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Fuck RIAA, fight back

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moe
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fuck riaa, they are taking away our right to have privacy in our own home. there is a sight commin soon with a petetion, ill give u the link.. heres the jist.

stop buying CD's of artists who are on labels supported by RIAA.

RIAA is putin out false statements that copying songs is hurting artist more than them. wtf is that. 94% of the money from a recorld album goes the the label. Artists are making more off radio and concerts, if anything, the internet is making them more famous. Fuck the RIAA, fight back.

Moe
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Oct 4 2003 10:44PM
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wiglaf
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heck yeah fuck them
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Oct 4 2003 10:46PM
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daddy-o
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ya fuck them
Oct 4 2003 10:57PM
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Danger.
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true true, also, if they sue you, sue them back for invasion of privacy
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
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yupp^


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Oct 5 2003 12:02AM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
Posts: 9939 - Karma: 15
fuck them and fuck university networks that limit bandwidth for filesharing and such. i need to get more computer learnd.
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Oct 5 2003 12:11AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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RIAA RULES!!! i mean SUCKS!!!

okay, i just gotta say...please stop making the FARP video things. Its cool if you wanna make them and all, but dont make a website about it etc. Or at least get better first. You are hurting the industry. When snowboarders see skiers like Fred and Randall doing stupid flailing 360 attempts 8 inches off the ground, they laugh there heads off, and skiing takes another blow. So please, if you wanna make your movies, thats cool. But just stop trying to get noticed. Thats all. Peace. P.S. Your spinning the wrong way.-sunvalleyskibum
Oct 5 2003 12:20AM
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Ghost
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I totally agree, moe.

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Oct 5 2003 12:31AM
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360spins
Posts: 618 - Karma: 10
Can you name ONE record label that is not a member of the RIAA? They are a trade union - that is like saying you shouldn't buy a car from a company that does not have a UAW affiliation. Please - put your energy where it might do some good.
Oct 5 2003 12:47AM
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jksl
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boycott riaa!

i want some stickers

=J. KIESEL=

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Oct 5 2003 8:00AM
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1212j5j5
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because i dont want to pay 20 bucks for a cd....

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Oct 5 2003 8:40AM
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alex_uk
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20dollars? Are you stupid.
When I buy albums from small distro's/labels it is about £6 a pop($12).

Listen to more than just good charlotee, you may find some decent hsit out trhere.
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Oct 5 2003 10:45AM
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petek
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i will sign that petition. Plus how come its the artists that have millions of dollars that have this protective shit, they dont need it, and losin some money wont make a fuckin difference BECAUSE THEY ARE MILLIONAIRES


'We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause they dont dance, and if they dont dance they aint no friends of mine.'
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Oct 5 2003 10:58AM
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moe
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i dun think some of yall understand da point alot of us r making. da music is allready being given out fo free. Look at radio. If i recorded it off da radio and put that shit up on kazaa, would it still be illegal? it was broadcasted publicly, so does that mean that the radio station should be sued? no. what if i recorded it off of MTV, or those new motherfucking satalite stations that broadcast high quality music? would that be illegal? they are sueing us for shit that they give away. its like me telling a joke and then sueing everyone who tells it. the riaa is just pissed that for once technology aint working for them and they have no way to slove it but by throwing their high priced lawyers at innocent poeple poor people. its bullshit. fuck dem.

Moe
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Oct 5 2003 11:03AM
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BrodyLeven
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sooo wrong.

radio and dj legalities are different.

some of you guys are making yourselves sound so ignorant, stop while you're partially ahead.

if you only knew.


Brody
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Oct 5 2003 11:08AM
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moe
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o brody dont just ell us we are wrong, if ur so high and mightly enlighten us. yah, radio has to pay for rights to play the songs, so once that is done, it is public, so should i be sued for listening to the radio? its the same concept in principle.

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Oct 5 2003 11:10AM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
^Brody does know his DJ shit though...

And c'mon people! You know you all use file-sharing software and download music all the time so stop saying that it's stupid


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Oct 5 2003 11:11AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
^yes you should be sued for the radio

okay, i just gotta say...please stop making the FARP video things. Its cool if you wanna make them and all, but dont make a website about it etc. Or at least get better first. You are hurting the industry. When snowboarders see skiers like Fred and Randall doing stupid flailing 360 attempts 8 inches off the ground, they laugh there heads off, and skiing takes another blow. So please, if you wanna make your movies, thats cool. But just stop trying to get noticed. Thats all. Peace. P.S. Your spinning the wrong way.-sunvalleyskibum
Oct 5 2003 11:13AM
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petek
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recording any music off the station is illegal, however sharing music is NOT illegal. Its kinda simple, we have software on our own windows media player that can copy from a CD onto your computer. I can borrow other ppls CD's, and copy those CD's music onto my computer. In the end, i still wont have to buy a CD, the only reason why i dont do this is because its inconvenient, and will take time. Not to mention i havta switch it to MP3 format so i can store more. If it is illegal to do this, than microsoft would have been sued for a fuckload of money, but guess what? They werent! Which means its totally legal to share music. The RIAA just wants to inconvenience people, so that unresourceful people must buy a cd, that pbly only has 1 or 2 good songs on it, so he can listen to them.


