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RIAA Sends Letter to Senate Supporting INDUCE Act
The Importance of writes "Slashdot has discussed the INDUCE Act before (and here and here). The act would make 'intentionally inducing' infringement a crime, but defines inducing so broadly that all sorts of technology is threatened. A little over a week ago, tech companies and civil rights groups sent a letter to some senators asking for hearings on the bill. A couple of days ago, the RIAA responded with their own letter sent to all 100 senators. There is also an abridged and annotated version of the RIAA letter. LawMeme has put together an index to INDUCE Act analysis."
"This creative product is lost forever. Many of our greatest performers took years to catch on before their careers took off. In today's world, those performers are being cut before they have a chance to delight fans and realize their own dreams"
Err, did I just miss something? This is all their own fault, or concentrating entirely on the teen market and dropping any acts that don't sell at least 1.5 million with their debut. Them not nurturing talent is hardly filesharer's fault.
Their whole bloody argument is that filesharers aren't buying lots of albums (debatable, I know). So what does that have to do with the idea that bands not selling lots of albums aren't around any more?
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"S. 2560, introduced by Senators Hatch, Leahy, Boxer, L. Graham"
Guess who just got a letter telling her that she's lost *my* vote?
Anybody that sides with Hatch on issues like this loses my vote forever.
I was with you most of the way except for this. I think that touring is what MAKES an artist. The problem with today's cookie cutter, studio enhanced 'artists' is that they can't go out on the road and perform. Lip synching????? I know I'm getting older...but, this was unheard of back in my day. Sure the performance might sound a little stripped down since they couldn't do the multiply tracked guitars live...but, they still sounded great...they just made up for it with inventive playing...and best of all, showmanship.
Take a dinosaur group, Zeppelin. Those guys knew how to perform live. Sure, Page would flub notes here and there....but, just seeing someone LIVE trying to squeeze 12K of notes in a beat was amazing to watch and listen too. I'd much rather see a live band sweating and putting feeling into a song...playing it a little different every night, improvising on stage....that something so choreographed that if someone misses a mark...the whole show is out of whack.
I think many of the bands of old got their inspiration FROM touring and the road. Many albums were started and sometimes fully recorded on the road (the Stones Muscle Shoals sessions, Zeppelin doing most of II on the road while supporting the I album). Hell, Pink Floyd had most of Dark Side of the Moon layed out from playing it live before they even went into the studio for that session. So, no, I like the idea of a band being on the road and touring. Live performance, to me IS what makes a great band. Bands that actually can play their asses off....sing....and get an audience into it...that's what a rock band at least should be.
'Back in the day' while I was growing up, I pretty much saw it that the albums were there to generate interest to go see the band live when it came to your town!! Of course...tickets were over three figures back then...but, I digress. I think the artist should get a ton of the money from record sales...but, I also think the majority of their earnings should be from the road....playing live...and coming up with those new idea while playing for us, the audience.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
I have a really hard time finding the EFF to be ultra left wing.
This one is a lost cause. You can't come up with an argument against it that sounds legitimate. It's going to pass.
The tech industry (which, oh by the way is significantly larger than the RIAA) put forth a legitimate argument, what do you think this poorly written RIAA letter is in response to?
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