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How will they do that without copyright infringement?
Here is article discussing issue. LINK
The creeps are still at it. The RIAA/MPAA and even some members of Congress are trying to roll back tech advances. In all cases it is the consumer that is impacted the most. More
They're in bed with each other, but we're the ones getting screwed.
The sleeze squad had been caught with its pants down. LINK
And justifying it with, "He started it."
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Originally Posted by efc
That's just funny. I mean, they suck. Stick it to the man! Yeah!
RIAA believes that it is unlawful for someone to rip music from your own CD to IPOD. LINK
Damn it, people. You keep buying music, they will keep gouging you. This bunch has to be punished financially to get their attention.
BOYCOTT!
I just saw that news article Efc... that is crazy!! they are going backwards!! :mad: Forget about supporting them.... and i think its about time artists started standing up for their fans too!! get rid of the stupid middle-man recording company!!
The Big Four record labels are escalating their attack on Patti Santangelo, the New York mother who's so far the only person to stand up to them.
And they'll be using her children as weapons against her.
http://p2pnet.net/story/7942
In case anyone had any doubts, what a bunch of bastards.
I was just thinking that!! What A$$-holes.... i wish you all the luck Pia :pQuote:
Originally Posted by piaqt
I will continue my past practices of posting motion picture industry items to this thread because they are using the same strategy and often the same tactics as the RIAA.
From the Korea Times:
US Film Makers Sue Samsung Over Glitches on DVD Players
By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter
Samsung Electronics, Asia’s most valuable high-tech company, is scrambling after multiple U.S. movie studios reportedly took the Seoul-based firm to court, alleging glitches in its DVD players.
Over the weekend, Bloomberg news reported Walt Disney, Time Warner and three other major film makers filed the lawsuit against Samsung in U.S. court.
They claimed that Samsung’s DVD players allowed consumers to avoid encryption features that prevent unauthorized duplication and demanded a recall of all the problematic products, Bloomberg said.
The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that the movie industry lost $5.4 billion last year due to piracy.
In response, Samsung refused to confirm the high-profile suit that involves Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios on top of Disney and Time Warner.
``In fact, we do not exactly know the contents of the lawsuit and the intention of the plaintiffs. We have yet to receive the complaint,’’ a Samsung spokesman said.
He guessed that the film makers take issue with DVD-HD841, which Samsung had sold in the United States between June and October 2004.
``If so, I do not know why the movie studios are complaining about the products, of which production was brought to an end more than 15 months ago,’’ the spokesman said.
``We stopped manufacturing the model after concerns erupted that its copy-protection features can be circumvented by sophisticated users,’’ he said.
In this climate, he said Samsung would react to the lawsuit after the outfit recognizes its real intention.
Samsung Electronics is the flagship affiliate of Samsung Group, the nation’s foremost conglomerate. It is the world’s biggest maker of memory chips and flat-panel displays.
One thing that's become clear in all of the recording industry's lawsuits against file sharers, is they feel they pretty much have free reign in what they should be allowed to do. That's why they originally wanted ISPs to just hand over names without having to file a lawsuit, and why they tend to take a "guilty until proven innocent" point of view. However, it appears some courts are finally pointing out to the RIAA that they don't have the right to do some of these things. The latest example involves one of the lawsuits, where the accused claims she never was involved in file sharing. The RIAA demanded full access to her computer -- which she rightly felt was a violation of her privacy, as there was a lot more on her computer that obviously had nothing to do with the case. A judge has agreed and told the woman she can hire her own forensics expert, and bill the RIAA for any expenses.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060320/0216205.shtml
DRM is CRAP. Read what ZDNET has to say. LINK
As far as the woman goes I'm all for her. That is an invasion of privacy. I hope in the meantime that she changes her hard drive as that's the only way to protect her info. The wipers that some people use don't do a thorough job so the best bet is to replace the hard drive. Friend of mine was warned by Paramount to stop copying their movies or face civil action. He did stop. In this great age of copying can see where the problem lies and that's in the music and motion pic industry,actually it's with the equipment manufacterers so that the units can record. I remember when the VHS tapes had a jamming signal in them to stop pirating. Being into electronics at the time I just bought an anti-jamming circuit and turned down the vertical output which contained the signal. Copyright laws usually apply to music(15 yr. limit),as far as the movie industry goes I'm not sure about the limit there. In my opinion if it's there it should be free and open to copy for personal use. Maybe like other monopolies it's just GREED al over again. FredQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Booger
add me to the list. I was never a big buyer of cds, casettes etc. I also have issues with paying for radio. I can understand specialized talkshows, but just plain music, no way. Musicians should be able to make money off their tours and so fourth. What happened to the days when cds were given away for free as ways of promotions. I mean they certaintly don't charge radio stations for them.:(
Add me to your list. The RIAA's nothing but a money making organization. Most music copyrights run out in 15 years and then the music is supposed to be free.
