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Deadlock Clock: Feb 27th 2018 at 11:59:00 PM
bitemytail Since: Dec, 2011
#1: Feb 1st 2018 at 9:08:19 AM

When you pay for M P3s... you aren't pirating them.

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#2: Feb 1st 2018 at 3:15:28 PM

Yeah, that's not illustrating the trope (artists allow/encourage the practice for their material) at all. Voting to pull...not sure if this would be a BUPKIS case or not.

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#3: Feb 1st 2018 at 3:20:03 PM

Pull regardless of replacement. I don't think it illustrates the trope.

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#4: Feb 1st 2018 at 3:28:47 PM

I see what they were going for with the image - it seems to be propaganda from a (theoretical?) pro-MP3-piracy group - but it doesn't really work as a result, no.

I've no objections to a pull.

edited 1st Feb '18 3:29:09 PM by ShadowHog

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#5: Feb 1st 2018 at 3:55:08 PM

I mean, since helping "the Man" is a bad thing and since the Mr. Moneybags character is clearly an asshole, I'd think this is saying "don't pay for M P3s because you're helping 'the Man.'"

I think it's weak and we could find a better image for it, but I don't think it's in "pull regardless of replacement" territory. I'm tentatively voting to keep.

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#6: Feb 1st 2018 at 7:51:11 PM

The fact that paying for MP3s isn't pirating is what the image is saying. The point is that not paying for them isn't supporting "the Man" (AKA the record labels). I'm going with Keep Until Better Image Suggested on this one.

Edit: See post 9.

edited 2nd Feb '18 4:51:28 AM by GastonRabbit

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Tuomas Since: Mar, 2010
#7: Feb 2nd 2018 at 12:40:28 AM

Yeah, the message of the poster is clearly that paying for MP3s is not cool, so it illustrates the trope perfectly.

edited 2nd Feb '18 12:40:43 AM by Tuomas

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#8: Feb 2nd 2018 at 1:42:06 AM

No, the point of the trope is an artist not only allowing but encouraging such downloading of their music...the image is failing to get that essential point across. This would at least flow with that idea.

edited 2nd Feb '18 1:43:36 AM by Willbyr

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#9: Feb 2nd 2018 at 4:50:28 AM

[up]Then maybe we should pull it due to trope misuse.

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#10: Feb 11th 2018 at 12:05:03 PM

[up][up]That one cracked me up. I'd support it as the replacement.

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#13: Feb 12th 2018 at 7:56:34 AM

8 works

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#15: Feb 13th 2018 at 8:26:40 AM

I can go with 8.

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#16: Feb 24th 2018 at 8:55:00 PM

Clock is set. Anyone else for/against 8?

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#17: Feb 28th 2018 at 7:02:14 PM

Let's roll with 8.

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#18: Feb 28th 2018 at 7:07:33 PM

Done; it's up and tagged. Going ahead and locking as we're at the clocking point.

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