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- jedijome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5tis the reason i'm never buying music ever again.
- firbuster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Who is getting the money from the suits? The artist's or is this a fund raiser for RIAA?
- SniperGX1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I asked Santa that the MPAA/RIAA get destroyed for xmas. Hope I get it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You know, if artists would release CDs that were actually 99% good, instead of having only 1 or 2 songs worth getting, maybe people would be more encouraged to buy them. Just a crazy thought I had.
- BenStockwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The title of this article reminds me of Die Hard 2, when the cop gives Bruce Willis a ticket on Christmas.
- hybrid8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2people would buy cds if it wasnt a SECURITY THREAT!
- xbmcrules, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2if you wanted integrity lower your ***** prices
- mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It amazes me how mnay people are brain-washed into thinking the RIAA is doing a good thing, no matter what they do. They're legalized Mafia, nothing more. Sure, they're not killing people (yet), but they're racketeers, using the threat of lawsuits in place of leg-breakers. They screw you over on the price of a cd, they screw you over by putting crap like rootkits on their cds (coincidentally making file-sharing safer than buying cds), they screw over the artists, etc. They've screwed over everybody, including their supporters. Open your eyes. Remember those commercials about how drug users are supporting dangerous criminals? If you support the RIAA, that's what you're doing, supporting a Mafia-like organization out to bleed you dry and deprive you of legal fair use with merchandise you legally purchased.
Want to stick it to the RIAA? Support artists who aren't affiliated with them. There are a growing number of bands who haven't signed a contract and are selling their music cheap online. And a lot of them are good! The record labels don't want them because they're not the same as the other manufactured pop stars they already have; in other words, they have their own sound, not just parroting whatever the record company tells them to. Do a search for these artists online and you'll find them. - Aquinas315, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2From the article:
"'That means educating fans about steering clear of pirated products and continuing to enforce our rights to send a clear message that stealing music will bring consequences'"
Umm... one question... what rights? Whatever happened for the "country by the people for the people." Last time I checked the RIAA is a trust (technically illegal under the Sherman Anti-trust Act) but nobody seems to notice this? - JaggedEdge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Big christmas bonuses for them, while the working class joe has to suffer fighthing theyre lawsuit. Sickening, just give it up already.
- Aquinas315, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's captialism baby... If you don't like what's going on, you need to adopt a new business model. If you aren't making money, then you're doing something wrong.
The people will prevail. - Stevo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"You know, if artists would release CDs that were actually 99% good, instead of having only 1 or 2 songs worth getting, maybe people would be more encouraged to buy them. Just a crazy thought I had."
Liking a song is someone's opinion..There is no possible way to ever please every person on the planet with 99% of the songs being the best songs ever. Most artists don't just throw a cd out on store shelves with it being mediocre. They want their CD to get good reviews and to sell well, they're not going to release a CD with only one or two good songs. This goes back to what I said, liking a song on a CD is your opinion. - snugsoho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Where are these terrorists everyone keeps talking about on the news?
I have some employment opportunities for them... hehe. - deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who still buys music CD's anymore now-a-days? Buying music retail is so old school.
*** NOW READ THIS *** NOW READ THIS ***
Screw the RIAA by simply recording broadcast music. It's just as good, legal and FREE for personal use.
The RIAA can't touch you (just use it for personal use and don't share it). When will people learn? The RIAA will go away and disappear like a bad rash. - striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That 14.95 a month to newshosting will pay itself off in lawsuit fees saved alone.
- fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i believe paul simon put it best:
"Fools" said I "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grow
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on subway walls
And tenement halls
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence - bitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Huh, 751 more people that should have been using i2phex for filesharing...
- Skyfire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1bitz said: "Huh, 751 more people that should have been using i2phex for filesharing..."
Correction: "Huh, 751 more people that *will be* using i2phex for filesharing..." - Sizzor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yet another reason to never purchase music ever again.
"We must do everything to protect the integrity of the marketplace."
Translation: We're rich bastards and want to keep getting richer.
http://www.sizzor.net - MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When will these people learn to hide their identities, or to not share any files.
- BadDolphin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.magnetbox.com/riaa/
I recommend checking the above site before making any music purchase. If you don't, you ARE the whole problem. I do go out of my way to buy merchandise from bands that provide free downloads of live shows, etc. I encourage others to do the same.
With holidays approaching in the USA, remember to ask those around you to NOT buy commercial music. For ever decent RIAA-backed "musician," there are a hundred master musicians who will sell you a superior product directly. - Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1with the RIAA being as powerful as it is you might as well give in...it's not worth a lawsuit just to get music. But then again paying 15.00 for a cd in fye and getting snared in the sony rootkit scandal is surely not a incentive to buy cd's. Sad there is no medium....once again the RIAA will not compromise a solution to solve the problem.
- Kashey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Stop buying CDs. Go and see you favorite band live! All or almost all money goes to artists packets.! Buy their t-shirts.
- mortal-god, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sounds like the RIAA wants a little extra money in their pockets for the holliday season. Seems to me like they are just pissed that there arn't enough great musicians out there today for them to mooch off of.
- Vektuz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The recording industry is figuratively trying to empty the ocean with a spoon. It doesn't matter why they're doing this, the fact is, its ineffective and stupid and doesn't do anything.
