theregister.co.uk — "The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists' best interests," said Nettwerk chief executive Terry McBride in a prepared statement.The company is helping a family being sued by the RIAA, and have even promised to pay their fine if they lose the case.
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slackerhoboJan 27, 2006
I am glad someone is standing up to these freaks I am going to defiantly going to prefer this company when I look at purchasing music
eurotransientJan 27, 2006
This has put me in such a good mood. Amazing. Do you think the RIAA will kick Nettwork out of the association??
dongiaconiaJan 27, 2006
Dear Canada, on behalf of all Americans, I would now like to apologize for burning town Toronto during the war of 1812.
rajioJan 27, 2006
"Dear Canada, on behalf of all Americans, I would now like to apologize for burning town Toronto during the war of 1812."Oh that's alright America, we won that war in the end anyway. Besides; While you were doing that, we burnt down the whitehouse, so lets just call it even shall we? ...cheers :)
tawkerJan 28, 2006
Guess what. I'm going to walk down the street a bit, give Nettwerk a visit and congratulate them for allowing me to enjoy the music of their artists without DRM and for helping defend against the all mighty RIAA which claims to represent all of the music.
j0c1f3rJan 29, 2006
Now we need to support Nettwerk in this fight ....send an email, a donation, anything to show em we are behind them....then maybe we can finally put an end to this madness......and as far as you guys who are saying its illegal in the US......that law needs a change.....
jimthetaffJan 30, 2006
Where are all the "downloading music is stealing!" people right now? I don't see any comments from them. Usually they are pretty vocal when these sorts of stories come up.Hello over there?Seems like there's a bit of an echo over on their side.totally agree I hate those dumb f**ks!I'm so proud to be British! (We own Canada)
moshazuFeb 10, 2006
I was also proud to read about this. Hopefully this will start a typhoon of change in this industry. FREE THE ARTISTS!!
aonaranMar 3, 2006
"How did they get the family's personal information? At this point, in Canada, ISPs do NOT have to respond to supoenas (sp?) asking to convert IPs to user info. How did this happen? Does the family have a US ISP?"Uh, Nettwerk is Canadian, but the family is Texan. Unless Texas finally did separate from the USA and decided to join Canada those rules don't apply down there.