Posted on 12/31/2007 6:56:52 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
In an unusual case ... the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further ... [the RIAA] maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer ... Whether customers may copy their CDs onto their computers -- an act at the very heart of the digital revolution -- has a murky legal foundation, the RIAA argues.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.computerworld.com ...
If it was up to the RIAA, I think every American would be in prison unless they paid $9000 per song like the one woman who was sued.
These guys will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
The revolution is still on right ? Or did we fail to get the proper permits for it again ?
You got that right. I ping these stories because the more people who know about their tactics, the more likely they are to finally lose.
Warner Music Group Going Belly Up: A couple days after EMI announced their disappointing financial results for the year, Warner Music Group announced that they made less than half the amount of money that Radiohead did for the year. The cause? A significant portion of the proceeds from artist creativity went directly to suing the customers by way of contributions to the RIAA. A couple days before the disappointing financial results were announced, WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr. finally came to the realization that it was a mistake to go to war with the consumers, and publicly said so.
Artists will eventually free themselves of the need for promoters and be able to sell their wares on the net. They could do so for pennies a song and still make more than they get in compensation now.
The days of pandering for big dollars based on a single good track on a cd are over. People are going to listen now before they buy.
I hadn’t read that. Good for Bronfman!
I can’t wait for the RIAA and all record labels to go belly up. I’m wait for the “friends of big business” here to come to their defense. What ever happened to the customer is always right. If I buy the music, I’m a customer. But the RIAA says I’m only buying a VERY limited license to listen to the music on a small list of approved hardware.
It’s like the RIAA is forcing people to go elsewhere for their music. I haven’t downloaded music in YEARS. I’ve purchased CDs or individual songs on iTunes, yet my actions are now criminal in the RIAA’s eyes.
F ‘em.
They charge more for their product than the market will bear and they use an army of lawyers to harass anyone who tries to advance technologically.
The RIAA is a criminal organization like the Mafia and the UAW - organizations that also have crews of lawyers.
Thank Congress for enabling these thugs with special laws they use to sue individuals with.
I’d like for the RIAA to explain to me, how ripping CD’s I’ve purchased onto my computer is a crime. How do they think people put music onto their MP3 players? Not all of them have the capability to rip music directly from a CD player.
that it all about the money=that it was all about the money
RIAA is one of the worst abuses of government “regulating” an industry to the benefit of a few dominant businesses. Of course, the Democratic politicians love it.
Check this out from (D) Chairman Conyers: “Damages need to reflect the fact that we live in a world where music is being consumed in bite-sized pieces, not just in albums or whole books”
This was just a few weeks ago...he’s saying the legal penalties aren’t tough enough yet! I guess the lawyers and Hollywood CEOs haven’t got enough for their annual political donations yet. Wonder how much of this suit will make it back to the Democratic party in time for 2008?
Couldn’t have said it better.
Bands get most of their money through ticket sales and merchandise sales at those concerts.
I’m whistling a song I didn’t pay for. COME AND GET ME!!!!
Unless there’s been a major change in the law (a strong possibility I admit), they’ll lose this one. It has long been considered acceptable for purchaser’s to make tapes of LPs and CDs for personal use and to make backup copies of software- I don’t see how they can argue that ripping CDs is any different.
The RIAA never needs to explain anything. Their only language is one of intimidation and lawsuits.
Porbably the only organization I despise even close to CAIR.
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