It sounds like these spammers really have their shit together. There are plenty of legitimate websites, such as Kuro5hin.org, that can barely keep their servers up for more than one day at a time.
Perhaps spammers are crackers aren't as stupid as we all thought.
I can't believe anybody moderated it "interesting." The RIAA is an organization that ensures artists get their due royalties. When artists get fucked, it's because of their label deals.
It's god damn common sense. I spend way more time and effort composing music than most people do programming. Unlike with you GNU zombies, most people want to get payed for their work, whether they think it's engineering, art, or whatever.
Do you think that just because you can convert an artist's work into ones and zeros on your computer, he shouldn't be payed for it? The price of my work includes royalties. When I don't get paid for my work, I'm either getting fucked by the label, the broadcaster, or the listener. Excuse my language, but organizations like the RIAA help artists by trying to lessen the fuckage against them.
I work for a production company, and the RIAA (also, BMI) helps me by protecting my rights and being an easy go-between when it comes to ensuring I receive my due royalties.
Without organizations like the RIAA and BMI, I wouldn't recoup even 10% of the royalties I'm owed. I don't have an album in stores, so when one of my beats gets played, it's not a case of "hey, free advertising for his album." I need to be payed for those spins, and the RIAA has been nothing short of nice when it comes to helping me iron out copyright and legal issues.
They think they can sue the RIAA for not allowing them to play copyrighted material without permission? This is one of the most absurd things I've heard in a while....
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Perhaps spammers are crackers aren't as stupid as we all thought.
I can't believe anybody moderated it "interesting." The RIAA is an organization that ensures artists get their due royalties. When artists get fucked, it's because of their label deals.
It's god damn common sense. I spend way more time and effort composing music than most people do programming. Unlike with you GNU zombies, most people want to get payed for their work, whether they think it's engineering, art, or whatever.
Do you think that just because you can convert an artist's work into ones and zeros on your computer, he shouldn't be payed for it? The price of my work includes royalties. When I don't get paid for my work, I'm either getting fucked by the label, the broadcaster, or the listener. Excuse my language, but organizations like the RIAA help artists by trying to lessen the fuckage against them.
Without organizations like the RIAA and BMI, I wouldn't recoup even 10% of the royalties I'm owed. I don't have an album in stores, so when one of my beats gets played, it's not a case of "hey, free advertising for his album." I need to be payed for those spins, and the RIAA has been nothing short of nice when it comes to helping me iron out copyright and legal issues.
They think they can sue the RIAA for not allowing them to play copyrighted material without permission? This is one of the most absurd things I've heard in a while....