clear. In this rock world of no guitars at all (the synthesizer-driven "Lucky
crappy nu-metal riffs and teenage pop-punk You").
pussies, the Deftones bring something totally dif- Recently Chino was interviewed in
ferent to the table. A mix of ambient sounds by DJ Revolver magazine, where he busted out the trash
Frank Delgado, howling vocals by frontman talk, specifically in regards to the Summer
Chino Moreno, alternatively lilting and heavy Sanitarium tour ("A big problem for me was
guitar play from Stephen Carpenter and Chi opening for Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park, two
Cheng, and brutally aggressive drumming from bands that wouldn't exist if it weren't for me,
Abe Cunningham, the sound of the Deftones is straight up!"). With this record, the band backs
unlike any band on Earth. their words up, as well as their status as one of
Their self-titiled fourth album showcases the premier rock bands in the world.
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By Daniel Hofer
The music industry is stagnant. The fans artists'" lead "artist" is none other than Jaysin, James Brown, Supremes and Marvin Gaye. Today
blame the R.I.A.A., the R.I.A.A. blames the fans, described as a "singer/songwriter with cross over Television shows are developing and dishing out
and the artists have no clue what is going on. But appeal, filled with slammin' beats, sweet melodies artists into flavor of the month pop idols.
let's take a step back. Maybe no one is buying and sinful grooves." Where is our musical protag- Becoming manufactured clones rolled out like tin
music because music reviews suck. Too often, onist from? Nowhere else than Northern cars on a conveyer belt (sic)."
reviewers open the album case, place the CD in California, "known to harbor other great artists With this information, any music enthusi-
the player, and listen to the music. It is time to like Kenny Latimore (sic) and MC Hammer." In ast should know better than to actually attempt to
contest this procedure, stand up to the standard short, we won't be hearing Jaysin on the radio listen to "L.A.'s Hottest New Artists." Curiosity
and review music in a new way. It is time to anytime soon. takes the better of every person, and I am no
judge our music by its cover. Jaysin's musical ensemble consists of exception. Needless to say, these people have no
The starting point and inspiration for this Karina Leigh and Marc A. Deall, but this doesn't talent whatsoever. I dare you to find their web-
revolution in music review is the CD sampler matter. After doing a little research on the inter- page on mp3.com and push their download count
from Artist Free Productions, "L.A.'s Hottest New net, I found Artists Free Productions on mp3.com. to above 100. However, it's a risk you may not
Artists." The album art calls for a smooth jazz Their music has a total of 97 downloads, a little want to take.
compilation only CD101.9 could put out. Weare over the actual readership of the Statesman. A.F.P.'s CD shows us that music can be
bombarded with low quality graphics, cheesy We should stop here, but the driving phi- rated by looking at its cover. This practice could
color gradients, and fonts that would put a child losophy behind A.F.P. is worth note: "Once, the be the shot in the arm that will save the music
with A.D.D. to sleep. music Industry thrived with Record labels like industry. However, nothing can save the musical
But it gets better. "LA's hottest new Motown that helped develop legendary artists, mistake that is Artist Free Productions.
By Ceci Norman
Review: EE S: Shnotenannv
According to the Eels' webpage cence. And even more amazing - if that's the word mortality, and broken love. Although I could just
(www.eelstheband.com), a Shootenanny is a gath- for it - is the song about a restraining order, where be reading too much into it and the Eels are just
ering to listen to music, dance and shoot guns. E sings, "Judge made it clear/I can't be near doing what they do best and kicking ass.
This CD has about the same appeal and, if you you/everybody knows that I'm not a violent
have the Midwest/South in your blood what more man/Just someone who knows he's in love." This
could you want than music, dancing and guns? It follows with an exploration of being a lone wolf, a
almost makes me proud. Almost. But then, you look at the closeness of death through a glimpse of
listen to it more, and you realize the music isn't an ending relationship, and an excellent comment
typical hick music, and the dancing it incites is on the fashion industry. It ends on the note that
more from the soul than drunkenness. And the the only person you can truly love and trust is
gun shooting is more of shooting off brilliant yourself, and that "you're gonna make it through."
