Scoop’s Views

Toshiba yesterday surrendered, saying it willingly giving up future sales and profits in the lucrative high-definition DVD market.

In giving up its fight for the HD DVD format as the next-generation HD DVD, Toshiba has conceded that Blu-ray will be the standard format. Blu-ray is backed by Sony, Matsushita Electric (which makes Panasonic-brand products), and five Hollywood studios.

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Have you ever seen someone so badly in need of sex that you tell them to go get laid — even if they have to hump a tree like a dog in heat? Well, that’s how the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is acting right now. Either that or RIAA has been constipated for about 18 years. Either way, RIAA is becoming more sickening every time I see its name in print.

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