Today’s NY Times has a timely story on the record industry’s latest lawsuits against 261 of their customers. My favorite part:
… But record industry officials said that some people who contacted the record industry group after learning that they had been subpoenaed have already agreed to settlements averaging about $3,000. The settlements are expected to be slightly higher for those who are named in the lawsuits.
“It’s our version of an olive branch,” Mr. Sherman said. [referring to the demands for $3000+]
Got to love Amy Harmon, the journalist, for getting that quote!
I enjoyed this paragraph almost as much as flipping on the television up at Moosehead Lake. It was tuned to CNN and Larry King was interviewing some sort of right-wing Christian. Just as the TV came on, with no context, the talking head uttered the words “I consider Justice Kennedy to be one of the most dangerous men in America.” [Referring to the 65-year-old Anthony Kennedy, appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1988.]
Rarely is the news media so entertaining!