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It's shocking their lawsuit isn't thrown out of court.
"Fair Use" was established decades ago.... .and allows you to make your own personal copy.  |
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sosgemini said: oh this is silly...who the hell is managing their pr departments, prince?
Damn you SOS, you just gave me a visual Prince in his little suit with glasses with strategies and a powerpoint presentation on this situation and one of those laser pointers  "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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bboy87 said: sosgemini said: oh this is silly...who the hell is managing their pr departments, prince?
Damn you SOS, you just gave me a visual Prince in his little suit with glasses with strategies and a powerpoint presentation on this situation and one of those laser pointers and tampico in plastic cups while everyone enjoys the presentation.... | |
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Christopher said: bboy87 said: Damn you SOS, you just gave me a visual Prince in his little suit with glasses with strategies and a powerpoint presentation on this situation and one of those laser pointers and tampico in plastic cups while everyone enjoys the presentation.... 
Tampico and grape drink! "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." | |
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bboy87 said: Christopher said: and tampico in plastic cups while everyone enjoys the presentation....
Tampico and grape drink! and hot fries chips as appitizer lol | |
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DarlingDiana said: It's funny how the RIAA has never thought of the simple solution of lowering the prices of CDs. That'd solve the problem. If CDs were priced right people might actually buy them legally.
Also, they need to bring back the CD singles. This alone would have solve the problem long before Steve Jobs thought of iTunes. | |
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Its funny how the RIAA uses these tactics because they are in fear of losing thier jobs to thier own stupidity, fuck em and the horse they rode in on | |
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It's really bizarre that US government isn't making such arbirtrary targeting of individuals getting prosecuted and asking for unreasonable amounts of money for compensation an illegal activity in itself. These things have been so much negative publicity across the globe that it should matter something.
And it's nowhere in the world illegal to make personal copies of recordings. Compressed digital files just weren't included in the original copyright laws that permitted personal duplication and these idiots are using those aged laws for a reversed purpose which they were never intended to be used for. | |
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DarlingDiana said: It's funny how the RIAA has never thought of the simple solution of lowering the prices of CDs. That'd solve the problem. If CDs were priced right people might actually buy them legally.
Intersting, its a reaction to the radical decline of last year's album sales. Why make a copy of your CD, why not buy 2 CDS instead? Dumb ass strategy
The whole thing boils down to "stop downloading". But see, thats where the Ipods are coming in, instead of burning a CD, I could just downloud my music into my Ipod,,,,,charge free, of course
Its a dilemma made by their own hands which finally came to bite them in the ass,,,,,right now, I'm counting the days till they say "Ipods are illegal" once they discover that 3/4 of Ipod couldn't give a FLY shit about downlouding their music through iTunes. So, the poor frustrated things haven't solved a goddamn. | |
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first you gotta prove that I was the one who burned it.  nipsy | |
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chewwsey said: first you gotta prove that I was the one who burned it.
Man they ain't gonna prove SHIT! | |
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sosgemini said: oh this is silly...who the hell is managing their pr departments, prince?
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Cloudbuster said: sosgemini said: oh this is silly...who the hell is managing their pr departments, prince?
exactly my point. may they burn in  nipsy | |
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The RIAA can LICK IT! It's this kind of Booshi* that is festering this kind of activity. It's also why the music industry is i the dire straights it's in. Since they have no intelligence to think of ways to get the music to the people, while making a profit AND paying artist what they should, they go after the little guy.
