RIAA Threatens ICANN Over Music-Themed gTLD Standards

think_nix writes "A letter to ICANN (PDF) from Victoria Sheckler, Deputy General Counsel for the RIAA, demands modifications to the future implementation of the .music gTLD, threatening to 'escalate the issue' if certain concerns about 'wide scale copyright and trademark infringement' are not addressed by ICANN in compliance with the RIAA. 'Under the current proposed standard, we fear that we will have no realistic ability to object if a pirate chooses to hijack a music themed gTLD to enable wide scale copyright infringement of our works,' Sheckler said."

Comments

RIAA is still going?

[funkatron]

According to their lies they should have gone bankrupt by now. Maybe this year they can finally fuck off?

Re:RIAA is still going?

[funkatron]

Are you at all familiar with the accounting practices rampant in the recording and film industries?

No, if I was I would be doing them. Instead, I'm watching futurama and imitating bender by drinking and smoking a tasty cigar.

Re:RIAA is still going?

[funkatron]

To the funny moderator: I meant it, you insensitive clod.

Re:RIAA is still going?

[TheGratefulNet]

and if you are schizophrenic, then that counts as a 'group performance' and you have to pay extra for that.

Thanks!

[xMrFishx]

Oh hey thanks for your information about the parking lot, I used to buy my drugs at the chemist, where there was a limited selection. Now I can get the drugs I want from this source without the hassle of getting them through proper channels.

Fuck Everyone, We're the RIAA

[eldavojohn]

The RIAA is apparently trying to piss off everyone they can. I don't get it.

Dear Everybody,

You're not us. So that means you're either a pirate or a pirate pretending to be a consumer. That includes ICANN. That includes the Vatican. That includes OPEC. That includes the United States Government.

You want to use the word "music?" We can assure you, only if you pay royalties to us and right now all we see is people profiting off of our artist's copyrighted works (i.e. all music) that we broke our backs locking down with crippling contracts.

Remember our motto: "If you're not us, you're against us."

No, that wasn't a typo. We're sick of making weak individuals our enemies -- it's time we pick on someone our own size.

Notes, scales, chords, percussion, etc. It's only a matter of time before we own those words and what they represent.

The RIAA

P.S. Resistance is futile.

Re:special

[TaoPhoenix]

Someone has gotta find a way to pit the RIAA against the TSA.