Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations 271
First time accepted submitter time_lords_almanac writes "A Canadian band has sent an invoice to the U.S. Department of Defense after learning that its music was used without permission in 'interrogations' of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The members of Skinny Puppy, who specialize in electronic music, were originally going to make the invoice the cover of their next album until they discovered they could bring legal action against the department. They were also none to happy to learn the purpose their music was being employed for, let alone illegally. The amount of compensation requested? $666,000, of course."
Save money, use Slashdot Beta instead! (Score:5, Funny)
The government should start using Slashdot Beta instead of music to torture detainees. Just sit them down in a room with a computer that can't go to any website except Slashdot Beta. They wouldn't last 5 minutes. I know I couldn't.
Re:Surely (Score:5, Funny)
$666,999?
Ying-yang number of the beast.
Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! (Score:5, Funny)
If you're going to use Canadian music for torture (Score:4, Funny)
I would think that Celine Dion or Justin Bieber would be much more effective at breaking the will of even the most stanchly determined Jihadists.
Torture (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Buck Feta (Score:4, Funny)
Beta Is Good (Score:5, Funny)
It's causing me to do more work and less trolling.
Christ on a pogo stick (Score:5, Funny)
That reads like my play list.
Re:Surely (Score:2, Funny)
Actually, if we use RIAA math to determine losses, that looks about right.
Re:Now thats a performance... (Score:5, Funny)
This is awesome! All the best music in one place!
I've made this my Grooveshark playlist! See it here: http://grooveshark.com/#!/play... [grooveshark.com]
You. Are. Welcome.