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- sturdiusmaximus, on 12/30/2007, -11/+467***** the RIAA!
- kory108, on 12/30/2007, -5/+321Uh oh, George Bush better watch out! The Beatles have never released iTunes tracks... yet, according to his interview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb7iOvS7Akc He's got them on his iPod. I wonder if the RIAA will go after him next? - Terc
- windmillninja, on 12/30/2007, -1/+251RIAA = Ridiculously Insane Association of *****
- sjbdallas, on 12/30/2007, -1/+233If this story really has any legs, I hope it gets more coverage and CD buyers band together somehow and make the industry pay regret this.
- windmillninja, on 12/30/2007, -1/+133And how the hell did they even go about investigating the contents of his hard drive, in order to make such a case?
- inactive, on 12/30/2007, -2/+124The utter ***** associated with the RIAA in this article both amazes and pisses me off to no end.
The arrogance of such a prosecution as this should be met with such fierce resistance that the RIAA is forced into oblivion for their complete foolishness.
***** THE RIAA
LONG LIVE PIRATPARTIET - inactive, on 12/30/2007, -0/+117This would make almost everyone in the country a criminal, am I right?
- merripen, on 12/30/2007, -0/+93The RIAA is really killing themselves. Every little desperate attempt to hold the fading memory of what their industry once was just screams more loudly to the public that the same industry has drastically changed. They continually refuse to change with it, and seem to want to die kicking. In reality, they didn't have to die at all - if they had acted intelligently and proactively at the outset of the digital music revolution, this could have turned out well for everyone involved - the RIAA and listeners both.
- merripen, on 12/30/2007, -0/+89We're gonna need more prisons if this goes bad.
Lots more prisons. - dvdchris, on 12/30/2007, -1/+89This RIAA crap has got to stop. I say we all rip our CD collections to a hard drive, then stage public crushing of them-piles of RIAA member company CDs that are then delivered by the truckload and dumped on the front lawns of all 26 members of the RIAA board of directors.
- airwalkery2k, on 12/30/2007, -0/+71The content industries have wet dreams at night in which everybody will have to buy a new copy of a song, a movie, or a program for every different device they decide to play it on. Heck, they probably wish they could get a royalty for every time you hit play on top of "archive fees" for every year you keep it in your collection.
That's why I admire this guy fighting back. They start this crap little by little. - greevar, on 12/30/2007, -4/+72Dear RIAA,
Enclosed is every CD I have purchased. Please give me my money back.
Sincerely,
Your worst nightmare. - sclifford, on 12/30/2007, -0/+60I thought it was pretty clear in Sony v. Universal City Studios that noncommercial home use was hunky dory. I realize that this was about videotape, but it's a no brainer that my purchased DVDs/CDs are mine to use. Whether it's to make a crappy mix CD for my girlfriend, listen to my already purchased favorite music/audiobooks, or rip LOTR to my iPhone the point is that I've already paid for the content.
Damned if I'm going to pay for content TWICE. - Hegemony, on 12/30/2007, -3/+58***** that. I'm done buying CDs. If ripping my purchased CD is the same as downloading it on p2p then why bother? In the future I could just download whatever I want and send a couple bucks to the artist.
- NationalistROC, on 12/30/2007, -2/+54Arrrrr a storm is brewing up ahead mateys...
- frsrblch, on 12/30/2007, -0/+49When will the law give way to common sense?
- crombat, on 12/30/2007, -1/+50"...the estimated 300 million offenders are encouraged to turn themselves in to local authorities..."
- consonance, on 12/30/2007, -2/+44Source, without blogspam:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ... - HimThatSpeaks, on 12/30/2007, -0/+42No, I think I will leave them on my computer. I bought them for my own personal use and I will use them as such however I choose. I want to listen to them from the CD, from my computer, on my iPhone, iPod. Maybe I will put them in my DVD player and play them there. They are my songs to listen to because I bought them. No, I am not going to upload them, I am not going to share them, but they are mine, and I will do with them as I please.
- cbuddha42, on 12/30/2007, -1/+42The only thing the RIAA is good for these days is wasting some unfortunate people's time and making the rest of us laugh.
If they wanted to sell a license to play the cd (ie. the IP is what is important) and throw in the cd because we needed it then they needed to be clear about that. Unfortunately for them they did it as the sale of a good and told us we were buying a copy of the music on the cd. When you buy a copy of something (as against a license of use) both fair use laws and the doctorine of first sale apply. Basically it is none of the copy right holders bussiness what you do with it as long as you don't make and distribute illegal copies (making copies and redistributing the legal original are both ok though).
This is ultimately a bit like taking someone to court because they photocopied a book. If you photocopied a chapter of your textbook because it was heavy and you didn't like carrying it to class, then that is ok. If you share it with all your friends then that's technically not ok (which is strange in a way because sharing the actual book would have been ok) but I've never heard of a publisher going to court over it. If you made lots of copies of all the books on the best seller list and set yourself up selling them on a street corner then you would be arrested pdq. - expert01, on 12/30/2007, -2/+42Agreed; smells like fubar. I would guess the defendant was SHARING his files, which is indeed illegal. Otherwise they would have had to randomly pick a college student, ask politely to search his computer, then sue him.
- airwalkery2k, on 12/30/2007, -9/+46Don't worry. If the past 7 years has taught us anything, it's that our president good at dodging charges and allegations. He probably already has a fallman in place and several talking points loaded up.
