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RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"
Oracle Goddess writes "Buying DRMed content, then having that content stop working later, is fair, writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer who represents the MPAA, RIAA in a letter to the top legal advisor at the Copyright Office. 'We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works.' In other words, if it stops working, too bad. Not surprisingly, Metalitz also strongly opposes any exemption that would allow users to legally strip DRM from content if a store goes dark and takes down its authentication servers."
As a proud user of GStreamer-based media players, I didn't expect it to work at all.
Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
...doesn't mean we shouldn't try.
And if you choose to look under the hood to see why it stopped working, we will sue you. If you remove the MakeItNotWork-O-Meter so that the car runs, we will prosecute. If you publish your findings, we will have you branded a terrorist.
The CB App. What's your 20?
And they aren't the only ones.
We're discussing Record Megacorps not the Sopranos. They eanr their money by providing product, not extortion.
(somebody whispers in my ear)
What's that? RIAA sends out extortionate letters demanding $5000 or else? Really? Oh. Well then I retract my statement. They really are like the mafia.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Or borrow it from your friends, then rip and enjoy, then give it to your other friends. I just share all my content now and barely purchase anything. Never used P2P either. Just sneakernet. Gotta love those cheap 1TB drives! Eat me MPAA, I give away movies and you can't stop shit. Sue me! I'm a fucking pirate. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm still here, and I'm still giving away movies, assholes. 80GB of MP3s and 100+ iPod ready movies and counting... my friends disks are so fucking full!!1! What's a Blue Rae?
This is the NSA, we're gonna geet U h@x0r5! Also, what is a h@x0r5?
They want their idea back.
(I admit, that's not really fair to them. It wasn't their fault.)
Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
Wow, just wow. This reply of yours was made one minute after another referencing goblins from Harry Potter.
I swear, you Harry Potter fans are starting to creep me out. :(
Because my money is now printed with disappearing ink.
"The more you tighten your grip, Metalitz, more songs will slip through your fingers"
(What kind of name is "Metalitz", anyway?? Sounds like an evil android)
No sig for the moment.
Is that you, Jon Stewart?
Don't be so harsh. He isn't responsible for his mother being a hamster, and his father smelling of elderberries. It's a common mixup in cross-species relationships like this, to raise the placenta instead of the actual child.
P.S.: Now I'm reminded of that South Park episode with Bono. ^^
Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.
tl;dr version - Dear RIAA,
FUCK YOU!
Best Regards
The World.
"Sorry, the rights on that payment have expired. Would you like to supply more goods in exchange for another one?" :oD
In corporate America, Lawyer fucks you.
Moral? Big industry?