RIAA sues again...

[fs0652]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20040217/tc_washpost/a48299_2004feb17

I was just wondering how many of you still download music from file sharing sites? It kind of scares me and I havent had the greatest luck lately. Not that I really download very much, and most of what I do is live or things that you couldnt buy anyway. but i guess i'll have to go legit...

[hollie]

i never really got into the file sharing thang.....did it a few times, but the songs always sounded like crap, so i quit doing it...

[Highway23]

well, i don't anymore mainly because I have dial-up, other wise, I'd be downloading just like I used to.

The main thing people, at least for the moment, is mainly sharing the files is being really looked into. So always clear out that "My Shared folder"...just play it safe..and don't go crazy.

[Johnny Carwash]

fuck the RIAA
they're assholes
i haven't been sued, but i probably will now, with my luck, after i've said this
i only use bit torrent now
it's not exactly a safe program, but oh well.. i like it
most of what i get is legal to trade anyway

they said the cd sales have dropped from $943 million to $803 million in two years.... big fucking deal
did they factor in the shitty music that nobody has wanted to buy in those 2 years?:P

[Not_Trapped]

i have said it before - i have bought more cds since i started stealing music than i did before - because i find more music now than i used - oh well - they are dumb -

i steal at least 2 songs/day and i have done that for the last 5 years - most programs allow you to uncheck the share option - just do that - you'll be fine -

[midnightsyren]

i just would like to say that "fuck the RIAA" sounds like it could be a good punk song

:)

[fs0652]

FBI Warning Labels to Appear on CDs, DVDs

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040220/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music


LOS ANGELES - The FBI (news - web sites) said Thursday it is giving Hollywood film studios, music companies and software makers permission to use its name and logo on their DVDs, CDs and other digital media in hopes the labels will deter consumers from making illegal copies.

Related Links
• Anti-Piracy Warning Initiative (FBI)



FBI officials said the idea was conceived jointly by the agency's cyber crime division and representatives of the entertainment and software industries, who claim they've lost billions of dollars due to digital piracy.


"This anti-piracy seal should serve as a warning to those who contemplate the theft of intellectual property, that the FBI will actively investigate cyber crimes and will bring the perpetrators of these criminal acts to justice," said Jana Monroe, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division.


Like the warning messages that have appeared on VHS tapes and DVDs for years, the new labels spell out that unauthorized copying and distribution of digital content is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.


It will be up to the individual entertainment companies and software manufacturers to decide whether to display the new FBI warnings. Representatives of the various trade groups for the film, software and music industries said Thursday their members were studying whether to affix the warnings on packaging or directly on the CDs and DVDs, so it's unknown how soon they may begin to appear in the marketplace.


U.S. software companies lose up to $12 billion a year to piracy, according to the Software and Information Industry Association. Music companies lost more than $4.6 billion worldwide last year, according to the RIAA (news - web sites), and movie industry officials pegged their annual losses from bootlegged films at more than $3.5 billion.


The entertainment and computer industry has tried to stem piracy by making CDs and DVDs harder to duplicate. But the rise of free file-sharing networks on the Internet the past five years has made it easy for millions of individuals to distribute songs, movies and software worldwide.


The companies have tried civil litigation against firms who enable online file-sharing and last year, the recording industry launched an ongoing wave of lawsuits against individual file-sharers.


"We hope that this is an attention-grabbing reminder to music fans," said Brad Buckles, executive vice president of the Recording Industry Association of America. "Piracy is no victimless crime."


Monroe, whose FBI cyber division was created 18 months ago, said cyber crime is now the agency's third priority behind terrorism and counterintelligence.


Fred von Lohmann, a senior intellectual property attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said he doubts the new warning program will work.


"I'm under no illusions that this kind of label is going to change public perceptions," he said, adding the labels will likely get the same reaction that many people have had to the warnings that appear at the start of movie rentals.


"They found that much more annoying than edifying, and I think that's probably how this will be viewed."


Von Lohmann added the warnings are misleading because they don't explain to consumers that there are exceptions under copyright law, such as one that allows people to make backup copies of their software and other media.

[Not_Trapped]

i hope the FBI doesn't find out about my 20,000+ pirated songs over my life when i go to apply -

[reallygroovN]

i hope the FBI doesn't find out about my 20,000+ pirated songs over my life when i go to apply -iiiiiiim teeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllin

:P

ya know, our country gets into problems when it only elects/hires people who have never ever done anything wrong. why would we want those boring losers running/working for our country?

jeez :rolleyes:

anywho, my kid wants me to get tickets to the byonce, missy and alicia keys concert. tickets are 80 bucks and 18 in service charges added to each ticket.

give me a fucking break when they say that the recording industry is losing money. i saw the mtv cribs that showed sug knight's house. he is a record industry exec and he didnt look like he was hurtin any with the freaking polished marble fireplace in the conservatory that looked like a lions head and that each window had a different garden theme to look out onto...and the guy hardly ever went into the room in the first place.

it would be a great concert...but $300 in tickets? ouchies!!

[Not_Trapped]

i want a new bear