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RIAA Now Targeting Retailers
merodach writes "According to this story on Headlinenews.com the RIAA is now targeting retailers in it's 'war on piracy.' I think everyone will agree this is something that should be done if the retailer is deliberately pirating. The thing I wonder about in hearing this news is how many of the retailers include used copy stores. With the way the RIAA and some artists *cough*Garth Brooks*cough* have labeled these stores as pirates and theives in the past it seems likely they would be the biggest targets. Have any in the /. crowd actually seen one of the letters sent or know how many of the targeted businesses are used stores? Further - how would the RIAA know how much to demand in 'settlement fees' and is it possible these are being used to shut down the mom-and-pop outfits that trade in used CDs?"
I can see it now....
you have bought the new Britney Spears CD...congratulations on your excellent choice and fine musical selection...
LEGALESE: - This CD may not be resold or reproduced in any matter...opening this CD certifies that you agree to this stipulation.
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and the legal warning will be on the inside of the CD...bastards..
on the bright side, that should galvanize mainstream support against them...maybe only a small percentage download mp3's, but I'm willing to be a higher proportion of people use used mom and pop shops....if for no other reason then to acquire out of print material...shut those down and America will maybe open their eyes...
of course...they do buy Britney Spears...how smart can they be...
RB
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ah honey, we're all resplendent - Bill Mallonee
I say Hillary should go on down to the Salvation Army and get into a fight with a drunk about whether or not he can buy those "New Kids on The Block" and "Menudo" cassettes.
Maybe they'll take her in the back room and beat her head with a 40 Oz. 'till the white meat shows.
Sigh...dare to dream...
1)Open a CD Shop.
2)Sell the original with a copy CD with the tracks in mp3/ogg/whatever as a backup/digital medium copy.
3)Shovel millions to lawyers.
4)Counter sue for violating fair use.
5)After losing every court battle give up and bitch about it on slashdot.
Well, that's only fair. I mean, it's pretty obvious they've lost their own...
The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach
As a business plan, suing everyone is not very clever. What happens when the RIAA has sued all of their customers, retailers, and distributors?
Does that mean they'll finally go away?
Shhhh... They'll hear you!
If you can simply go to the local library and borrow a cd what is to stop you from ripping it. And since all customers are pirates, the only logical conclusion is to sue those libraries.
Oh, wait, we had better call the MPAA because I just found out you can get the books that some movies are based on, then you can take them home and type them into Word and print them out. Maybe they should sue MS for creating a software program that can be used to copy copyrighted material.
I'm glad we have some responsibe organizations looking out for our interests.
You can't take the sky from me
It's also worth noting that there were only one thousand discs involved, each one had the one decent song off thirty five otherwise crappy albums.
--Jimmy has fancy plans; and pants to match.
Car makes to sue all used car dealerships.
And, I just can't wait until the day I have to pay royalties for a cd that I have already purchased.
Perhaps the 35,000 illegally copied music disks was actually 20000, but quite a few of them were Britney Spears and Eminem disks, so they are "effectively" 2 disks each, unlike the Garth Brooks disks, which are only effectively .65 disks.
Cheers,
Backov
In the law there is no overlap between theft and copyright infringement whatsoever.
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