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Lord Archer got a prison sentence for lying in court. Tommy Sheridan is not being accused of a crime' date=' he is in court to clear his name, with the claim that the news of the world printed lies about him.

It appears that he probably didn't do what he was accused of and there is little or no evidence to say he did.[/quote']

Lord Archer was sentenced and imprisoned for perjury. Which he committed as a witness in his libel case against the Daily Star, which was a civil trial also. Lord Archer was also in court to clear his name - and won his case. It was later proven that he had lied in his libel case, which is why the perjury case came about.

My point was that if it is later found out (or had been proven in this case) that Tommy Sheridan lied in this libel case, he too would be liable to be prosecuted for committing perjury.

because the lawyers find the loopholes and small text that threatens and fears people into taking down tab sites.

if it actually went to court the tab site could probably argue the right to "reverse engineer" which in most countries is a preserved right. i'm obviously not a lawyer, so couldn't say whether the onus would be on the defendant or the plaintiff to prove that a tab was an originally reverse engineered work, or an actual infringement (i.e. someone copied the tab out of the book).

there's a fine balance between the right to copyright and patent, and the right to reverse engineer and have a competitive market. too much in either direction really stifles innovation and invention.

alternatively checkout studiospares, their mic stands are great for the price (have two myself):

http://studiospares.com/Product.aspx?code=448000

Clearing out some CDs. Please PM if you're interested with a price.

Tricky - Blowback

Faith No More - Angel Dust

Bjork - Debut

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

The Wildhearts - Earth Vs The Wildhearts (with caffeine bomb)

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Fugees - The Score

Helmet - Size Matters

Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Goldie - Timeless

The Wildhearts - Don't Be Happy Just Worry

Therapy? - Pleasure Death

Radiohead - My Iron Lung (1994 original Maxi cds, CD1 (blue) and CD2 (red)

Trail Of The Dead - Source Tags And Codes

Pearl Jam - Riot Act

P.J. Harvey - 4 Track Demos

Foo Fighters - One By One

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (with DVD special)

Alice In Chains - Live

System Of A Down - System Of A Down

Faith No More - The Real Thing

Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust

At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command

BT - ESCM

LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

does anyone know how much they pay per cd? i guess it must vary by quality and title, but does anyone know any average values?

ta

the bald guy? Euan.

Well' date=' i would get a better deal than that as i work in a store where i get a discount. But it does have balanced action and its very robust. My main problem with making something myself is that i wouldn't know where to start and i don't trust my electrical knowledge enough to produce a gig reliable product.[/quote']

fair dos.

were you not selling a line6 floorboard - did it not have one on it?

my mate has a duoverb amp which has the big beast of a floorboard. it has a volume pedal, and i have to say, for all the times i tried to use it, it just pissed me off. although it was better than his mixed mode crybaby wah/volume pedal, it was rubbish as a volume pedal. and it squaeked like a mouse.

109 quid for a volume pedal!!!! crikey!

make one yourself for a tenner from maplin!

i don't know what the ernie ball has going for it, whether it's a smooth balanced foot action or a very clean circuit, but 109 quid seems a little excessive for what is essentially the same thing as the volume knob on a guitar.

hi ray,

what sort of state are the speakers in? are there any damage to any of the cones, or do any of the connectors have crackling problems or anything like that?

do they come with leads and/or stands?

ta

I'm moving to Aberdeen fairly soon for college and just wondering if there is many good local hardcore or metal bands (especially of the extreme variety)' date=' also any pubs with good music. I am a bassist looking to get a band together there or join a band also.

Thanx.[/quote']

a good way to find out some of the metal bands in aberdeen is to look at this website's myspace page, as many of the bands are friends with the page:

http://myspace.com/abdnmusic

there are numerous venues putting on all kinds of music regularly, notably: the tunnels, kef, cafe drummonds, moshulu, the lemon tree. you can find most listings for all these venues and a cartload more over at the Granite City Guide:

http://www.gcguide.co.uk

Welcome to Aberdeen!

conversely then, where do people think would be the best/a great place to live?

personally i find it a strange question, cos i could live in the "best" place in the world, but if you have no friends or nothing to do to make you feel of worth, it's actually the shittest place in the world.

it depends what you want to do really.

cubasis is a sequencer - that is, it lets you record MIDI data, which it will then send turn into sounds that you have selected for each track - that could be a VST (e.g. something that makes synth sounds, or drum sounds, or guitar tones) or it could be a soundcard's (e.g. the soundblaster live) soundfont banks.

have a google for cubasis / cubase tutorials.

do you have a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI input device? if not you will probably find the program a little tedious and uninspiring to use.

you should be able to make sounds come out of cubasis with just the program itself and a few VSTs.

there's only one m in my name motherfucker!

The law needs to be changed then.

There has already been some sort of consultation, and the goverment has told the promoting industry that they should self-regulate.

Can anyone think what incentives there are for promoters to stop touts and/or people who buy 4 or 5 tickets and sell all but one?

i don't know all the details, but isn't the issue that he's saying he DIDN'T do all that shaggin, and is alleging libel against the newspaper?

so if he really did do it, that makes him no better than lord archer.

they should print people's national insurance number on the tickets, and swipe the cards with tickets as people enter the festival. everyone aged 15-3/4 and over has an NI card, maybe it would stop touting. people wanting refunds could always post their tickets back for a refund. or they could sell the tickets, but not print them until a month before the festival or something, incase people wanted to cancel.

better than 400, unsurprisingly, but not enough. this is 400W of stomach thudding potential we're talking about, it's only 4 years old and has been gigged about 10 times in its life.

I'll see your baboon with a sodden gusset' date=' and raise you a toddler drinking paint.[/quote']

that's a vicious sounding tin of paint... must be lacking any kind of emulsion!

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i wouldn't actually sell it for 400 quid. but feel free to come play it, could always roll it out at the next gig the band plays, then have a legion of potential purchasers rather than fans lining up to listen. not that we have fans. but you get the point.

Is there any intelligent people still out there?

THE IRONY IS KILLING ME!!!

do i hear an opening bid of 400 pounds

Very big wieldy bass stack for sale.

Can be had new for around £1100 including delivery from www.gak.co.uk.

Head description:

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=316

Cab description:

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=318

Review:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Bass/Data/Marshall/VBA400_Head-1.html

selling cos i'm selling my flat and don't want to put it into storage, and my career as a gigging musician is moving towards carting a line6 bass pod xt around with me.

the cabinet has a few tears of the vinyl stuff, nothing that couldn't be glued down if you are bothered. the head is spotless.

this stack is incredibly loud. when played at volume of '5' or over, loose plaster will fall off walls, non fixed items will rattle off surfaces in the room, etc. etc.

this stack is also incredibly heavy, the head is about 35kg and the cabinet around 50kg. they can be moved separately by a single person, but it's not a fun job. two people recommended. luckily the cab has properly constructed wheels and a decent clearance, as well as two sturdy and well shaped handles. the head also has two sturdy spring loaded handles.

shameless plug: this stack was used to record the "dear john" songs available at

http://myspace.com/preopcop

and more hifi-edly at

http://iove.org/keepusapart.mp3

http://iove.org/insecurity%20guard.mp3

http://iove.org/preopcop.mp3

All offers welcome, all fair ones will be duly considered.

And of course you can come round and try before you buy if you are seriously interested.

also, you could try Atmosphere Light & Sound, or CLS

screams of "bizarre sex act goes wrong" to me

although i did like the hoff in those internet adverts. was it freeserve/wandoo or aol?