Date: 06/26/2003 07:40 AM
From: George ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
What I just can't understand is why the RIAA is so uptight about sharing files ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
Why doesn't it go after pawnshops that resell CDs? It's losing money there, isn't it? Or how about those that resell music via outfits like eBay? Better yet, why doesn't the RIAA go after businesses like Hastings that buy back used CDs and then resell them?
Those secondary sellers (pawn shops, eBay and others) are making money off someone else's work, without paying them additional royalties. File sharers are doing nothing more than trading baseball cards.
It seems that the RIAA employs some sort of double standard here. If it claims it's losing money because of file sharing, then what it should really look at is the homologous crap it continues to shelve each week.
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Date: 06/26/2003 08:05 AM
From: Rich ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
What I want to know is, what happens to the poor guy on a fast DSL link that has been hacked and is being used as a "bounce" server? The illegally traded files are on his machine and he doesn't even know it, when all of a sudden the RIAA's jack-booted thugs bust down his door and haul him off to the slammer ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
As an artist myself, I highly disapprove of copyright violation, but Senator Hatch's "blow up their computers" scheme, and this RIAA "payola or lawsuit" approach both seem overly draconian to me. I'd much rather see the artists get paid fairly for their work, and the artists suing those who are taking food off of their tables.
To me, the RIAA is nothing more than a bunch of thugs with expensive lawyers who are robbing both the artists and the consumers to feed their own pocketbooks.
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Date: 06/26/2003 08:51 AM
From: Johnny ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
Unbelievable. Now they are going to sue their customers? And they wonder why we swap files with such glee. Stupid bastards ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
When are they going to realize that sharing information is the nature of the network, just like evolution is the nature of, well, nature. No matter how many fingers and toes they stick into the holes of what is left of their ancient levy/business model, the industry refuses to realize the levee is already broken and they are chest-deep in their own irrelevance.
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Date: 06/26/2003 10:11 AM
From: TC ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
How can they legally target "supernodes"? In case they aren't aware of it, in Kazaa, if you act as a node, you have no control over what passes through. And many things are legal to share ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
The RIAA apparently seems to think it is the law. Well it isn't. I think it's about time the RIAA gets investigated for ripping off song artists and customers.
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Date: 06/26/2003 12:26 PM
From: Faast ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
This will, of course, ensure that the animosity against the recording industry grows. Once the first lawsuit is announced, the recording industry will be as popular as Satan himself. The only thing we can be assured of is that programmers will find another way ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
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Date: 06/26/2003 03:05 PM
From: Roj ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
They don't have the balls ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
They don't have the cash to waste, despite how deep their pockets are. All it will take is one precedent set in a small principality in Europe to derail them -- as has already happened in the MPAA DVD efforts.
They don't have the savvy and technology to win this war -- in fact they have already lost.
My advice to them? "Take your lumps and concentrate your efforts on giving your customers a fair shake -- a concept that has been demonstrably alien to you for over 40 years. The honeymoon is over, dahling -- now earn your keep."
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Date: 06/26/2003 05:35 PM
From: Benj ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
This is the perfect time for the broadband ISPs to stand up to this type of harassment ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003). We pay far too much for DSL for them to sit back. The only reason most people get broadband connections is to share files.
The music industry is dead. They are now going after the fans who enjoy their product to drag down with them. Very sad.
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Date: 06/26/2003 05:38 PM
From: Bryan ([email protected])
Subject: Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?
The users are the ones with the true power. The RIAA is another form of Big Brother. If hackers were truly as strong as they claim, they would empty the RIAA's collective bank accounts and disperse the funds to every user on every P2P in the world ("Are You in RIAA's Cross Hairs?" June 26, 2003).
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