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RIAA Now Targeting Retailers

Posted by timothy on from the washrooms-breeding-bolsheviks dept.

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?"

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  1. RIAA FUD Machine in full effect ... by poincaraux · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Those of you who were paying attention earlier will recognize this quote:

    Last week, Secret Service agents in New York arrested three men and seized 35,000 illegally copied music discs, 10,000 movies on DVD and 421 compact disc burners that are used to make the counterfeit products.


    as RIAA FUD. It was effectively 421 burners (i.e. 156 burners, but some of them were really fast).
  2. 421 compact disc burners by Kenny+Austin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    > ..and 421 compact disc burners
    There was another bust? I heard about one that involved "equivalent of 421 burners".

    >is demanding a halt to illegal music sales
    This reminds of the "Do not make illegal copies of this CD" message on MS cds. In any event, are there really many "gas stations, convenience stores, groceries and some small music stores" that sell illegal music? I've never seen or heard of this happening in the US.. of course it's not exactly something that comes up at dinner.

    Kenny

  3. Garth Who ? by zaqattack911 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I thought we were talking about artists here :)

    --Zuchini

  4. Re:*sigh* by bigneight · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The RIAA represents AOL Time Warner (parent company of CNN), EMI Group, Sony Corp., Vivendi Universal and Bertelsmann AG.

    Heaven forbid CNN should report the *truth*. Kind of surprising to see the democratic..err..um..cable news network report a storry that FAVORS big *evil* corporations.

  5. Re:My solution by ball-lightning · · Score: 0, Redundant

    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.
     6)???
    7)Profit!