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- CatalystDM, on 12/30/2007, -12/+266Holy run-on sentence, Batman!
- 3210, on 12/30/2007, -1/+159We can only hope that the RIAA will die in 2008, however, sadly it probably won't. The next best thing is to limit its power slowly and eventually, although probably not in the next year, it will die. Hopefully they will be successful and deal a good blow to the power of the RIAA.
- TheNorris, on 12/30/2007, -16/+151obligatory: ***** THE RIAA!
- nano19, on 12/30/2007, -4/+128If it doesn't die then we'll KILL it!
- inactive, on 12/30/2007, -0/+39*Ahem* I believe the term is grammar nazi.
(Wait... does that make me one for correcting him on that?) - Derelict267, on 12/30/2007, -2/+38Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure.
- gwinerreniwg, on 12/30/2007, -1/+35They'll just rename it to something consumers wont recognize, like the "Fun Ultimate Corporate Keep Earning Royalties Society"
- hardwickj, on 12/30/2007, -0/+34The only plausible means of ending the RIAA is cutting them off from their primary source of power - Money. If more artists begin distributing music independently, ie Radiohead, Saul Williams, soon to be Nine Inch Nails, etc, then the RIAA will start to lose sources of income, and the artists might actually make a dime as well. Unfortunately for us, it will probably take several years for the rest of the music industries artists to grow a set of balls big enough to actually go down that road.
- digitalpencil, on 12/30/2007, -1/+34inform the masses! we need every student lawyer we can muster.. shame i doubt any actually read digg!
- tidu, on 12/30/2007, -2/+28the only comment fad that will never die...
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 12/31/2007, -1/+25> "Holy run-on sentence, Batman!"
I'm more pissed off at the total lack of effort some of these submitters show. At least pick or write a summary that fits within the damned character limit. Don't try to post the first paragraph of the article, you lazy *****. - cawfee, on 12/30/2007, -0/+23... only to be replaced by RIAA2.0, Now With More Lawsuits Than Ever Before! ©
- zerhynn, on 12/30/2007, -0/+20Things like this make me wonder about what the future will be like. What's going to happen in 20 or 30 years when the kids of today, people who believe that downloading songs/movies/tv shows is alright, and not illegal, are in control of everything? What will happen to the RIAA, the ESRB, and the MPAA? Will things stay the same, or will everything change?
- xMedic, on 12/30/2007, -3/+23Country music.
- BlackJackJester, on 12/31/2007, -0/+19If it bleeds, we can kill it.
- duckyinc, on 12/30/2007, -0/+18Kill it with more piracy?
- gigasquid, on 12/31/2007, -0/+17Morons - just stop buying CDs and DVDs for 6 months and the RIAA be history.
- jdepp, on 12/30/2007, -1/+17Interestingly, Nobel of the Nobel prize made his money in armaments, and created the award because he was incorrectly reported to have died and newspapers ran such shameful obituaries of the man that he realised his memory would live on in infamy unless he gave the world a reason to remember him for good purposes. I think the RIAA and the Record Companies should follow that lead, recognise the battle is lost, close for business and give their remaining funds towards curing Aids or some such and bow out with grace rather than frittering away everything in legal fees.
- gquaglia, on 12/30/2007, -1/+16They'll grow up and see the light of corporate enlightenment. That and big pay checks. How many lawmakers who smoked pot like a chimney in the 60's are now staunchly against it now.
- Keitosha, on 12/31/2007, -0/+14Nah... then they would sue us all just for not buying CD's/DVD's. :/
- hardwickj, on 12/30/2007, -1/+15As a former staffer at Sony BMG, your opinion is anything but unbiased. As for DRM, I don't know if you've noticed yet, but the rage has quickly become DRM-LESS music, ala iTunes Plus and Amazon.
Wake up. - Ajajadude, on 12/30/2007, -2/+15Silver bullets? Garlic? Explosive devices?
- LuckyASN, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13If the riaa were to apologize to everyone for being douche bags, refund all the money they stole, turned into a reputable charity, AND cured aids and cancer by christmas, they would still owe santa two presents.
