-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Is there another position, i.e. that the RIAA's tactics are wrong, but so is unauthorized filesharing?
I won't say that I've never copied a song from a friend. But I feel uncomfortable arguing that massive-scale filesharing without the artists' permission and without any remuneration is a fully justified action. Thoughts? angel brown wrote: > Incidentally, this bodes well for me, and I hope NYU is taking notes. > > > I know this is a little late, but I just wanted to say that if you > disagree with the RIAA's actions (as presumably most of us do) then I'm > curious as to how you ethically defend file-sharing RIAA affiliated > music and hoping to not get caught. If you think the RIAA's actions are > unlawful or unconstitutional, it is your civic duty as a citizen of this > country to challenge them in court (that is, intentionally get caught > and fight it.) If you don't feel like you can challenge the > constitutionality of the laws the RIAA hides behind, then you should > boycott all music and artists affiliated with the RIAA and loudly > support (and share) the music of artists and labels that you feel are > doing things correctly. I have a hard time seeing any other choice of > actions as ethically sound, but I'm willing to hear an argument in > opposition if you have one. > > angel. > > On Nov 3, 2007 9:34 AM, Parker Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > The University of Oregon just became the first institution in this > whole RIAA mess to not hand over the suspected file-sharers names > when served with a subpoena. Part of their rationale was that five > of the John Does lived in double dorm rooms, and so there's no way > of knowing which student the RIAA is looking for, or even if it were > a visitor. (Incidentally, this bodes well for me, and I hope NYU is > taking notes.) The really cool thing is that the State AG is > totally behind the school in filing the motion. What I'm wondering > is whether (and how) this is substantially different, in a technical > sense, from the Jammie Thomas case: both she and the university (on > behalf of the students) argue that there's no way of identifying the > actual human being behind the IP address. Could the RIAA find more > information without the help of U of O, or are they effectively shut > down here? > > Slashdot: > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/11/02/1317240.shtml > > RIAA v. People: > > http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/11/oregon-attorney-general-says-no-to-riaa.html > > -Parker (Higgins) > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss - -- Gavin Baker http://www.gavinbaker.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHOJIXtLXQdLhFpekRAgdFAJwIcG3mxk5IzYUUP0sVkX3OOsBrsQCfd0bK gq0yHtc0qBlfCeM2MnrGO+k= =gnRo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
