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Re: Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:40:49 -0000

Stefan Herwig talks about the story behind the hoax on The Next Web Blog. Check it out:

http://thenextweb.org/2008/...

Re: Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

Count Chocula — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:59:59 -0000

Yes, #1 is correct. I've a PhD in English (Medieval English Lit, actually, and an MFA in Writing & Poetics).

Your pedantry just backfired. Apparently, a German, to whom English is almost certainly a 2nd or 3rd language, has a superior command of English grammar.

May I suggest a strikethrough of your sic?

Re: Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

hemartin4interim — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:56:41 -0000

Not quite! Go back to torrentfreak.com an you can read:
Update
We received a response from Dependent Recordsâ€™ Lothar, who wrote us: â€œWe never decided anything like that. The offer is completely illegal.The Person who create an account with the nickname Stefan_Herwig has absolutely nothing to do with our label owner of the same name.â€

Obviously the uploader did have access to the entire catalog of the label, interestingâ€¦

Re: Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

websalad — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:14:55 -0000

Its time we re-evaulated the place of music in society.

Fashion accessory or art form? Consumers of art with a social responsibility?...... now that's the future.

Re: Record Label, Claiming Losses To P2P, Closes; Uploads Music Library To Pirate Bay

Curt Hopkins — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:32:22 -0000

"fora [sic]"? Yikes. Here's a little Dan Quayle moment for Mashable. "Fora" is a perfectly correct, if somewhat precious, plural form of forum. (And yes, I mean in English, not just the original Latin.) More here: http://www.painintheenglish...