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Webcaster Alliance Threatens To Sue RIAA

Posted by timothy on from the let's-get-straight-to-the-smiting dept.

detroitindustrial writes "The Washington Post reports that the Webcaster Alliance is threatening to sue the RIAA under the Sherman Antitrust Act. In their letter to the RIAA, the Webcaster Alliance alleges that the RIAA and the Voice of Webcasters negotiated in collusion and, 'were apparently intent on either eliminating their competitors and/or raising barriers to entry in the market for small commercial webcasting.' It goes on to say that the RIAA also wanted to eliminate smaller webcasters, who tend to play more independent material, in order to maintain their monopoly on music distribution."

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  1. In soviet russia.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Monopolistic Corporations sue you.

    Oh wait..

  2. You'd better watch out, RIAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    because if you don't behave, I too will write a letter I won't show you threatening to sue you.

    And then I'll tell slashdot. Muahahahaha!

  3. Fairly difficult to trust a group ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Funny

    whose acronym is VOW. Or is that just me?

  4. Lawsuits by $exyNerdie · · Score: 5, Funny


    Not to sound like trolling but looking at the number of lawsuits being filed these days, legal profession seems very appealing compared to IT and so far it hasn't been affected by outsourcing either !!

  5. Re:Music? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    If one can sue over copyright infringment based of a reppetitive set of tones, what is to stop someone from generating millions of tonal combintations with a computer copyrighting the lot of them and suing every "artist" that ends up duplicating them?

    In the end a lone voice will be heard... "Needs more cowbell."

  6. Re:Besides reading slashdot... by darth_MALL · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes..start calling them the Webcaster Alliance ;)

  7. Re:Music? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 4, Funny

    If one can sue over copyright infringment based of a reppetitive set of tones, what is to stop someone from generating millions of tonal combintations with a computer copyrighting the lot of them and suing every "artist" that ends up duplicating them?

    Oh, sure. Next you'll be telling me that someone can just copyright all possible Phone Numbers?

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  8. Re:and what exactly is stopping small labels? by pizzaman100 · · Score: 3, Funny
    What prevents smaller webcasters from hooking up with those indie labels? A record label can set any license they want. If SuperBanana Records(and the artist) wants to let webcasters play 'It Aint Easy Being Yellow' by the Bananaettes, so be it, right?

    Lots of potential lawsuits here.

    -Harry Belafonte suing for the use of the word "banana". Chiquita might get in on the action too.

    Jim Henson productions, the song title is an obvious knockoff of "It's not Easy Being Green"

  9. Re:Music? by FsG · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why limit yourself to just music? If a CD-ROM holds 700MB (4,900,000,000 bits), then there are 2^4900000000 potential CDs. Patent them all, and sue any and everyone who releases a CD-ROM.
    ...
    By the way, one of those disks will have Taco's editor password on it. :)

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  10. This says is all! by felonious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let me preface this by saying it's not goatse. This is funny as hell though. RIAA Personified Maybe it will feel the wrath of being slashdotted?

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