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The RIAA and MPAA Target Day-Job Downloaders

Posted by timothy on from the say-isn't-that-a-cash-register-over-there dept.

BrianUofR points to this USA Today article, which says "the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are sending a six-page brochure this week to Fortune 1000 corporations with suggested policies -- including a sample memo to workers warning them against using company computers to download songs and movies."

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  1. What about universities? by apple-marc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Most (if not all) have bradband connections - and students - no money and in the RIAA's usual target audience - probably download much more music.

  2. AOL TimeWarner ads say trade songs with RoadRunner by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting



    I just heard on Time Warner cable channel today, in a pitch for AOL/Time Warner's digital cable service/road runner, that you can "download movies on demand" and "trade songs with families and friends" as part of their pitch for selling their service.

    Time Warner is part of the MPAA/RIAA. Very interesting to hear that they are pitching "trade songs with families and friends" as part of road runner. What type of applications do you think they are talking about when they mention "trade songs..."? What applications other than p2p are the general public aware of when it comes to "trading songs..."?

    Is AOL/Time Warner pitching p2p file sharing as a reason to get their service?

    Can someone capture the audio on this commercial and email it to one of the groups that are fighting for fair use rights in Washington?