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CEO of RIAA Speaks at P2P Conference
Sarcasmo writes: "Hillary Rosen, CEO of the RIAA ? , spoke at length (PDF of Speech) yesterday, during the 'O'Reilly Peer to Peer and Web Services conference'. " Update: 11/08 02:15 GMT by H : Yeah, I removed the Rosen text. Sorry.
Anyone got a recording of his speech? I don't feel like readind today?
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Great. Now I'll never look at a big wad of bills the same way again.
From the Article :
But as long as you're looking for whom piracy really hurts, ask the guitarist
in the coffee shop, or the group scratching out a living touring in a beat-up van.
I didnt know she had that much compassion towards us poor touring artists. Now I know where I am gonna take my deadbeat van and my pothead groupies next . Right to her doorstep! Maybe she would tip us better..
Rapid Nirvana
Just so you know, no artist has lost anything chartable since Napster and its mega follow-ups. Search the web, take time to look at the profits for records over a time spread, juxtaposed with P2P sharing. You'll be surprised that noone is taking your favorite artists' cocaine away.
If I were you, I would try to stay away from any wad of Bill's. Ew. It's just unclean.
I used to bulls-eye womp-rats in my pants
until there are quarter slots in our car stereos to listen to radio play time. (Though the commercials will free ... what a bargain)
-- Knowing too much can get you killed, but knowing who knows too much can make you rich.
[tommorow's news]
A hacker known only as VA Software has been arrested today for attempting to distribute an illegal digital copy of Hilary Rosen's recent speech. The RIAA informed the FBI of the breach of copyright under the DMCA and immediately moved to arrest VA Software.
In other news, the hacker web site known as Slashdot was shut down and one of it's members was arrested for an attack on riaa.com. The attack has been described by sources within Slashdot's membership as the "Slashdot effect."
[/tomorrow's news]
*cough* Britney Spear *COUGH COUGH* Backstreet Boy *COUGH RRRRAHHH* Spice Girls ...
Actually, she's right, the works of "artists" is valuable ... to the RIAA : how else would they milk so much money from today's masses of artistically-challenged teenagers ?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Glad to see that story submissions are always un-biased on
Those who fail to understand communication protocols, are doomed to repeat them over port 80.
Despite the obvious negative energy most people have towards the RIAA, the woman does make a few good points in the speech.
Two wrongs dont make a right. If you do not like how the Record company handles things, boycotting them is fine but STEALING their copyrights through P2P networks is not justified. Buy from indy labels, dont buy from the big boys. However, you still do not have the right to take their copyrights.
Also, the RIAA is not anti-P2P networks. The question isnt whether peer to peer technology is good or bad. The question is whether these networks will be used with repect to what artists create just like the recording industry respects what business sponsors and sofware developers make. If the RIAA released a program to help warez software, you wouldnt like the RIAA either, would you. The RIAA is not anti-software developers, theyjust want to protect their monopoly.
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The sick thing is that after only four replies, I'll bet the metamoderators can no longer tell which "Bill and Hilary" we were talking about.
Because the RIAA was victorious against Napster! When the P2P products are eliminated, sales will skyrocket! Without the P2P temptation, every human on Earth would buy at least one copy of each album released!
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Do ya feel happy-go-lucky, punk?
>Bill's aim in life...
>Hillary's strategy...
Are you sure we're talking about the right Bill and Hillary in the context of a 'wad'?
Are you sure we're talking about the right Bill and Hillary in the context of a 'wad'?
I don't think Bill will be shooting a wad at Hillary anytime soon.
-20 Sick & twisted
Reboot macht Frei.
Before copyrights, we got Mozart and Bach. After copyrights, we get Britney Spears and N'Sync. I think the argument that copyrights are necessary in order to create great music are a little thin...