Then again, this is the RIAA we're talking about and not some mere war crime. - mschoolov, on 12/30/2007, -1/+36"But Mr. FBI Man, I just wanted to listen my new CD on the computer. Windows Media Player automatically ripped it."
- D3koy, on 12/30/2007, -1/+32That would have significantly less imapct with my extensive 4 CD collection...
- mbm1512, on 12/30/2007, -3/+34F*ck those c*nts, you know why??? ITS NOT THEIR GODDAMN MUSIC!!!! they are corporate black suit bastards, sitting in their maserati's chatting on their iphones, and pissed off their bonus wont quite hit the 6 million mark this year. BOO HOO
- Zalyster, on 12/30/2007, -4/+35Is this the same as installing programs from a CD/DVD then? Aren't they COPIED from the disc to your computer?
RIAA, there was going to be a party for you. A big party that all your friends were invited to. Except all your friends couldn't come because you don't have any friends because of how unlikable you are. Unlikable, it says so here in your personnel file: Unlikable. Liked by no one. A bitter, unlikable loner whose passing shall not be mourned. SHALL. NOT. BE. MOURNED. That's exactly what it says. Very formal. Very official. It also says you're adopted, so that's funny too. - sourc3, on 12/30/2007, -0/+28Heh, the funny thing is that while this is going on, rumors are circulating of other companies beginning to sell rippable MOVIES. Seems like things are moving a bit backwards, neh?
In the meantime, I won't be spending another dime on audio CD's until the RIAA can get their heads out of their asses and wake up. They're losing money by being this asinine - not preventing losses. - Ravyn, on 12/30/2007, -2/+29this is proof that law and common sense are mutually exclusive
- 1310nm, on 12/30/2007, -1/+27Yep, and they are making a big mistake here. I'm not the only one who still buys CDs for the sole reason of ripping them to MP3 to "stay legal", but if it isn't, then we are left with no real option for non-DRMed music (save for the few non-DRM MP3 stores with sparse selection). They are shooting themselves in the foot - again.
- bejayel, on 12/30/2007, -1/+27Dont need to be a pirate to hate the RIAA. Its the consumer who suffers from the RIAA, not the pirates, usually.
- bejayel, on 12/30/2007, -0/+25RIAA's next move: Sue drive manufacturers because their drives arent scratching disks up fast enough.
Just dont buy CD's. With the DRM free stores emerging, there is little need unless you cant find the music online. - tendonut, on 12/30/2007, -0/+25You know what? You get dugg for using common sense. If I can't rip CDs I BUY, then ***** them, they won't even get THAT money from me anymore. Piracy is looking like a better and better alternative every day.
- stisev, on 12/30/2007, -6/+31I know people mentioned it, but obligatory:
***** THE RIAA - actorboy, on 12/30/2007, -2/+26Engadget has the story wrong. I just googled a news search on "Jeffrey Howell". He is accused of distributing the ripped music through Kazaa. Totally different thing. Here's the court document (pdf): http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=atla ...
- tbrand86, on 12/30/2007, -2/+25I'd love to see the RIAA's website hacked......
- hexydes, on 12/30/2007, -1/+23Or even better, just stop buying music altogether. Buy from artists that don't align themselves with the RIAA. Go to concerts. Just don't purchase anything that gives the RIAA any money.
This gets repeated in every thread about the music industry, but obviously, the visitors to Digg aren't the ones to blame for supporting the RIAA. You need to tell your friends, co-workers, parents, children, whomever, that they need to stop supporting the RIAA.
Eventually, if you squeeze them enough, there will be no more blood left to drain, and they will wither and die like the husk of an organization that they are. - inactive, on 12/30/2007, -1/+23well, im glad i dont have to worry about this. i've never "bought" a cd although i have a very extensive music collection.
Its interesting how someone trying to do things the right way can get in trouble and yet almost everyone that does things dishonestly gets away with it - total1337ness, on 12/30/2007, -2/+24Dear RIAA,
***** YOU - inactive, on 12/30/2007, -1/+22i thought the law was you are allowed to make 1 backup copy?
- alz0rz, on 12/30/2007, -1/+22I am sick of these *****' RIAA on these *****' internets.
- aussieNickuss, on 12/30/2007, -1/+21If they succeed at this one, then I guess the RIAA will need to get hold of all the names of every single person who has ever bought an iPod (or other mp3 player), and try to sue the ass off all of them as well.
- windmillninja, on 12/30/2007, -0/+20You know it's bad when people start adding the extra "g" to every instance of the word.
- skatealex1, on 12/30/2007, -2/+22Damn money hungry record labels! Support the indies!
- cherwilco, on 12/30/2007, -9/+29you just got my last digg for the obligatory ***** the RIAA comment (sorry everyone after this guy, its just starting to get old now)
- TheKrillr, on 12/30/2007, -0/+20on the beach in the sand, so when the water washes it away they can draw it closer and say "What, that's where it's been all along, i swear!"
- chkdg8, on 12/30/2007, -0/+19These people are just getting ridiculous with it. They are running scarred because of their long dependency on physical media. Those days are gone and new media is here to stay. It can never again go backwards.
- michaelz92, on 12/30/2007, -0/+18+1
RIAA: WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE ***** LINE?! - sparkmonkeyz, on 12/30/2007, -0/+17Which is exactly why I went from being a consumer to a pirate, as should many other consumers (plus pirates are freakin awesome)
- wakeborder, on 12/30/2007, -2/+19***** insane
- tendonut, on 12/30/2007, -0/+17Since when has the law stopped the RIAA from doing anything?
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