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- PFinn, on 08/27/2008, -0/+50honestly, will they never learn? Why not update your business model rather than trying to force everyone to move backwards to accommodate your methods of losing money?
- shutaro, on 08/27/2008, -1/+41***** the RIAA!
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -2/+37***** THE RIAA
***** THE MPAA
***** THE FCC
***** THE CIA
***** THE IRS
***** FOX NEWS
***** THE BUSH REGIME
***** THE NEOCONS
***** THE MOON
***** CORN ON THE COB - btschul, on 08/27/2008, -3/+37I think it's worth noting that Obama's VP is a big fan of the RIAA and is against file sharing and net neutrality. http://gizmodo.com/5041044/vp-candidate-biden-is-n ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html ...
- thegamingguy, on 08/26/2008, -1/+33"cabinet-level copyright czar" - is all that really as important as say homeland security, education, defense, or even labor? I think not.
- chrisvc86, on 08/27/2008, -1/+29Hey RIAA, US has more important issues to deal with right now, go ***** yourselves.
- ProKid, on 08/27/2008, -1/+26***** The MPAA!
- Saitekc, on 08/27/2008, -1/+23Agreed with Shutaro, ***** the RIAA and their ***** piracy tactics.
- bundwallah, on 08/27/2008, -1/+18Seriously, the moon has had it too good for too long!!
- TheInformer, on 08/27/2008, -1/+15Screw^2 the RIAA and MPAA.
- sodade, on 08/27/2008, -0/+12Corrupting our shared government is treason.
- oldhick, on 08/27/2008, -1/+12How hard is it for people to ask a question simply? Why do they have to phrase things so ridiculously? Who's going to say "heck yeah I'm in the pocket of lobbyist!"
Why not simply ask the question "what are your views on digital rights management and copyright law? what rights do you believe consumers should have with products they own?"
Is it that difficult to simply ask a question??? - 5xSTUN, on 08/27/2008, -0/+10Well, of course, where would these companies be without the politicians they've been using to legislate them into profitability?
- xtal3, on 08/27/2008, -0/+9Movie industry has had a great year. The Dark Knight is near 500 Million domestic. What the ***** do they have to complain or lobby about?
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -1/+9***** You, ***** Me, ***** the World!
- IanPR, on 08/27/2008, -2/+10***** 'em all!
- designerutah, on 08/27/2008, -0/+8What I want to know is what would happen to a physicist who took a large collection of music and movies from these two, digitized it, and then beamed it into space using a radio telescope? Essentially, he just shared it with the entire Universe. What would the crime be? What would their claim be? And how high would their damages claim go? I can just hear it now, "Your honor, the defendant beamed our intellectual property to everyone in the Universe. Even allowing for signal degredation, it's possible he reached billions of civilizations!" And then the argument would begin on how to calculate the number of civilizations the signal MIGHT have reached...
Bizarre thought, I know. But when I try to view the world through their eyes, this is what happens! - pigfister, on 08/27/2008, -0/+7ok then, this is what you need to consider;
why would the RIAA want to block you listening to music that they didn't produce? READ THE LINKS PPL!
http://slashdot.org/articles/07/04/29/0335224.shtm ...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/24/141326 ...
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/
"With the furor over the impending rate hike for Internet radio stations, wouldn't a good solution be for streaming internet stations to simply not play RIAA-affiliated labels' music and focus on independent artists? Sounds good, except that the RIAA's affiliate organization SoundExchange claims it has the right to collect royalties for any artist, no matter if they have signed with an RIAA label or not. 'SoundExchange (the RIAA) considers any digital performance of a song as falling under their compulsory license. If any artist records a song, SoundExchange has the right to collect royalties for its performance on Internet radio. .... (follow the links) - BrotherHero, on 08/27/2008, -3/+10I just wished Ron Paul was a actual choice. He was one of 10 congressmen who voted against the PRO-IP Act:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110 ... - PopcornDave, on 08/27/2008, -0/+6Because they went to the Buggy Whip School of Economics when Henry Ford was building cars?
- pigfister, on 08/27/2008, -1/+7lets not for get who is actually behind the MPAA - RIAA these are the companies that need to be targeted and boycotted into changing their ways.
Name and shame the companies as all the **AA trade group name is for is to protect the ***** capitalist corporate globalist wankers from bad press.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. - Smeed, on 08/27/2008, -1/+7***** Salt!
- FatBird19, on 08/27/2008, -0/+6AND ***** FIEVEL GOES WEST, EVERYONE KNOWS THE ORIGINAL WAS BETTER!!
