<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/13/02 6:59:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, music.maker@gte.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I'm certainly no lawyer, but AFAIK, internet petitions
<BR>aren't worth spit. The "signers" aren't signing, so
<BR>there's no way to verify them. There's no way to
<BR>know that the same person didn't "sign" multiple times
<BR>with different "names". </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>That's only one reason why they're not useful...It's basically saying:
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<BR>Petitioners: Please, big nasty record company, do such and such because we say so..
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<BR>Big Nasty Record Company: No #@%#% way..we want to make more money..
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<BR>The companies don't care....
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<BR>-Chris</FONT></HTML>