RIAA strikes out at students
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
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- KVRAF
- 3066 posts since 31 May, 2002 from My chair
Yes, f**k the RIAA.
First, they don't realise that the Internet doesn't belong solely to the US.
Second, they disseminate skewed, alarmist data to the media and congress, groups that don't understand the real issues and will blindy follow any self-proclaimed "industry effort" that has enough money behind them.
Third, they attempt to pass shortsighted national legislation that will eventually cripple their own industry and new evolutionary business models that they need to start adopting before they die. Not that it would be a bad thing to see them go, but in the process they will further destroy mediums that allow for the free-exchange of creative ideas.
What pisses me off most is the fact that their efforts will eventually limit *my* ability as a musician to distribute my own music, even for free.
So f**k the RIAA. f**k the DMCA.
- m
First, they don't realise that the Internet doesn't belong solely to the US.
Second, they disseminate skewed, alarmist data to the media and congress, groups that don't understand the real issues and will blindy follow any self-proclaimed "industry effort" that has enough money behind them.
Third, they attempt to pass shortsighted national legislation that will eventually cripple their own industry and new evolutionary business models that they need to start adopting before they die. Not that it would be a bad thing to see them go, but in the process they will further destroy mediums that allow for the free-exchange of creative ideas.
What pisses me off most is the fact that their efforts will eventually limit *my* ability as a musician to distribute my own music, even for free.
So f**k the RIAA. f**k the DMCA.
- m
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- KVRian
- 1360 posts since 4 Aug, 2004 from Ain't tellin' ya...
I'll drink an old 'Weiser to that! Not only is the RIAA screwing up their own future business interests they're also screwing up everyone else too. Well, screw THEM!
I guess it's the same old line..."I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now".
I guess it's the same old line..."I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now".
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- addled muppet weed
- 111311 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
f**k TIPPER GORE!
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- KVRist
- 231 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from Network XXIII
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- KVRian
- 1256 posts since 22 Aug, 2003
You understand the point of striking now, right?
So people won't get the idea that the new technology is for some reason exempt from normal copyright laws. If they didn't make this statement now, there would be bigger problems later on.
Their political actions may be dastardly, and they may have extreme fall-out on the world of free music, but when they prosecute people breaking the law, I see no reason to criticize them for it. It's "mean" I guess, but that is at least one thing that they're in the right when they do.
By the way, the RIAA is not full of evil people. There's a whole other side to the story that is extremely under-represented in the online community - they're not here to explain their point of view, but that doesn't mean they're just evil.
So people won't get the idea that the new technology is for some reason exempt from normal copyright laws. If they didn't make this statement now, there would be bigger problems later on.
Their political actions may be dastardly, and they may have extreme fall-out on the world of free music, but when they prosecute people breaking the law, I see no reason to criticize them for it. It's "mean" I guess, but that is at least one thing that they're in the right when they do.
By the way, the RIAA is not full of evil people. There's a whole other side to the story that is extremely under-represented in the online community - they're not here to explain their point of view, but that doesn't mean they're just evil.
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 20 Feb, 2003
i can't see anything wrong here. the riaa is trying to clear petty criminals off the advanced research network. sounds like a good idea to me.
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 20 Feb, 2003
going on past judgments the result will be that petty criminals will have to pay for what they stole. oh dear, the poor little brat will have to pay ! what next ? they might have to get a job and work for what they want.3*s wrote:That's just great.
Ruin some 20 year old kid's life for trading a few songs.
More money in some rich douche's pocket.
f**k the RIAA.
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
just some other cartoon monster for baby podpeople to fight so they don't start becoming concerned with anythnig that matters. f**k some kid up the ass, make a headline, now it's real action! whew that was a real fight against oppression! 
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
oh yeah, that wouldn't be bad. we all know it's right and proper for people to work jobs, teach them some proper sense!Cabinfever wrote: they might have to get a job and work for what they want.
maybe they could get a great job doing something productive and useful like telemarketing your house.
see? now you know how work builds character, huh, fuckwad.
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 20 Feb, 2003
oh dear, another young foul-mouthed know-allxoxos wrote:see? now you know how work builds character, huh, fuckwad.
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- KVRian
- 1243 posts since 24 Oct, 2003 from Maine
Have you ever gotten a $5,000 speeding ticket?Cabinfever wrote:going on past judgments the result will be that petty criminals will have to pay for what they stole. oh dear, the poor little brat will have to pay ! what next ? they might have to get a job and work for what they want.3*s wrote:That's just great.
Ruin some 20 year old kid's life for trading a few songs.
More money in some rich douche's pocket.
f**k the RIAA.
The Recording industry is suing these people for thousands of dollars. These are mostly college students who have very little money because of tuition, limited job opportunities, work load, and housing. They want a little entertainment, so they download a few songs. Then the RIAA comes a long, takes away their tuition money, and where does this leave them? They might have to drop out of college and probably take some shit job for the next 5 years to get back on their feet. Does that sound like a fitting punishment to you? You don't loose a limb for stealing a loaf of bread in any civilized society. The icing on the cake is that the people pushing these lawsuits generally aren't the musicians, they're the execs. People with fancy titles who get paid ridiculous sums of money to basically say "yes, no, yes" and watch their stocks all day. The people who own the rights to the recordings and the majority of the cost of that $16 CD, generally shafting the people actually making the music.
The fact that someone in that situation could sue someone trying to get on their feet for grossly disproportionate amounts of money in a way that will basically ruin their life makes me sick.