The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has suffered another legal setback after a judge denied a ruling in a music piracy case this week. The judge ruled that "the sole act of making a music file available in a "shared folder" does not violate copyright laws." In the case Atlantic v. Howell, the RIAA asserted that a "sound recording" that is legally ripped to a PC and then ...
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Because of the cluster fck that happens to the individual, individual CP crime should be minimized to nothing unless a profit motive can be substantiated; heavy fines need to be placed on the corporations and business that steal others works, I am talking 100K+ to millions, they won’t play fair unless the government says this is the fine you pay for breaking the rules and contracts.
A individual, even if in the thousands cannot do financial damage to a corporation, thus unless they can show profit was made corporation cannot go after individuals.
Also it would be nice if CP/IP lasted only for about 5 years before private individuals can store and trade that data in personal nonprofit setups, let the corporations fight over monetary and profit based distribution rights they will always have the majority of the populace to sell crap too, those of who know better want wiggle room to not be forced to drink piss flavored kool aid the rest of the herd are given… should be given a break.
Originally posted by engage16:
its about time that the government stands up against the real pirates... the illegal downloaders aren't stealing from the artist's, the record labels are, its a shame that the labels find it nessacery to screw over bands so much that they need to tour 7-8 months out of the year to make a decent penny for themselves... not that i'm complaining, i love going to see live bands, just wished they'd see more of the money that THEY earned. people pay to go to shows to see the bands play and make their money that they've earned, not to pay to go see a band and see some record exec get rich...
Originally posted by B33rdrnkr:
to the people
ok... i know the movie this is from but can't recall the title.
any help please?
thx
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The ruling this week has shut those theories down however. U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake tossed out all the RIAA's motions including the "making available" and "offer to distribute" theories that pertained to "shared folders."
Originally posted by B33rdrnkr:the problem is that ppl only hear RIAA or MPAA while the companies doing this hide behind the name that fronts their greedy side, name and shame them. see my signature!
to the people
to the greedy
Originally posted by story:well what i can remember is that sony's top copywrite lawyer stated:
The RIAA saw some backlash for its assertion when the rumor was spread around the Internet that the RIAA believed that ripping CD music was illegal. The group cleared up the situation by saying that it doesn't consider ripping illegal but that adding music recordings to a shared folder that can be accessed by others in a P2P file sharing program is illegal and should be stopped.
Originally posted by hyperlink:
Gabriel asked if it was wrong for consumers to make copies of music which they have purchased, even just one copy. Pariser replied, "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Making "a copy" of a purchased song is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," she said.
Originally posted by ars link:
April 14, 2008
And then came hints that this apple might come with a serious worm. Early this year, the BPI again said all the right things about format shifting, but we noted that the Association of Independent Music was making noises; apparently, the group wanted to get paid whenever music was transferred from a CD to a portable device.
Originally posted by ars hyper:
The bill would create a new position for a federal copyright enforcement czar, establish a new copyright enforcement division within the Department of Justice, and would also permit law enforcement agents to seize property from perpetrators of copyright infringement.
Originally posted by tripplite:HiYa Trip!!!! :-D
@klingon yes this time we got away!!!
what a moral boost!
btw how ya been old mikey,,,,,,,
Originally posted by A_Klingon:
This is an awesome blow against the RIAA - and a most welcome, drearily-long-overdue boost for fair-use rights & consumers everywhere.
Maybe the US legal system is now getting just a little weary of the RIAA and it's Dictatorial, brutal attitude towards consumers and getting fed-up with it's constant whining, bitching and clogging up the judicial system.
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A VERY GOOD DAY INDEED
Originally posted by B33rdrnkr:
to the people
to the greedy
Originally posted by engage16:Oh give me a break, there are some rappers out there that really write their own stuff and rap from the heart. I'm sure you can't relate to that because you live in a suburbian KKK town! I don't listen to rap much either but to just make a statement like that is plain silly. Mostly all those rockbands out their are a bunch of coke heads who blow all their money on pot and cocaine. And the rappers seem to blow their money on cars,"bling" and pot. Hell you only live once so if people prefer to spend their money on cars and jewelry how bad is that? Anyways, HAHAHA screw the RIAA..good news for all of us who acidently put music in our shared folder..
i never said that i wouldn't like to make a fraction of what they make (ever see mtv cribs?)... it just that alot of the bands out there don't get the money they deserve. of course i'm being biased here cause i see all these rappers with all thier bling and crap, what did they do other than talk in a rythem on stage? i mean real bands, who sit and write their lyrics, music, etc....
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