Decius wrote:
] The RIAA's Clean Slate program.
]
] This website is positively creepy. I guess they are holding it
] under a different domain name so that people who are basically
] not very bright won't get that these are the same people that
] are filing the lawsuits. Having said that, reading
] explanations of "what your liability might be" knowing that
] the writer is the person filing the suit feels like listening
] to the mafia explain in a concerned and polite tone that you
] wouldn't want anything bad to happen to your family and the
] best way to avoid that is to pay the protection money. I
] realize thats been said before, but I can't think of a better
] way to explain it.
]
] Typical corrupt logic abounds:
]
] Upfront on the site is says that copying music is just as
] illegal as stealing CDs, which is correct. Its also just as
] illegal as running a red light, or on the other hand,
] committing international terrorism. This analogy is chosen for
] another reason, which they shore up deeper in the content by
] saying that copying music is just as "wrong" as stealing
] CDs... The typical obligatory and incorrect analogy between
] theft and information crimes. Later the site says that theft
] of physical CDs is "legally no different" then copying music.
] In reality, the penalty for copying music is ORDERS OF
] MAGNITUDE more severe.
]
] Parents are literally set against their children through the
] use of fear. "You could be liable for your child's actions, so
] start monitoring their computer use..."
]
] "Tell that to the struggling young musicians in a garage band
] who cant get signed because record sales are down." Sure...
] Your friend's band isn't getting signed because of Gnutella...
] Right...
]
] Their list of places to "legally download music on the web" is
] mostly (although not entirely) a list of internet CD stores.
]
] "Copyrights dont last forever." No, they DO last forever.
] Limited copyright is a legal fiction in the United States. The
] definition of fiction is something written on paper that
] doesn't actually happen in the real world. I am 27. No
] copyrighted material has entered the public domain during my
] lifetime. Repeat after me: If it doesn't actually happen,
] then it is not real.
]
] "We are not against P2P services." Really, you could have
] fooled me at the P2P "porno" hearings last week!! From NYT:
] "P2P stands for piracy to pornography," quipped Mr. Lack.
] (That's "Andrew Lack, the chief executive of Sony Music
] Entertainment.")
]
]
] "We think MP3 technology is a great thingas long as its used
] legally and properly." REALLY!? Then why did you sue to ban
] the sale of portable mp3 players in 1998??
] http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,15535,00.html dying creatures tend to become incoherent. the current business structure of the music industry is a coelecanth that's managed to survive beyond it's natural time frame. sorry, mr. coelecanth... time to go. RE: musicunited.org |