- FearFactory, on 12/31/2007, -0/+13The only way it will die is if people stop buying the Hanna Montana/American Idol type music from stores.
- gquaglia, on 12/30/2007, -1/+14Sorry folks, but the era of big mega corps dictating Government policy and law making is just starting. Now that they know that the scum bag pols in Washington can easily be bought, expect more and more protection of big biz and less and less consumer protection. There are already calls from lawmakers to strengthen the much despised DMCA. The days of fair use are numbered, I'm afraid.
- Derelict267, on 12/30/2007, -2/+14Unbreakable DRM? That's a good one.
- Campog, on 12/31/2007, -1/+13I think he may have been being sarcastic.
- FoxRacR17, on 12/31/2007, -3/+14I hate the RIAA as much as you guys. But when i read that article that was on the front page about how the RIAA is suing a guy for rippings CD that he legally bought to his computer, that lit a fire inside of me and i hope those sheep ***** ***** burn in hell. How ***** dare them tell us what we can and cannot do with ***** we legally purchased.
- JohnDavis730, on 12/30/2007, -3/+14and.......AND?!
- cap11235, on 12/30/2007, -14/+252008 is also going to be the year of desktop Linux.
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -2/+12woohooo another stupid prediction that has a .0000000000000000000000000000001 % chance of becoming true..... and it made it to the front page, how odd
- KaJuN4, on 12/31/2007, -1/+11I hate that so much! I read the description and if it sounds interesting I click the link. Then I start reading again and think "*****! I just read this!".
- inactive, on 12/30/2007, -6/+16*loser
Also remember to capitalise at the start of sentences. - Kr4t05, on 12/31/2007, -2/+12I see what you did there.
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -1/+10User submitted lawsuits! Cool. Where can I register?
- Daggity, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9Kill it with fire?
- slaver, on 12/31/2007, -0/+9Yeah, look it all the money they made in 2007. Sure sign of a dying company. Stop kidding yourselves. RIAA will be around for many years to come. There were some nice developments in 2007, like Radiohead releasing their album for free, but mostly same old. They even have a nice lawsuit settlements side business going on on now.
- byronne, on 12/30/2007, -2/+11Wow. Denial is not just a river in Egypt, dude.
- asforme, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8The future I fear will never come will include good artists being voluntarily supported by fans who choose to go see live performances. Recorded music will be freely distributed with a request for donations that go DIRECTLY to the artists. Corporate radio will die along with the perceived need for record companies.
- sparsely, on 12/31/2007, -0/+8It makes you a nomenclature nazi.
- Tippis, on 12/31/2007, -1/+9At the moment, it's more the opposite: only those who matter can truely go independent...
- SideShowMel0329, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7RIAA here, you're all under arrest. That's right, we're police officers too. Says my mom.
- inactive, on 12/30/2007, -7/+14I know linux and apple are nerd cool, but if you really seriously look at it, people would rather something just works out of the box, with all of their software and is compatible with work and other friends.
- Bartboy919, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7rAmen
- widgetmaker, on 12/31/2007, -0/+7You know there was another article that stated that the one which annoyed you was wrong?
- thailand1972, on 12/31/2007, -1/+8No, he's right! The year of the Linux desktop is always this year + 1.
- Immune, on 12/31/2007, -1/+7It took me a second to see why you chose that name, then I retardedly spelled it out loud in front of my Grandmother. :)
- tidu, on 12/30/2007, -0/+6lol wut
- Tippis, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6It's also worth pointing out that there is no such thing as "unfreakable DRM" short of making it completely impossible to play back at all...
Hopefully, this is what the media companies have begun to understand: they can waste tons of money on schemes that, by very definition, will not work, and which will only inconvenience legitimate buyers, rather than the pirates they are (supposedly) aimed against. The end result of staying DRM obsessed is: larger expenses, less customer satisfaction, and zero effect on piracy.
No-one has ever claimed that music execs are all that clever, but even they should see the lose-lose in going down that path... - bentrinh, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6Yeah, properly some sort of twisted anti-trust lawsuit.
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