I believe 2007 will end up being the end of the RIAA’s reign of terror. I am all for protecting copyrights, but using illegal tactics is just as bad as stealing other people’s work. They have already started losing many of their cases overseas, and even in the U.S. is looks as if the music labels will end up losing.
Universities who previously gave in to the RIAA’s pressure are finally standing firm, and the mothers who are being sued for $100,000 because their son illegally downloaded a single song are finally starting to win.
To top it all off Veoh is now suing Universal Music to bar UMG from filing a lawsuit because they threatened to sue Veoh far too many times, without filing any sort of DMCA or legal documents against Veoh.
Filing frivolous lawsuits against people for $100,000 because they steal a single 99 cent song does nothing but prove that the animosity towards lawyers, judges, and Congress is fairly well-founded.
As I have said in the past - go after the uploaders. It is the only way to win. It’s a bit like spam. Stop going after the spammers - go after the advertisers that fund them. Get rid of the thing that makes them want to break the law and they won’t want to break it any more.
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August 10th, 2007 at 4:37 am
I couldn’t have said it any better myself. Good post. Be nice to see then tards go down once and for all. Greedy bastards.
You should watch ‘This Film is Not Yet Rated’, if you haven’t already.
August 10th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
The really pathetic thing is great bands like AC/DC (who I love, by the way) aren’t going with popular legit services like iTunes. Instead they put their songs on much less popular services.
It’s no wonder why people pirate music with bands doing that.
August 11th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
First the court rules that SCO is full of shit and has to answer to Novell over the patents for Unix, making them go away and leave IBM, and more importantly,Linux alone! Now, RIAA and MPAA are next! I like the way you think.