They need to find ways of embracing technology with the music industry instead of recouping losses via lawsuits. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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And the box of Cocoa Puffs says one cup is a serving.  I'm not listening to either one of them. | |
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and the other version reads like this - chuckle chuckle
(NewsTarget Satire) On the heels of the RIAA's recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they've purchased to their computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. "The brain is a recording device," explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback." The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect our industry," said Sherman. In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they've just heard -- a skill already mastered by U.S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills -- similar to the amphetamines now prescribed for ADHD -- block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law). Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. "Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated," said Sherman. "Only listening and forgetting songs is allowed." Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA's new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA's position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA. "We would prefer that consumers stop using their brains altogether," said Sherman. With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U.S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year -- an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that? The 28% remaining adults not in prison don't buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the U.S. government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons. And where would the borrowed money come from? China, of course: The country where music albums are openly pirated and sold for monetary gain. When asked whether he really wants 72% of the U.S. population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, RIAA president Sherman shot back, "You don't support criminal behavior do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. We can't have criminal running free on the streets of America. It's an issue of national security." (ed note: this site encourages reprints of its articles. For more info, go to: http://www.newstarget.com/022437.html) | |
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I bought the Cd and im going to do with it as I please... its Mine...
but i would never sell bootlegs.... but if my lil cousins wanted a copy or a friend i would give them a copy.... THEY weren't going to buy the cd anyways... so its not like the artist or music company is missing out anyways... and besides they have more then enough money... so i don't care  | |
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Red said: and the other version reads like this - chuckle chuckle
(NewsTarget Satire) On the heels of the RIAA's recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they've purchased to their computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. "The brain is a recording device," explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback." The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect our industry," said Sherman. In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they've just heard -- a skill already mastered by U.S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills -- similar to the amphetamines now prescribed for ADHD -- block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law). Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. "Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated," said Sherman. "Only listening and forgetting songs is allowed." Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA's new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA's position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA. "We would prefer that consumers stop using their brains altogether," said Sherman. With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U.S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year -- an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that? The 28% remaining adults not in prison don't buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the U.S. government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons. And where would the borrowed money come from? China, of course: The country where music albums are openly pirated and sold for monetary gain. When asked whether he really wants 72% of the U.S. population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, RIAA president Sherman shot back, "You don't support criminal behavior do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. We can't have criminal running free on the streets of America. It's an issue of national security." (ed note: this site encourages reprints of its articles. For more info, go to: http://www.newstarget.com/022437.html) | |
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Red said: and the other version reads like this - chuckle chuckle
(NewsTarget Satire) On the heels of the RIAA's recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they've purchased to their computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. "The brain is a recording device," explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback." The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect our industry," said Sherman. In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they've just heard -- a skill already mastered by U.S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills -- similar to the amphetamines now prescribed for ADHD -- block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law). Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. "Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated," said Sherman. "Only listening and forgetting songs is allowed." Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA's new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA's position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA. "We would prefer that consumers stop using their brains altogether," said Sherman. With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U.S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year -- an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that? The 28% remaining adults not in prison don't buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the U.S. government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons. And where would the borrowed money come from? China, of course: The country where music albums are openly pirated and sold for monetary gain. When asked whether he really wants 72% of the U.S. population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, RIAA president Sherman shot back, "You don't support criminal behavior do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. We can't have criminal running free on the streets of America. It's an issue of national security." (ed note: this site encourages reprints of its articles. For more info, go to: http://www.newstarget.com/022437.html) That's awesome. | |
