[El Conservador]

F RIAA!!!

And they can kiss my big, fat, light brown ass!!!

OTOH, it's nice to see them self-destroying.

[MegaSilver]

F RIAA!!!

And they can kiss my big, fat, light brown ass!!!

For upholding their copyrights?

[My2Cents]

They have a right, no doubt, to go after the perps, but considering much of the crap that gets passed off as "music" and "talent," the recording industry should be forced to give the stuff away.

[longtermmemmory]

If they are suing students in college just by the IP #, how do they know who was using the computer?

How can they PROVE the person does not already have cd of any song or title?

The reason they are suing the weak is because one strong opponent will rip holes in their actions.

Besides, the law frowns on "John Doe" suits. (lawyers used to pull this manure when they had a statute of limitations problem and were trying to file a generic suit to save a claim.)

[SZonian]

You know what's really funny? There was a business article out a couple of weeks ago that showed CD sales were actually UP over 10% even with online music sharing.

They're going to shoot themselves in the foot with this if they don't quit it.

I guess too much money is not enough, get the sales and the lawsuits.

Oh well, off to Best Buy to see what's new on the CD rack.

Cheers!

[SamAdams76]

I found a great classical label called NAXOS. They sell the entire classical repertoire for about $6.98 per CD. Recordings are professionally done by well-known orchestras (mostly from Europe). In addition, they are releasing a lot of older performances at a budget price. For example, I recently got from NAXOS a recording of Mahler's 2nd symphony (recorded in 1924) that was re-mastered off old 78 records. Very interesting listening too as that performance was recorded the way that Mahler intended (the conductor having known Mahler in real life) and it sounds nothing like how it is typically recorded today.

I mention all this because there is an alternative to the crap that the record industry is putting out and trying to gouge us on.

[MadelineZapeezda]

I saw Napster gift cards in Kroger's yesterday. I didn't know they sold them.

[rwfromkansas]

[Amerigomag]

Recording artists should have a defensible right to the work product of a live performance. Beyond that their rights should be determined by their actions.

If artists knowingly allow their work product to be broadcast on a public airway then their work product becomes part of the public domain.

Screw RIAA. They are picking on college students because most students have very little knowledge and less money to defend themselves properly.