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RIAA Attacks Sites Participating in Its Own Campaign

Posted by Zonk on from the need-to-get-your-stories-straight-here-guys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The RIAA is once again at their old tricks. The band Nine Inch Nails has intentionally 'leaked' songs via USB keys hidden at restrooms during their current European tour. Sites hosting the songs are now being sent cease and desist orders. 'Ironically, with its numerous pirated downloads available, the whole album has not leaked yet. According to a source, the only leaks are the ones Reznor approved himself. And whether he realizes it or not, Reznor may be building a new option for presenting music that augments the existing CD/tour scenario.'"

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  1. Re:OMG copyright makes no sense by Headcase88 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Or maybe, just maybe, it's because people won't spend millions of dollars producing a movie / video game / etc. just so they can distribute it for free and make no money off of it, effectively wasting the millions of dollars they spent producing it.

    Just maybe.

    Something to chew on.

    Actually, I think all stores should just give away all of their products for free. Then we wouldn't have to worry about that pesky "money" at all, everyone will have what they want, and the world will be perfect! Damn, can you believe no one else has thought of that? I must be a genius or something.

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  2. Re:Huh? by kamapuaa · · Score: 0, Troll
    Wow, I've never seen that much inferring, all done in one place! The truth is, the original post was only two lines long, and Trent Reznor didn't say why he did what he did. Regardless, most people really could care less about Trent Reznor's take on the matter. I'd argue that Trent Reznor sold out a long time ago, he doesn't have the right to his songs any more than I have the IP rights to the hard drive technology my company researches...

    And I don't really see a logical connection between "artistic works draw inspiration from other artistic works" and "copyright is thievery." It seems like there should be an intermediate step somewhere. Perhaps "2)???"

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  3. Re:Huh? by iminplaya · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, in point of fact you're saying something that simply isn't true...

    You say it isn't. I say it is. Where's your evidence? Slashdot posts my evidence in every other article almost.

    Your post was only two lines long...

    Well, obviously that would make it false then, huh? Interesting logic you got there. Maybe you should make an attempt to understand that some things are very simple and don't require long winded explanations from some stuff shirt philosopher who has his own agenda and needs to justify spending all that money on his diploma.

    Did you expect to be modded informative?

    (Score:2, Insightful)

    Nah, I'm ok with insightful. Good to know I'm not alone :-)

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