You have it backwards. They are taking a stand against something that hasn't invaded. Had Zuckerberg shown up with a small contingent of nerdy programmers their would be a white flag hanging from Sarkozy's office.
Listening to an organization who has their entire business model based on putting a legal lock on everything they can get there hands on should not be allowed a seat at the discussion table. They are not motivated by helping culture or expression find an easier avenue. They are interested in how they can extort fees for it, and from whom. They do not act in the public interest which is the actual job our government was setup to protect initially. The RIAA is nothing more than a corporate special interest group that has way to much clout, and the ear of WAY to many politicians in Washington D.C.
"This is exactly what the RIAA/MPAA/etc are fighting against. They know the average Joe could care less if singers/actors/etc have to keep working their entire life."
It has nothing to do with the actual artist making anything. If you shorten it you removed the amount of time that the RIAA has to steal from it. Being that they are an organization the creates nothing (but propaganda) they rely on milking these recordings as long as possible in order to pay themselves a small fortune.
Means nothing. It won't be until and an actual President, Prime Minister, Exalted Lord, or Emperor steps up and says that we are doing this wrong. The US entertainment industry and rights groups such as ASCAP or IFPI are trying to strangle the worlds innovative technologies, and even control the internet itself. As all other companies do, they need to adapt to what their market now looks like rather than forcing countries and governments to change the market to what they wish it was. It is not 1991 it is 2011 and the world and the market is different than it used to be. There is not going back not that we should want to, and we will not allow this travesty to continue.
**So sue me for grammer or spelling. I have had to much coffee.
The problem with statements like this (which I have made myself) is that groups like the RIAA never seem to die off the way that we want them to. They mutate like a virus into something different and change tactics even though the overall effect is the same.
We have become so enthralled with this "ownership" society that regular citizens like myself and probably most of the people who comment here are going to have no choice but to be "criminals" by letter of the law. Whether its Apple telling me that I cannot giveaway my new iPad2 for a promotion, or the collection societies trying to tax me over and over for my choice in ringtones.
how many friends? If its over 5 then its SWAT time. Expect tear gas, tasers, nylon cuffs, and a job working construction clean up cause its the only thing you will be able to get with a felony conviction on your record. Best part is that after all of this you won't even be able to vote in order to remove the actual criminals in office who are actually to blame for all of this.
I see your argument, but I would argue the same way to say why the dedicated console is on its way out, and we are more inclined to see Windows - Gamer Edition. Even now when you are just buying the hardware itself for a computer they have basic desktops, performance desktops, office desktops, and then my favorite gamer desktops. HP/Dell have dedicated areas now they have created to attract gamers from building their own systems to buying there pre-done, overclocked, Crossfire 2GB DDR5 etc etc etc computers.
We all know (or should know) that Disney is not the happy go lucky company that it used to be. They sue first and ask questions later. Their name is on a list of supporters for every anti-freedom, piracy, copyright, patent, and trademark piece of crap anti-consumer legislation their is. What this guy said is proof that they don't get it. Don't want to get it. And will probably never get it.
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It has nothing to do with the actual artist making anything. If you shorten it you removed the amount of time that the RIAA has to steal from it. Being that they are an organization the creates nothing (but propaganda) they rely on milking these recordings as long as possible in order to pay themselves a small fortune.
"the average Joe's have to."
well, said. I couldn't agree with you more.
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I agree with that completely.
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We just need to find us some Species 8472 and we could rap this up.
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**So sue me for grammer or spelling. I have had to much coffee.
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We have become so enthralled with this "ownership" society that regular citizens like myself and probably most of the people who comment here are going to have no choice but to be "criminals" by letter of the law. Whether its Apple telling me that I cannot giveaway my new iPad2 for a promotion, or the collection societies trying to tax me over and over for my choice in ringtones.
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