The RIAA is after me........

[DARKHART 10+ year member]

Was Kazaa the source of this "lawsuit" against you?

I wouldn't say it was the source but it was definitly the vehicle by which they used, I had already stopped using kazaa before I got the original notice from sbc's legal department......I stopped using kazaa because of all the spyware that it was allowing access to my computer....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

Time to crack some heads.

Turn to the mafia.

They are prob watchin this thread now.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

ash holes.

That's precisely why I switched to newsgroups and sometimes torrents.

No more P2P shit for me.

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

I'm a student at cras here in the phoenix area and one of my classes is music business. You're ****ed, I'm sorry to say. Each song is punisheable up to $150,000. That's obviously not reasonable, so you will have to come up with a settlement. An example is some college kids (dont remember where), had over 10 billion in fines from the songs, and they reached a settlement of $7,000. Have fun with that! The RIAA can do basically whatever they want now. You have NO chance of fighting this, because it would take millions to pay a lawyer!

DMCA Act http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Thats a very EVIL law!

eff.org is the group that tries to get laws like this reversed.

I forget his name, but the governor or whatever of Utah has even proposed a lawy to "remotely bomb" your computer for illegal sharing, needless to say it was turned down lol

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

sucks to hear about all this.

and this is why i download all my songs legally through rhapsody.

then they magically get converted to a non protected mp3. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

no RIAA troubles for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

~Magick_Man~

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

i cant believe that we still have lurking old members here

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

i cant believe that we still have lurking old members here

like?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I'm a student at cras here in the phoenix area and one of my classes is music business. You're ****ed, I'm sorry to say. Each song is punisheable up to $150,000. That's obviously not reasonable, so you will have to come up with a settlement. An example is some college kids (dont remember where), had over 10 billion in fines from the songs, and they reached a settlement of $7,000. Have fun with that! The RIAA can do basically whatever they want now. You have NO chance of fighting this, because it would take millions to pay a lawyer!
DMCA Act http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

Thats a very EVIL law!

eff.org is the group that tries to get laws like this reversed.

I forget his name, but the governor or whatever of Utah has even proposed a lawy to "remotely bomb" your computer for illegal sharing, needless to say it was turned down lol

While i also think the DMCA is over reaching, heavily favors copyright holders over consumers and needs modification, it really has nothing to do with his current situation.

They might have notified him with the system set up in title two of the DMCA, but what he was doing was clearly illegal and prosecutable irregardless of the DMCA.

My main problem with the DMCA is the anti-circumvention portions found in title one. The bill claims to have zero effect on a consumers' fair use rights, yet there is dichotomy displayed when it also criminalize the act of gaining access to legally acquired content.

We need a consumers' digital bill of rights that includes, affirmation of consumers' absolute right to platform independence and a reaffirmation of the betamax standard and how it is applied to new devices in the modern age.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Here is an interesting fact for you,

In a triennial review of the DMCA the RIAA turned in a document claiming that a consumer doesn't really even have the right to rip a CD to a mp3 player. That the only reason this is legal is because the copyright holder gives permission. The implication is that if they revoke permission, even ripping a CD you bought at the store to your ipod is criminal.

It is really scary how historically protected consumer rights are being eroded in the face of new copyright legislation. Its really sad how no one seems to give a fck...

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

"RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use

February 15, 2006

It is no secret that the entertainment oligopolists are not happy about space-shifting and format-shifting. But surely ripping your own CDs to your own iPod passes muster, right? In fact, didn't they admit as much in front of the Supreme Court during the MGM v. Grokster argument last year?

Apparently not.

As part of the on-going DMCA rule-making proceedings, the RIAA and other copyright industry associations submitted a filing that included this gem as part of their argument that space-shifting and format-shifting do not count as noninfringing uses, even when you are talking about making copies of your own CDs:

"Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization. In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster case is simply a statement about authorization, not about fair use."

For those who may not remember, here's what Don Verrilli said to the Supreme Court last year:

"The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod."

If I understand what the RIAA is saying, "perfectly lawful" means "lawful until we change our mind." So your ability to continue to make copies of your own CDs on your own iPod is entirely a matter of their sufferance. What about all the indie label CDs? Do you have to ask each of them for permission before ripping your CDs? And what about all the major label artists who control their own copyrights? Do we all need to ask them, as well?

P.S.: The same filing also had this to say: "Similarly, creating a back-up copy of a music CD is not a non-infringing use...."

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004409.php

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

you should say your dog was on your computer you have no idea what they're talking about duh

 

[alove_85 10+ year member]

faukton, I was just showing the DMCA act so people could see the part where they can access anyone's computer, at any given time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif . All good info though! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

all i have to say is........newsgroups //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Or try to stop stealing. HMMM thats a thought.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

While i also think the DMCA is over reaching, heavily favors copyright holders over consumers and needs modification, it really has nothing to do with his current situation.
They might have notified him with the system set up in title two of the DMCA, but what he was doing was clearly illegal and prosecutable irregardless of the DMCA.

My main problem with the DMCA is the anti-circumvention portions found in title one. The bill claims to have zero effect on a consumers' fair use rights, yet there is dichotomy displayed when it also criminalize the act of gaining access to legally acquired content.

We need a consumers' digital bill of rights that includes, affirmation of consumers' absolute right to platform independence and a reaffirmation of the betamax standard and how it is applied to new devices in the modern age.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif I'd like to buy a vowel.........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

all i have to say is........newsgroups //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

x2 and IRC...