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| Thread ID: 23689 | 2002-08-22 09:12:00 | Only in the USA! | Kiwitas (514) | Press F1 |
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| 73214 | 2002-08-22 09:12:00 | On July 25, 2002, California representative Howard Berman proposed a bill in Congress which would allow the recording industry to legally hack into systems suspected of sharing copyrighted material. Berman intoduced the bill along with representatives Howard Coble of North Carolina, Lamar Smith of Texas, and Robert Wexler of Florida. While Berman is quick to defend the proposed bill by saying, "It does not allow copyright owners to send viruses through P2P networks, destroy files, hack into the personal files of P2P users, or indiscriminately block lawful file-trading,” the bill does allow "disabling, interfering with, blocking, diverting, or otherwise impairing the unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of his or her copyrighted work on a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file trading network." The bill includes a number of provisions, including a requirement to notify the Department of Justice seven days prior to engaging in the attack. I wonder what is paid under the table from Music inustry to Congressmen?? Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
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| 73215 | 2002-08-22 10:42:00 | As if anything untoward would be going on! I wonder if blocking/interfering strictly refers to PC's or is there an FBI agent hiding behind my couch ready to pounce and push my hand away when I want to insert a CD into my stereo. :-) :-) |
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| 73216 | 2002-08-22 23:41:00 | Methinks the RIAA is a monopoly a-la Microsoft style. ;\ | antmannz (28) | ||
| 73217 | 2002-08-23 04:13:00 | RIAA is not a monopoly. It is an association of independent manufacturers, who fight for share of market, but "cooperate" to protect their constitutional right to charge the maximum prices for their products. If it takes millions of "contributions" to politicians ... well that's "democracy". ]:) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 73218 | 2002-08-23 05:27:00 | Sounds like "price-fixing" to me :p | antmannz (28) | ||
| 73219 | 2002-08-23 05:35:00 | Hmm... encription of data..... well??? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 73220 | 2002-12-12 20:56:00 | Being from the "live music capital of the world" (or so that's what they call it to bring in the tourists), Austin, Texas, I can bear witness that the recording industry CEO's who have been ripping off the artists all these years are finally getting a taste of their own medicine! | singingtexan (1603) | ||
| 73221 | 2002-12-12 21:35:00 | Speaking as someone whose life is based on the joy of pointing lights at musicians, dragging cables everywhere, and stacking speakers around stages, i would be quite happy to see most of the magor labels fall. The people burning cds, emailing furiously, doing the ground work, do more to make things happen than the record companys ever will. I know more than handfull of musicians who have paid for there dreams with bankrupsy, and got short changed as well. Most record companies provide a promotional budget that pays the artists touring costs, promotional activity for the record release, etc, require to be paid back from the small percentage the artist gets from sales (about1% after expences) The artist ends up paying for fame With few exception, those artists do best financially have kept thier day jobs, realeased stuff on thier own (using evil CD burners), and play a nice set in a café or pub most weekends. The artist is not being burnt, but the record companies are seeing bands become popular in part through the power of the net, and CDs being passed about. This will not do! .Clueless |
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