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Me- come here doggy
Karl-I dont think he understands english man
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Oct 5 2003 11:16AM
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hucksterjibber15
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if you are so worried, use smaller programs. they still have filters, but not near as heavily as kazaa does
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Oct 5 2003 11:27AM
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*cowboy*
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It just seems to me like they should give up. They are never going to get control of the situation. There will always be other programs out there and newer, faster, ways to rip music off cds. It seems like a waste of the RIAA's time and money. I read an article in the Wall Street Journal the other day. It stated that some of the new cd's coming out will be as low as $5 (USA) a piece. Lower the price of cd's to around 5 dollars would greatly increase the amount of cd's sold. At this price, it hardly becomes worth while for people to make cd's anymore. I see no reason why cd's cant cost around this price, after all, the cd and case probably cost a dime.. Surely their cant be that many other expenses.


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Oct 5 2003 12:02PM
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petek
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guess what tho? Under bush and the patriotic act, guess who can sue people for invasion of privacy? NOBODY


'We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause they dont dance, and if they dont dance they aint no friends of mine.'
Me- come here doggy
Karl-I dont think he understands english man
Alex-yeah, it is a GERMAN shepherd
Oct 5 2003 12:39PM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
^which is why I say we brutally slaughter bush and savor every moment of it and then make harvey president and get him to write an executive order to cancel out all of Bush's stupid ones (all of them)


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Oct 5 2003 1:49PM
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Ghost
Posts: 7116 - Karma: 339
Thief? No.
Anyone labeling people with mp3s as thieves,
please, sit down and listen.
Let's try and look at this from a business perspective. Try to see the greater picture here.
The truth is that mp3s open up the door to sample new music; music that people would have never found out about - if it wasn't for the world wide web. The ease of accessing songs makes it enjoyable and creates much greater interest in the music industry.

So what? Who cares if a few people make copies of cds.
'That means that bands will lose money because a few less people may buy the cd'

Companies trying to get rid of mp3s are failing to see the bigger picture here.

Had it not been for mp3s, users across the world would've never heard of the non-mainstream bands. Mp3s are a huge advertising campaign in itself. Free advertising for the record. Now that all these users found about the band, users will then purchase merchandise, tshirts, concerts, and its quite possible that they will go purchase the band's cd to support them.

And there is much, much, more money to be made at concerts, and by selling largely marked up merchandise than the cd itself.

Think BIGGER PICTURE.

Mp3s are here, and they are here to stay.
With new technology comes new business oportunities. And if organizations can not accept that, and fail to change with the times, they will get left in the dust

^I've said this before. and I think it's worth saying again.

Eat. Sleep. Breathe. Ski.
Oct 5 2003 3:01PM
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petek
Posts: 8762 - Karma: 12
word up


'We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause they dont dance, and if they dont dance they aint no friends of mine.'
Me- come here doggy
Karl-I dont think he understands english man
Alex-yeah, it is a GERMAN shepherd
Oct 5 2003 3:22PM
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Ghost
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And likewise for mainstream bands, they benefit. Mp3s INCREASE the interest in the music community.

'But the cd sales decreased 10% last year'

First, I'll venture to say mp3s do play a role in the decrease. But there are alot of other factors out there that contribute to the decrease, I have a feeling the other factors play a much greater role.

Secondly, if they see this from the bigger picture they would welcome it. So focused on the small decrease today that they fail to see the new customers of tomorrow.

In any business, to be successful, you have to be willing to take losses in order to make bigger returns down the road.

For example, let's look at the fast food industry. At Mcdonalds, you could buy a decent burger for $1.25 (or however much). Between all the shipping, refrigerating, and the product itself (toppings, sauce) and the work that goes into it.. they lose money on it.
BUT, they are willing to TAKE A LOSS. Essentially, they could give the burger away and still make money.
How?
Soda. They charge a buck for a drink, while that drink costs them a few cents.
See, they figure since you are in their restaurant and consumed their product, they can afford to give away food, because you are going to want a drink. and that's where they get you

THE SAME EXACT PRINCIPLE APPLIES FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. But the RIAA fails to see it.

They could afford to give cd's away (there's not much money to be made on them anyhow, just like the food at mcdonalds). Now that you have that cd and like that music alot - you are a new consumer.
And the merchandise/concerts/etc. is where they could make their main profits.