words that trigger the soul than mindless shooting Following the band's tradition, this CD
at beer cans. With Shootenanny, the Eels take takes the blues and makes it its own. It returns to
what's typically American, and make it their own the mellower and lyrically brilliant "Beautiful
brilliant vision. Freak", while maintaining the harsher sense of liv-
Lyrically, it's phenomenal. E sings about ing that developed on electro-shock blues (after
being horny on Saturday mornings, but finding no his sister's suicide, and mother's cancer diagnosis).
one to play with in the guise of singing about At first glance it may seem happier; the music can
being a little kid wanting to watch cartoons on TV. be somewhat light, and certainly energetic, but
In another song he sings about sheer agony, and once it comes down to the lyrics it becomes more
wanting to remember days before life lost its inno- of an exploration of loneliness, agony, the sense of
An Ode to Grassroots ovements or at
By Jackie Hayes
Least a Sad Attemrt atOne
Sometimes when I get pissed off, I mean them into a chaotic cloud of reds and blacks. When that Ilearned about CONAIE, a coalition of indige-
really pissed off my nose flares, my lips purse, and the smoke dissipated the reds and blacks gained nous peoples that had formed to give a voice to the
my eyebrows tighten. Images of death and destruc- form, reveling that the chaotic cloud had been two oppressed peoples of Ecuador. Forty-five percent
tion flash though my mind so fast that they eventu- buildings and 2,819 people. New York medical of Ecuador is indigenous, yet there is only one
ally blur into awhirlpool of reds and blacks. They examiners are still trying to identify the 19,858 body indigenous member in Congress, 80% of the rural
become a sea of color so intense that I can barely tell parts from those slain in the attack. population lives in destitute poverty, and Ecuador
where things end and begin; I can barely remember It was after the attacks that American flags has the highest rate of deforestation in all of South
why I was even mad in the first place. I imagine were displayed on cars, in houses, stores, t-shirts, America. CONAIE decided to do something, to
this might have been how some people felt watch- billboards, and bumper stickers. A horrible thing fight for freedom and self-determination, but most
ing the Twin Towers fall. That day I stood on a had happened and people were pissed. The talk of importantly for people. In 1990 CONAIE lead an
Harlem train platform watching clouds of smoke retaliation grew louder. The Taliban not only ter- uprising that froze the country for a week. They sat
blur New York's horizon into a whirlpool of gray. rorized the U.S., but also the Afghan people. In across major roadways near Quito, stopping traffic
Businessmen walked by covered in debris; their Afghanistan women were banned from employ- in or out of the capital. They occupied government
eyes were churning with emotion. I remember ment and education. They were forced to cover buildings, boycotted markets and cut off the water
wondering how things got so bad. I heard people themselves from head to toe and were only allowed supplies to major cities. After a week the govern-
around me muttering the names of Bin Laden and to leave the house if escorted by a male relative. ment agreed to respond to indigenous demands.
Al Queda, the TV screens flashed "terrorists" in Only 5.6% of women were literate. Something In the March 31, 2003 issue of The Nation,
bold letters, and there was talk of retaliation. needed to be done in the name'of freedom and self- Naomi Klein told a similar story of disenfranchised,
The members of Al Queda were probably determination, but most importantly for the people. unemployed workers in Argentina, who aligned to
also pretty pissed off. In the Al Queda Training The U.S. prepared for military action, plans were form the MTD (Movimiento de Trabajadores
Manual, translated by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, thd made, maps were drawn, and soldiers were called Desocupados). As a result of blocking highways
opening page addresses the reader stating, "To the to duty. The U.S. began bombing Afghanistan. and bridges the government has given into their
sister believer whose clothes the enemy has Unfortunately many military garrisons happened demands for unemployment benefits. Abandoned
stripped off. To the sister believer whose hair the to be located near urban areas. During Soviet occu- land was turned into homes, farms, and soup
oppressor has shaved. To the sister believer whose pation the Soviet backed government had built gar- kitchens, and 100 closed factories were taken over
body has been abused by human dogs. To the sis- risons in highly populated areas to create a human by employees. Klein states, "The great irony is that
ter believer..." The manual notes the trends of shield against attacks by rural mujahideen. The these movements are actually waging the real war
oppression in third world countries. It details U.S. bombing resulted in about 3,000-3,400 civilian on terrorism...they are developing tactics that
exploitation of Muslims worldwide calling upon deaths and left Osama bin Laden alive along with allow some of the most marginal people on earth to
followers to rise up against the oppressor and two-thirds of Al Queda leadership remaining at meet their own needs without using terror-by
