I'd like to be a fly on the wall at some of the *AA's meetings. I imagine it goes something like this:
Director: "Folks, things are looking grim, profits are down and our market is shrinking. We need ideas people, we need to move forward! Our old business model just doesn't work anymore: we need to bring this industry into the new millenium, how do we do it?"
*sound of rusty gears turning*
Random Schlub: "I've got it! What about this: we lobby the government to make it illegal for people to not give us money?"
Wow, your comments show a huge lack of understanding of this issue. Just to clarify, the issue here is not copyright violations, it is about how the RIAA has been conducting itself for years now. This class action has nothing to do with cheering on copyright violation, it's about putting an end to the RIAA's illegal and borderline illegal abuse of the American courts. Copyright abuse is a two-way street and by all accounts the RIAA has acted as improperly as any copyright violator.
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I'd like to be a fly on the wall at some of the *AA's meetings. I imagine it goes something like this:
Director: "Folks, things are looking grim, profits are down and our market is shrinking. We need ideas people, we need to move forward! Our old business model just doesn't work anymore: we need to bring this industry into the new millenium, how do we do it?"
*sound of rusty gears turning*
Random Schlub: "I've got it! What about this: we lobby the government to make it illegal for people to not give us money?"
Director: "It's PERFECT!"
Wow, your comments show a huge lack of understanding of this issue. Just to clarify, the issue here is not copyright violations, it is about how the RIAA has been conducting itself for years now. This class action has nothing to do with cheering on copyright violation, it's about putting an end to the RIAA's illegal and borderline illegal abuse of the American courts. Copyright abuse is a two-way street and by all accounts the RIAA has acted as improperly as any copyright violator.