Ridiculous. It's like steps the horse and buggy industry took to curtail car use.
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unbelievable. buy independent artists cds. don't buy any cds from any artist on a RIAA label. I support their decision to crack down on people who illegally download music - provided they don't go after the soccer moms who download 20 songs to their mp3 player instead of the college kids with 4,000 songs on their laptop, but this is insane.
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bassjones wrote:I support their decision to crack down on people who illegally download music - provided they don't go after the soccer moms who download 20 songs to their mp3 player instead of the college kids with 4,000 songs on their laptop
What's the difference? I mean, both are downloading songs and it's not like the soccer moms can't go buy a greatest hits album to play in their SUV.
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bassjones wrote:I support their decision to crack down on people who illegally download music - provided they don't go after the soccer moms who download 20 songs to their mp3 player instead of the college kids with 4,000 songs on their laptop
What's the difference? I mean, both are downloading songs and it's not like the soccer moms can't go buy a greatest hits album to play in their SUV.
I agree that both are illegal, but why is the industry going after the small fish instead of the serious violators? It's the equivalent of arresting users for marijuana possession while ignoring the Columbian run crack house next door to a preschool. They're going after soccer moms downloading their 20 favorite songs from 1989 and 10-year-old girls downloading Hannah Montana's latest single (hey, I've got a preteen daughter, I'm allowed to know who that is), while all but ignoring Frat house DJs who are actually making money spinning songs they downloaded illegally.
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I guess the assumption by the RIAA is that if you've ripped it to your computer, you're automatically sharing it over a network or burning a copy for friends. That is an asinine assumption to make.
"Yesterday Mr. Hall wrote that the printer's proof-reader was improving my punctuation for me, & I telegraphed orders to have him shot without giving him time to pray." -Mark Twain
"There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist."
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". . .and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw."
maybe they should sue Microsoft because the default setting in media player is to rip audio from a cd as soon as it's launched. There's a fight I'd love to see in court... or a cage match to the death.
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bassjones wrote:I support their decision to crack down on people who illegally download music - provided they don't go after the soccer moms who download 20 songs to their mp3 player instead of the college kids with 4,000 songs on their laptop
What's the difference? I mean, both are downloading songs and it's not like the soccer moms can't go buy a greatest hits album to play in their SUV.
I agree that both are illegal, but why is the industry going after the small fish instead of the serious violators?
To instill fear.
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they're only instilling anger... fear's not even on the radar
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