Comments on: RIAA targets students in new file-swapping suits

The recording industry trade group files 750 suits, despite evidence that earlier suits failed to curtail swapping.

riaa

They're completely clueless and have lots of money to throw around. Sound like an administration we know?

riaa

They're completely clueless and have lots of money to throw around. Sound like an administration we know?

The right to share

It is interesting how in the past 10 years the meaning of a word has changed. In the past "piracy" used to mean the illegal "sale" of copyrighted material. Today sharing is piracy.

In truth, sharing is vital to a healthy society. There is no excuse for not allowing people to share. The real criminals are those who have made sharing illegal: The lawmakers and the people that lobby/bribe/pay them.

I look forward to the day when these people are held accountable for their actions. They are the people destroying our society not the good people who have it in their hearts to share.

The right to share

It is interesting how in the past 10 years the meaning of a word has changed. In the past "piracy" used to mean the illegal "sale" of copyrighted material. Today sharing is piracy.

In truth, sharing is vital to a healthy society. There is no excuse for not allowing people to share. The real criminals are those who have made sharing illegal: The lawmakers and the people that lobby/bribe/pay them.

I look forward to the day when these people are held accountable for their actions. They are the people destroying our society not the good people who have it in their hearts to share.

Downfall

its crazy how some people will do everything in their power to bash the presidency..even if that means making them look ignorant and trying desperately to relate two completely unrelated issues.

as far as the RIAA goes, they'll never learn. the majority of downloaders (such as myself) go buy cds when their budget allows. (normally about one or two a week for me personally) this is just going to drive away consumers more. if enough people believe what the riaa is doing is wrong, the riaa will listen. they will have to, else they will go under. *gasp* we wont have artists like ashley simpson and good charlotte *gasp* lol the riaa needs to either cut cd prices or find something to add to the cd to make it more appealing that consumers cant just download.

Downfall

its crazy how some people will do everything in their power to bash the presidency..even if that means making them look ignorant and trying desperately to relate two completely unrelated issues.

as far as the RIAA goes, they'll never learn. the majority of downloaders (such as myself) go buy cds when their budget allows. (normally about one or two a week for me personally) this is just going to drive away consumers more. if enough people believe what the riaa is doing is wrong, the riaa will listen. they will have to, else they will go under. *gasp* we wont have artists like ashley simpson and good charlotte *gasp* lol the riaa needs to either cut cd prices or find something to add to the cd to make it more appealing that consumers cant just download.

[rcmpscg]

RIAA is going down

$0.99 per song is way too expensive. May be if they brought down the price to about $0.24 a song, may be, poor people like me can actually afford to buy a few songs and wont have to steal them! Sigh! If this trend goes on, there'll be no one in the end to buy cd's.

Speaking of ashley Simpson... it's pretty pathetic she had such an excuse as ... she had sore throat that day... was that it?

"You and I know that even if I synched on it or not, I'd still get seen by millions, maybe even make a few more fans ... I'll hold my head high and say I think it was silly of me to do it, silly of me to blame the band, I was just so ******* embarrassed... But I don't think it did me much harm, and people will see that soon."

May be she'll sell a few more records coz. of this. Where is today's world going towards anyway? Sigh!

[rcmpscg]

RIAA is going down

$0.99 per song is way too expensive. May be if they brought down the price to about $0.24 a song, may be, poor people like me can actually afford to buy a few songs and wont have to steal them! Sigh! If this trend goes on, there'll be no one in the end to buy cd's.

Speaking of ashley Simpson... it's pretty pathetic she had such an excuse as ... she had sore throat that day... was that it?

"You and I know that even if I synched on it or not, I'd still get seen by millions, maybe even make a few more fans ... I'll hold my head high and say I think it was silly of me to do it, silly of me to blame the band, I was just so ******* embarrassed... But I don't think it did me much harm, and people will see that soon."

May be she'll sell a few more records coz. of this. Where is today's world going towards anyway? Sigh!

[skeptik]

let them shoot themselves in the foot

Well, for me personally, I haven't been downloading much since the RIAA killed Kaaza. But I've bought even less.
The RIAA still believes that every downloaded track represents lost revenue to them. Fact is for me and many I know that it was the best way of discovering new music in years. The (corporate) radio sucks, I'm not in college so I don't have a peer network to turn me onto the best new stuff, and as a result I just don't have any motivation to go buy a CD. Of significant note is that this is a first in my 36 years: I used to tape the radio extensively and buy based on that, then I caught the napster bug and discovered tons of new acts (browsing other users with similar taste) as well as downloading tracks to see if I like more than the one single played on the radio. I'm just not going to go buy music blind anymore. I got burned too many times buying crap because there was 1 cool song on the radio, only to find every other song on my $15 CD was horrible.
Of course the RIAA would staunchly oppose any sort of preview based on rental (think movies) or anything else that would allow me to discover in advance whether the CD is worthwhile.
So, screw 'em. I satisfy my music desires with internet radio and leave it at that. No lawsuit for me, no revenue for them.

[skeptik]

let them shoot themselves in the foot

Well, for me personally, I haven't been downloading much since the RIAA killed Kaaza. But I've bought even less.
The RIAA still believes that every downloaded track represents lost revenue to them. Fact is for me and many I know that it was the best way of discovering new music in years. The (corporate) radio sucks, I'm not in college so I don't have a peer network to turn me onto the best new stuff, and as a result I just don't have any motivation to go buy a CD. Of significant note is that this is a first in my 36 years: I used to tape the radio extensively and buy based on that, then I caught the napster bug and discovered tons of new acts (browsing other users with similar taste) as well as downloading tracks to see if I like more than the one single played on the radio. I'm just not going to go buy music blind anymore. I got burned too many times buying crap because there was 1 cool song on the radio, only to find every other song on my $15 CD was horrible.
Of course the RIAA would staunchly oppose any sort of preview based on rental (think movies) or anything else that would allow me to discover in advance whether the CD is worthwhile.
So, screw 'em. I satisfy my music desires with internet radio and leave it at that. No lawsuit for me, no revenue for them.

[Pete1774]

iTunes downloads

I bought my Apple iMac a couple of years ago and was
delighted when Apple UK opened a music download site.
Wanting to keep legal I determined only to download music
from this site. Only when I had spent a fair bit of my hard
earned cash did I realise that the file format cannot be
changed! I therefore cannot download the music to my
little 125MB MP3 player or record the music to a CD to play
elsewhere in the house or car. So once again the music
industry has scored an own goal and I won't be using the
Apple site until the "lock" is taken off the files.
Pete, underpaid, overworked nurse

[Pete1774]

iTunes downloads

I bought my Apple iMac a couple of years ago and was
delighted when Apple UK opened a music download site.
Wanting to keep legal I determined only to download music
from this site. Only when I had spent a fair bit of my hard
earned cash did I realise that the file format cannot be
changed! I therefore cannot download the music to my
little 125MB MP3 player or record the music to a CD to play
elsewhere in the house or car. So once again the music
industry has scored an own goal and I won't be using the
Apple site until the "lock" is taken off the files.
Pete, underpaid, overworked nurse