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UK Record Industry Sues 'Major Filesharers'
Joel Rowbottom writes "The British Phonographic Institute has warned that it is about to engage in a round of legal action against file-sharing users, following in the footsteps of the RIAA. Apparently they are 'safeguarding the future of music' - don't you just feel so secure and cuddly knowing that?" Their statement is available.
Joel Rowbottom writes Apparently they are 'safeguarding the future of music'.
I didn't know Slashdot was a propoganda machine. Nowhere on that page linked (where the statement is) is that phrase in the text.
I don't support the actions of these people, but don't lie to make your case. It makes you no better than the people you decry.
Those 'sharing' the files do not have a right to do what they are doing. They don't own the licenses to the songs nor do they have an agreement with either the artist or record company to distribute the songs. They get what they deserve.
Now go ahead and be good little mods and mark me as Troll or Flamebait because I dare to express a point of view which runs counter to the whole 'information wants to be free' crap.
If you're so keen on giving away information then you develop something, pay with it out of your own pocket and give it away. We'll see how long you survive.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Music has exists about as long as humanity...it doesn't rely on the current model of sales and profit, and music will continue to exists if the commerical system surronding it colapses. So, any arguments about safegaurding the future of music are fatally flawed.
Yeah? Even if they'd said sharing files of music to which copyright applies, how about establishing such in law before trying this?
I can't believe that these people were getting away, unchallenged, with such sweeping (not to mention incorrect) generalisations also on (UK) television this morning.
Have we lost all sense of objectivity?
We wont care. We dont care about speed cameras, we dont care about CCTV cameras, we dont care about fox hunting or rights for fathers. ONLY THE MEDIA CARES.
They force feed us with all the shocking stuff like this - it sells as we all know. Tomorrow this will be yesterdays news and we will all go back to worrying about the cracks on Dirty Den's face.
Ever been fined in the UK? I have.
Did I ever pay? No.
Did they lock me up? No.
What did 'they' do? Apart from a few nasty letters and phone calls. Nothing.
No one in the UK will care except maybe Trisha.
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Mod me down for this, but:
It is not okay for you to use a GPL'ed piece of code without GPL'ing it because this goes against the wishes of the creators and owners of the content in question.
The difference is that GPL-infringing people want to make money out of GPL'ed software. File sharers don't want to make a buck out of the files they share. If they do, they should be punished.
It is okay to sue or threaten to sue people for the above mentioned infringement of the GPL license because it is important to protect the coder's rights and not set a precedent of ignoring violations.
So you compare suing, as a single developer or a small group of 3-4 people, a company with employed lawyers because they make money out of your product to the crackdown on school/college students by a billon megacorp.? Because they shared a bunch of files?
Of course, many file sharers are hypocritical. But that doesn't make these two of your arguments valid.
IMHO, the solution are media fees. See also my other post in this thread.