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- Redmond0
It's kind of revolting they targeted a single mother of two. Oh! And students too! Let's bring on the lawsuits against poor people, they're the easiest to win!
- Jaline0
I read this story here:
http://www.rlslog.net/omg-riaa-w…this morning. Horrible.
- monkeyshine0
Did this woman refuse the initial offer to pay a free (like $700?) to the RIAA and decided to take it to court?
If so, as a mother of little kids, she's an ass.
- Jaline0
Yes, she apparently didn't want to settle out of court.
- TheBlueOne0
It sucks. Face it - your industry is dead and your business model is dead. It's like blacksmiths suing Henry Ford and winning and making sure everyone still has to keep horses. It's insane.
- Redmond0
Because 700$ was probably a big thing for her?
- version30
not exactly tbo
it's not the plastic they're upset about, it's the data contained therein
- TheBlueOne0
And to think the industry had a working and popular distribution system in hand with Napster and they fucking blew it up.
They deserve what they get, which is a place in the dustbin of history.
The technology is there for artists to produce and distribute everything themselves. A whole new industry would be starting a company that would be fee based on doing the marketing aspects that record companies do now, without the long production/distribution contracts.
- TheBlueOne0
not exactly tbo
it's not the plastic they're upset about, it's the data contained therein
version6
(Oct 5 07, 09:41)Same thing. It's like your transportation business involved shoeing horses adn then someone comes along and provides horseless transportation...you're basically suing for the right to continue shoe horses even if no one in the market is riding them.
- k0na_an0k0
It sucks. Face it - your industry is dead and your business model is dead. It's like blacksmiths suing Henry Ford and winning and making sure everyone still has to keep horses. It's insane.
TheBlueOne
(Oct 5 07, 09:40)abso-fucking-lutely.
it says in the statement that she was guilty because she put the files in a public place which COULD allow people to download them. they never said users actually downloaded the songs.
so what if i leave a brand new cd at the end of my desk for a week. would i be in trouble because people COULD grab the disk off my desk and make illegal copies?!?
it's madness.
- version30
i like that point k0na, "it was where someone COULD have taken it"
where is the RIAA every time a book of cds is stolen from a car?
- TResudek0
Devil's Advocate - It is pretty clear that downloading copyrighted work through a network is illegal. There is a pretty simple way to not get sued for $222,000 - that is to pay for music.
I'm not saying I have the RIAA's back but honestly, maybe people should just pay for music like they used to.
- menos0
"Record companies said she had illegally shared a total of 1,702 songs."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn…
but why would she want to face the court instead of paying the possibly much lower fine? thats what i dont get...
- joyride0
I like to pay the artist, it's them I like, not the pimps that get them to market.
the RIAAs future is weak, and they know that. The dist system they set up, which is what the artist want/need is failing because of new technology. Soon all an artist will need is financial backing to cut/promote music.
- version30
talent. talent might help as well on that.
- Jaline0
TResudek has a point in that it is illegal. But there seems to be vague rules about that, and I don't think most people would disagree that it's illegal (unless they're afraid of the word itself or don't want to be associated with it, which is ridiculous).
- ukit0
Of course its illegal. But the RIAA doesn't have any practical means to enforce the law. Every time they shut one channel down, two or three more pop up. The entire industry is scared shitless, but really isn't sure what the new model is at this point.
- TResudek0
True - this is a kneejerk response to the problem of illegal downloading and the music industry is totally falling apart. I don't think anyone believes these lawsuits are going to solve anything. However, they really should be suing (or threatening to sue) as many people as they can afford to. People who steal music or movies (or even software) are stealing from artists, creative people, innovators....
I think this radiohead experiment is going to really show the true side of music downloaders. We'll see what kind of average price they get for their new album. I am guessing it will be closer to $0 than to $12.
- joyride0
Here's is a question, how much of the total cost of purchasing a CD goes to the artist.
CD's have a lot of prices built in, the artists, the stores markup, the cost of distribution, the labels markup, production, etc. So now, with a digital dist. you take a lot of legacy stuff out of the picture, but they are still charging what a CD would cost. I would love to see a breakdown, on average.
- joyride0
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