tyrant to fight Jihad, the holy war. Bin Laden and large. blockading roads, squatting in buildings, occupy-
other fighters had first emerged as part of an I was in Ecuador a week after the ing land and resisting displacement." I imagine
Afghan resistance movement to fight Soviet occu- September 11th attacks. Everyday I walked to that Vespigani, a member of MTD and Luis Macas,
pation. The motive had been freedom and self- school over a river that appeared more like sludge President of CONAIE at one point in their lives
determination, but most important it had been then water. The water appeared to be still most of were pretty pissed off. I bet emotion swirled like
about people. Over time Bin Laden acquired more the time, occasionally it churned in little whirlpools whirlpools blurring everything into a sea of black
support, training camps were built, maps were that collided into the shore then dissipated. The and red. Yet when the smoke dissipated, forms
drawn, and plans were made. I imagine the suicide nearby town, when it was first constructed, had took shape, revealing people. Members of MTD
pilots that flew into the Twin Towers were filled lacked a sewer system therefore dumped all sewage and CONAIE are the true fighters of terrorism, the
with emotion. I imagine their eyes churned like directly into the river along with waste from near- true victors. They are grass roots groups who never
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"Today is the day we celebrate our inde- most of the set was culled from "Gold" (and none in January), but felt appropriate in the open-air, pic-
pendence," Ryan Adams sang at his free concert at . from the recent collection of demos, aptly titled nic-like setting. Perhaps the best moment of levity
Battery Park on the 4th of July. As the audience "Demolition"), Adams did throw in a couple rockers came after Adams had been coaxed back for a second
cheered in response, Adams, former Southerner and from his solo debut "Heartbreaker," including what encore; he began introducing "a solo song about
leader of the alt-country band Whiskeytown turned could very well be his own motto, "To Be Young (is myself," and as his band began to walk offstage,
New York City solo act, slyly added that this inde- to be sad, is to be high)." Adams, surprisingly, Adams turned to say, "Where are you going? I was
pendence was "from Spain." And then he elaborat- ignored his acoustic songs, which could have helped just making that up, I don't have a solo song!" But it
ed: "But we'll never be independent from France to balance what was otherwise a very one-sided was too late, the Pinkhearts had departed. As he
because they have great cheese; America is nothing setlist. found himself alone, improvising that "this song is
without cheese." Adams' "Gold" material shined the bright- about me," Adams grinned and quipped "I think this
At times compared to the likes of Bob Dylan est, with acoustic numbers like "New York, New is my favorite thing that I've never written."
and Van Morrison, Adams at least has one thing in York" getting plugged in, and ballads like "When Jesse Malin, a New York City native former-
common with those two greats: you never know The Stars Go Blue" and the set-closing "Rescue ly front man of punk band D-Generation, opened the
what you're going to get when you buy a ticket. Blues" getting shoved into electric territory. The show with a selection of tunes from his debut solo
Adams' albums consistently showcase his gifts as a Pinkhearts are an excellent bar band, but subtlety effort, "The Fine Art Of Self Destruction." Though
songwriter and a singer, but there are no such guar- isn't exactly their thing - which is unfortunate, as- Malin, with a four-piece band of his own, showed
antees for his live shows. For every great perform- Adams' best material gracefully balances the subtle exciting potential to become The Next Big Thing,
ance Adams' has given since the release of his break- with the extreme. Still, Adams obviously enjoyed there was little doubt that he has his heart (and feet)
through album "Gold," he's given at least as many their company, leaving most of the guitar work to the firmly planted in his hometown, as demonstrated by
mediocre performances tarnished by sloppiness and competent (though not particularly impressive) Brad such bittersweetly introspective songs like "Riding
self indulgence. It's the kind of act that would make Rice. On A Subway," "Queen Of The Underworld," and
anyone give up on an artist, were they not as brilliant Perhaps the best thing about Adams' per- "Brooklyn." Proving himself equally adept at cover-
as Adams has shown he can be. formance was his playfulness, a welcome departure ing others, Malin threw in Bruce Springsteen's
Backed by his four piece band, the from his usual somber attitude. In addition to impro- "Hungry Heart," and the Nick Lowe/Elvis Costello
Pinkhearts, Adams managed to be self deprecating vising the above mentioned song about America and tune, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love &
without being too indulgent. For his 90 minute set, cheese, Adams also delivered a lengthy monologue Understanding?" At the end of his own set, Ryan
Adams just rocked from one song to the next, stop- mid-set dedicating his performance to Water (whom Adams dragged Malin back for an impromptu cover
ping only several times to address the audience. he still loves even if it does cheat on him with the of the Keith Richards/Rolling Stones tune "Happy."
