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RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions
Cosimo Leipold writes "The RIAA has placed a reply to Napster's now infamous Motion for Stay. The points they raise are very good and well worth a read. It is very interesting to see the claims Napster made in its early days -- including that you would never find a no-name artist on their search (which they now claim is what they are all about!) -- claims that they can't stop pirated music (though it is explained how it could be done) -- claims they can't ask for copyright priviliges from artists (though they already do -- from "new" artists! -- if they can ask "Joe Blow" they can ask Metallica no?) -- etc. It is a damaging read for Napster. Acrobat Reader required: RIAA PDF" -
RIAA Responds to Napster - Raises Serious Questions
Cosimo Leipold writes "The RIAA has placed a reply to Napster's now infamous Motion for Stay. The points they raise are very good and well worth a read. It is very interesting to see the claims Napster made in its early days -- including that you would never find a no-name artist on their search (which they now claim is what they are all about!) -- claims that they can't stop pirated music (though it is explained how it could be done) -- claims they can't ask for copyright priviliges from artists (though they already do -- from "new" artists! -- if they can ask "Joe Blow" they can ask Metallica no?) -- etc. It is a damaging read for Napster. Acrobat Reader required: RIAA PDF" -
What Does the Audio Home Recording Act Really Allow?
festers asks: "With all the legal action being taken by the MPAA and RIAA, I decided to check out their Web sites for a closer look at what they are saying. While I was on riaa.org I came across this: What You Can't Copy They cite the Audio Home Recording Act. Basically what I came away with was that I am not allowed to make any recordings of copyrighted music onto my computer. I can't make mix CDs, or sound clips, or even MP3s for my own use. Can this really be?? Is this what the Home Recording Act is all about? If this is the case, then MP3.com seems to have no ground to stand on when it comes to the Beam-It software." -
MP3.com Countersues RIAA
Nik4 writes "As per this news item on Yahoo, MP3.com has filed a law suit against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and its president, Hilary Rosen. More details are available here on the MP3.com site. MP3.com is complaining of defamation, trade libel, interference with prospective economic advantage, and unfair business practices. " At this point, I think it's safe to say that the MP3 will be locked up in court for quite some time - and in the meantime, MP3 will become more and more the standard. -
Trying to Stop Music Piracy in China
Lorgo_Numputz writes "Salon Magazine has an article on an MP3 crackdown in progress, with an interesting stab at a solution. (And RIAA thinks they have it bad in the U.S.). It's not a "crackdown" in the U.S. sense, with lawyers and courts, but rather an appeal to the public's sense of fairness. But it's an interesting tactic, and whether it works or not, it's certainly a nicer way to deal with online music piracy than the RIAA's. -
RIAA Granted Injunction
The RIAA has served a restraining order to Diamond Multimedia in order to halt the sale of the Diamond Rio. Because the Rio doesn't have any or not enough anti-piracy protection ("it cannot make serial recordings"), the RIAA says it violates a federal law. -
Diamond sued over portable MP3 player
A whole bunch of people wrote in with this but RUAOK was the first. He writes "The Recording Industry Association of America is sueing Diamond Multimedia for selling the Rio portable MP3 player. This is the first attack of a major player in the MP3 community. The RIAA is backed into a corner and trying to lash out at anyone that is willing to stick out their neck. " You can also read about it at Wired or at ZDNet.