i got the new pj harvey album uh huh her last week, which i like a lot. it’s strangely catchy and very sparse and dark.
but the funny thing that i noticed as that on the back of the case, there’s a large notice that says: fbi anti-piracy warning: unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law. and there’s this big official-looking fbi anti-piracy seal on the back.
which makes me laugh.
who is this intended for? is someone who’s going to pirate this cd actually going to look at this and think, “oh , i didn’t realize that piracy is illegal. i better stop right now!” hell, anyone who downloads these off of kazaa or whatever won’t even see it anyway, so what’s the point?
if it’s for the people who burn and sell mass fakes, then it’s a safe bet that they already know that it’s against the law, so again, what’s the point?
maybe it’s like the now ubiquitous parental advisory explicit content warning labels, which let you know that you are buying the good version with all the proper profanity, and not the sissyfied version by accident. so it’s telling you that it’s worth pirating, in effect, a brand of value.
this so smacks of the oh-so-successful war on drugs “just say no” campaign. which speaks for itself.
my favorite is the “say no to drugs” warnings on the little plastic screens in public restroom urinals. who are those for? what’s the thought process there?
hmmm. gotta take a leak. aahhhh, that’s better. what’s this i’m peeing on? just say no to drugs? you know, that’s right. i am going to change my life. thank you urinal guard!
Posted at June 10, 2004 11:23 AMso what i want to know: are these “don’t do drugs” things actually *in* the urinals? like you look down as you pee and you’re peeing on the admonition itself? or is it just in men’s bathrooms on the wall someplace? is it just in men’s bathrooms in california?
now i am going to have to add this to the list of things that i miss out on by being a girl. who knew that such stupidness was out there for only men to see?
Posted by: roo at June 10, 2004 2:16 PMit’s like the “not intended for internal consumption” labels on tubes of glue - they’re there to keep someone from claiming they didn’t know better.
what we really need are labels that warn us away if the album is full of crappy music.
Posted by: kurtis at June 10, 2004 4:12 PMyes, they’re actually *in* the urinals. they’re little plastic screens, i guess designed the urinal cakes from clogging up the hole. or from people from putting crap into the urinal drain, like cigarette butts, etc.
maybe the idea is that as you’re puking into the urinal, you can read it right there?
Posted by: e at June 10, 2004 5:09 PMi think everything would be better if we just all agreed to do whatever our toilets told us.
Posted by: ignatz raztkywatzky at June 11, 2004 10:21 AMwell then: http://palacelockerroomstore.com/products/urinal-screen.html
Posted by: e at June 14, 2004 4:51 PMComments are now closed for this entry. Thank you for playing.