Re:Let us know if you're on the list & the low
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The RIAA's Hit List Named
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If you are on the list do everyone a favor including yourself and let us know here. Keep us up to date on what's occuring and how you intend to fight it. Maybe the community here can help or atleast offer solid advice on how to proceed.
Ummm, a quick piece of a dvice, first, for those of you whose user names are listed: Don't. Or, if you really want to, get a lawyer and ask him for advice. If this does get to trial, you don't want something that you posted to slashdot to be used against you and torpedo any of the defenses you and your lawyer develop.
Think of it this way...what's more important violent crime or copyright violations? Well the RIAA is sending out so many subpoenas without judicial oversight I might add that court systems are having to redistribute their workers to cover the overwhelming workload. That means less work on violent, horrible crimes and more work on copyright infractions? This is beyond ridiculous!
The effort expended by the Court in the processing and issuing of these subpoenas is probably insubstantial. The court's and judges duties are largely ministeriel. Of course, if these cases are actively prosecuted then the court's workload would of course increase. But, if my understanding of how the federal court's work is correct, the impact will only be on the civil side of things, not criminal; generally speaking, criminal cases are given priority in matters of scheduling, etc.
Well, with a product like Audio Hijack, it's trivially easy to capture the streamed audio and make your own file./p>
As other posters have noted, it's clear that this feature was intended for people to share among their family and friends, not to let the whole world listen to (and, using something like Audio Hijack, copy) someone's iTunes library.
Why do people feel the need to do things like this anyway?
One thing I hope is that they do a better job programming iTunes than they have done with Quicktime. Not only does the Quicktime for Windows user interface look odd, the software's performance is abysmal. There's no reason why my 867 MHz Power Mac G4 should have had no trouble playing the full-sized Matrix trailer while my 2 GHz P4 Dell Dimension 4550 skipped more frames than it displayed.
In this case, the regional restriction probably has something to do with the fact that the record companies themselves market geographically, and the contracts they have with recording artists, etc. may themselves contain geographical limitations on use. So the easiest thing to do at the start is launch with your largest contiguous market then get the rest online when you've got the legal arrangements worked out.
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Ummm, a quick piece of a dvice, first, for those of you whose user names are listed: Don't. Or, if you really want to, get a lawyer and ask him for advice. If this does get to trial, you don't want something that you posted to slashdot to be used against you and torpedo any of the defenses you and your lawyer develop.
The effort expended by the Court in the processing and issuing of these subpoenas is probably insubstantial. The court's and judges duties are largely ministeriel. Of course, if these cases are actively prosecuted then the court's workload would of course increase. But, if my understanding of how the federal court's work is correct, the impact will only be on the civil side of things, not criminal; generally speaking, criminal cases are given priority in matters of scheduling, etc.
Well, with a product like Audio Hijack, it's trivially easy to capture the streamed audio and make your own file. /p>
As other posters have noted, it's clear that this feature was intended for people to share among their family and friends, not to let the whole world listen to (and, using something like Audio Hijack, copy) someone's iTunes library.
Why do people feel the need to do things like this anyway?
One thing I hope is that they do a better job programming iTunes than they have done with Quicktime. Not only does the Quicktime for Windows user interface look odd, the software's performance is abysmal. There's no reason why my 867 MHz Power Mac G4 should have had no trouble playing the full-sized Matrix trailer while my 2 GHz P4 Dell Dimension 4550 skipped more frames than it displayed.
In this case, the regional restriction probably has something to do with the fact that the record companies themselves market geographically, and the contracts they have with recording artists, etc. may themselves contain geographical limitations on use. So the easiest thing to do at the start is launch with your largest contiguous market then get the rest online when you've got the legal arrangements worked out.