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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.
Folks, listen. Redistributing material for which you do not own the copyright isn't your natural right, it's not your Constitutional right, and it's not a business model either. I don't care what is your excuse.
...Or, continue being the Industry's biotch with a fat wallet and no willpower. Whichever path you choose, stop freakin' whining about it. Just stop, crybabies.
The fact that you owned the album in the 70s, but accidentally left it in the back window of your Dart Swinger does not give you the right to secure your own illegal copy. Just because the industry fixes prices at inflated levels does not grant you the right to secure an illegal copy. Just because one song out of 10 is decent does not give you the right to secure an illegal copy. Just because distributors are screwing artists with predatory contracts does not give you the right to secure an illegal copy.
I could take issue with not being able to listen/watch something that has some lame copy protection, for which you do have a legal copy. But, that's not the case here.
So, it's up to you. Stop listening to, and distrubting illegal copies, so the RIAA doesn't have legal fodder. Stop listening to radio payola pop garbage music, so you aren't brainwashed into consumer frenzy. Stop buying pop music from major labels, (here and abroad, and at any price.)