RIAA Bits

HardYakka writes "The New York Times writes that record industry executives who are adamant that file sharing is stealing are not above stealing themselves." The NYT also has two other stories on file-sharing today: one with emphasis on musicians, and an opinion piece about the internet. Also floating around: this humor piece and an EFF petition.

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Filesharing != Stealing

[besfred]

via http://www.unix-girl.com/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_ id=1130 Comment by insin http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thumbs_aloft/ffi/ffi1.htm To summarize it: - Filesharing is copyright infringement at best, which is a civil offence ("at best" meaning, if you forget about fair use and stuff like that) - Stealing is a crime The above link contains some rude words, but is to the point.

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[Anonymous Coward]

...courtesy of google: not above stealing themselves musicians internet

Please, submitters - take a few seconds to look up these links - it'll save those of us who block cookies and/or are always on public computers and so loathe having to reregister for every single story (for whoever remembers their password for throw-away accounts?) quite a bit of time.

hypocrisy, rhetoric: is it time for something new?

[turnstyle]

I just wrote a piece for Salon critiquing the file-sharing rhetoric and it was published simultaneously with a response by the EFF.

If you're not a Salon subscriber, you can click the free 'day pass' link for the full articles.

Personally, I'd like to hear more specifics about alternative systems, and less about how the RIAA is the Great Satan.

Re:Extortion [Re:Stealing by the RIAA]

[Soul-Burn666]

The correct term is barratry:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search? q=barratry

1. The offense of persistently instigating lawsuits, typically groundless ones.