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Internal MP3 Server? 1 Million Dollars Please
nkruse pointed out that our pals as the RIAA are breaking new ground. According to this Reuters Article, the RIAA has succeeded in collecting 1 million US dollars from Arizona based Integrated Information Systems. IIS apparently had a corporate MP3 repository on it's network. This is the first time I've heard about the RIAA doing this kind of thing. Looks like they're taking a page from the BSA handbook.
IIS apparently had a corporate MP3 repository on it's network
Is this an undocumented feature of IIS 5.0? And is it a good enough reason to switch from apache?
Dr Evil: *raises finger* We will sue them for *pause* ONE MEELION DOLLARS! *silence*
If you were born with the unfortunate ability to hear sounds and thus music, you should.. no YOU MUST pay the record labels.
During your life you might accidentally overhear music that you haven't paid for and thus rip off "the artists".
Thus, the TAX will be an innitial fee on birth, based on your preliminary hearing tests. If found to have the ability to hear, you will be charged the TAX as an annual % of your income. Should you have no income within the first 10 years of your life, the record labels will render your hearing useless to stop your criminal activities...
This should address all those MP3 and other music piracy problems at the source..
Lets see... all "protected" cds coming out can only be played on MICROSOFTS media player (those that can be played in a computer anyway, but thats another article..).
IIS=cmon, you know they're running MS.
MS shows up for a salespitch or something, pokes around, finds this server. MS reports back to RIAA about said server. RIAA slaps MS on the back and promises to release 5 new albums which will only play in WMP!
RIAA gets a million bucks and their rocks off, MS gets more market domination out of it.
Kickbacks?
I checked through my Boy Scouts of America handbook thoroughly, and I can't find anything in it about the RIAA or MP3's. Odd.
The funniest thing about this article from Reuters is that Reuters has a huge MP3 archive on their servers. I doubt many people know about it as they inherited it from Bridge Information Systems when they bought it. I know because I used to work there. Not that I was a contributor.
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. - Benjamin Franklin
other words, you can put your MP3 on our server, but you must give the CD to our corporate librarian to file with the rest of the "licenses".
But I don't have the CD because I just downlo... ooohhh!
I don't know about you, but when I power up xmms and listen to an mp3, I'm wearing an eyepatch.
That reminds me of a copy program for the Amiga. "Illegal copies? No, sir, it's for backups..." And when you start it up, it has a (nauseating) animated gold background with the repeating song, "Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A Pirate's life for me!".
:-)
A dingo ate my sig...
I left 9gig on a shared drive at my last temp. position... think they deleted it yet? Maybe I can get some cash out of them for not telling the RIAA on them. *eg* ;-)
The more they do this the more enemies they will get and the less sympathy they will get from the public!!
Also known as:
The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
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sig?
You got two people using the same disc, essentially.
And..... and what? The universe explodes? Time starts moving backwards? Giant marshmallow-men roam the streets? Somewhere, a musican you don't know dies?
Copyright law is really starting to smell, if you ask me. Somebody better drag it out of the room before it really stinks up the place.
> Looks like they're taking a page from the BSA handbook.
Hey, I used to have that book... but all I remember are things about tying knots and starting
fires with sticks and stuff like that...
Oh wait. Nevermind.
And, in related news, Microsoft has filed a complaint in an Arizona court alleging that Tempe-based Integrated Information Systems (IIS) infringes on the Microsoft Internet Information Server (also IIS) trademark. According to Microsoft spokesperson Linda Jameson, IIS (the company)'s name would cause confusion among corporate customers since both it and Microsoft's server product offer similiar services. Calls made to the IIS (the company)'s offices were not returned.
Ok, just kidding. But damn.
Well, I donn't know about that, it depends on where you live. In my town you can get cited for snoring to loudly. (seriously, it's happend.)
The list of conditions is pretty exhaustive, I half expect to see a fee schedule for "humming tune whilst walking down public street" or, "singing whilst engaged in aqueous hygene activities".
Xix.
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
...you need permission from the copyright holders to do that...
No, I don't. Maybe you need [sissy-voice]permission from the copyright holders[/sissy-voice], but those of us with common sense, self respect, and/or an ounce of dignity will go on continuing to do whatever we damn well please with whatever digital media we can get our grubby unwashed hands onto, regardless of who owns what or how many people are listening.
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What if the neighbors turn up their stereo so loud that the whole appartment block can hear it? Can tenants who want some sleep now get revenge by sicking the RIAA on to the disturbers ;-)
Say no to software patents.
Does it mean next time instead of call the cops when some jerk with extra loud car stereo drives by, I can call the RIAA ? Cool...
What if we all wrote the RIAA and requested to pay for permission to use a very small, say 10 second, piece of a song in a single performance for a single individual. Like something used in a power point presentation for a single supervisor? What could that cost? Ten seconds of music for a single listener? What would they do if a couple of million people requested such permission. And we all did it tomorrow? Course, their initial payment scheme might not be acceptable, so we might all want to negotiate, individually, through several versions of agreement. That might keep their lawyers busy for a while.
Well if you are in the UK and you and 8 friends listen to music with "repetitive beats" then you can all be locked up anyway under legislation designed to stop illegal raves.
we hand over our cajones to the RIAA and its ilk
Why would they want our large boxes?
I think you meant "cojones". The word "caja" means "box" and adding the "ón" ending indicates "large", so "cajón" means "large box", and "cajones" is the plural, "large boxes".
The word "cojón" means "testicle", so "cojones" is "testicles", which, I suspect, is what you really meant.
Correct spelling is often important, but when you're using words from another language it can be really important.
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SOMEWHERE IN A DUNGEON FAR BELOW RIAA HEADQUARTERS (AP)-- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced it is introducing a bill tin Congress making it illegal for artists who are not members of RIAA or associated with RIAA member-labels to record songs for public listening.
The RIAA believes that such independent recording "unfairly and unnecessarily deprives" their lawyers, executives, and artists from future revenues. In an unrecorded telephone interview, Hilary B. Rosen, President and CEO of RIAA, said that "we believe our industry has a right to expect that our ideas for new compositions will not be stolen or usurped by some fool kid getting the idea first. Remember, Elisha Gray, an established expert in electronic media, was unfairly deprived of profits from the invention of the telephone simply because Alexander Graham Bell, an amateur, got to the patent office a few minutes sooner. It's foolish to think that someone without experience or affiliation with the recording industry could come up with a creatively written song and have the right to profit from it when it sells in the millions. It's unfair to RIAA members to expect them to sit back and idly watch the money fly past into the pockets of independent artists."
When asked about the possibility of independent artists distributing their works through free channels such as KaZaa and independent websites, Rosen commented, "we have undercover agents who may be paying them a *cough* visit."
Asked about future legislation that the RIAA may introduce, Rosen added, "we understand that some churches and other houses of worship sanction musical performances without demanding royalties. Accordingly, we are investigating this to make sure RIAA's rights and potential profits are not infringed in any way."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The above interview was not recorded because the RIAA demandes that royalties be paid for all recorded telephone conversations, especially if they are encoded in mp3 format and distributed via the Internet.
Give me my freedom, and I'll take care of my own security, thank you.