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RIAA, Music Unions Agree On Payments For Digital Play

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-money-sweet-money dept.

Anonymous Brave Guy writes "BBC News is reporting that musicians and artists will now be paid directly for broadcasts of their work in the U.S., without the cash going to record company middle men, as a result of a deal struck between trade unions and industry representatives including the RIAA." Note the tidbit toward the end of the story mentioning the new European copyright directive, and saying "It gives copyright owners permission to use encryption to block the duplication of copyright-protected works." Permission?

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  1. Reminds me of this "classic" prose... by ekrout · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news...

    RIAA officials will be sending groups of up to 2,000 teenagers to any house party, block event, or apartment get-together where so-called "DJs" (i.e., pirates) are illegally performing protected works. By filling the space with RIAA agents, the hackers and pirates can't get in, thus protecting the vital intellectual property from misuse.

    Also, the RIAA and MPAA are continuing their plans to merge and become the fourth branch of US government, overseeing the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Especially the judicial branch. Look for the RIAA seal in a courtroom near you! You PIRATE!

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  2. Re:The irony of all of this is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    So the artists formed ASCAP (prounounced 'ASS CAP') to prevent them from getting fucked by the RIAA?

  3. I"VE GOT TEH SOLUTOIN 2 PIRACYY PROBLEMS!!! by Dr.+Awktagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay listen guys this is good. Why is MP3 piracy a problem?? Because really when you get down to it, songs are just data, numbers on a disk, and nothing keeps you from copying a bunch of numbers, right??

    SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO (if you're an artist, otherwise don't do this because the FBI can't tap your phone).

    ENCRYPT your music files!! But wait I hear you saying.. how can anybody listen to TEH BOOTY BEATZ if they are encrypted??????????

    Well you have a secret key, and only the people with the key can lsiten to the music!!! So instead of worrying about people copying your files, you don't care any more, because only the people with the secret key can listen.

    PROBLEM SOLVED!! Let the money roll in, bling bling.

    cause see, you can just sell the keys, over the internet, or on CDs, or in music players, or computers, because they're just data, a bunch of numbe......OH SHIT.

    Fuck. forget it.

    1. Re:I"VE GOT TEH SOLUTOIN 2 PIRACYY PROBLEMS!!! by DocSnyder · · Score: 2, Funny


      SO HERE'S WHAT YOU DO (if you're an artist, otherwise don't do this because the FBI can't tap your phone).

      ENCRYPT your music files!!

      So if I really want to transport secret data without having to fear the FBI, I'll pack it into a MP3 file and encrypt it... they couldn't get after me because I'd call myself an artist and pretend it being a special kind of art.

  4. Re:Astonishing by kscd · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what's the catch here? Could it be that they're suddenly worried about anti-trust action? Were the two artists' unions involved actually that effective?

    Heheh. I'm sure they're shaking after seeing what the DoJ did to Microsoft...

    -kscd