RIAA ordered to justify its Piracy Charges!
Finally the RIAA is being required to justify why it charges people it catches people pirating $750.00 a single rather than the 70 cents that retailers have to pay.
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Music Industry Issues 8000 new file-share lawsuits
Looks like the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), has read a Chapter out of the RIAA handbook titled “How to Rob Consumers”
I have one Word!
I have one word to describe the actions taken by the BPI the UK equivalent of the RIAA against a artist! [Insanity]
Questions for the Entertainment Industry
The EFF has posted some great questions that you can ask if you ever get in debate with a representative from either the MPAA or RIAA. [eff.org]
BitTorrent moving into Mainstream File Distribution
Is it not time that Apple, Microsoft, MPAA and the RIAA acknowledge that BitTorrent is good when applied legally, and incorporate BitTorrent into applications such as iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. The only way we are gonna keep the train moving forward with a rocket engine driving the new media growth in videocast, and podcasting is to give some relief
RIAA pretty happy with itself and happy about suing people
I just read a interview with some of the folks at the RIAA and like normal they seem to be pretty happy with themselves for suing thousands of people each year. They are also very happy with the way their lobby effort in congress has paid off. I have been advocating for a long time that people start picking up
Recording Industry says it’s ok now to Rip CD’s for you MP3 Player
Well it's funny that the RIAA is saying that it is now legal to RIP your CD's onto your MP3 players. Don't they realize that the entire world has been ripping CD's onto MP3 players for a long time. These fools are just showing how stupid they really are. They actually asked the government to change the copyright rules. This