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Would a Boycott of the MPAA/RIAA Help Matters?
ChrisGoodwin asks: "Why do geeks support MPAA and RIAA? Here on Slashdot, the talk is all about how evil the film and record companies are. But when the next Star Wars or Matrix or Lord of the Rings comes out, it's all about camping out to get tickets. According to RIAA's web site, member companies distribute 90% of the legitimate sound recordings in the United States; chances are, if you've ever bought music, you've given them money. (Take a look at their list of members.) Heck, most of the film companies own, are owned by, or share a corporate parent with a record company, and many of us get our internet access from part of the MPAA/RIAA conglomerate. So why is it? Why do we continue to buy their product? Why are we giving them money so that they can harass us? Why hasn't there been a call for a boycott of the record and film industries?" This is in the FAQ, but this is certainly a discussion worth having. With the pervasiveness of media in our society, for some it is not as easy as "boycott" or "no boycott", and it may be unfair to the artists we like for us to do so, and as Big Media diversifies, a boycott on movies and music may still not be enough. So do you feel a boycott of mass media will help matters, or would such be counter-productive in some way?
yes but after The Two Towers
Music: Only buy used. Again, it's not that hard to find your favorite artists. Wanna support the artist? Go see their show, buy their ts-shirt or cd AT THE SHOW.
Maybe an additional way to help support your favorite artists is to steal their music, then donate to them anonymously...
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I must have it...
I must watch it...
I must own it...
My own...
My preciousssssss
So why are you AC? Afraid a friend might see you getting popcorn for the late showing of LOTR?
So I sever all exposure to mass media. No more newspapers, magazines, etc. And while I'm at it, stop reading slashdot, since I've disconnected my internet. So no more independent media either.
Uh-oh. How do I know, when we've won.
"Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs." P.J. O'Rourke
I find that, for music, a good soultion would be to download the stuff off the 'net, and then, after a whole album from a certain band is full, send them, say, $5-$10 and tell them to give some of that to the record company.
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
Buying used CDs and DVDs is like stealing! You can't buy used software, why should they let you buy used CDs and DVDs?? This is sheer lunacy. What stops people from just passing around a CD to all their friends to listen to without paying for it? You have to understand the immorality in sharing music like that. Buying used CDs is the same way. Only buy new and support the artists!
When you listen to the radio, you are supporting the RIAA via advertisers. Same with network television.
Unless you make food runs during the commercials, then you have successfully stolen the show!
Maybe an additional way to help support your favorite artists is to steal their music, then donate to them anonymously...
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An even better way is to steal their CDs from stores and then donate to them anonymously
Cyde Weys Musings - Scrutinizing the inscrutable
What is really needed is a class action by those companies who distribute music on record and cassette.
They could band together and sue Sony, etc on the grounds that compact disc technology is used to promote the piracy of copyrighted works.
Afterall, it's a real hastle to connect a truntable or tape player to your computer and rip tracks, whereas CD-ROMs and their associated media are a piece of cake.
Surely the RIAA/MPAA are colluding to produce technology that can be used in the piracy of music ?
Bring Back LP's !
You laugh, but I have done this with 4 different bands so far. One responded to me with thanks for beer money.
It serves a dual purpose: They get far more money than they would with a tiny royalty, and it opens their eyes to the fact that they could be a whole lot richer if they found business model apart from the RIAA.
So, laugh, but some people practice it.
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We at the MPAA have spent millions lining the pockets of Congress to ensure our property is protected from the likes of you freeloaders who think some yellow piece of paper written hundreds of years ago should grant you the right to steal our property. Grow up. Learn how the system works.
If you think you should have the right to use OUR property, go and buy your own legislation! We dare you to out-bid us!
You see, we know all the tricks in DeeCee. We know who to give envelopes filled with money to and which representative prefer hookers to cocaine. We are professionals who know how to throw a junket to Barbados with such style that any member of Congress will sign the laws we write. You can't even imagine the creativity of the parties we've thrown down in Alabama to help buy votes... elephants in white sheets, fire, actors in black face etc. We swayed dozens of senators that one night!
See, you are disorganized idealists. It's pathetic really.
To quote a film owned by one of our members:
"Good loses because good is stupid." - Spaceballs
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The above is written as SATIRE. The author is not a member or in any way connected to what the author believes to be the Cesspool of Sedition ( aka the MPAA ). It's a joke, a giggle, a freaking attempt at humor. So don't sue me you sick twisted fscks!
Oh, and John As*croft can lick my bunghole.
Ever played peek-a-boo with a baby? Is it possible it is a basic human tendency to want to be entertained?
To entertain, or to be entertained that's the question.
Whether it's psychologically more satisfying to have some goofy adult make faces at you,
or to raise your own hands--and get them to stop.
To cover the eyes, to disappear...wha?
And by disappear we end the madness, the forty thousand stupid games *they* inflict upon us...
Tis an Escape to devote one's life to!
To cover the eyes... to dissappear...
To disappear? Perchance to Peek!
Hey, don't rub your eyes! For when you disappear like that covering your eyes imagine what you could be peeking...