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i have mixed feelings about this one, because making it illegal to make songs that sound really rather a lot like other songs isn't good for songs. otoh, national look like dickheads arguing that they bought a song called 'eminemesque' but had no idea it was anything to do with eminem. hm.
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Oct 24, 2017 10:45
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They knew what they were doing but thought it was "pretty legal eh". And it's not that they sound similar, I'm pretty sure it's the same backing track Anything that costs the National party money is good?
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Oct 24, 2017 11:05
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sebmojo posted:i have mixed feelings about this one, because making it illegal to make songs that sound really rather a lot like other songs isn't good for songs. Yeah it was literally a cheap knock off of the eminem song, nobody's creativity is being stifled here
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Oct 24, 2017 11:10
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The Australian (newspaper) hates Jacinda but this article makes me like her a lot more tbh http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...40f8cd5bc731c51
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bike tory posted:The Australian (newspaper) hates Jacinda but this article makes me like her a lot more tbh http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...40f8cd5bc731c51 I'm getting paywalled Why does an Australian paper have such strong opinions about an NZ PM anyway, it's kinda weird Wafflecopper fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Oct 24, 2017 |
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Oct 24, 2017 14:21
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Wafflecopper posted:Why does an Australian paper have such strong opinions about an NZ PM anyway, it's kinda weird The Australian political climate is one of abject apathy. So the idea that a politician can be elected on a positive and constructive platform is such a foreign concept that it has rattled the political commentariat. You also have to put it in context that Turnbull/Liberal National Party have lost over twenty opinion polls in a row. So it's starting to feel inevitable that the Labor Party (led by a human manifestation of wet cardboard) is going to win through attrition. We have seen brief flashes of life in the Labor leader, and I think they are genuinely worried that he is going to start to feel emboldened and start making demands for real change. I honestly do not think that the political media is capable of analysing politics much beyond 'Labor waste', necessary cuts, and debt. We are coming up on ten years since Tony Abbott first became the leader of the LNP, his style of endless campaigning, and blaming everything on Labor. Political commentators have got used to a particular political framing, and anything that goes against must simply be invalid. Ardern and Corbyn are leaders of countries with close parallels to Australia, and run on narratives counter to the commentators.
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Oct 24, 2017 16:48
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Maybe they're more pissed than they let on about that stupid 'Aussies, no surprises there' ad.
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Oct 24, 2017 20:54
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Wandle Cax posted:Yeah it was literally a cheap knock off of the eminem song, nobody's creativity is being stifled here as a musician, p much everything is a cheap knock off of everything else if you look at it right. as a lawyer I don't trust the law to manage that distinction.
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Oct 24, 2017 21:00
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The minimum wage increase has brought out the usual concern trolling from "small business" etc. Am I correct in saying business taxes are paid on profit, not revenue? And that as such, the only thing paying your workers more would result in is less after-tax profit? And so the only people who would actually "have" to fire workers would be those companies that already only make like $5/h profit? Everyone else would just make less money for the business owners instead.
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Oct 24, 2017 21:02
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Jaguars! posted:Maybe they're more pissed than they let on about that stupid 'Aussies, no surprises there' ad. It was years ago Michael, let it go.
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megalodong posted:The minimum wage increase has brought out the usual concern trolling from "small business" etc. A slight reduction in business owner profit is the apocalypse to some people.
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Oct 24, 2017 21:30
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megalodong posted:make less money for the business owners instead. This is literally communism, apparently.
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Wafflecopper posted:I'm getting paywalled Same. Lol at paywall
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Oct 24, 2017 22:53
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Hosking has bent the knee http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11936459
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Oct 24, 2017 23:08
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I’m guessing he’s getting a gentle ribbing on social media for that
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Oct 25, 2017 00:00
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The new ministers have been announced: https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/98198348/live-new-government-rolls-out No surprises really.
