To
Metallica:
Filing a law suit against Napster has probably made you lose your image, fans,
and sales. All because you either wanted more money(not like you had enough to
begin with, right!?) or because you wanted publicity. Well you got your publicity.
If you haven't realized you have also caused a chain reaction of other problems.
Software developers looking for the same fame Napster got(which probably wasn't
intended) -- but now everyone is devising plans to make themselves popular like
Napster did, if they shut down. In turn making your so called "problems" even
worse. If you wanted it this way, you got it.
P.S. To tell you the truth, I really wasn't a Napster user and I'm still not.
So before you go on a spree to defend yourselves with "napster users are hackers!
shut 'em down!" -- think again. I'm speaking out. I just saw something wrong,
and I'm doing what I can to help right it.
To the System Admins of this Server:
Server has not been harmed in any way. If you would like to know how to patch
the vulnerability then mail me at: pimpshizpimpshiz@aol.com
Anyone else with questions on how you can help Napster, e-mail me at pimpshizpimpshiz@aol.com
Related Website Defacements:
If you come across a website that isn't still defaced try: /hacked.html
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| www.stockport.gov.uk
| www.gm.gov.cn | Verizon
Wireless\Airtouch | KMIZ TV:
ABC 17 | Don Henley(Anti-Napster
music artist) | Models Network
International(again) | Oriental
Bank & Trust(again) | Nike
TW(again) | The Norway
Post(again) | Ovation
Television | Wisdom
Television\Radio | American
Society of Baking | National
Depressive & Manic-Depressive Association | www.evimed.ch
| FileNet Corporation USA
| www.users.vance.net
| Business Card Express
| New Orleans Radio |
Ragtime Press | DataStream
Networks | All
Nature's Safeway | Aboriginal
Peoples Television Network | Borderlands
Information Center | The Center
for Defense Information | Palm
Infocenter | Pioneer
Animation | AccessZone
| FlimFlam | GMC
Motorhomes | IBCNet, Inc.
| Mountain Gap Inn
| New Spirit Schools
| Regulatory Compliance Information
Center | Sharp Communication
| DD&G Professional Services,
Inc. | Integrated
Visual Concepts, Inc. | Windy
City BMW Club | American
Motorcyclist Association | Autonetas
| LHCB | Aldine
Independent School District | Drakkar
Resources Humaines, Inc. | E-Lacrosse
| Ira School Web | Department
of Mechanical Engineering | Arrowhead
Auto Sales, LLC | Communications
Workers of America | Digital
Printing & Imaging Association
One last note:
Music is art, an extension of ourselves. Major label record companies do not
sell art, they sell 50 cents of plastic at $15 because they see music as an
industry they can control. Maybe 5% of your $15 will end up going to the artist.
The artists (Metallica, Dre) that complain about napster obviously care a great
deal about the money involved with their art, rather than the art itself. Perhaps
because they are also producers, in the business of selling 50 cents of plastic
at $15? Maybe.
The RIAA is a joke. the RIAA does not represent your favorite music artists.
They represent rich record executives. These are the fat cats who make profit
from the other 95% of cd sales. These people are so filthy rich, the only thing
they know how to do is squabble over how rich they are and how they don't want
anything to happen to their wealth and power. There's more to life than money
fellas. Also may I say I applaud the lawsuit bought by 26 states against the
big 5 music labels for cd price fixing and violating anti-trust laws. This is
a great positive step towards decentralization of power in these companies.
"This I say to you, what I say is true: emotions aren't a product to sell and
cannot be consumed." (-Jesse Michaels)