The RIAA hates us all (and bigtit.hu)

This case has a complication...

I am uneasy about some of the things RIAA has been doing in its antipiracy approaches, The possibility that they are now going after people copying for personal use content from discs they have legally purchased or legally obtained caught my attention.

But as I was looking through some more information about the case, it had something strange that was bothering me: How did the RIAA learn about the 2,000 or so mp3s the fellow had on his PC?

Was it spyware? A tip, say, from a computer repair shop? One likely possibility was the mp3 were -- wittingly or unwitting -- disclosed via a peer-to-peer file sharing program or other software. This may have been the case.

The RIAA supplemental brief in the case mentions that an investigator found the mp3s via KaZaA. The brief argued that this was evidence of the intent to distribute the copies. Ouch! But that's also sort of good news that the RIAA wasn't making a full leap into going after people who purchase CD's, copy their contents to the PC or mp3 player AND do not make those files available to others. At least, not yet.

References and links to them are on my blog at http://jabolins.livejournal.com/6855.html

I can't wait to read the Web server logs

Looks like a marvellous vote stuffing operation has been going on over the past day or two. Rest assured that we'll be examining the Web server logs.

Wouldn't it be amusing if it were discovered that the RIAA was engaging in sockpuppetry or astroturfing?

Hell with the Music Industry

What the music industry seems to ignore is that there livelihood depends upon the people. This has to be Bush-ism at its best. I for one would call for a complete ban on all musical recording /CDs made by these labels. If everyone quit buying music CDs, the record labels would be brought to it's knees, begging to be listened too. Maybe this would allow artist to self-promote their music online! I for-one would love to see this happen!

let's boycott sales of music on CDs! let's switch to only MP3s

Amazon and others started selling MP3s, so If everyone switches to buying just MP3s then there will be no ground to sue people for moving files from CDs to their HDs. And the RIAA will die soon after...

RIAA Nazi-like dictatorship

What we have here is the RIAA trying to become dictator of the worlds music and how it is controlled, if they can now sue customers for copying music onto their computers from legally purchased cds, they will end up having to sue everyone who owns a computer and a cd. This is so Nazi like in idealogy its pathetic. BOYCOTT the RIAA, stop buying cds, and see how much the RIAA and artists like that. They are fighting a losing battle, they cannot stop the flow of downloaded and shared music, so why not just accept that---instead of trying to sue your customers and eventually causing the wrong kind of musical revolution they are pushing towards.

Why have we been paying a private tax ...

... to the music industry all these years in the form of surcharges on blank Compact Cassettes, CDs and VHS cassettes? I thought paying the surcharge on all this blank media gave us an explicit RIGHT to transfer our music purchases to different media for personal use. Why does the RIAA now think that they should sue customers who bought their products in good faith? The RIAA is a perfect example of an organization that has turned over decision-making power to their lawyers. Lawyers are trained to see problems, not solutions; to them, EVERYTHING looks like a potential lawsuit. To hell with the RIAA and their lawyers! (I bet I can hold out listening to my old CDs and vinyl LPs longer than they can survive without sale$.)

RIAA

Sad as it is, I am a musician and think that these days any band who has anything to do with the RIAA (be it record label or distro) should be out right banned from all listeners. Visit the riaa site and there you will see just who you need to avoid. It is time to turn off your radios and make your own (MP3 players are dirt cheap now).Go see the bands live buy their merch from their websites or the gigs only. We can be the news, radio the record labels.
THE TIME IS NOW!

Sony & RIAA

* Sony made money on the computer
* Sony made money on the MP3 player
* Sony made money on the CD
* Sony pays the RIAA to sue you for more money because you used their products in a way they were designed.

RIAA

I am an Australian who has lived here in Brazil for 15 years. My tastes are so eclectic that most of the music I like is simple not available here. The CD shops only carry the top 100 crap for fear of being left with a lot of beer coasters. And if it is available here, I can't afford it. It takes nearly 2 Brazilian $ to equal one US$, so the chances of me paying up to US$35 here for an imported cd is just not going to happen. If music is truly universal, why can't I go into a cd shop and order the cd or tracks that I want, and then wait while it is downloaded over a high speed line and burned directly to CD complete with covers. This technology exists NOW. I hate mp3s. I am an audiophile who CAN tell the difference, but as long as everybody in the food chain remains so greedy, I will continue to download mp3 files from the internet with a clear conscience. As long as the wankers at Warner, EMI etc insist on receiving the same amount for a cd or track, regardless of the economic situation of the country in which it is being sold, they will continue to suffer. Come and get me RIAA, I am not scared of you greedy fools.