The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead

The RIAA's new plan to enlist ISPs in its war on file sharing, once it announced it was calling a halt to new consumer lawsuits, is running into rough sledding. Wired reports on the continuing legal murkiness of the RIAA's interpretation of copyright law. And one small ISP in Louisiana asks the recording organization, "You want me to police your intellectual property? What's your billing address?"

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RIAA doesn't need every ISP to join

[brit74]

Seems to me that the RIAA doesn't need every ISP to join it in this fight anyway. As long as the RIAA can get some of the big ISPs involved, they might be able to get people to cut-down their downloading.

Anyway, I don't really understand what slashdoters want the RIAA to do exactly (well, other than curl up and die). It seems to me that the recording industry has hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. I think it's fairly obvious that a group watching it's life-blood sucked away by illegal downloading is going to get over-zealous in this fight. It seems like a very "damned if you do, damned if you don't" kind of a situation for them.

Re:Multiple interpretations

[Moryath]

But the fact is, making good playable games is less profitable than making lousy games with pretty graphics.

That's because society, as a whole, has been breeding for stupidity for quite a few generations already.

You don't believe me? Consider this one. Or just the number of people who think that "reality TV" and (c)rap music are entertaining.

Re:Multiple interpretations

[theaveng]

>>>Wait, you seriously thought that those shows weren't going to suck?

I have no way of knowing if a show is going to be good or bad prior to watching it. For example I bought Season 2 of Heroes, and it was lousy. How was I supposed to know it was lousy until AFTER I had watched it? I wasted $50.

How you can sit here and defend policies that allow consumers to waste $50 and not be able to get a refund makes no logical sense to me (unless you own stock in RIAA).

Re:Multiple interpretations

[theaveng]

>>>Suck it up and buy the stuff

It must be nice to having a rich mommny-and-daddy who can buy whatever you want. I don't have that luxury, therefore I can't afford to waste $50 on the lousy Season 2 of Heroes.

Re:Multiple interpretations

[Toll_Free]

And I warn Scroggins that if he wants to be taken seriously, he needs to actually use words in context.

"Scroggin warns that the film and music industries must try a new tack if they want cooperation from ISPs."

Should actually read "Scroggin warns that the film and music industries must try a new TACTIC if they want cooperation from ISPs."

It utterly amazes me how many idiots there are in the world today. I mean, I remember hearing Grandpa screaming about how the educational system was failing, Mom yelled and hollered about the "dumbing down of America", and everyone stood still.

Then we screamed about the overrunning of our borders, and were all labeled racist. Now, it's the seemingly (un)popular thing to do.

Wow, what's that shit called? Hindsight?

Anyway, back to the original diatribe: Why the FUCK can't people use words in context, in ways they actually mean something, and why do people try to use sayings they don't even know the words to? ./end_rant

--Toll_Free

Re:Multiple interpretations

[theaveng]

>>>advocating the murder of these law-abiding citizens

I forgot soldiers of the German SS. Sure they're just "following the law" but that does not make their actions acceptable. They KNOW that both the law and their actions are immoral. Had I lived during that time, I would happily aim and fire.

Re:Multiple interpretations

[theaveng]

>>>The whole point of this little conversation is that it's irrational to suggest (as you did) killing someone for doing a legal action, when the real problem lies with the laws that make his actions legal.
>>>

So the execution of Japanese officers post-WW2 were wrong in your view.
They were just "following the law". They did nothing wrong.
Got it.

I'm glad I don't live in your world where people can commit heinous acts, and justify those acts with "I was just following the law" as they rape or pillage citizens.