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Oct 5 2003 3:28PM
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Ghost
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wow. my last posts were long.. I tried covering everything.

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Oct 5 2003 3:36PM
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petek
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Recording Industry Association of America-i thought they only got funds from record sales, and radio pitches. I'm just bein devils advocate here when i say this, but a lot of ppl also stopped listening to radio and declined watchin things like muchmusic.


'We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause they dont dance, and if they dont dance they aint no friends of mine.'
Me- come here doggy
Karl-I dont think he understands english man
Alex-yeah, it is a GERMAN shepherd
Oct 5 2003 3:50PM
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SkeeOrDye
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i just download songs because its easier than going all the way to the music store (actually pretty far away) and its easier than registering to itunes or the new musicmatch thing. the fact that its free is just a bonus.
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Oct 5 2003 3:51PM
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mikee
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Damn Jarrett, you are very right.. the mcdonalds analogy really helped me understand hahaha. I never knew about that at mcdonalds...

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Oct 5 2003 3:54PM
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linejibber550
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i use kazaa all the time and i download tons of music, but for the good stuff u want to buy heres a good place to get it for super cheap! www.deepdiscountcd.com
all cds are $10-$14 and freeshipping and they have like every artist and cd, check it out


Oct 5 2003 3:55PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
ghostdragon is a pretty smart dude.

okay, i just gotta say...please stop making the FARP video things. Its cool if you wanna make them and all, but dont make a website about it etc. Or at least get better first. You are hurting the industry. When snowboarders see skiers like Fred and Randall doing stupid flailing 360 attempts 8 inches off the ground, they laugh there heads off, and skiing takes another blow. So please, if you wanna make your movies, thats cool. But just stop trying to get noticed. Thats all. Peace. P.S. Your spinning the wrong way.-sunvalleyskibum
Oct 5 2003 4:02PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
Posts: 9939 - Karma: 15
there are plenty of other good programs out... everyone get on DC++ or Shareaza
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you bettter still have my jagermeister shirt, or I'll fucking drive a train through your anus. – jibtech
Oct 5 2003 4:04PM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
Shareaza is what I'm using now and it is pretty awesome...

It's pretty secure to and it uses three separate networks (only one of which is pseudo-centralized) and it can also use bit torrent shit and it's fast as hell for some stuff but don't be gay and not share your files because then all of us suffer and just because you don't share them doesn't mean that you're safe because you are still downloading and the files are still on your computer and stuff...


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Oct 5 2003 5:15PM
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1212j5j5
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it all comes down to Kid Rock 'i dont care im already rich' commenting on napster.
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Oct 5 2003 6:20PM
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BrodyLeven
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Jarrett and others,
the concern isn't the small bands that WANT the exposure.
it's 50 cent and Metallica that exposure for FREE is the last thing they need.

it's like small bands doing a free concert verse snoop dogg having 80 dollar tickets.


Brody
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Oct 5 2003 6:49PM
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petek
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whoever shot 50cent should have finished the job, metallica lost site of what music really is, and is just a piece of shit now.


'We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause they dont dance, and if they dont dance they aint no friends of mine.'
Me- come here doggy
Karl-I dont think he understands english man
Alex-yeah, it is a GERMAN shepherd
Oct 5 2003 6:57PM
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dilla_says_go
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^hahahha

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Oct 5 2003 8:48PM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
^well it's true man....

There was an interview with radiohead on the E! website just like today (I think) and he talks about filesharing and his point-of-view is pretty interesting because he doesn't take sides but you can tell that he is totally completely for file sharing... check it out:

http://www.eonline.com/Multimedia/Popup/Player/LargeFormat/0,1859,10542-1-1,,00.html



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Oct 5 2003 9:00PM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
FUCK! why don't my links ever fucking work?! guess you'll just have to copy and paste that biznatch!


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Oct 5 2003 9:01PM
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Ghost
Posts: 7116 - Karma: 339
the-east-isn't-that-bad. here, this should help you with your link problem.



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Oct 5 2003 11:53PM
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freeze_pooter
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lets fuckin shoot em all

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Oct 5 2003 11:54PM
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semen69
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^impressive solution there...lemme guess, you're a genius...



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Oct 5 2003 11:55PM
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freeze_pooter
Posts: 3296 - Karma: 16
just takin it from one of your lessons

'The whole fuckin' world's against us, I swear to God.' -Jay

'Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.' -Kitty

'Knife goes in, guts come out.' -Bart

'Hey, aren't you richard simmons?'
'Aren't you richard simmons best friend? Richard simmons.'

'A lot of people take a lot of time out of your life, at least this time you got a coupon.'
Oct 5 2003 11:56PM
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strode
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