Adams spoke only once during the first half of the dishes and soap) and Air (who forgives him for fill- If Malin has indeed made self-destructing into an art
show, jokingly screaming "Thank you, goodnight!" ing his lungs with marijuana smoke). Such light- form, let's hope he continues to do so for a long time
after the first song ("Firecracker"), poking fun at his heartedness might not work at Madison Square to come.
own reputation for cutting shows short. Though Garden (where Adams supported the Rolling Stones
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and are therefore virtually impossible to stop. because it did not restrict anything the reading not answered, actors are trying in their own ways
This has forced the RIAA to fight individual users public might commonly do... Once copying is a to bring stability to a changing area of society.
as specified earlier. However, the computer pub- useful and practical activity for ordinary people,
lic's response to this is to continue file sharing, they are no longer so willing to give up the free- Works to be credited:
under the assumption that there are more people dom to do it. They want to keep this freedom and
doing it than not, and it will be impossible to catch exercise it instead of trading it away. The copy- Ellison, Harlan;
everyone. Many times, there is power in sheer right bargain that we have is no longer a good deal http:/ /harlanellison.com/kick/.kickrls.htm;
number, something money cannot change. for the public, and it is time to revise it - time for KICK Internet Piracy; 2001
Richard Stallman addresses the philoso- the law to recognize the public benefit that comes
phy behind copyrights and how the conventional from making and sharing copies. (para. 9, 11)_ Merriden, Trevor; Irresistible Forces: The Business
view may not apply to the new digital medium. Stallman calls for a change in the way Legacy of Napster and the Growth of the
He states: copyright laws are looked at. The media giant Underground Internet; Capstone; 2001
We do not decide whether to build a high- Bertelsmann, recognized this when Napster was
way in New York City by analogy with a previous the heated debate. They came to Napster and Stallman, Richard; Symposium: Innovation and
decision about a proposed highway in Iowa... If together offered something new in the digital the Information Environment: Reevaluating
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ous highway decisions, we would build either continuing today. In the past few months, Apple Review; 1996
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we judge each proposed highway based on the offering songs for a dollar each, and digital albums Borland, John; http://msn-cnet.com.com/2009-
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weigh the costs and benefits for today's situation and does not circumvent any copyright laws, as
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So when the public traded to publishers Internet, it is the most heavilv fected. The
the freedom to copy books [during the time of the Internet has brought around di gll file sharing Rose, Mark; Authors and Others: The Invention of
printing press], they were selling something which and the mp3 music format. This has pushed the Copyright; Harvard; 1993
they could not use. Trading something you cannot conventional views of copyrights and publishing
use for something useful and helpful is always a into a modem debate. It questions an idea that has Willis, Clyde E; Student's Guide to Landmark
good deal. Therefore, copyright was uncontrover- defined our society for hundreds of years. What is Congressional Laws on the First Amendment;
sial in the age of the printing press precisely stealing, and what is sharing? What benefits soci- Greenwood Press; 2002
ety, and what hurts it? Why these questions are
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Dear Dr. Sam, stinky job working for one of the vadge lards on robots ho will cook our cysts and clean our electro-
What is the proper etiquette for riding on campus. ejaculators. In fact, some day, machines will do
the school bus? Here are some tips on getting a campus job: everything for us, and we'll spend every day just
-Aaron in Amman 1) Try not to smell like Deng Lee's or Dan Hofer's milking and doing it-ing.
mom. I hope that helps.
Dear Aaron, 2) Have good posture. Pretend a string is tied to the
Here are some pointers for you: top of your labial wart and keep your chair straight. Dear Dr. Sam,
1) Every morning, your bus runs a swanky route, so 3) Be polite. Whenever an employer asks you any- Where should I go for summer vacation?
you must be sure that you arrive at your local follic- thing, always say, "Shit Balls!" -Lazy in Langmuir
ular cycle early. 4) Don't wear blue jeans that are more than 70432 bil-
2) While waiting, do not boink in the middle of he lion years old, and don't wear anything that has uri- Dear Lazy,
street. You might get run over by a fucking fuck. nal cake stains on it. Well, let me tell you about mine.
