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- wayjer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+89"Out of the kindness of their hearts", why do I feel like we are all being set up!
- p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+76Ohh thank you Mr. RIAA, sir!
Sort of reminds me of Dickens' poor Oliver Twist: "Please sir, may I have some more?"
It just gives ya the warm RIAA fuzzies all over.
Hold on while I hurl. - DrummerGirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+62It doesn't really matter though, because I seriously doubt anyone was sitting around with an empty iPod waiting for the RIAA's permission to place their legally purchased music on it.
- TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60This just in, The Food and Drug Adminstration has just made it legal for you to crap out that bowl of cereal you ate this morning. Rejoice peasants! Rejoice!
- phpirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+55CDs? I almost forgot what those were. I stopped buying them years ago when they started suing people.
- DrummerGirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+47With the RIAA's past actions, it would be a surprise if we were NOT being set up!
- Saintlink, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Don't be putting Dicken's timeless classic in the same sentence with the media cartels please. Thank you.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -9/+39And in the latest breaking news:
Today, the RIAA purchased the exclusive rights to Apple's I-pod.
The new units, to be known as 'Ass-pods', will be priced at approximately $2,000 each, plus a monthly usage fee, to be paid by purchasers, based on how much they use it.
RIAA spokespigs also announced that a new virus-like program is being added to music CDs, that will destroy the old Apple I-pods.
About the surprising takeover, RIAA president, Mr. Dick, told reporters " Now, we've got 'em by the short and curlies." - ProphetSix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32This story applies to ENGLAND! Not the USA.
Nice try. - dmadzak, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Now all I need is for permission to wipe my own ass and then I may start to warm up to the RIAA.
- TugsMcgroin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26'If you can't beat em, join em' -- RIAA might as well ok something they can't control, to do otherwise is to loose face.
- Scopitone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23"IT'S A TRAP!"
- imightbewrong, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23i was waiting... just started loading my music from CD's on to my Ipod!! I'm so exicited i can finally use all that music i've had lying around the house!! Thanks RIAA your the greatest!!
- SoulMaster2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Legally purchased music? What's that?
- smartssa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Of course that's not going to remove the DRM on purchased CDs that prevent legitimate users from ripping cds to itunes/ipods in the first place.
- p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Oops, I forgot all about that RIAA relevancy thing. ;)
- 01001001, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I, for one, welcome our RIAA and MPAA overlo...
Bah, screw it. We never had a chance against the lobbyist ***** in DC. - hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13The reason they're doing this is that they want to give the impression that Copyright laws as they currently stand give copyright owners stronger rights than it actually does, so that it looks like they are giving up more than what they actually have so that when they come around again to take they can point and say "See what we have given! We deserve the equvalent in exchange!" and what they see as "equivalent" will no doubt outstrap even what they want to make appear as what they have given up.
- tidu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11*Copyright bill passes into law*
RIAA: Damn it, didn't read that last part. Back to the drawing boards. - retral, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Haha, another crappy PR move..
- mofomojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wow, it's as if the RIAA owns the government. It's more like "By the People, For the Profits Now" or what?
- JimXugle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8In Other News, controvercial legislation that would allow American Citizens to esentially move air into their chest cavity by means of muscles and a tube was passed today. Proponents breathed a heavy sigh of releif after hearing the news.
- jambarama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8In other news, the oil industry has given permission for the government to build public transportation.
Seriously, why do we care what the RIAA says? They shouldn't be dictating ANYTHING to the government or anyone else.
More importantly, IF a next gen audio ever comes out - it'll be encrypted. The wonderful DMCA makes breaking encryption, however weak and for whatever purpose, illegal. - Kruncher, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8RIAA:
I am on to you. I see what this is. It is reverse psychology.
First they tell us that we _cant_ copy CDs. So of course we do, it's human nature.
Now they tell us that we _can_, so "of course" we are _not_ going to make copys.
Always staying one step ahead of the "law", that's the important thing. - p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7@ProphetSix
You are right.
I actually read the Techdirt article 3 times to clarify which Recording Industry they were referring to - specifically this line: "While it can be argued whether or not it's fair use in the US, apparently it's not covered in the UK -- and the recording industry has magnanimously decided to ask the government to change copyright laws, to allow people to rip their own CDs..."
