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- blackmesa, on 09/22/2008, -2/+119rm -rf riaa
- adarkmethod, on 09/22/2008, -0/+115dear god,
please inflict cancer upon the RIAA in such a way as to reflect the cancer which they are on our collective unconscious.
thanks,
Mike
p.s. If they all get cancer, I promise, I'll believe in you.
p.p.s. leave oreos on the counter so I know it was you, not just random chance - Ytrewqhgfdsa, on 09/22/2008, -2/+94***** the RIAA!
- kronaslor, on 09/22/2008, -0/+84That is just petty...
Shame on you RIAA...
May the internet lead to your demise and a brand new consumer friendly business model. - aywwts4, on 09/22/2008, -1/+39No, that's what they want, "***** the stupid acronym that doesn't directly sell products!"
I Prefer "***** EMI, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music, Warner Music and their subsidiaries!"
Their brand names are worth a lot to them, the RIAA's name is as good as mud and they don't care one bit. - DarKnyht, on 09/22/2008, -0/+37I hope the jury decides to award them 1 penny per infringement. What they have done is hypocritical and they should be punished for it.
- anelobwi, on 09/22/2008, -2/+34NEWS HEADLINE "over 9000 penises to attack the RIAA!"
- Cyberdactyl, on 09/22/2008, -1/+27The RIAA truly is the music industry’s worst enemy.
Why? Let's go back to where it started...
Napster WAS the Microsoft of P2P. They owned 98+% of the file sharing community throughout the USA and probably the world. The RIAA could have. . . SHOULD have . . worked with the music industry and Napster.
Napster could have been the best, single source, marketing tool for the music industry in decades. All that was needed was to require members to share simple information such as demographic, general geographic location, interests, etc. it would have provided a plethora of critical marketing information. The RIAA then should have worked to curtail only the most egregious abusers. . those selling copyrighted music, etc. NOT attacking single mothers.
Instead the RIAA took a bat to the bee hive, scattering the so-called “file sharing criminals” to the winds.
Now, instead of a single valuable source of marketing information, they now deal with several P2P apps, torrents, etc.. . . billions of files flung to the wind.
It is becoming stunningly clear the RIAA is killing the music industry FAR quicker than little Susie at Berkley wanting a copy of Christina Aguilera’s Candyman.
* * * * * * * * *
The second major strategic blunder is possibly shutting down, or severely crippling, net radio.
What will this mean in simple terms?
As we all know, there is a huge net radio market. . .that’s right. . .that listen to music, for the sake of argument. . . ‘free’. Does anyone see a similar scenario being played out?
Why yes . . . an exponential explosion in file sharing piracy. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I believe that’s the exact opposite of what the music industry wants.
From where I’m sitting, maybe the RIAA is really a conspiracy to KILL the music industry not to save it.
Look, the RIAA has no clear idea how to rationally handle file sharing violations and has evolved to nothing more than the music industries' knuckle-busting shake-down goons. . . pure and simple.
They obviously are way out of touch with the current music culture. They were given their marching orders a few years back and have little idea how to approach the piracy issue other than put someone into financial ruin.
The RIAA's MO will continue till someone gets a judgment against the RIAA with a crippling punitive award that forces them to re-think their stragegy. - aimhelix, on 09/22/2008, -0/+25Why can't RIAA just suffer the same fate as Lehman Bros....
- firefly2271, on 09/22/2008, -4/+28Makes me file-share even more.
I like (no, enjoy) the UK's privacy laws.:D - inactive, on 09/22/2008, -0/+24Wouldn't it be funny if the jury awarded them 1¢ per song?
- Ozeki, on 09/22/2008, -0/+21RIAA does not want your money? They just want to make sure you give them AS MUCH money as they know you have as a lesson for what you've done.
So, yeah, technically they don't WANT your money they just want you to run out of it... - benologist, on 09/22/2008, -4/+22What's your favorite part, being on candid camera every time you walk out the door or knowing you won't get to trial because your ISP will cut you off after 3 piracy complaints?
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -1/+19I lol'd.
- HonoredMule, on 09/22/2008, -0/+18No sudo required: Even the kernel wants a pound of RIAA's flesh, and is willing to bypass the usual channels of authority to get it...just like a true pirate.
- sublimemm, on 09/22/2008, -0/+17maybe he was already su
- Divals, on 09/22/2008, -0/+17The Recording Industry Association of America: Ruining lives since... when were they founded, again?
- inactive, on 09/22/2008, -1/+16no, it's. ***** THE RIAA!
- av4rice, on 09/22/2008, -0/+14"What price innocent infringement? That's the question a San Antonio jury will have to address in mid-November"
I hope they address the missing words in the question first. - wacked, on 09/22/2008, -2/+16Anyone who works for the RIAA should be completely ignored by the rest of society until no one will work for these *****.
kid downloads kazaa, kazaa automatically includes a shared directory, kid downloads music because it's there, kid gets ***** in the ass by RIAA.
Thanks for teaching our children a valuable lesson, especially in this case RIAA. (oh ya... YOU *****!).
if we're lucky they'll start being targeted by a group like anonymous. - inactive, on 09/22/2008, -4/+16YOU FORGOT SUDO!!
- PopcornDave, on 09/22/2008, -1/+12No milk? Atheist.
- defcat, on 09/22/2008, -2/+12What a bunch of despicable, hypocrite, fat bastards, Don Perignon guzzlers, a**holes!
Every passing day, it gets increasingly more fun to wait for this nasty RIAA dinosaur to crash and burn...
And as far as the “Twice the Pride Double the Fall” saying goes, I guess we’ll have a humongous crash site to admire! - buddyw, on 09/22/2008, -0/+9Little did Blackmesa know, this was only one of the hundreds of symlinks the RIAA setup as a diversion.
