"RIAA claims ripping CDs is piracy"

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"RIAA claims ripping CDs is piracy"

Post by wren » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:26 pm

http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/11/ ... d.ripping/

:shock:...I don't know what to say. What exactly are they trying to do here?
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Post by Jeremy Garber » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:17 pm

Don't worry, before too long we'll be paying royalties per play on our personal systems.

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Post by syrupcore » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:55 pm

I'm gonna stock up on blank 90 minute cassettes.

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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:30 am

"RIAA seeks legislatively mandated handout on all computer/blank media sales revenues"

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Post by kayagum » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:39 am

Doesn't matter. The labels are not-so-slowly going out of business. Couldn't happen to a nicer set of folk. :rofl:

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Post by Jeff White » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:12 am

I've been saying that they are going to eventually use this angle for some time now. Seems like they are digging at the bottom of the barrel for something/anything to progress in their pursuit to own bandwidth and the internet.

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Post by ctmsound » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:05 pm

the RIAA contends that ripping CDs leads to "viral" copyright infringement; a single disc can result in millions of copies if shared through a peer-to-peer service, the brief claims.
Wow, interesting jump from putting a CD on your iPod to becoming a potential file sharing criminal. I guess if they win this one they'll have to sue, well, everybody on the fuckin' planet...

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Post by A-Barr » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:14 pm

ctmsound wrote:
the RIAA contends that ripping CDs leads to "viral" copyright infringement; a single disc can result in millions of copies if shared through a peer-to-peer service, the brief claims.
Wow, interesting jump from putting a CD on your iPod to becoming a potential file sharing criminal. I guess if they win this one they'll have to sue, well, everybody on the fuckin' planet...
Isn't a record company digitizing a file making them a potential file sharing criminal? I mean, is anything that much more prone to being illegally copied if it's on a hard disk vs. a cd?

And in response, to the headline of this thread:

I claim the RIAA can bite my shiny metal ass.

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Post by Alex Netick » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:16 pm

Who the fuck is the RIAA anyway? I always think of them as swindlers hooked up with the Gambino family -- people who have nothing to do with music or recording, but hanging people off of balconies to get their royalties, and making the listening experience for your average chump like me about as unpleasant as possible. I'm seriously thinking of never buying a record again -- just using the library, and free podcasts and such.

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Post by A-Barr » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:22 pm

Riaa claims libraries should be wiped off the face of the earth. And that everyone should shut up about 'em or else....

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Post by chris harris » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:25 pm

Alex Netick wrote:Who the fuck is the RIAA anyway? I always think of them as swindlers hooked up with the Gambino family -- people who have nothing to do with music or recording, but hanging people off of balconies to get their royalties, and making the listening experience for your average chump like me about as unpleasant as possible. I'm seriously thinking of never buying a record again -- just using the library, and free podcasts and such.
just buy your cds and lps from the bands directly. or, just buy records on independent labels. you should still support the people who are trying to do things the right way.

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Post by i am monster face » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:36 pm

A-Barr wrote:Riaa claims libraries should be wiped off the face of the earth. And that everyone should shut up about 'em or else....
Books are for Nurdz.

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Post by No Wave Casio Kitsch » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:44 pm

Tatertot wrote:"RIAA seeks legislatively mandated handout on all computer/blank media sales revenues"
That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've heard in at least a week.

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Post by Alex Netick » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:14 pm

I don't know -- not a bad idea. Having said that, I don't really have the disposable income to pay for any music. And most of what I like, I've paid for 2 or 3 times already. Shit, I've probably put over ten thousand dollars into c.d.s, records, tapes, and mp3s.
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Alex Netick wrote:Who the fuck is the RIAA anyway? I always think of them as swindlers hooked up with the Gambino family -- people who have nothing to do with music or recording, but hanging people off of balconies to get their royalties, and making the listening experience for your average chump like me about as unpleasant as possible. I'm seriously thinking of never buying a record again -- just using the library, and free podcasts and such.
just buy your cds and lps from the bands directly. or, just buy records on independent labels. you should still support the people who are trying to do things the right way.

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Post by JGriffin » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:54 pm

No Wave Casio Kitsch wrote:
Tatertot wrote:"RIAA seeks legislatively mandated handout on all computer/blank media sales revenues"
That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've heard in at least a week.
Well, they already tried it with blank cassettes, and the movie industry tried it with blank VHS tapes...and if I'm not mistaken one of those actually worked.
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