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AudioGalaxy Reaches Settlement With the RIAA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the horse-head-stew-for-dinner dept.

blanu writes: "Today AudioGalaxy reached an out-of-court settlement with the RIAA. To sum up the settlement, AudioGalaxy will pay the RIAA a lot of money and from now only provide songs for which the copyright holder has specifically given permission."

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  1. NNTP by m0rph3us0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait until the RIAA discovers NNTP, or IRC. Soon we won't be able to chat or recieve news in the name of copy protection.

    I wonder what the RIAA would do if they found out that you could copy a CD and use a car to transport it.

    DOWN WITH CARS!!!

    m0rph

    1. Re:NNTP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've started using the postal service for my music swapping. For a few cents, I'm able to mail CD-RW's to people almost anywhere, and for a few cents, they're able to do the same back. It's great!

      I figure eventually the RIAA will find out, and try to battle the USPO. It should be an entertaining fight.

    2. Re:NNTP by jx100 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but think of the ping times.

  2. and hopefully, in the near future by Chardish · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to see this:

    Today AudioGalaxy reached an out-of-court settlement with representatives of a class-action spyware suit. To sum up the settlement, AudioGalaxy will pay the spyware victims a lot of money and from now only provide programs for which the user has specifically given permission for the program to install"

  3. IIRC by loucura! · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't they only provide songs that the copyright holder gave them permission for? From what I've heard and seen, Audiogalaxy removed songs that were copyright violations quite quickly, and had filtering software that blocked them from coming back.

    Basically the settlement should read: AudioGalaxy settles with RIAA, buys protection, and avoids cement boots, and Guido.

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    Black and grey are both shades of white.
  4. In further news... by shut_up_man · · Score: 3, Funny

    In compliance with the RIAA's wishes, Audiogalaxy.com has made its service almost totally useless, paid out most of its funding in fines, and ensured that the great percentage of its users have fled to another, as-yet-unknown, music sharing system.

    Film at eleven.

  5. Re:Great, what about MY songs? by rhizome · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suspect it's going to be a bit of a pain in the ass to convince Audiogalaxy to allow me to share my band's music over their service. How can I satisfy them that I'm truly the copyright holder? If it's easy enough to make it painless, what's to keep others from attempting to get their favourite artist's music unprotected using the same technique?

    As an independent artist, you're obviously illegitimate and not worthy of any exposure at all. Undoubtedly the only way around this little dilemma is to assign your copyrights to an RIAA affiliate for every means of distribution that they control.

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    When I was a kid, we only had one Darth.
  6. Access Forbidden by Roy+Ward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got this when trying to look at the press release on RIAA's web site:

    >HTTP Error 403
    >
    >403.9 Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected

    Sums up their whole approach really.

  7. Purchase CDs? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know it's a novel concept around these parts...

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
    1. Re:Purchase CDs? by Technician · · Score: 3, Funny

      I know it's a novel concept around these parts...

      Are you kidding? I just bought 2 spindles of 100.

      --
      The truth shall set you free!
  8. Re:Great, what about MY songs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about the MP3's I'm sharing of my music?

    I suspect it's going to be a bit of a pain in the ass to convince Audiogalaxy to allow me to share my band's music over their service. How can I satisfy them that I'm truly the copyright holder? If it's easy enough to make it painless, what's to keep others from attempting to get their favourite artist's music unprotected using the same technique?

    No problem, just get published by a major label that's a member of the RIAA and your music can be shared too.