RIAA Apparently Unable To Stop Lawsuits In Motion
from the legal-inertia? dept
Following last week's announcement that the RIAA was going to back off using mass lawsuits, some were pretty confused by the RIAA's subsequent claim that it had actually stopped filing such lawsuits back in August. In fact, it turned out to be an outright lie, as plenty of lawsuits had been filed pretty much right up until the announcement. However, the RIAA is now trying to explain its "no new lawsuits" message by claiming that it actually meant no new lawsuits in the pipeline. The ones filed since August were apparently already "in motion" and apparently in RIAA-land once you kick off the process of filing a bogus lawsuit based on flimsy evidence, the inertia is simply too powerful to pull it back and stop it from running its course. Or did I misunderstand the RIAA's statement on the matter?The folks at the RIAA and at various major record labels have complained to us that we don't give them a fair shake, but every time we think about giving them the benefit of the doubt, they pull out some totally bogus claim like "no new lawsuits" and, when called it on, follow it up with a whopper about these legal wheels in motion, as if they had no way of stopping the lawsuits from actually moving forward. Do they really think that everyone is stupid?
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Often it is the stupid people that think others are stupid when it is them,
RIAA = Real Ignorant Arrogant Assholes!
Not 1 cent to them and everyone/anyone that support them!
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Since then, I've turned to 1930s style (Frank Sinatra), Classical, Celtic, etc. The only CDs I ever purchase are ones that come directly from bands (I support local bands by the university in my city as much as possible) or musicians (at the Renaissance Faire or outside of Disneyland on weekend nights when I go).
Music being pushed and sponsored by the recording industry now has no meaning or soul. They have no historical sound quality (like John Lee Hooker to blues or Ella Fitzgerald and Dean Martin). In my opinion, there's too much music for someone of my tastes. And much of the music I like (local and such) can't be found on iTunes or any other place.
A bit off-subject so my apologies.
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They remind me of Al Quida or the Taliban
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My that's funny..
Oh, I even had to wipe a tear from my eye after laughing so hard. Thank you.
At last measure (in 2005) USA ranked 18 of 24.
75% of the world has better education than we do.
(The reason, of course, is that it's easier to dupe ignorant materialistic people into following their "elected" officials--thinking intelligent people ask too many pointed questions.)
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You must change...
This is much the same way as the RIAA reaped the benefits of 2+ decades of pushing music (the 80s big hair bands for example). None of that money was ever put into researching new technologies to protect it, only new formats (CD). While I agree one company cannot simply push a new format onto the world overnight, they had 2 decades to transition. But they became fat from their own profits.
Piracy does occur and when taken down to brass tacks, it can be considered stealing (due to the advertising costs and distribution, shipping, paying the bands, etc.). But putting newspapers outside on a shelf for anyone to take and then screaming because they were taken... well, that's psychologically infantile.
Get with the times, or you will be no more. Develop something new, or you'll wither and die. If you need protective technology, research it. If the technology doesn't exist, create it. The world is too big for one organization to change, so the organization *must* change itself.
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Re: You must change...
If I remember correctly, eventually somebody born in this generation will discover a better way of explaining and interacting with the human mind. Until then, you should stop listening to "Witch Doctors" who have no real knowledge.
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Consumers have choice in the market, and I hope we start making more of a choice against the RIAA/MPAA member companies.
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yeah all this non-sense about chemistry and evolution . . . its just rediculous . . .
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75% of the world has better education than we do."
There's only 24 countries in the world? Then again, maybe you're intentionally making a point about the substandard education...
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I came from a comunist Poland. There was no official market for recording industry. We purchased music at the market, on tapes. Usually made in somebodys basement. Thats how music was tested whether it was wordy or crap. Guess what, our radio stations played the music that was popular on the real market, not the crap the recording industry was shoveling down our throats. Our stations were playing a wide variety of music and not Brittney all day long.
To sum it all up. I thing that the piracy or what I call a free market is what separates true artists from garbage pushers.
Excuse my spelling.
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(Honestly, how hard is it to read between the lines there?)
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Your flouride's low... * shakes a chicken over his head *
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Re: My that's funny..
At last measure (in 2005) USA ranked 18 of 24.
75% of the world has better education than we do."
Your welcome, but Im not sure where you got the idea I was American (Im not) or was talking about America (I wasnt, except where specifically mentioned)? I was talking the death of out moded ideas in the WORLD, like religion or the Recording Industries business model. The term "world" isnt a synonym for America . . . is it?
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It's Self Aware!
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Re: It's Self Aware!
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It must be a financial decision
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I really don't think that is even possible anymore. The RIAA has become the epitome of 'Evil Corporation'. They exist to scam paying customers and reap profits at any cost to their future business... or the future of the musicians they are exploiting in the process.
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The problem with people like those at the RIAA is that they are stupid and, like most exceptionally stupid people, they believe that they are smarter than everyone else. I'm sure that they believe that Techdirt and information sources like it are the real problem, not the fact that they lack any noticeable sign of sense, business or common.
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