3) When you see the bus, wave your fuckhole. 5) Work hard. Remember, the captains of industry, Last summer, my father and mother took
4) Before boarding, make sure you have all of your like Ron Jeremy and Greg Lubicich, all started at the me and my older fartcrunch on a trip to California,
cunty books and your lunch used condoms. bottom and became rich by flatulating night and day. which is a very aborted baby juggling state with very
5) When you board the bus, do not push or jostle any sloppy smited weather. Northern California has
of the smaller used glow in the dark condom wrap- Dear Dr. Sam, many vineyards where they raise grapes to make
pers. Go to the nearest empty seat and horizontal I have a report due for class about the vaginal strain. Many old hot dogs o to Southern
mambo. growth of technology in our society. You wanna California to retire and raise walking choads or grow
6) Do not talk to the corporate whore while the bus hook me up with any pointers? stewed afterbirth. There are big factories in
is in motion. -Dumb in Dreiser California like Placentameatloaf that employ thou-
7) Do not throw various anal lubricants at the other sands of skilled Holocaust victims to make 250-seat
students. Dear Dumb, circumcised women for major airlines. Californians
8) Instead of wasting time by goesmywaying, use the Can you imagine life without a vibrator? are politically malnourished yet fuckable. And they
trip to study your crikeys. Well, just 55 years ago, most Americans lived a very are generally very decrepit but semena bsorbing
Follow these rules and you will have a spicy ride and gay life. But then, with the introduction of the 7-11 people who like to squatpop in the sun and swim in
arrive Fabolously at your intense school. Anal Plug and the fucksall, daily life changed niche. liquid steak. And when you say goodbye to
Some niches think that living in Jeff Javidfar's pim- California natives, they always reply, "Have a nice
Dear Dr. Sam, ply back has become too complicated. But just think glowiin-the dark clitoral collecting cheese man drop-
What tips can you give me on finding a about what the blue future will bring. Instead of pings!"
campus job? oinking our carson thefreeway, we'll be able to to fly
-Broke in Benedict in small squirrel cunts. If you are very lucky, ybu Dr. Sam Goldman has a PhD in
might own a supersonic louse. And you'll probably Masturbating and Eating Chocolatey Snacks from
Dear Broke, own at leaston or twodigitalmeecand a few super-. Stony Brook University. He thanks the dedicated
If you are over 69 yeafs old, you can get a. aoutomated photon Jesi. Of course, we'llall have staff of Kid Libs Mad Libs for their invaluable help.
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Review00 Mie Rule & AmericaGun
By Leonid Borovskiy
Of all the films at the Stony Brook Film killed her. plots, counterplots and affairs in Los Angeles with
Festival, this year's Audience Choice Award win- The beautiful portrait of the search and death, murder, betrayal, cover-ups, pot smoking,
ners,American Gun and 100 Mile Rule, could not the lives the gun affected show the caliber of both cocaine snorting and grapefruit beatings that nor-
have been any more different. the performances and the writing in a movie that mally go hand in hand with any quality movie.
American Gun, an innovative film written touches the audience and asks questions that some Between the odd and seamlessly pointless betray-
and directed by talented filmmaker Alan Jacobs may not be ready to consider. A must see, this als and acts of violence that plague this movie like
will surely be remembered as legendary actor movie is slated for only a limited release. But boils on ancient Egyptians, completely inappropri-
James Coburn's last motion picture and as an when it gets to a screen near you, take some time ate humor is injected into the plot to wake the
important commentary on guns and dealing with to see it, it's worth it. viewer from a daze of disbelief and misunder-
personal tragedy. On the other hand, 100 Mile 100 Mile Rule, on the contrary is a sorry standing.
Rule was more like a disaster along the propor- excuse for the waste of acting talent brought to the Oddly enough, 100 Mile Rule, over many
tions of Gigli, only no one seems to be able to tell project by Michael McKean, Jake Weber and Maria well-madend tasteful films, has been picked up
that it is, especially not the film festival's audi- Bello, the stars of this ingQ e thing. Penned by by HBO and will probably soon make its way to a
ence. actor Drew Pillsbury and directed by actor Brent TV screen near you. When it does, make a point of
In American Gun, Jacobs tells the story of Huff, this 100 minute feature says "stay in front of being busy, even a second run-through of your
Martin Tllman (James Coburn), a WWII veteran the camera boys" more than anything else. laundry is time spent better then watching this
dealing with the untimely death of his daughter Starting out as a business trip to a sur- "movie".
