Had a blast at the Evanescence concert last night, migraine and all. Don't ask me how, especially since people were smoking up a storm. Amy can sing and the guitarist and basists were drool worthy. I just love musicans. I really do. The only unsettling moment about the concert was the venue. It's not handicap friendly since the seats are positioned poorly, as in everyone stands and I could see jack. So after demanding to see the promoter of the event, the staff were very kind to find me a new spot so I could actually see the stage.

Sony Pictures is being sued by White Wolf and Nancy Collins for copyright infringement over the movie Underworld. They list 17 counts of infringement, and find at least 60 if not more instances were the movie borrows from White Wolf and Collins.
I especially loved the parts were the plaintiffs claim the vampires "embrace" similar to that of Vampire: the Masquerade yet no mention of it is actually made in the movie. That and much of the so called copying can also be referenced back to Dracula, which if I'm not mistaken is public domain. And, Masquerade itself is not original seeing as many of its ideas were taken from popular culture including Anne Rice.

In an unsurprising move the RIAA filed many, many lawsuits against file-sharers today and revealed its amnesty plan in its attempt to stop copyright infringement and increase profits. I think it just succeeded in alienating more consumers, and may have finally opened the door to finally bringing down the DMCA and itself.
It's rather interesting. The roommate and I were discussing how we might just start buying cds again from Universal since they finally came to their senses and dropped cd prices, but after this, I think the boycott is still on until after Christmas.

Migraine. Bad. Evil.
Darkness. Good.
Drugs. Even better, except for the slight respiratory distress part. Bad Zomig. Behave. But migraine is temporarily gone and yazzy is drugged. 😉

The EFF is warning file-swappers not to buy into the RIAA's offer of amnesty because they can still be subject to liability. Any offer from the RIAA that requires you to file a notarized letter saying you have no files on your harddrive regardless of whether you own the song's cd or not should be scrutinized and thrown out; it's an association that hires law enforecment to invade your private files; an association that prohibits the defendant from seeing the evidence that is being used against him. I can see why they issued such a warning.

If you live in Texas and you're of voting age, now is the time to take a stand. Vote no to Proposition 12. A judge and a jury should be the ones to decide whether a doctor or a drunk driver will be held accountable to a plaintiff for damages, not the legislature. By taking that right away, you undermine the legal system and take away the only recourse we have to seek repair. $250,000 is not enough to bring back a loved one from the grave.
So insurance premiums are unbearably high. Why isn't anyone questioning the insurance companies for the rise in prices. And who's funding Proposition 12? Guess.

The parents called to tell me the game seemed like a lost cause. They were down by 12 points. After the phone call they were down by 13 points, so I went to the tv and I continued watching the end of season 3 of Buffy. What can I say, after receiving more bad news today, watching that seems to cheer me up especially since my alma mater was losing horribly.
After watching "Graduation Day, Part 2" I come back and we won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 29-26 in overtime no less. That must have been an excruciating game, but we won. Yay ND. Yay for the new football season.

Why is it that we in Texas don't get our bar results till November, but the lucky bastards in Oregan get to find out in September, the 10th to be exact. Assuming they're lucky that is. I swear, the Board of Law Examiners hates us.

Djimon Hounson is joining the cast of Alias as a villain this upcoming season. This is positively delicious. I love him as an actor. I can't wait.

Look at what Fox has lost to Universal. Better for Joss. Finally, the a Firefly movie is in the works and I am extstatic. Joss is directing Can we say drool.
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