- twiztidsinz, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8I think they've finally realized how bad their image is and just said '***** it (we'll do it live)' and are just trying to see how giant of a colossal douche bag of a corporation they can be.
- FredFredrickson, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8I still don't understand how the value of a song gets multiplied by 100 times when it's pirated. If you didn't share it with other people / they can't prove that hundreds of others downloaded it due to your infraction, then it shouldn't be worth any more than the $2 it costs when you buy it.
- credential101, on 09/22/2008, -8/+16***** the RIAA & ***** MrBabyMan
- soomprimal, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7Are they trying to make their image worse?
- twiztidsinz, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7You both need to read the article.... It's $750 to $30,000 per song.
If the infringement is deemed malicious it can be raised to $150,000, or if it was innocent/unintentional (as in this case) lowered to an amount below the normal minimum of $750.
In this ONE case this ONE judge chose to lower it to $200 per song. While it CAN be used as precedence, it would have to be a similar case of a minor who was sharing songs 'illegally' without knowledge of it being 'illegal' and without intent to share.
In the next similar case, the judge could drop the fines to $10 per song or $749 per song. It's all up to the judge in a summary judgment. - dalittle, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7Really if you want to stop the RIAA you need to start posting hate on the companies that support it. Once you start to hurt their brands and people stop buying their products because of the negative press, and the RIAA will cease to exist. Everyone hates the RIAA, but no one hates those who fund it yet. So hate on these companies
SONY
WARNER
EMI
UNIVERSAL ... - lmf49, on 09/22/2008, -0/+71965 !?
- lilhelper, on 09/22/2008, -1/+8Did you mean, "***** THEM, BUT RIGOROUSLY"
or
"***** THEM IN THE BUTT RIGOROUSLY"? - CaptOblivious, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7aywwts4
Thank you! Someone else that understands the misdirection they are pulling.
***** EMI
***** Sony BMG
***** Universal Music
***** Warner Music
Not as catchy as ***** the riaa but why ***** the proxy when you can ***** the real thing! - spudfrog, on 09/22/2008, -1/+8"and to teach P2P users a lesson"
Sounds like the RIAA is mad that P2P users are teaching them a lesson to give up on a failing, antiquated business model. - falstaff, on 09/22/2008, -1/+7I've been wondering, if I "vandalize" my neighbors car by replacing the engine with a hybrid version that works better and runs cheaper, can he sue me for that? Sure, he's got standing to do so, but it would be just about impossible to find any actual monetary damage in the case.
Has the RIAA ever had to prove economic harm? It would be interesting to see a full debate in court about how much business they are "losing" to people that would have never bought the tracks in the first place.
I wouldn't speculate on which way that argument would go, but I'd love to hear it in full. - dustmoo, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Witchhunt - Pure and Simple.
- feliks2, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Wow, i thought you said "they're trying to get blood from penis," and so i thought you were one gross *****. Guess not though.
- Smudded, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6No no, they want your money...
- DrDanger, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Can't get blood from a stone.
Give it a try RIAA - an0nymous, on 09/22/2008, -1/+7The songs are available on Amazon for 99 cents each. I am saying that normal value plus 4x $0.99 punitive damages seems reasonable.
Your analogy breaks down in a couple of places.
First the obvious: Stealing a cd is not equivalent to
downloading songs. It's more closely equivalent to making a mixtape and offering copies of the mixtape to all your friends who want one. A CD is a physical item and it's theft denies the use of that item to someone else.
If I make 9 trips to a store and steal a 2 cd's each time and am undetected? That is a successful crime. If I am caught on the tenth time they would not charge me with 9 other thefts that they didn't know about.
The punishment would be a criminal charge (misdemeanor petty larceny), and I would have to return the cd's/make restitution (yes, 30$)
***Note: in the scheme I am proposing restitution would be 150$ ($30x5)***
If the store was so inclined they could pursue civil charges with punitive damages, but honestly? They're probably not going to get awarded more than 150$.
Look; if file sharing is a crime, then charge people with a crime. This civil penalty ***** where damages are valued at 2000% to 9500000% of the actual sale price of the item is intolerable. The RIAA should not be allowed this sort of ***** where they can destroy people's lives for making copies of creative works.
It's the equivalent of letting shopkeepers commit arbitrary beatings when they catch someone eating grapes in the produce aisle. - Clbull, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Does anyone use Kazaa now? just wondering
- adarkmethod, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6agnostic actually
- AndrewDB, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6They're trying to get blood from pennies.
- PedoRcketSrgeon, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5 sudo nice -20 rm -rf riaa >> /dev/null &
(you know I always have trouble with nice like that with ubuntu, never know why though). - CandidateZero, on 09/22/2008, -0/+5Hey now, there ain't nothin' wrong with a goblet of vintage Don Perignon every now and then.
- Crisender111, on 09/22/2008, -2/+7Normally, MBM = Buried
but since its *****
for once...
MBM = Digg - ZionicIon, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4What do you have against Don Perignon? I heard he was a nice guy.
- adarkmethod, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4In most states, in any other industry, the most you're allowed to receive in damages is the cost multiplied by 3, if that. The idea that people are getting charged up to 15000% in damages is ludicrous and would be considered criminal by any decent person, and its not allowed to happen in ANY other industry... and people say pay-offs arent that important.
- afrothunderman, on 09/22/2008, -0/+4With fire?
- theonlywizdum, on 09/22/2008, -1/+5Reading comprehension FTL. He said $5 per song is reasonable, if you're already paying $5 per song then you need to find a different store.
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