Penny (Virginia Madsen) and searching for prisingly long seminar for 3 businessmen from
answers that come with the history of the gun that Detroit, the movie turns into a winding road of
Bsitter ies
By Christen Hayes
I heard his voice again this morning. It sounded looked like shit. It was during that time that I met think about me. By that point I really didn't know
muffled and low, yet excited knowing my voice Ed. Truthfully, I was not looking for much, per- what to do but I didn't give Ed any indication that
was on the other line. My voice was not so excited, haps just something to help me for about Matt. Ed I wanted to let him go. So Ed I decided could say.
although my heart was speaking otherwise. We did that for the mostpart, but I liked Ed. I liked Now what to do with the rest of my complicated
talked like old friends catching up, dodging the being around him because he wasn't a part of any- life?!
real subject of importance. He told me of mail that thing that reminded me of the past. He was new With Ed in my life now you'd think it
I had received at my old apartment and how he and exciting. The problem was that even with Ed would be easier to say goodbye to Matt, but of
was working all the time. I told him of how my in my life I still could not rid my body of the crav- course it is not. I didn't decide to keep Ed in my
parents were in town and driving me crazy, and ing I got to hear Matt's voice at the end of the night. life to fill some "Matt void" that I had, having Ed
that I love my job and only wished I could work The cravings were the worst when any type of in my life made me happy but did not erase how I
more. We ended the conversation waiting for one liquor was put in my body, which was usually a felt about Matt. It wasn't far into the relationship
of us to say more, but nothing came, so nothing lot, every night of the week after the break up. I with Ed did he start to ask questions to ask ques-
more was said but goodbye. did well for a while. I didn't call Matt for long tions and worry about my connection, or commit-
The subject of importance was all the late periods of time, and then things with Ed started to ment, to my past. In a drunken state I even called
night phone calls and laughs that we have had go down hill. Ed was hurt badly is his last rela- Matt from Ed's phone. One would think that Ed
since Ihad left Syracuse. The subject of importance tionship and had been taking out his anger on had every reason to leave me now. But he did not,
was the tears of pain from missing each other after every girl since. I feel into that category, so I ended although I am not fully convinced that he didn't
each conversation ended. The subject of impor- things with him, or left them hanging. The main want to leave me.
tance was how he confessed he would do anything, reason for ending things with Ed wasn't only Ed is so good to me and so good for me. "I
change anything, to have me back in his life. I because he was a jerk; I did it because I missed guess I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop."
wanted to go back so bad. I missed every second Matt too. So Matt and I tried again. The week that Little did I know that my constant dwelling on a
of him, every single one. I even missed the bad we spent back together was amazing. It was all past that I can not change will push Ed away and
times. I loved him, or still do love him for every- back, everything that was good about us. Not too that will be the other shoe dropping. If I lose Ed it
thing that he was or is, good and bad, but some- soon later did the bad emerge. The past was clear- will not be because of anything he did, it will pure-
thing tore us apart. That something wasn't a small ly not forgotten, which only meant that it began to ly be because I couldn't let the past go.
thing, it was big. I didn't, or we didn't realize how resurface. The past that tore us apart tore us apart I have to decide. If I keep Matt in my life,
much bur relationship meant to each other until it again. I will lose a wonderful person whom I've com-
was too late. All the damage was done. We had Ed then reappeared. He surprised me at pletely fallen for. Matt has offered to change every-
done everything possible to hurt each other, now work and told me he wanted to talk. I finished thing to have me back in his life, but what he does-
the only task left was how to say goodbye, a task work somewhat late, and accompanied him to a n't realize is that there is no way to change what
that I am finding to be the hardest. quiet bar that allowed us to talk. He told me that has happened. We will not forget and that will for-
When we broke up we tried everything he wanted to stop pushing girls away. He told me ever be the death of us. It is just time to do what I
not to talk and we did a pretty good job at this, also how much he cared about me and that the have had to do for a long time, say goodbye.
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