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UK Recording Industry Wants Allofmp3 An Issue at G8
alveraan writes "According to a the BBC, 'the UK recording industry is urging the foreign secretary to raise the issue of Russian bargain music download website allofmp3.com at the G8 summit'. British Phonographic Industry (BPI) chairman Peter Jamieson wants Margaret Beckett to 'urge the Russian government to take action against the operators of the site by insisting that it is removed from the internet'. Allofmp3 has insisted in the past that it is operating in compliance with Russian copyright laws."
I see the RIAA cares nothing about the software piracy occuring in Asian countries that gets spread out through different channels. The whole reason MS put those little holographic certificate "Genuine Windows" stickers on their products was because of that.
If AllOfMp3.com IS following Russian copyright law, not a thing they can do. The RIAA has been making knee jerk reactions over the last few years and you would think there would be some backlash...maybe that backlash is responsible for their reported sales figure decline? I'd have hoped for a much stronger showing in opposition of them though when they started filing law suits against grandmothers.
Granted, there are more important things in the world than the RIAA ledger. This is not a world problem issue, this is something minor in the face of whats going on right now.
We already have some of the most draconian copyright laws around.
I'm still hoping that two things will happen: 1)Bands will distribute their own music digitally (creating the need for more small recording studios), bypassing the need for a contract with a label, and 2)radio stations get their balls back and start actually doing their jobs. And by their jobs, I mean sampling as much music that is out there that they can and playing what they think is best, not just what they get handed by the corporations.
Maybe this has been brought up before, but it seems like there's lots of posturing in the media, but no difinitive answers.
Is AllOfMP3.com legit (in the USA, or for sake of the article, the UK) or not?
Do artists get paid or not?
Are customers liable if they purchase and download?
My mom always said, "Jim, you're 1 in a million." Given the current population, there are 7000 of me. God help us all!
Why doesn't the BPI take a page out of the RIAA's playbook and simply pay off a few russiangovernment officials who will make this "issue" a priority, thus inspiring a host of bullshit legislation regarding digital media? Cut out the middle man, the british foreign secretary, and go straight to the offending country's government officials.
It's working here in the home of the (decreasingly) free, land of the (usually) brave.
AllOfMP3.com says they're going to stop being so controversial "after Russian copyright law changes in September". What is that change they're referring to?
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allofmp3.com would not have a service anyone would pay for if it wasn't for copyright and the general lack of an automatic "everything goes into the public domain at the moment of creation" situation.
No they would have a service. Exactly the same as it is now. Somebody has to run a storage and download service for recordings, and they are doing it well (no matter public domain or not; in fact some older Russian recordings allofmp3 offers are in public domain).
17779 eligible voters in a district, 17779 'vote' as one. This is Russia.
I supported the first Gulf war when we had the clear objective of liberating Kuwait even though I was directly involved in military support for Iraq (they were our ally prior to that war). I had helped with Bosnia and felt that was worthy cause. When I was asked to help again in the Gulf I publicly stated my concerns (within the base where I worked) about the fact that we 'knew' that there were no WMD (the then stated reason for the second war). I had seen the documents... I was soon told that there was no longer a place for me in the services and I was given a sum of money and a contract that said that I am not to discuss anything that I know. I had beleived that I had a job for life but no one said that I could only have that job for as long as I echoed the propaganda.
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It's not their sole purpose to furfill a deep-seeded psychological need to feel creative (they're a faceless corporation , remember?). They are there to provide a financial leap pad to gain maximum market exposure.
"Exploiting" is hardly the term I'd use. They help artists. They put a small portion of their assets on the line to help people achieve something that they could not do on their own. It gives them connections to other artists, to big promotions, and helps avoid all the confusion of distributing to a fickle market.
That said, they have completely fucked up their attempts at securing their IP. Every time I hear anything about the RIAA, I hate them more and more. Even the public releases (read propoganda) that they produce themselves makes me hate them more and more.
It's these statements that add no benefit to your argument (read flamebait) that should have sunk your post. As disturbing as their war tactics are, they are, in some ways, charitable. Don't forget it
You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.