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RIAA Wants Taxpayer-Funded IP Police
Sydney Weidman writes "RIAA has given testimony before the House Appropriations Committee asking for more federal money for Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property investigation teams. You can find RIAA's side of the story here and a Cnet story is available as well. Apparently, RIAA is not satisfied with the current deployment of CHIP teams since they have been more involved in anti-hacking activities than in anti-piracy. My favourite Hilary Rosen quote: "Piracy is not a private offense, it hurts everyone by diminishing the incentive to invest in the creation of music." I guess Rosen won't be happy until each and every pirate is charged with crimes against humanity and convicted by the International Court of Justice"
Soon, all restaurants will be Taco Bell, and all corporations will be MPRIAA.
But we still won't have figured out the seashell thing.
i am a soviet space shuttle
RIAA is not satisfied with the current deployment of CHIP teams
Of course not. Erik Estrada retired years ago, and it just hasn't been the same since.
--saint
Hi all,
I'm in living in Europe, and I must say, allthough I don't care much about US politics it is allways fun to see what those congressmen of yours get away with! It's nearly amusing! Better than most soaps we have here in Europe!
Keep up the fight! the season's not over yet!
how does one change his
Wahhhh... can we have late night specials showing the Recording Executives starving in the streets and that fat chick asking "wont you please help?"
I'll adopt a Recording Industry Middle manager for 79 cents a day...
Please.... these people need to be attacked by angry mobs.
This Hillary Rosen is one reasone I believe we need to bring back burning at the stake or public impalement.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I have never seen a forum with a greater number of informed, intelligent, and articulate participants.
Lemme guess...you haven't seen many forums, have you?
Umm....
:D
A) make music, enjoy process
B) make music, enjoy process, get paid millions
that's tough
There's a future in music, at least we hope so, and much of that future will be online. If we are able to construct a new global marketplace dominated by legitimate businesses rather than pirates, we will be able to reach niche markets with unprecedented efficacy.
Well, why doesn't the RIAA focus its' efforts and resources on bringing about this marketplace instead of trying to prosecute the pirates!
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! We have assumed control! - Neil Peart
Go ahead Uncle Sam, enact this.
I will then simply cease filing a tax return. I might even write a letter explaining my reason for doing so. Go ahead, try and collect, and watch it turn into a media circus as I scream about it on Slashdot (thereby transmitting it across the globe). Come on, I DARE you.
~Chazzf
No statement is true, not even this one.
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Piracy does hurt everyone. When someone forcibly boards a ship on the high seas, rapes all women on baord, murders the crew, steals their cargo and burns their ship into the sea (possibly with people still alive on board), its a horrible thing.
On the other hand, I thought Rosen was trying to promote some sort of copyright violation police. I have no idea why she's talking about piracy though, which has nothing to do with copyright violation.
Still, the average price of a book here in the netherlands is E 12.95 (according to a recent article in the paper) whereas the average CD, with higher sales and lower costs for production is almost twice that??)
higher sales = higher demand = higher price
cpeterso
"Stop buying their product until they smarten up."
That's what we're doing.
Rumor has that they have even suggested a Logo And have offered to fund TV commercials...with Ponch and Jon..