Funny i joined boycott-riaa just earlier today :D
RIAA now suing XM radio for new service that allows customers to record, retain music downloaded to Inno device. Read more below.
Satellite radio in recordings row
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...n-getty203.jpg The Inno gadget lets listeners save broadcasts
US satellite radio firm XM is being sued by record labels over a gadget that lets listeners record songs. The recording industry said XM's Inno device, which stores music and divides it into tracks, infringes copyright.
The lawsuit seeks $150,000 (£79,537) in damages for every song copied by XM customers to an Inno gadget.
XM defended itself by saying that music stored on the device cannot be moved elsewhere and only lasts as long as a customer is a subscriber.
Royalty talks
The Inno device turns a radio broadcast into a download service that resembles Apple's iTunes, said the Recording Industry Association of America in its lawsuit.
The RIAA represents record labels such as Vivendi Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI.
XM said it would defend itself vigorously against the legal action.
It added that the Inno does not let people download music on demand like iTunes and only lets listeners record radio shows as the law has allowed for "decades". The device went on sale in early May.
The lawsuit comes after talks between the RIAA and XM on licence agreements for the Inno device broke down.
The RIAA and XM are currently re-negotiating royalty contracts for radio broadcasts.
XM's rival Sirius Satellite Radio recently agreed to pay the RIAA licence fees for its S50 recording device.
Source: BBC News
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Originally Posted by efc
Sorry but that statement is complete and total http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/576/bs7cu.gif.
If that was truly the case then the RIAA will have to sue all the manufacturers of cassette tapes, old blank 8-track tapes, blank cd's and USB memory keys (You know that car radios are out that can play audio files from those).
Response from XM Radio.
Statement to XM Subscribers - The XM Nation
Everything we've done at XM since our first minute on the air is about giving you more choices. We provide more channels and music programming than any other network. We play all the music you want to hear including the artists you want to hear but can't find on traditional FM radio. And we offer the best radios with the features you want for your cars, homes, and all places in between.
We've developed new radios -- the Inno, Helix and NeXus -- that take innovation to the next level in a totally legal way. Like TiVo, these devices give you the ability to enjoy the sports, talk and music programming whenever you want. And because they are portable, you can enjoy XM wherever you want.
The music industry wants to stop your ability to choose when and where you can listen. Their lawyers have filed a meritless lawsuit to try and stop you from enjoying these radios.
They don't get it. These devices are clearly legal. Consumers have enjoyed the right to tape off the air for their personal use for decades, from reel-to-reel and the cassette to the VCR and TiVo.
Our new radios complement download services, they don't replace them. If you want a copy of a song to transfer to other players or burn onto CDs, we make it easy for you to buy them through XM + Napster.
Satellite radio subscribers like you are law-abiding music consumers; a portion of your subscriber fee pays royalties directly to artists. Instead of going after pirates who don't pay a cent, the record labels are attacking the radios used for the enjoyment of music by consumers like you. It's misguided and wrong.
We will vigorously defend these radios in court and before Congress, and we expect to win.
Thank you for your support.
