RIAA drops the idea of copyright protection

[Skyclad1uhm1]

The RIAA wants the government to solve their problems instead

 

[amdskip]

lol, finally realized that everyone hates what they do

I support anti-piracy but sometimes they go too far.

 

[BruinEd03]

i guess they finally realized you attract more flys with honey than vinegar.

-Ed

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

So... anyone feels like being 'educated' by the RIAA?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: BruinEd03
i guess they finally realized you attract more flys with honey than vinegar.

-Ed

nice.

 

[Kaervak]

My god, they do have a brain.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
My god, they do have a brain.

Only when they combine all of them.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
My god, they do have a brain.

the hole groupe does. but get them alone and all hell breaks loose

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: Kaervak
My god, they do have a brain.

Only when they combine all of them.

 

[Nocturnal]

I think being owned for the twenty fifth time this past weekend finally made them change their minds.

 

[TallBill]

wow, cool beans

 

[tcsenter]

This agreement is largely symbolic and will not fundamentally change RIAA's focus:

"To combat piracy, the industries will promote privately funded public awareness efforts, as well as approach Congress regarding any federal role. Both industries stated their support for private and federal enforcement against copyright infringers as well as unilateral technical protection measures and they agreed that legislation should not limit the effectiveness of such measures. The industries also expressed support for actions by rights holders that could limit the illegal distribution of copyrighted works in ways that are not destructive to networks or products, or that violate consumers? privacy."

Essentially, RIAA has had phenomenal success in the courts, shutting down file-trading networks, gaining injunctions against ISP's whose subscriber's are found to be storing copyrighted content on their servers, and shutting down bootlegging operations. RIAA will keep pursuing this approach, as well as other efforts such as industry collaboration on effective copyright protection measures and protected distribution channels.

Nothing new to see here, move along...

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
This agreement is largely symbolic and will not fundamentally change RIAA's focus:

"To combat piracy, the industries will promote privately funded public awareness efforts, as well as approach Congress regarding any federal role. Both industries stated their support for private and federal enforcement against copyright infringers as well as unilateral technical protection measures and they agreed that legislation should not limit the effectiveness of such measures. The industries also expressed support for actions by rights holders that could limit the illegal distribution of copyrighted works in ways that are not destructive to networks or products, or that violate consumers? privacy."

Essentially, RIAA has had phenomenal success in the courts, shutting down file-trading networks, gaining injunctions against ISP's whose subscriber's are found to be storing copyrighted content on their servers, and shutting down bootlegging operations. RIAA will keep pursuing this approach, as well as other efforts such as industry collaboration on effective copyright protection measures and protected distribution channels.

Nothing new to see here, move along...

Don't know about you, but my (Dutch) ISP does not allow them to monitor users unless they have a legal order.

 

[tcsenter]

Don't know about you, but my (Dutch) ISP does not allow them to monitor users unless they have a legal order

They don't have to monitor users from the ISP's end of things to discover this information. Its one way, but not the only way.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
This agreement is largely symbolic and will not fundamentally change RIAA's focus:

"To combat piracy, the industries will promote privately funded public awareness efforts, as well as approach Congress regarding any federal role. Both industries stated their support for private and federal enforcement against copyright infringers as well as unilateral technical protection measures and they agreed that legislation should not limit the effectiveness of such measures. The industries also expressed support for actions by rights holders that could limit the illegal distribution of copyrighted works in ways that are not destructive to networks or products, or that violate consumers? privacy."

Essentially, RIAA has had phenomenal success in the courts, shutting down file-trading networks, gaining injunctions against ISP's whose subscriber's are found to be storing copyrighted content on their servers, and shutting down bootlegging operations. RIAA will keep pursuing this approach, as well as other efforts such as industry collaboration on effective copyright protection measures and protected distribution channels.

Nothing new to see here, move along...

Exactlty, that article is some sort of smokescreen garbage. They are working with Authorities all over the U.S. and the world in preparations to arrest and jail at least 8 million people worldwide this year in an historic show of Corporate agression against the people of the world.

 

[Confused]

Music sales have fallen sharply over the last few years, with music producers blaming sharing of files over the internet and digital piracy as the major factors.

Or maybe it's cos there's not any really really good music been made and released, with everything sounding similar, and just a rehash of other's work

I haven't even downloaded any new music in the past year, let alone buy any! Some of the stuff I downloaded a couple of years ago, i went out and bought (to get better quality than crappy 128kbps!) but there's nothing new now I really like enough to download in the first place!


Confused

 

[eplebnista]

:Q

 

[tcsenter]

Exactlty, that article is some sort of smokescreen garbage. They are working with Authorities all over the U.S. and the world in preparations to arrest and jail at least 8 million people worldwide this year in an historic show of Corporate agression against the people of the world.

Will they be using UN Troops?

 

[Nitemare]

Guess they finally got round to reading their hatemail

 

[WinkOsmosis]

The growth of the internet has led to massive piracy of music, with tracks being saved to computers and then shared amongst music fans through "sharing" sites such as Kazaa.

Music sales have fallen sharply over the last few years, with music producers blaming sharing of files over the internet and digital piracy as the major factors.

Wtf? Kazaa is a site? Music sales have fallen sharply? This is news to me.

 

[Darein]

So they are becoming a little less fanatical in their old(er) age, good to see.

 

[arcas]

You know something's fishy when the music industry lobby's greatest fear is that "fair use" gets defined by Congress...:disgust:

The sole purpose of this agreement, from the RIAA's point of view, is to head off proposed legislation by Reps Lofgren and Boucher that would define "fair use".

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Guess they finally got round to reading their hatemail

They probably wouldn't be done the first few years if they started reading that