Nitro Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 And gettin' sued by the RIAA... Including $150,000 US for having, "If You're Happy And You Know It". Poor kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Money hungry bastards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 not that I totally agree with it, but honestly, it IS illegal, albeit this would obviously be his parents responsibility. All he has to do is erase all of it and let them check and he's fine...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikhnaton Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 anyone who signs the amnesty form is a ****ing moron. down with RIAA!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 the mother of this little girl made a very good point, because they were using a filesharing program that they had paid for, they thought it was not illegal. Apparently they settled out of court today for $2,000. the RIAA has been ripping us off for years, it costs about ten cents to produce a CD, yet we are charged $20 for one. Most of that money doesn't even go to the artist, but to the record company. they're just mad because the consumers have said "screw you where the sun don't shine" and shared the music that by the way, has been originally paid for, with anyone who wanted it. by declaring that the sharing of music online is illegal, is basically saying that even though we as consumers fork over our hard earned cash for an album, in essence it does not really belong to us. its not like someone is sneaking into a studio and stealing tapes, for the most part, these files come from the private individual, who bought an album, and put the songs on his/her computer. no one is selling these files, which is, by the way, the only legal way to download mp3's, and no one was making a profit. jealous ****s, I hope the whole record industry goes down in flames... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted September 11, 2003 Author Share Posted September 11, 2003 I live in Canada, so they can't touch me. (They legally can't sue anyone outside the US, and their counterparts around the world aren't following suit) I LAUGH AT THE RIAA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Originally posted by Kylilin jealous ****s, I hope the whole record industry goes down in flames... I sincerely hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylilin Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I reall hope they don't either, I'm just a little frustrated that the record industry feels that they need to set an example by capitalizing on the mistakes of a child. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 they are hitting all sorts of people, and reall ynow, is ignorance really a good defense. I bought Rainbow 6, but I still knew I couldn;t get the add-ons for free. The sad part is that the mom didn't know any better, its now come down to financial darwinism........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNNER Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 So what does RIAA stand for? record something I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Recording Industry Association of America. It's funny... I know that just as much software must get swapped as music,.. but you don't hear the software industry screaming anywhere near as loud as the record execs. I wonder why that is? It has more to do with the fact that we are now at a point where a young band can make a record, release it, and go on to have a huge successful career without any record company EVER getting involved with the process. This has never really been true before cheap, high-quality digital recording equipment, and the almost free, and totally worldwide promotional exposure one can get from being up on the web. It has the record companies (as well as radio-station owners) scared to death since there's really no reason that people have to go to them anymore to have a successful career in music. There's no reason for the old model to exist anymore, and they figured this out way too late, long after the public did. Now they are scrambling to put the genie back in the bottle so that things can stay the way they always were and that there's a purpose for thier continued existance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Well this is bull. However, it is very simple just to move your MP3s to another file. After all generally speaking you can be caught by what is in your shared folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Tycho Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 RIAA is the devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 I wish I was Emperor so I could have you all charged with copyright infringement. NOTE: I must defend the Corporate Machine at all costs or some day they won't let me run them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Posted September 14, 2003 Share Posted September 14, 2003 Poor little girl..... O well no my problem she in trouble because she was mess around with stuff she didnt understand and she now paiding for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Originally posted by Nitro I live in Canada, so they can't touch me. (They legally can't sue anyone outside the US, and their counterparts around the world aren't following suit) I LAUGH AT THE RIAA! Another reason why I Canada rocks! hu-ZAh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 It'll happen to Canada. You'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Gnarly Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 Yeah i know. but when hasnt Canada followed The US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba The Hunt Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 tbh the record industry is losing very few album sales from the internet (their sales still increase each year, just at a lower rate), though single sales have fallen dramatically, it will never destroy the music industry as people still buy the music they want and only download the music they wouldn't buy anyway, same as VCR's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 We love sharing in Canada. That's why we give so much of our money to the government via Goods and Services Tax (GST), Provincial Sales Taxes (PST), Income Tax with individual rates based on your salary... and much much more so they can share it with other canadians. And we all get a piece of the cake (Health care for instance...) Some call it Socialism, others even call it Communism but I prefer the term Kazaaism Useless info on that over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 Originally posted by Jem GST GST+Weak Currency=Worst Idea in the Long History of Bad Ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted September 22, 2003 Author Share Posted September 22, 2003 I, residing in the province of New Brunswick, laugh at your GST+PST, while bowing before my HST lord and master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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