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EMI Only Selling CDs To Mega-Chains From Now On 334

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:01AM from the another-brick-in-the-wall dept.

farrellj writes "According to Zeropaid, record company EMI has been notifying small music stores that they will no longer be able to buy EMI CDs from EMI, and will have to buy product from mega-chains like Walmart. Independent record store customers are some of the most loyal music buyers around. You are not going to find the back catalog, what used to be the staple of the music business, at your local Walmart. One wonders when the music business is going to run out of feet to shoot?"

Comment It will lower the crime fighting costs. Great math (Score 1) 154

by boltik on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @09:13AM (#28768767) Attached to: South Korea Deploys Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs

A 239000$ dog will make seizure of 25$ hash stick from citizen cheaper and more effective. Lets assume that police dogs live 10 years, and work every day. If this dog can sniff on average 2.6 hash sticks more than regular dog in one day,he will cover his costs with hashish. The only problem with this plan is that there is no way for a government to get economical or other benefits from confiscated drugs.

Comment American government won, mafia lost. (Score 0, Troll) 465

by boltik on Thursday June 11, 2009 @07:42AM (#28291339) Attached to: $33 Million In Poker Winnings Seized By US Govt

In "Who can steal more" competition. I believe this time they "score" more $$$ than mafia in the famous airport robbery.

Comment Re:Takedown? (Score 1) 137

by boltik on Tuesday April 21, 2009 @06:12AM (#27657613) Attached to: Bohemian Rhapsody On Old Hardware

hold-on, so if I copyright my fart "noise", can I stop anyone else from farting the same peculiar notes? how long is a composition?

No one can't stop nobody from farting.
But if you can afford 500k$+ copyright lawyer, you can extort somebody who farted.
If you have millions - you can even jail them in some countries (USA,iran,russia. In sweden they will appeal).

Comment The usual place. (Score 1) 508

by boltik on Monday April 20, 2009 @06:29PM (#27653623) Attached to: Where's Your Coding Happy Place?

My mom's basement.

Comment Re:159357 popular with lefties? (Score 1) 299

by boltik on Saturday February 07, 2009 @06:30PM (#26767291) Attached to: Passwords From PHPBB Attack Analyzed

Ever heard of youtube?

Comment Its a good downtime rate! (Score 1) 465

by boltik on Monday January 05, 2009 @06:07AM (#26327813) Attached to: The Exact Cause of the Zune Meltdown

Apparently some devices won't work one day every 4 years.
It is less than 0.07% downtime.
I believe it is better than most of MS products.

Comment Re:Hmm. (Score 1) 245

by boltik on Friday December 26, 2008 @06:58AM (#26234185) Attached to: Amateurs Are Trying Genetic Engineering At Home

Wrong. What we need is to ditch the prohibition laws. There is already a plant that contains THC. It called hemp.

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