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> -----Original Message----- > From: Grokster Newsletter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18. lokakuuta 2001 9:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: GROKSTER vs RIAA > > > GROKSTER vs RIAA > > The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has > declared war on the Grokster, Kazaa and Morpheus file sharing > systems. In case you are not current on what they are up to, > please see these articles: > > http://www.dotcomscoop.com/riaaletter.html > > http://www.dotcomscoop.com/riaamemo.html > > http://www.dotcomscoop.com/riaa1003.html > > and this press release from the RIAA website: > > http://www.riaa.com/PR_Story.cfm?id=456 > > WHY IS THIS WRONG? > > 1) The Grokster file sharing network is used to share all > types of files, including licensed music, videos, stories, > pictures, poems, even webpages among the many types of files > being shared. Grokster is only another distribution channel > on the Internet. > 2) Grokster was used to provide news during the terrorist > attacks on Sep 11 and afterwards. When the major Internet > news sites went down, users shared images, poems and stories > through the Grokster network, which was unaffected due to its > decentralized nature. Grokster is merely an alternative means > of distribution on the Internet. > 3) Only a small minority of musician and movie industry > artists are represented by the companies that are members of > the RIAA. How do the other tens of thousands of independent > artists get their work before the public? Through alternative > distribution systems including Grokster. > 4) The members of the RIAA are about to launch there own > Internet distribution channels, where users will have to pay > a fee to merely use the licensed content...subscribers will not > actually own the content or even be able to transfer it > legally to another media, such as the subscriber's portable > player or car player without violating their rules. A > coincidence that they are trying to shut down potential competitors? > > WHAT CAN YOU DO? > > We will be sending out a series of emails to all Grokster > users keeping them abreast of developments in this area. In > these emails we will also be suggesting various actions that > all Grokster users can take to assist in this war. One of the > best things you can currently do is help the network grow. > The larger it is, the more powerful it will be. So, please > get all your friends, acquaintances, and even your enemies to > use Grokster. You can just let them know directly or use out > Tell a Friend tool to make it easy: > > http://www.grokster.com/tellafriend.html > > YOUR FRIENDS AT GROKSTER > > > > >
