Jazzmoose

Well, if this comes to pass, I hope you two enjoy each others company! The rest of us will be tossing our computers out the window and catching up on our jazz listening.

C'mon, it seems like 90% of the CDs I buy have this guy on piano, and they claim it's too difficult to clone human beings? I ain't buying it!

Wasn't sure if this should go here or in politics; how 'bout a ruling, B3-er? Pac Bell's Internet arm sues music industry over file-sharer IDs RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, July 30, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (07-30) 22:00 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pacific Bell Internet Services jumped into the contentious music-downloading fray late Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against the recording industry and questioning the constitutionality of the industry's effort to track down online music sharers. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Internet service provider PBIS, operated by San Antonio-based SBC, alleges that many of the subpoenas served against it by the Recording Industry Association of America were done so improperly. The suit also called to question some sections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the federal law the RIAA contends supports its latest legal actions. A spokesman for SBC said the RIAA's use of the DMCA in its legal quest for online song-sharers butts up against the privacy rights of SBC's customers. "The action taken by SBC Internet Services is intended to protect the privacy of our customers," said SBC spokesman Larry Meyer. "Misapplication of DMCA subpoena power raises serious constitutional questions that need to be decided by the courts, not by private companies which operate without duty of due diligence or judicial oversight." The suit also named two other companies, Mediasentry Inc. and IO Group Inc., as defendants. Mediasentry does business as MediaForce, a Georgia-based corporation which offers services to copyright holders to detect unauthorized uses of music, software and other content on the Internet. IO Group does business as Titan Media, a San Francisco-based purveyor of pornography. Titan served a subpoena on SBC's San Antonio offices, but later withdrew it when PBIS said it would challenge it. PBIS claims that more than 200 subpoenas seeking file-sharers' e-mail addresses were issued from the wrong court of jurisdiction. Moreover, PBIS said the recording industry's demand for information on multiple file-sharers cannot be grouped under one subpoena, and that the demands themselves are overly broad. In the complaint, PBIS maintains it only acts as a "passive conduit" for the activity of its subscribers and "does not initiate or direct the transmission of those files and has no control over their content or destination." The recording industry disagreed late Wednesday, in statement given to The Associated Press. "We are disappointed that Pac Bell has chosen to fight this, unlike every other ISP which has complied with their obligations under the law. We had previously reached out to SBC to discuss this matter but had been rebuked," the statement read. "This procedural gamesmanship will not ultimately change the underlying fact that when individuals engage in copyright infringement on the Internet, they are not anonymous and service providers must reveal who they are," the RIAA said. San Francisco-based PBIS is seeking a declaration that the subpoenas are overly broad in scope and should have been issued from a California district court, not the District of Columbia. The complaint also seeks a jury trial. The recording industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegal sharing music files on the Internet. The RIAA is trying to compel some of the largest Internet providers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Cable Communications Inc., to identify names and mailing addresses for users on their networks. The RIAA said it expects to file at several hundred lawsuits seeking financial damages within the next eight weeks. Verizon has challenged the constitutionality of such copyright subpoenas. Arguments in the appeals court are set for Sept. 16. SBC is the leading DSL Internet access provider in the U.S., with 2.8 million subscribers in 13 states. The case is Pacific Bell Internet Services vs. RIAA, C033560.

If anything, I think too many names were listed. As several others have already said, the competition for me is between Hawkins, Young, and Coltrane. I went with Hawkins only because he came first.

CLASSIC kitsch, jacman; my grandmother had two of those in her back yard until my cousin and I got BB guns for Christmas...

I should have refrained from voting, I suppose, but went with Bitches Brew, the only one I have. I'm just too darned cheap to get boxed sets when I have the individual discs. I've got to get that Plugged Nickel box someday though...

And why Melancholy Blues instead of Westend Blues?

Yeah, man; that Coltran, he like, rocks,dude!

Exactly what I thought! But then if he doesn't know the title by now...

This is going to sound really nuts, but if I had to listen to just one CD for the rest of my life, I think I'd go with Eno's Evening Star. Hell, I hear all kinds of stuff on it that isn't there half the time anyway, so why not?

It may be unfortunate that the reviewer mentioned Green in this fashion, but I think the point that he was making (that Organissimo avoids the cliches that one expects from B3-guitar combos) is a valid one. Certainly, one should always avoid these slams from out of left field as they rarely do more than annoy and offend. I still think he has a valid point, even if his attempt resulted in a clumsy pratfall...

Maybe so, but I prefer Joe's guitar myself...

Damn!

Hell, after seeing that, I'm disturbed!

Gentlemen, please; let's keep things civil here!

Well, I don't mind smokers any more than I mind someone suffering from gas, but I don't want to be closed up in a small room with either one.

You know, I've seen quite a few clips of Hope over the last few days, and I must admit I was missing something. I was judging him completely on those "Road" movies, and his "cowardly" routines, which just plain wore thin as far as I'm concerned, but never really saw much of his deadpanned wiseass side. That straightfaced stare after a double entendre is absolutely sidesplitting! Like anyone who posts mainly on the political threads here, I hate to admit I was wrong, but I was.

Ouch! Cigars and the pipe was what got me hooked on nicotine in the first place. I think I'll pass...

Has everyone noticed how blazingly fast the search function is here? Particularly in comparison to the search function at an extinct board that a lot of us used to frequent? I am seriously impressed!

Just reading that brought a smile to my face!

I quit smoking 4 years, 7 months, and 18 days ago, but I'm not keeping track anymore... Speaking seriously, Jim, do you still get those cravings? I still get them, although they're mild, pass fast, and only hit me about once every three months. Still amazes me, though.

And whether you thought he was funny or not (and I didn't), the sentiment still applies.

Pacific Grove? Now I'm drooling, thinking of an Archie's burger...

I can relate to that. When my wife heard the new Pat Metheny disc, she comandeered it for clock radio duty. I'm very familiar with the first half of the CD...

Man, and I thought the summer job I had cleaning dog kennels was rough!