Just when you thought they couldn't get any more outrageous.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2006/02/riaa-says-ripping-cds-your-ipod-not-fair-use
this is awesome, theyre just running themselves completely into
irrelevence. you just cant get any more stupid than that!
On 10/31/07, Thor Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just when you thought they couldn't get any more outrageous.
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From: Thor Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 October 2007 14:07
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: (313) New edict from RIAA
Just when you thought they couldn't get any more outrageous.
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2006/02/riaa-says-ripping-cds-your-ipod-not
-fair-use
What makes it not reasonable is that the RIAA has never really been
forthcoming that their product is a license, and you are paying for
rights. The physical merchandise is almost an aside.
Following this train of thought, further pursuit of [likely
outlandish] lawsuits for, for instance,
And you believe that this doom's day scenario is probable?
Ken
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From: Thor Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 October 2007 14:48
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) New edict from RIAA
What makes it not reasonable is that the RIAA has never really been
And you believe that this doom's day scenario is probable?
Well the BPI (UK's RIAA) already shut sites down for hosting mixes.
I agree with Tom, if this does go ahead then the music industry as we
know it is finished. For better or for worse. All the established big
artists are now signing
In effect, the RIAA is generating a more sophisticated piracy with every
step they take. Dramatic irony is the best kind.
jeff
Well the BPI (UK's RIAA) already shut sites down for hosting mixes.
I agree with Tom, if this does go ahead then the music industry as we