But the dark blue hyperlink just below the above line (to the Telegraph article) does indeed reference "The British music industry."
Apologies to you all for the confusion! - catullus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7in an related story, the price of chocolate has been lowered to $30...
anyone? anyone? - drogers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8This isn't about the RIAA - It's not even about the USA (you know, the last 'A' in RIAA?). This article is about the BPI in the UK, where apprently 'fair use' laws are not as well defined or established. Noteworthy, perhpas even diggworthy, but not with the title or summary as presented.
RTFA! - runningnick, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Um, not everyone who reads digg lives in the United States. There are other countries, you know.
That said, the blurb should have mentioned that this applies to the UK, not the US. - Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Woohoo! I can use my ipod for something more than podcasts now!!
- TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It is like if I said it is illegal for you to use the remote you purchased with your TV and later said, "Okay you can use it." It was never my right to tell you that to start with. Me pretending it was is just arrogant.
Eric Wilson - Ilyanep, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Cereberus047...go back to school please.
Movies = MPAA not RIAA
and mentions to Dubya should be like Godwin's law #2 - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5been doing it for years. i don't need thier permission.
- toyotaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5already been doing this for the past 8 years.. now it's all nice and legal.
scuse me while I buy a dozen used cd's on amazon and rip them at $3 a pop. - aliguana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5your RIAA has no jurisdiction over here.
This is a move by the BPI aimed at protecting consumers. At the moment in the UK, ripping CDs is a "grey area" and technically illegal under UK laws. The BPI wants Blair to change the law in order to make it legal. Good. I actually applaud their efforts.
The RIAA, on the other hand, are probably pushing Bush for the exact opposite.... - klang, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6For those (about 85 comments) above, who didn't read the article, this is the only part you need to read:
"While it can be argued whether or not it's fair use in the US, apparently it's not covered in the UK -- and the recording industry has magnanimously decided to ask the government to change copyright laws, to allow people to rip their own CDs, so they can be listened to on other devices".
Ripping to iPod is semi-legal in the US
Ripping to iPod is illegal in the UK
Law is changed in the UK
Taxpayers money is wasted yet again.
end of story. - TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Bury me please?!!
- jholdaway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If it is decided that the RIAA is giving us such rights as to put one form of media (CD Audio) to another (MP3) then it legitimizes their claim that we did not already have that right. Thus the right to change another form of media (Digital File A) to another (Digital File B) will be the RIAA's to give or take away.
- thepaul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4to quote George Jefferson "that's very WHITE of them".
- africanherbsman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I'd rather not have permission from these *****. I don't need their ***** sympathy.
- geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3RTFA, it's in the UK, so has nothing to do with the RIAA.
- volcompimp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6How about I just steal the music from you and you suck my balls?
- Cbeck527, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think that they did that because President Bush had ripped Beatles music on his iPod.
RIAA must go down..... - iTimmeh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4If I wasn't allowed...I'd still do it lol
- breakfastpants, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@hackwrench
They don't just want to give that impression--they want that 'impression' to have legal weight in the courts. Basically they will put this through and word it so that it actually does lower our fair use. - TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It wasn't illegal to start with. They just would not admit to it. Unless the CD has protection and they say you can rip THAT, nothing changed.
Eric Wilson - sp0rk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"From the how-kind-of-them dept:"
What is this, Slashdot?! - nitrojunky24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Why do governments make laws that are ignored by people and businesses as well?
wouldn't it be better not to write the law in the first place? what a waste of time money and effort to write a law that won't be enforced and is ignored - DigitAl56K, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow, the way you stuck an 'a' on the front of 'our' and made up an entirely new word just so you could find something that fit with "RIAA" is a stroke of genious.
- HellGnome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Thank you RIAA, you truely know whats best for us ignorant consumers. We should've known better than to have rights regarding our media.
- DigitAl56K, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Mod up for being one of the only guys to actually read the article.
UK copyright law currently gives the copyright holder exclusive rights to copy the work, and states under "Infringement of copyright by copying":
"Copying in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work means reproducing the work in any material form. This includes storing the work in any medium by electronic means."
This, of course, is ridiculous.. -
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