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."
Buck Feta (Score:1, Informative)
Slashdot Beta is horrible. They should kill it before readers go away.
Why must this be{ta}? (Score:5, Informative)
I've been here since 2001. It used to be a great site, and even in its latter days it remains a good one.
The changes in this new interface are destructive to the culture of this community, particularly the removal of sigs and uid#s. It is the commenting community that makes this site special. Ignoring that is a gigantic mistake.
The changes in this new interface are technically ill-concieved, requiting javascript, loading a bzillion comments but not displaying them, not supporting link markup.
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Please slashdot, don't do this.
I will be joining in the Slashcott from Feb 10-Feb 17. It will be the longest I've been off the site since I was hospitalized after an accident in 2007. Hopefully I'll be back, but maybe not. We'll see.
Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! (Score:5, Informative)
Hopefully their complaint does include a C&D clause, but they are also entitled to fair compensation for the past unauthorised use of their work.
Re:Beta woes (Score:4, Informative)
I get classic by default as well, but the apocalypse is coming...
Fuck beta.
Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! (Score:3, Informative)
I'm still using "classic" slashdot and haven't tried the beta version. Has anyone got an opinion about the beta version?
You can't see how your own comments are moderated without drilling down to them.
You can't see if your message has been replied to without drilling down to it.
You can't quote the message you're replying to.
The comment subject is not autofilled.
Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Now thats a performance... (Score:5, Informative)
You know, if you play anything loud enough and long enough, you will induce severe mental distress.
And, before you get all smug, here's [blogspot.ca] the playlist they used outside of Manuel Noriega's compound to drive him crazy:
(You've Got) Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
Blue Collar Man - Styx
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Don't Look Back - Boston
Electric Spanking of War Babies - Funkadelic
Heaven's On Fire - Kiss
If I Had A Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Judgment Day - Whitesnake
Jungle Love - Steve Miller
No More Mister Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
Paradise City - Guns & Roses
Panama - Van Halen
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Refugee - Tom Petty
Renegade - Styx
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
The Party's Over - Journey
This Means War - Joan Jett
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Wanted Man - Ratt
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Your Time is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin
If you like any of those bands, get over yourself.