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Oct 25, 2017 00:29
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megalodong posted:The minimum wage increase has brought out the usual concern trolling from "small business" etc. My partner and I own a small business. The long and the short of it is: anyone who's big enough to employ multiple minimum wage employees (so low/no skilled, unqualified full-time workers) is pretty loving far from a 'small' business and if increasing their wages by 80-odd bucks a week is enough to sink your poo poo then you done hosed up and probably shouldn't be running anything. It's all nonsense and the people hit hardest will be petrol station owners, mcdonald's franchisees and the like where good management makes a huge difference to how well you do and employee pay has little effect one way or the other. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 02:10
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http://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/static-files/eight-mile-style-v-new-zealand-national-party.html eat poo poo e: the judgement starts with a line from the god damned song like it's a high school essay trying to pad out the word count, good christ. Big Bad Beetleborg fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 03:01
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Rubbing salt into the wound
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Oct 25, 2017 03:30
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I barely care enough to write out this post, definitely not enough to read 130 odd pages, what's the tl;dr.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:32
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Xik posted:I barely care enough to write out this post, definitely not enough to read 130 odd pages, what's the tl;dr. it was a copy, they knew it was a copy, they still used it and didn't think to ask a lawyer, 600k plus interest
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Oct 25, 2017 03:34
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Slavvy posted:if increasing their wages by 80-odd bucks a week is enough to sink your poo poo then you done hosed up and probably shouldn't be running anything. This is the thing. If you're literally asking people to work for substandard wages so that you can earn more money yourself then you don't deserve to be running a business, and if you legitinately can't afford to then your business is not viable (which sucks, but that's business). voiceless anal fricative fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Oct 25, 2017 |
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Oct 25, 2017 03:34
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Winston Peters : Minister for Racing  quote:A press release about the Eminem vs National Party copyright case said: "The Court found Eight Mile Style is entitled to damages on a 'user principle' basis in the sum of NZ$600,000, with interest, from 28 June 2014."  What happened the election before when they busted copyright again?
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Oct 25, 2017 03:35
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Big Bad Beetleborg posted:it was a copy, they knew it was a copy, they still used it and didn't think to ask a lawyer, 600k plus interest But Steven Joyce said it was pretty legal. I am beginning to think his legal and mathematical skills are not quite as good as he thinks.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:40
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How bloody hard is it to know copyright? If you are playing it in public to have to licence it. You can save yourself $100+ an hour with one sentence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg I assume this will come out of National's pocket unless they do a whip round. $600+k isn't unsubstantial if the party pays out for it.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:50
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His legal advice is just as sound as his fiscal advice.
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Oct 25, 2017 03:50
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Who wants to read about some really loving sad and rage inducing court cases?quote:In 2010, Ms X’s abusive former partner made a complaint to the Ministry of Social Development about her, alleging that she had received financial support from her mother and had bought and sold houses while on a benefit. quote:[In a separate case] MSD was trying to recover approximately $120,000 from a chronically-ill beneficiary in her 50s who will never be able to work again. The Ministry has pursued her for years and spent a large amount on the case, even though it is plain the woman has no money and her health will never allow her to work again. http://www.catrionamaclennan.co.nz/blog/loans-to-feed-kids-are-income-and-disqualify-benefit-says-msd/
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Oct 25, 2017 05:19
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oohhboy posted:I assume this will come out of National's pocket unless they do a whip round. $600+k isn't unsubstantial if the party pays out for it. they're presumably going to try chase the website they licensed it from
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Oct 25, 2017 05:44
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Their first version of that ad had the actual song, but they pulled the song presumingly because they believed they wouldn’t get the license for it, and sought a sound alike
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Oct 25, 2017 05:54
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bike tory posted:really loving sad and rage inducing court cases You definitely delivered there.
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:Their first version of that ad had the actual song, but they pulled the song presumingly because they believed they wouldn’t get the license for it, and sought a sound alike A sound alike literally called Eminemesque. I mean, it's pretty loving obvious that they were trying to use something that was basically Eminem but license-able. Of course it's worth noting that this decision was due in August but somehow got delayed until now, both after the current election (and negotiation) are done AND after the 3 year statute of limitations on the 2014 election overspend that this judgment causes. EDIT: I mean I'm talking about this court case because I can't form real sentences about the other one due to how rage-inducing it is.
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Oct 25, 2017 12:17
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Courtesy of the Courts of NZ Website you can listen to a side-by-side audio comparison track: https://courtsofnewzealand.blob.cor...0T04%3A18%3A39Z Listen to with headphones. One side is audio from the ad, one is Eminem
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Oct 25, 2017 20:50
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The best was on Jim Moira's show yesterday when they played one after the other and they blended so seamlessly that everyone was waiting for the comparison to happen and it wasn't until the producer pointed out that both tracks had played that anyone realised.
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Oct 25, 2017 21:28
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Murrah posted:Courtesy of the Courts of NZ Website you can listen to a side-by-side audio comparison track: I'm guessing Eminem is the left channel, only because of the drums that come in?
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11936877quote:Key junior, who has made no secret of following in his father's political footsteps, said he would compose a "diss" track on Eminem. I can't loving wait, I really cant
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Oct 26, 2017 00:20
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Somebody help I can't breath.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:40
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Revenge is best served off key.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:43
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"Loose yourself mak key [sic]", posted Jared Hicks.
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Please go like his post. We need this to happen.
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