- likeyehokwhatev, on 08/27/2008, -0/+5I LIKE TURTLES
- Ratteler, on 08/27/2008, -0/+5It's perfectly legal for a CITIZEN to lobby.
A Corporation is not an U.S. Citizen because it is not an individual. It has no right to "lobby".
We can, as a people, OUTLAW paid lobbyists. There is no reason some one should be paid to petition the government. It does not alter free speech in the slightest to make illegal for some petitioning Washington to receive to receive compensation for it.
It should also be illegal for any individual to gain preferential access to an elected officials office. It should be first come first serve no matter how much money you have. - TheInformer, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4If everything's ok, the RIAA and MPAA people lose their jobs.
- jokerhl, on 08/27/2008, -1/+5Just in case you had any doubt about who runs the country, it's big business.
- Br3ach, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4The rest of the time inbetween they are sacraficing puppies to a firepit and dancing around the stack of pending lawsuits against those bad, bad pirates
- greeniemeani, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4***** A TRAP
- shredswithpiks, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4good post...
It's this. This right here is why I am actually morally opposed to the purchase of CDs. Everytime you buy a CD, you're giving the record labels just a little bit more money to keep battling against our rights (our rights being the rights of the consumers and the artists).
The only ways I will pay for music:
1) Live in concert
2) The music isn't part of the RIAA... AND... the copyright for the music is held by the artists who created the music, not the label.
Otherwise I can do without - Jameson777, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3The RIAA & MPAA hosting a fundraiser to benefit world poverty? Hahahahahaha...
Ah, corporate giants of consumer culture, your irony is not lost on me. - pigfister, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3lets not for get who is actually behind the MPAA - RIAA these are the companies that need to be targeted and boycotted into changing their ways.
Name and shame the companies as all the **AA trade group name is for is to protect the ***** capitalist corporate globalist wankers from bad press.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. - 4321234, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3***** IT ! WE'LL DO IT LIVE !!!
- Blue_Eon, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3I always wonder...who are the common man's lobbyists?
Seems we have no one who represents our best interests in Congress, but every corporation under the sun has someone to get laws, legislation, and other little things passed for their benefit. Rarely does anyone, even the people we vote in, ever have our best interests in mind and besides taxes, we have no real way of using the almighty dollar to get what we want done.
Another case of the average Joe getting looked over. - pigfister, on 08/27/2008, -1/+4NO ***** these greedy corporations,
Name and shame the companies as all the **AA trade group name is for is to protect the ***** capitalist corporate globalist wankers from bad press.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. - vincentweber, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3"The RIAA, MPAA and others are hosting a fundraiser party at the convention on Wednesday for the One Campaign to fight world poverty."
So people can get wealthy and buy a ***** of RIAA CD's and MPAA DVD's? How ironic... - overridemymind, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Alright, who gave Charlie Manson internet access? C'mon, fess up!
- vypergts, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2No, it's just history repeating:
War on Drugs: Drug Czar::War on Piracy: Piracy Czar
Expect the outcome to be the same... - P522, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2True. But in the case of copyright there are lobbying nonprofit organizations that favor us as consumers or learners and they offer expert testimony on Capitol Hill etc.
Duke University School of Law, Center for the Study of the Public Domain; Howard University , Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice; Jonathan Band, PLLC; Electronic Frontier Foundation; American Library Association; Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School; Gigi Sohn at Public Knowledge
These are some people doing a great job. If you look at the Web site of the U.S. Copyright Office and see links to any hearings, you will see who testifies on behalf of consumers.
Of course we don't have the deep pockets of the music or movie industry. They seem to be the only ones our representatives and senators hear much. - BlatheringIdiot, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3***** CORN ON THE COB
And you think it's hard getting corn kernels out of your teeth?
Ever try getting them out of your girl's whoha? - DeFex, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2If they give away enough cocaine and hookers they will get whatever they want.
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2pure extortion. you don't want to use our garbagemen, we throw your dumpster through your window.
- thewaxgrid, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1In related news... The Guns N' Roses fan who streamed Chinese Democracy was arrested today.
- inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1Piracy goes up 10 times and is more easily available then ever before?
- dalittle, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Actually, this is not a bad idea. If a list of their names could be published widely it would be very disruptive to their organization. Then not being able to work would be effective in limiting their influence.
- overridemymind, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1It is when you're trying to "load" the question (IE - rig the question to place your view in the open while attempting to corner the person being questioned into looking like an idiot)
- Ratteler, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Until they go to far. No "King" lasts forever, and eventually the bastard get put to the guillotine by the people they've oppressed.
- 4321234, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1evil
- overridemymind, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Um... no. No, I haven't.
* lol, however. * -
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