Comments on: Lawsuits or not, the RIAA still doesn't understand us

The recording industry will stop suing individuals and lean on ISPs to curtail piracy. Don Reisinger thinks this is just another example of the RIAA not getting it.

[Lizadog]

I've not purchased one CD since all of this BS started and I don't intend to do so in the future.Hit 'em in their pocket book. That always works.

[man290663]

I must be missing something, the RIAA is there to allow artists and the industry enough income to continue producing and file-sharing of copyrighted material is THEFT..

if something is stolen via file sharing thats one less person who buys it, multiply this by millions then the artists get no income, without income there is no point in producing new music.. Hence no more music.

I am quite happy to pay someone for something I like, I am not some tight fisted thief who steals copyrighted material (music, video,images, programs etc etc) as I see no point.

Also file-sharing and torrent sites are a hotbed for viruses and trojans as well as illegal and sickening pornography (I mean real sick stuff not the titillating stuff) and this whole area should be shut down and replaced by a genuine and controlled distribution network.. Personally I'd ratehr not have illegal stuff at home and more's the point I'd rather not have my machine full of viruses and Trojans with the risk of my machne being used in a spamming campaign or my identyity stolen.

Get real folks... Steal something often enough and it will no longer be available.. the RIAA is doing a valid service and I'm independent of the RIAA and its actions as I am based in Europe where the RIAA don't operate.

Be Legal, Be honest, Be safe, and have noting to worry over.

[Tech Diva XXX]

However when you DRM and limit usage rights of PURCHASED material, people WILL start downloading. I can't blame them for doing so when DRM is so anti-consumer.

I do still pay for music, DRM FREE music that is. CDs, MP3 and iTunes Plus(DRM free AAC).

[TheStairMaster]

I tried File Sharing, I got 5 viruses and a nasty trojan.

=/ maybe it's cuz i'm a file sharing noob, but i'm turned off. I don't really listen to much to a lot of national artists, most of where I'm at is the Local music scene. Local musicians need all the cash they can get, and I know that they keep that $10 I paid for a CD-R with a sharpie label.

as far as the RIAA is concerned, I carry a general distaste for any organization that functions as goon squad for corporations trying to get even more cash from the consumer. The Big 4? I'm not their biggest fan.

Long Live the Artists!!

[wired_x]

Yes RIAA needs to move with the times. But freeloaders who state that 'the artistes get very little therefore I won't pay 99 cents to their record companies' needs another line of argument. So is it ok that artistes get NOTHING rather than 'very little'?

[pengwyn]

As far as I see it the musician is the key here. Me and my brother were going to learn to play the guitar he did it to better himself I said to him to learn to play guitar I would have to make it pay. Consequence is that his guitar playing is coming on whereas I never bought the guitar in the first place. Most musicians make music first and foremost because they enjoy doing it take that away and what's the point. The whole business model of the music industry needs to change. Forget this .99cents or even pence where I come from What you need to pay is a flat rate for p2p to your isp on top of your broadband usage and this would then get distributed DIRECTLY to musicians in a similar way that radio play gets done now. Yes I won't pay .99 pence for a track but a fiver for all you can download p2p in a month is appealing. This new riaa direction I think relates to the french 3 strikes and your out approach and this will fail as well as people indeed go encrypted or even usenet nzb's.

[beehive808]

The RIAA has already ticked off millions of the very people it relies on for its very existence with all those pointless, stupid and ultimately time wasting lawsuits. And in this economy where anyone with an internet connection can get tons of stuff for cheaper or free, they are going after the ISPs as the easy way to cut it off. The RIAA doesn't realize that even though this tactic will probably impact file sharing way more then its previous approach, its heavy handed , Draconian, Gestapoish carpet bombing tactics isn't going to change the reality of the music business. The war is over. And they lost. Just like their cousins in the movie/video industry, do they really think they can win? Blu-ray is doa. Streaming will kill it. And btw, again, it's the economy stupid. Nobody has the money to buy something which pretty much looks the same but is a little more detailed for way more money.

CDs are dead. Lawsuits don't work , except in getting the hand that they bit to slap them, and cutting the ISP faucet off just proves that it didn't. The RIAA has lost already. They just don't know it yet.

[Scryer_360]

Uhh, ok I treated Mr. Reisinger's last few posts as if they were serious. But uh, he just asked the music industry to put out music for absolutely free and accept donations like Radiohead has done.

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Is he being serious?

[davewc39]

HERE YOU GO PEOPLE: Here's my opinion regarding RIAA sneaky bullcrap. They suck as an industry due to the fact they put out CRAPPY music that SUCKS. As consumers we will NOT buy into their Bullsh**. I want to thank the "Supreme Court Judges" for protecting the consumers when they said this, "Judge Davis threw out the verdict in the case because he argued that "actual" distribution of copyrighted music must be proven for the law to be violated. Simply making the content available is not a violation of copyright, under this reasoning." Thank you Judge Davis, this is infringement of consumers rights just like same sex marrage regarding Prop 8 in California. People have Constitutional Rights, its the not businesses. AND IF YOU (BUSINESSNESS) don't like then start producing better music and start producing 5-8 minute Long Extended Version, instead of that piece of "crap" 3-4 minutes short version that nobody want to hear in their car. As for the ISP, they have a job to do, WHICH TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER. If you don't like it RIAA, then go back to the recording studios and start giving the consumers what they want, otherwise we AS CONSUMER WILL DRIVE YOU UNDER THE BUS, where you belong.