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We understand the RIAA has to protect
copyrights, but going after people for ripping a copy of their legally
purchased CDs and storing the files onto their computers? WTF?
The RIAA is continuing its crusade against the people who
actually like the music they are pushing. But according to a new report from
the Washington Post, they are now arguing that simply making a copy of a CD you
legally purchased should be against the law, too, in court papers filed
earlier.
Here’s a snip from the article:
"I couldn't believe it when I read that," says Ray
Beckerman, a New York lawyer who represents six clients who have been sued by
the RIAA. "The basic principle in the law is that you have to distribute
actual physical copies to be guilty of violating copyright. But recently, the
industry has been going around saying that even a personal copy on your
computer is a violation."
The RIAA, by most accounts, seem to be holding onto a half-dead
business model and can’t come up with a new one.
When that happens, the next best thing is to get a bunch of
laws passed or precedence set to keep from having to change AND figure out how
to give consumers what they want at the same time. Or so somebody with questionable
intelligence obviously told them.
Declaring war against the very people whose money you want
to get – the very people who still like most of the chart-topping crap which
has been hyped in recent years – is not the best way to deal with the
situation. Not to mention the fact of their latest actions being beyond
ridiculous.
When I buy a CD, no way in hell anybody is getting a copy of
it. I’m stingy that way. If I can dig up $12… $16… or $19, so can the ahou trying
to bum a free copy; the same idiot who spends massive amounts of money for Starbucks
coffee and bottled water.
However, the RIAA is again taking another wrong turn, if the
latest reports are accurate. What happens if you scratch a legally obtained CD?
What happens if you lose it? What happens if you accidentally sit on it? (Don’t
ask.)
According to the RIAA, I suppose the consumer is supposed to
go out and plop down another $18.99 for a 2nd copy. This simply isn’t realistic.
What about the creators of the music? Considering the fact
the very artists are bled dry by some of their own record companies, it may be difficult
for many to sympathize with the RIAA’s legal fights over copyrights after they
have allowed the actual artist to get cheated out of money.
The best way to ensure that profits will plummet is to make
the consumer feels like crap and is giving their money away, but getting less
for it.
What’s next? Maybe that same guy(s) who suggested suing
consumers can also implement his master plan of outlawing CDs altogether and
just making consumers come to record shops to pay each time they want to hear a
song?
LAME.
-MJEOL Extend
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