- fatlip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1xbmcrules said "if you wanted integrity lower your ***** prices"
thats true too.. if artists got as much as 20% of the money made on the cds.. i'd buy every cd that ever came out.. but no.. artists get a set amount of money and the industry absorbs it all into their fatcat estate.
GO INDIE. - sam54m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"i believe paul simon put it best:
"Fools" said I "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grow
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on subway walls
And tenement halls
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence"--fatlip
watch out you might get sued for posting that - Qligula, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The RIAA dropped 751 lawsuits"
That was a horrible choice of words... - electronicmaji, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seriously therer has to be a reasonable limit to the amount of justice per infringment of the law. 750 to 5000 dollars is not a reasonable limit. 1 to 5 dollars is. Seriously this is getting way out of hand. I would support them more if theyd just sue everyone and drop the amount they sue for.
- flynntastic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I cant wait to get mine.
- possum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1my question is, why 751? why not 750 or a flat 760? how much would that suck if you were that 1?
- 5blocksfree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I bet they're trying to boost year-end profits.
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yep; they've lost another customer for life.
I'll never purchase a CD from a store ever again. I'll either rip the stream as it's coming off a Shoutcast feed, or order some dirt cheap bootlegs from my favorite asians. - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm kind of wondering when the RIAA is going to start going after bittorrent.
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They don't know what a bit torrent is yet. They'll have to set up a meeting with their good friends at the MPAA for that one.
- nytechy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I hope RIAA gets cancer and dies for Xmas."
Hahahahahaha - the_buz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"illegal downloads have fallen 11 percent"
Well that's a steaming pile of ***** if I ever did see one... - MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0^^ And why do you believe that binary code is free for all? That's just like saying anything represented in sound waves, electrons, photons (such as television)is free for all...
- brickbat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually, the artist gets almost nothing because he pays all the production costs out of his share.
- Chilerosas, on 12/04/2008, -0/+0Good and great, http://www.chilerosas.com/products_new.php
- angelschambers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I work for the RIAA. ***** you guys! You idiots should be paying $1000.00 a cd. You're lucky that we let you legally buy them for the amount of a car-note! What's with all the complaining these days? BABIES!! Work harder! If you can't afford the *****, put in some overtime! ***** people, Britney needs her average-person engraved TP! Plus, we need the money! There, I said it. We really don't give a ***** about the artists and they don't benefit from this whatsoever. Bwaahaha! But, it's too late. There's nothing you can do to stop us from being maniacal ***** now! We'll steal from your momma, we'll sue your dog, we don't care. Whatever you do, just don't ignore us... cause then we'd probably go away!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I haven't used P2P for my music in quite awhile. I prefer the russian sites where I can get almost any album for about 60 cents to a dollar. I don't know if it's true but one of the main ones now even claim to pay royalties... Crazy.
- Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Time is on our side though friends... Remember... all the cronies at the RIAA will be dead in about 30 years, and then this younger generation will be the ones making the laws."
Funny you think the "Hippie Generation" (whos in power) would make laws less corporate.
Funny the power trip that generation is on now that they are "The Man" - 5blocksfree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And after having read the article, I found this little nugget: "We must do everything to protect the integrity of the marketplace. "
This is laughable. The integrity of the market was destroyed long ago, and continues to exist in a state of non-existence. Any time there are a few major players that collude to control a significant portion of the market, there IS NO INTEGRITY. Not to worry though...I think podcasting will RAPE the major media players eventually, because it's an insanely great way to introduce people to new material legally, and inexpensively. - iupetre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The modern-day "Scrooges"
- MossFly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Rootkits and Lawsuits CDs ROCK!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0> Please people always use encrypted applications
> to encrypted connections to download.
> its not that hard.
Encryption, in and of itself, is bad for the individual file sharing users.
It can introduce non-repudiation and that would allow the lawyers to move their law suits from civil court to criminal court (the only reason that they're using the civil court systems is that the standard of evidence is so low that most defense lawyers will advise their clients to settle).
Encryption that would prevent RIAA lawsuits, but could be removed later is a definite GOOD THING.
This really does beg the question: is it illegal to share individually copy protected media? If the RIAA hauls your ass in to court, why couldn't you tell the judge that the media you were distributing could only be listened to you due to RIAA/MPAA copy protection... thus, no harm, no foul. I bet the judge would dismiss the case based upon the fact the the RIAA hauled the wrong party into court. Anyone want to try it out? I didn't think so.
> That's just like saying anything represented in sound waves,
> electrons, photons (such as television)is free for all...
Because it is. The only people you *EVER* saw get in trouble with VHS, cassette tapes or any other analogue reproduction technique were the counterfeiters who produced mass quantities. That model does not apply in the digital domain. Instead the media industries have been forced to go after the very thing that used to be legal for their customers to do.
If you're going to declare war on capitolism and freedom, you'd better not go after the demand side or you'll ***** your own market up. Duh...
The fact of the matter is, in the digital domain, going after the supply side is *EXACTLY* the same as going after the demand side (side effect of P2P).
So, while people continue to share music; the media industries are busy burning down their own houses without even realizing it. Despite the RIAA/MPAA efforts, there's only one thing that's shrinking and that's the size of their market. People will continue to share... always have, always will; after all, it's one of the first things that you learn in kindergarten. It is, quite simply, human nature. - 71M80, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i hate those people more than any one else.
- superspak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0riaa=*****
- laraksca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cold
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