wtf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!rom sets for sale?

[brandon]

If it makes any of you feel better about stealing music from evil corporations, RCA stole my arcade ambience sounds for Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" video. 

Her video (first 10-15 seconds):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI

The 1983 'sample' track they used without permission:
http://arcade.hofle.com/arcade/arcade83sample.mp3

I would contact her about it..  I would gladly "settle" out of court..  If she promised to wear that school girl outfit 

[ahofle]

I would contact her about it..  I would gladly "settle" out of court..  If she promised to wear that school girl outfit 

 
She's gonna have to do more than wear that outfit for these guys (apparently the whole frickin song is ripped off LOL):

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/05/avril_lavigne_named_in_girlfriend_lawsui

http://avrilolol.ytmnd.com/   

[brandon]

I would contact her about it..  I would gladly "settle" out of court..  If she promised to wear that school girl outfit 

 
She's gonna have to do more than wear that outfit for these guys (apparently the whole frickin song is ripped off LOL):

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/05/avril_lavigne_named_in_girlfriend_lawsui

http://avrilolol.ytmnd.com/  

haha.. well, not to derail the thread but I just listen to both songs on youtube and musically they dont sound anything alike to me.  but lyrically.. well, I think she might be in trouble

[CrazyKongFan]

Even sadder is when you realize you can identify not only all the games, but what is happening when each particular sound is generated (e.g., the sound of the battle tanks in Tron).  I doubt I'm alone in this...god I really have no life.

Heh, I just listened to the arcade83sample posted, you're right, I can identify almost all the sounds in it too

[RayB]

You mentioned movie piracy. Once upon a time, that was just an annoyance to the MPAA. There was a street vendor here and there in large cities. When it first started in digital form, few people knew about it. Once it became "mainstream" though, all hell broke loose. You can find pirateers at every flea market in the country here in the states. It is 1 million times worse in the rest of the world.

Doesn't really seem to matter, though, as the MPAA reports record growth and box office receipts.

And it was barely 6 months ago they were crying about Canada being a hotbed of piracy and hurting their bottom line. (all propaganda to motivate our politicians to enact a DMCA style copyright law). Amazing how they can talk out both sides of their mouth.