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Red said: and the other version reads like this - chuckle chuckle
(NewsTarget Satire) On the heels of the RIAA's recent decision to criminalize consumers who rip songs from albums they've purchased to their computers (or iPods), the association has now gone one step further and declared that "remembering songs" using your brain is criminal copyright infringement. "The brain is a recording device," explained RIAA president Cary Sherman. "The act of listening is an unauthorized act of copying music to that recording device, and the act of recalling or remembering a song is unauthorized playback." The RIAA also said it would begin sending letters to tens of millions of consumers thought to be illegally remembering songs, threatening them with lawsuits if they don't settle with the RIAA by paying monetary damages. "We will aggressively pursue all copyright infringement in order to protect our industry," said Sherman. In order to avoid engaging in unauthorized copyright infringement, consumers will now be required to immediately forget everything they've just heard -- a skill already mastered by U.S. President George Bush. To aid in these memory wiping efforts, the RIAA is teaming up with Big Pharma to include free psychotropic prescription drugs with the purchase of new music albums. Consumers are advised to swallow the pills before listening to the music. The pills -- similar to the amphetamines now prescribed for ADHD -- block normal cognitive function, allowing consumers to enjoy the music in a more detached state without the risk of accidentally remembering any songs (and thereby violating copyright law). Consumers caught humming their favorite songs will be charged with a more serious crime: The public performance of a copyrighted song, for which the fines can reach over $250,000 per incident. "Humming, singing and whistling songs will not be tolerated," said Sherman. "Only listening and forgetting songs is allowed." Consumers attempting to circumvent the RIAA's new memory-wiping technology by actually remembering songs will be charged with felony crimes under provisions of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). The Act, passed in 1998, makes it a felony crime to circumvent copyright protection technologies. The RIAA's position is that consumers who actually use their brains while listening to music are violating the DMCA. "We would prefer that consumers stop using their brains altogether," said Sherman. With this decision, the RIAA now considers approximately 72% of the adult U.S. population to be criminals. Putting them all in prison for copyright infringement would cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $683 billion per year -- an amount that would have to be shouldered by the remaining 28% who are not imprisoned. The RIAA believes it could cover the $683 billion tab through royalties on music sales. The problem with that? The 28% remaining adults not in prison don't buy music albums. That means album sales would plummet to nearly zero, and the U.S. government (which is already deep in debt) would have to borrow money to pay for all the prisons. And where would the borrowed money come from? China, of course: The country where music albums are openly pirated and sold for monetary gain. When asked whether he really wants 72% of the U.S. population to be imprisoned for ripping music CDs to their own brains, RIAA president Sherman shot back, "You don't support criminal behavior do you? Every person who illegally remembers a song is a criminal. We can't have criminal running free on the streets of America. It's an issue of national security." (ed note: this site encourages reprints of its articles. For more info, go to: http://www.newstarget.com/022437.html)  | |
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I hope this is countered and countered hard and that they lose flat on their face. I heard a lawsuit saying the same thing about coyping your cd to your harddrive. That basically you now have a physical copy that can qualify as distributable and infringing on copyright. The music industry is desperate. Can't wait till the old model is dead. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: I hope this is countered and countered hard and that they lose flat on their face. I heard a lawsuit saying the same thing about coyping your cd to your harddrive. That basically you now have a physical copy that can qualify as distributable and infringing on copyright. The music industry is desperate. Can't wait till the old model is dead.
The old model is dying. It's in a half-comatose state right now. A lawsuit won't fucking fly. | |
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the biggest lables here slashed down the prices of their CDs to $4. | |
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You said it. They really seem to be grasping at straws these days. Like Wil E. Coyote falling to the ground trying to grab hold of two feathers so he won't crash.
paisleypark4 said: Timmy84 said: People ain't scared of lawsuits. People be tripping like these suits is gonna solve anything, lol.  I mean...it's really rediculous. It is not the user's fault. What are they going to do? Go in2 peoples houses and look through their CDR collections? | |
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PricelessHo said: the biggest lables here slashed down the prices of their CDs to $4.
I heard that rumor. | |
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ROFLMAO!!!
Cinnamon234 said: AlexdeParis said: 
But seriously, how are they going to stop people from burning CD's? Please. The RIAA needs to go somewhere with that bulls**t . | |
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violator said: Thanks for this! 
 @ the writer who wrote what was posted. | |
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violator said: I'm still a little confused. The article has been retracted and I get that but the writer cited this quote, which still seems like it was said, IN COURT 
Fisher quoted Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, who testified recently in court that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." | |
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Slave2daGroove said: violator said: I'm still a little confused. The article has been retracted and I get that but the writer cited this quote, which still seems like it was said, IN COURT
Fisher quoted Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, who testified recently in court that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." She did say that, which is coming from God knows where, but the statement that caused the article to be written was out of context and never stated that people copying CD's to their computer were breaking the law. | |
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