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- pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23This is why I no longer buy music.
- Bfettmaul, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24haha
sounds about right - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21Hmm. A bit disappointing. I was expecting to find a genuine letter from them that actually had the terms and restrictions stripped out, and it just ended up sounding like a bunch of whining instead of a genuine legal threat.
- G33k0ft3chz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Even the RIAA hates the RIAA.
- Simucal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15"If you are a 13-year-old girl, do not expect that the bad publicity in the past has made us hesitant to sue little girls—it has only made us hate you even more."
Rofl, This article was hilarious. - swanny89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Besides, who wants the manufactured crap thats coming out these days? Its like the novel-writing machines from 1984; it all sounds the same. Generic angst-filled "punk", the same old pop over and over again, and ear-abusing rap about the "gangsta" life. Give me a break.
- dagr8tim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Cute
- pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10That comment reminded me of something Dwight from The Office would say.
- iFrank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9They aren't greedy for wanting to make money off of their songs! What, do you expect them to live off 25 million a year or something? Some of them have children to feed.
Jeez, the nerve of people these days... - prawnshu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Well a chuckle is worth a digg, and everyone hates the RIAA right?
- MadOgre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Busting on the RIAA... that gets a digg from me. Always will.
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+15That was a lot funnier when I read it at McSweeney's where it was orignally published.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/9/20lloyd.html
BTW, McSweeneys has a lot of really good content. Spend some time there. I recommend Lists, Reviews of New Food and Open Letters to People or Entities Who Are Unlikely to Respond. - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9They should just give up. I think there is a day coming soon when artists will say
"Screw it, you can have my album for free.. ill just have to get by with the millions I make at my concerts.." - krellor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8wtf, it's satire. While you are correct in what you say, you chose a wholly inappropiate time to say it. This is like critcizing Monty Python and the Holy Grail on its failings at properly using period garb, while watching it. Would be correct, but retarded.
- ZaNkY, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Why should they? What the pirate bay is doing is perfectly legal.
You want to know who SHOULD be prosecuted? Who ever instigated the raid (I think it was the District Attorney of sorts of Sweden), since this raid was illegal (Additionally it is illegal in Sweden to kneel to pressures of foreign governments to do something). In the country of Sweden, there is no law against file sharing, or more specifically Torrenting. It is illegal to sell copyrighted material, but since the Pirate Bay is NOT making money from the torrents, they're still on the good side of the law.
For more info check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay - iMatt711, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4sad but true, still funny
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I will never EVER buy any music or movies again. I live in Canada and the Riaa can suck my BC dick
- abacadabbra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3We all know that the riaa the mpaa are the real problem, why are we letting them get away with this and why are we standing by and allowing them to use there political influences to further there agenda? anyone remember what happened to the pirate bay, that was the work of some riaa or mpaa cronie in our government pushing a foreign nation for these 2 groups and i bet it was all because of there hilarious response section to law suits, well that's just a guess but still i wouldn't be surprised if it was.
i say we need to single out there riaa and mpaa lap dog's in Washington and hang them out to dry! get them out of power and level the playing field for everyone... - abacadabbra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think a good compromise to the situation in the united states would be to take a similar stance as Sweden's has taken, make it illegal to sale but not illegal to share. maybe even use public education to show why you need to support you're favorite mediums and new ways to make micro payments or donations directly to those you wish help out.
- krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -1/+4agreed. and the RIAA doesn't own happy birthday. it's like 2 asian guys who bought it for like $7 mil.
- abacadabbra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've also decided to show them how i feel with my money, no longer will i support the ones who would prosecute me for sharing a movie or song.
- JackHallows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I may be missing a point or something here.... but isn't whining all the RIAA does?
- elfn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's funny, but the link is to a blog which copied another site (and didn't even bother to copy the entire letter).
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/9/20lloyd.html
I'm tired of reading a short description, clicking a link to find half an article, and then having to click yet another link (at the bottom of the page) to read the full article from it's original source.
Can we get a "This is a Blog" or maybe a "Not the Original Source" item on the Bury menu? - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For the record, I don't want anyone to get prosecuted. I love my BitTorrent :)
- wozley, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4That sounds like the RIAA alright.
- andergriff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't wait for the Dark Web to complete the RIAA's immolation. Someone get a match.
- valzilla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"And, brother, that's Mistake No. 2, because you just asked a record executive, who will push your frail body, crippled by years of alcoholism, into a gutter."
The man's a genius. - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I know they took a bunch of files from pirate bay, but has anyone heard any more about it? Has anyone been prosecuted?
- yakoff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Perfect.
- positron, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Karma whore.
- shark72, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4"wtf, it's satire. While you are correct in what you say, you chose a wholly inappropiate time to say it. This is like critcizing Monty Python and the Holy Grail on its failings at properly using period garb, while watching it. Would be correct, but retarded."
I think we're all aware it's a humor piece. This is why I love Digg to death: on Slashdot my post would likely be graded "informative," but here it is "retarded." I think there's some truth to the reports that Digg's largest demographic is the 15- to 17-year-old.
To summarize:
Record companies wanting you to pay: greedy
Artists wanting you to pay: greedy
Collecting thousands of MP3s via P2P: not greedy in the least. - TheThomas, on 10/12/2007, -11/+6Direct link to original: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/9/20lloyd.html
- shark72, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2Funny enough, but it isn't the RIAA that goes after people who sing "Happy Birthday." The RIAA is the recording industry (that's what the "RI" part stands for) and they make money off of recordings. Money from public performances is ASCAP/BMI in the US.
ASCAP/BMI are run by and for musicians and songwriters. So in the case of "Happy Birthday" the correct Digg response is not "those greedy record companies" but "those greedy songwriters." This is important to understand for those who kneel at the shrine of "record companies bad, artists good." I think it's a given that anybody who tries to prevent us from doing anything for free is greedy, but this time, it's not those record companies to blame.
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