MPAA allegedly hired hacker to steal email addresses and trade secrets from a company it accuses of conducting copyright infringement.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6076665.html
http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?shownews=18224 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by efc
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8906
That's New York lawyer Ray Beckerman's view on a decision by judge Richard Owen where two John Does, one from the Southwest the other from New York, teamed up in Manhattan to fight back against the Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
Beckerman represented both Does.
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Originally Posted by efc
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4276/nodrm2tq.jpg
Fair use under assault
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow argues the case against DRM
By Steve Gillmor for InfoWorld
InfoWorld: What is the message that you feel needs to be made about DRM?
Barlow: I think that anybody who cares about the future of technology --
anybody who cares about the future, period -- ought to be awfully
concerned about this. But people who work in technology have been
agnostic on the subject so far. They need to recognize that they're
going to be faced with a fairly stark choice, which is a gradual
concentration around certain trusted platforms that cannot be broken
out of and are filled with black boxes that you can't code around and
can't see the inside of.
You have to get politically active and stop it from happening, because
Congress has been bought by the content industry. The choice is being
made at a very complex and subterranean political level. It's being
done in standard settings, with the FCC, in amendments to obscure bills
in Congress, in the closed door sessions to set the Digital Broadcast
Standard. It has very significant long-term effects [for] the technical
architecture of cyberspace, because what we're talking about embedding
into everything is a control and surveillance mechanism for the purpose
of observing copyright piracy, but [it] can be used for anything...
*Much more at the link*
RIAA has changed strategy. No longer will they attract the wrath of the public by sueing 800 people at once. They have decided to spread it out over the month. Same slime. Just different trick.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1237
This way also 12 year old won't know which day of the week the certified letter will show at their house
Celebration time. Not many victories so we better enjoy this one.
LINK
:thewave::Party::cheers::cheers2::music:
Another victory.
Link
Great finds efc.All of their efforts to maximize profits by sueing everybody is the lazy fat wealthy man's way.Those same people they are sueing could be buying the copyrighted songs if the price was right.A well packaged famous artist's latest cd would sell well @ $5.Sell more,make more,keep people employed,heck I'd buy several for myself and give more birthday presents,Christmas presents,buy an extra for a friend etc.But alas,I can't make those f***ing decisions.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by efc
Thanks to /. and deffectivebydesign.org and archive.org. The recording was made in July yet this is the first most of us have heard of it. It is a dire warning that RIAA is attempting to rewrite the copyright law in a way that will hurt every consumer of music.
http://www.archive.org/download/Defe...erman_64kb.m3u
I can't tell you how much I despise this organization. I have not bought a CD in more than two years. I may never buy another. Not one red cent from me to the RIAA.
Why am I so worked up? Link
Time is running out. People have continued to buy music CDs, so the RIAA has had little reason to stop the use of DMA. LINK
Mother of ten year old sued by RIAA. She is fighting back.
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blo...back-sues.html
I find this to be a compelling read about the many missteps of the RIAA.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/op...pagewanted=all
The Democratic party has appointed The Director of Communications for the RIAA as Deputy CEO for Public Affairs. This is a job that she must be totally qualified for. After all, the RIAA is known for its public relations.:p
From the press release:
Jenni Engebretsen, Deputy CEO for Public Affairs
Jenni R. Engebretsen is currently the Director of Communications for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Washington, DC-based trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Before joining the RIAA, Engebretsen spent eight years working in Democratic politics, most recently as a Regional Communications Director for the Kerry-Edwards for President campaign, where she was responsible for developing campaign communications strategy for top-targeted states including Florida and New Hampshire. During the 2004 presidential cycle, she also served as Deputy Communications Director for the Democratic National Convention in Boston and as Press Secretary for the Edwards for President campaign during the primaries. Before that, she worked on Capitol Hill in the communications offices of Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and in the White House press office during the Clinton Administration. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
:rolleyes:
As posted to slashdot.org this date. Some information came from recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com. The RIAA has dismissed its case against the handicapped mother, Tonya Anderson. The dismissal relates to Tonya Anderson only. It does not relate to her counterclaim or her claim for attorneys fees.
Hope she prevails on those also. In my opinion, is a woman that has been unjustly hounded for the past two years.