P2P group seeks peace, but talks tough:
A newly launched peer-to-peer trade association has offered to sit down and negotiate with music industry lawyers, while it simultaneously denounced its adversaries as obsolete and “tyrannosaurical.”
Despite the creative newly minted adjective, the story is [tragically] about the trade group, P2P United, which is actually trying to make a deal with the devil. To wit:
P2P United wouldn’t give details on how what kind of deal it would seek with the RIAA and other copyright holders, except to say that it was looking for some sort of compulsory license or indirect payment system. One idea that’s been floated, is for Congress to levy a tax on high-speed Internet connections, with the proceeds split between the RIAA and peer-to-peer companies.
Boo. I discussed this idea a couple weeks ago and still have yet to be swayed.
Note to all my readers: you are currently renting the photons emitting from your monitor, on lease from me perpetually. If you in any way, shape or form profit off these photons, I will persecute you to the ends of the Earth and then some. Dirty dirty thieves.
Global Package Tracker - They’re Out There Somewhere:
At SkyHigh, we don’t like to think of your missing luggage as being “lost.” Rather, that it has embarked on an exciting journey all its own. But rest assured, we’re fairly confident your bags do still exist in some form and could be back at home with you relatively soon. With that in mind, let’s see where your valued personal belongings are today!
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Your luggage has been has been located in exotic Al Mukalla, Yemen. Check back tomorrow to see where those pesky bags of yours have run off to next.
Baggage Disclaimer
Be glad your bags get to visit such neat places. Apparently, Alaska Airlines is really into keeping your bags with you wherever you go. How completely lame is that?
Great minds think alike. When I grow up, I want to be luggage.
A few Airport Overnight Tips:
DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING WITH YOUR BARE SKIN
Thousands and thousands and thousands of people pass through an airport on any given day. And chances are, a lot of them have something weird going on medically. Enough said.
FAST-FOOD WRAPPERS: THE TRAVELER’S MULTI-PURPOSE PAL
If travelers knew all the great uses for fast-food packaging, they wouldn’t be so quick to lick the goop off of it and throw it in the trash. But their ignorance is your gain! Stuff a fast-food sack with 2-3 dozen hamburger wrappers and voila: a fragrant pillow! Cardboard french fry holders make decent drinking glasses, as do regular soft drink cups in a pinch. On chilly nights, adhere the edges of several wrappers and sacks together with semi-congealed mayonnaise to fashion a lightweight quilt. The list goes on…
ACT TOUGH
Airport security can’t be everywhere at all times. And Lord knows who you’ll be sharing a darkened terminal with at 3 a.m. So even if you aren’t an experienced street fighter, pretend. Try driving your fist into your hand as you walk around. Grunt audibly. And be sure to throw out a high-arcing leg kick once in a while. A little faux-bravado will often deter a would-be aggressor, or at least make him laugh a little and want to be your friend.
DON’T TALK TO FREAKS
Man, are there some nut jobs out there! And given the chance, they’ll talk a hole through your brain. Word to the wise: If you see a guy skipping toward you with rainbow stockings and a handful of spoons, act unconscious.
Remember, you can never be too careful — don’t feed the bears.
Props to MarketingWonk for the great find and kudos to SkyHigh Airlines for taking the road less traveled. Along with Little Caesars Pizza (mid ’90s campaign), Jack In The Box and Reebok’s Terry Tate you guys are in a league of your own with innovative and comical marketing programs.
Excellence through compromise
