PERFORM Act Comes Back For An Encore
from the helping-hand dept
One of the better attempts by a legislator to give a helping hand to the RIAA and the recording industry was the PERFORM Act, introduced last year by a bipartisan partnership of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Lindsey Graham. A doozy of a piece of legislation, it would have required the use of DRM for all streaming audio, as well as forced satellite radio providers to pay a second licensing fee for the music they play because it could be streamed to a computer, and somebody might record it. It was part of a concerted effort by the RIAA to hamstring satellite radio companies, since it freaked out when they released products that could record music. The radio companies (and most reasonable observers) saw these products as akin to a VCR, which, of course, the Betamax case protects, so in addition to suing XM, the RIAA ran to Congress. The PERFORM Act didn't go anywhere in the last session, so it's hardly surprising to see Feinstein and Graham have basically reintroduced it in this session. The RIAA has hailed the bill, saying its introduction by "Sen. Feinstein and her colleagues should leave no doubt that policymakers continue to view parity among digital music services as a top priority." Not to single out one party, since this is a bipartisan bad idea, but somehow I don't remember "protecting the RIAA's outdated business models" as one of the tenets of the Democrat's "First 100 Hours" push. The head of the RIAA adds that satellite radio companies are ripping off musicians, once again trying to play the fairness card. Keep in mind, though, that this bill would increase the royalties paid to the RIAA-backed SoundExchange royalty clearinghouse -- the group that conveniently can't find a bunch of musicians to whom royalties are owed. And when it can't find people to pay, guess who gets to keep the money.
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you poor bastards
There's not much else to add. The proposal is so far beneath contempt it merits no analysis.
The rest of us in the free world will continue to disseminate the content we own in whatever way we see fit, and if you don't like it you can block it.
"protecting the RIAA's outdated business models"
The RIAA does not have a business model, It is not a business. By every reasonable definition it is a criminal extortion racket whos members should be arrested and the organisation dismantled.
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Even when your articles interest me, reading them is frustrating.
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Re:
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MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY BETWEEN PITCH AND DEPTH OF AN LP AUDIO RECORDING.
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MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY BETWEEN PITCH AND DEPTH OF AN LP AUDIO RECORDINGS.
Your time is up. If you want to be a copyright clearinghouse, just say so. Join the digital age, and quit hiding behind the veil of your orginal intent.
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stop the corporate mafia's
why aren't the tech industries standing up against them and telling them to fuck off?
if the tech industry just stood up and told them to screw off, there is nothing the RIAA could do about it. is Congress going to go against the people, and pull off the market all tech devices that don't have DRM.
i want to see tons of advertising on TV against DRM and the RIAA and MPAA like we see for cigarettes and all those other harmful things that we need to all fear. personally, i'm more scared of the government and corporate mafia's than I am of cancer, cigarette's, video games, or even guns.
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Good Match!
My government has made me such a skeptic that I only trust myself.
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Re: Good Match!
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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BS
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Senators Dianne Feinstein and Lindsey Graham - Dum
The pathetic Dumbo crowd just does not understand technology or what goes on - - - if they did; then they might actually be dangerous.
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100 Hours
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@Iron Chef
Of course I went right to riaa.com, where I found this corpspeak: Disgusting. I do believe I'd vomit if I actually learned what these bottom-feeders define as "legitimate."
Yet another example of how clueless and out of touch with reality the ultra-wealthy are. First it was a pattern, then a trend... now it's a drumbeat that's louder and louder every day.
What's truly revolting is that this kind of foolishness isn't limited to the recording industry--or to private industry in general.
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The Future
I don't pirate anything, but because it's illegal, not because it's not cool or anything. I want to see the RIAA suffer, to see the bodies of their weak society fall into the shadows, and the MPAA along with it. We should easily sell nothing, things are to expensive.
Music Artists = Stupid people that think singing should make them money when in fact it's not even a real job, it's them getting on stage dancing and acting like trash, die artist scum! You'll all soon be poor and live on the streets, we won't pay for anything anymore, let alone your drug habits!
RIAA = Weak company with no morals or sense of honor, they to should be destroyed
MPAA = Pathetic, actors wanting more money for being seen, a dog can act but doesn't make nearly what these drug infested things do, let'm burn!
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Perform Act
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Perform Act
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/13/stop_the_perform_act.html you will see that Cory Doctorow, Senior Fellow of USC's Annenberg Center for Communication opposes the Perform Act. So my expert cancels out your "expert". The MRT software will be cracked in a matter of days after it is released.
I have written to senator Feinstein and she has replied. You can check it out here http://nsputnik.com/?p=128
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the Perform Act
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