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Interview with Student Sued by RIAA
TinoMNYY24 writes "Jesse Jordan, owner of chewplastic.com, was on CNN this morning discussing the RIAA settlement. You can read a poorly spelled transcript of the interview. Jesse is one of the two students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that were sued by the RIAA."
File trading doesn't neccessarily mean sharing or trading MP3s.
Oh, puh-LEASE! What "files" are people talking about when they talk about file "sharing?" Some healthy recipes? Customized boot scripts? "File trading" is simply a sanitized word for "trading illegal copies of copyrighted material including, but not limited to music, movies, and commercial software." No one goes on Kazaa looking for the latest version of Mozilla. The ONLY reason those networks exist is to trade free stuff that is supposed to cost money.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not getting all self-righteous on you. I use Kazaa to find music (but I pay for my movies and software) - I just can't stand hypocrites. Let's call a spade a spade. It's stealing. We all do it, but it's stealing.
There are all kinds of artists that don't mind their music being shared
Yeah, Madonna sounded pretty pleased that I'd downloaded that song. Name a popular RIAA member artist that condones their music being ripped off their CD and freely traded on P2P networks. I'm not talking about concert bootlegs or limited samples, I'm talking about direct CD rips.
The ONLY artists that don't mind - or even LIKE - their music being freely traded are indies. The ones striving for recognition. The ones who aren't making any money off of their music anyway.
Trading MP3s is a good way to "preview" an album/artist. I ROUTINELY buy CDs after having listened to a few MP3s.
I see this argument occassionally, yet I've never actually met anyone who's done it. I know I've never done it. The only CDs I buy nowadays are CDs I would buy anyway, even without having heard their songs on the radio. That is to say, I like the band, and I know I'll like their new album, even before I hear it. But everyone I know who downloads music has virtually stopped buying CDs.
My point is, assuming you're not lying out your ass, you are a very rare exception, not the rule.
Like woodworking? Build your own picture frames.
What are they going to fight? They pirated music. It blantent highway robbery except people expect their ISP to hide them so they remain anonymous as they hand out "free" files while the RIAA watches them commit the crime.
It's theft in broad daylight in public using OTHER PEOPLE'S RESOURCES. There should be no expectation of privacy. The school is by no means required to hide the identity of those who use their networks.
Why don't you try harboring criminals in your house and see how far you get?
Ben
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