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U.S. Sides with Record Labels Over DMCA Subpoena Powers
Injektilo* writes "The Washington Port is reporting
that the U.S. government sided with the recording industry in its dispute with Verizon Communications Inc. on Friday, saying a digital-copyright law invoked by
record labels to track down Internet song-swappers did not violate the U.S. Constitution." We've been following this case.
It's not just the Republicans that are in cahoots with the RIAA- the Democrats are just as bad. Even if we had a different executive administration, the RIAA would still have governmental support in cases like this. How can the American public's voice be heard when its elected officials repeated do not accurately represent them, and kowtow to corporate interests? What can be done?
guess what hillary rosen's up to these days?
just heard this report by investigative journalist greg pallast that says she been tasked with re-writing iraq's intellectual property laws.
so we've got corporate vultures writing iraqs laws... people with no experience in government or nation building... pretty disturbing.
no joke), public performers, stores who play popular songs in elevator music, etc. You know what? The artists do not see a dime on this!
Then they turn around and complain that they do not have enough money and want drm in everything.
My guess is if they could ban all p2p the tarrifs would remain so they can make more money. Remember when cassatte tapes cost only $6? Cd's were expensive so they charge more, then got more money from people buying music they already on tape, then as cd's began becoming cheaper then tapes to produce, the RIAA raises prices!
Oh gee people aren't buying the latest spice girls and Britney spears cd's for $22 each! It must be piracy.
The sadest thing in all of this is that the executives really believe this. They actually think that people buy cd's based on how sexy the artists look on TV( sex sells), and the music quality has gone down the tubes.
If you were John Carmack from ID software trying to negetiate with a game publisher to cut your cd's would you accept only a $1 per game while activision charges $40?
Hell no. THey work for you right? Well in the RIAA the exact opposite thing is happening. An artist wants to put his cd on store shelves. The RIAA comes in and says we will stock it. But under the condition that you recieve a $.50 per cd for royalities while we get $12 and the store gets $5. If you do not like it, get the fuck out of my office.
The RIAA is a monopoly and needs to be split up. Hell if I had billions in the bank I would start a record label where the artist gets %75 of the profit per cd while I would get %20 and the store would get %5. The cd's in return would sell off the shelf if they were only $10 each vs the britney collection for $18.99!
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So who will the RIAA go after when a computer in a 7-person household using NAT to share bandwidth downloads an mp3? If a minor downloads the music, are the parents liable?