RIAA Failed To Disclose Expert's Lobbying History To "Six-Strikes" Partners

concealment writes "A month before the controversial 'six strikes' anti-piracy plan goes live in the U.S., the responsible Center of Copyright Information (CCI) is dealing with a small crisis. As it turns out the RIAA failed to mention to its partners that the 'impartial and independent' technology expert they retained previously lobbied for the music industry group. In a response to the controversy, CCI is now considering whether it should hire another expert to evaluate the anti-piracy monitoring technology."

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Re:Vote With Your Wallet

[Kalriath]

No, I didn't, thanks very much. I am responding specifically to the statement "When media that can't be shared can't be sold" - apparently I need to be a shit-ton clearer when posting on this site, because people here love to interpret things as negatively as possible so they can have a mental breakdown. C'est la vie I guess.

So, for absolute clarity - I agree fully with sharing things where the author has made clear their intent that this is the case, be it Creative Commons, GPL, BSD, MPL, or whatever. I disagree with the statement that only media that can be freely shared should be sold. I agree with the statement that only media which respects your rights of resale, usage, and even the right to give it to a friend for a week or two to try it out, should be sold.