OT: RIAA and Their Law Suits

David E. Gervais · #1 September 17th, 2003, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I should have encluded a poll in this thread. Hindsight is always 20/20.

But what kind of Poll? A Flag Poll? A Telephone Poll? A North Poll, or were you refering to a Poll(ish) person?

This post 'Includes Humor', but one man's humor is another man's tumor.

Cheers!

DavidG · #2 September 17th, 2003, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:

The Copyright Board of Canada administers the Copyright Act and sets the amount of the levies on blank recording media and determines which media will have levies imposed. Five years ago this seemed like a pretty good deal for the music industry: $0.77 CDN for a blank CD and .29 a blank tape, whether used for recording music or not. Found money for the music moguls who had been pretty disturbed that some of their product was being burned onto CDs. To date over 70 million dollars has been collected through the levy and there is a good possibility the levy will be raised and extended to MP3 players, flash memory cards and recordable DVDs sometime in 2003.

Hehehe I'd forgotten they did this. How nice for the music industry that I pay them for all the CD Roms I buy that are used exclusivly for backing up data and giving out large files to our clients. Of course no doubt the music industry is handing all those profits back to the artists.

tesco samoa · #3 September 17th, 2003, 06:20 PM

problem with apple is that if you download it in the usa you can only use it in the usa. Your not allowed to take the music out of the country

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http://www.theonion.com/3936/top_story.html

This hit close to home. A little too close

Erax · #4 September 17th, 2003, 08:34 PM

And how is Apple (or anyone else) ever going to enforce that ?

Wardad · #5 September 17th, 2003, 08:50 PM

[quote]Originally posted by dogscoff:

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... This whole "intellectual property" gig is unjust, and if we all just drop our troUsers and bend over for the sake of law and order then there will be nothing to stop big biz getting what it wants: every idea on the planet up for ransom.

PAY UP Dogscoff!!!
That idea was mine first. I have records.

BTW: "Glutinous Maximus" was mine too. I created it and I want my royalties.

[ September 17, 2003, 19:52: Message edited by: Wardad ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 September 18th, 2003, 04:44 AM

protests of unfair actions still should not be done by breaking the law; and it is not the law that is unjust, but the recording company's. mass blackmall by angry musician's would fix it quick. people need to start boycotting more.

Joachim · #7 September 18th, 2003, 05:01 AM

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
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one of our ministers downloaded some songs, burned them to cd and gave to

Wow... most of our ministers don't even know what a computer is, let alone know how to download a bunch of crap and burn it to cd. Doesn't stop them passing laws on technical matters though.

That's half the problem- in the absence of knowledge, policy-makers rely on ppl with vested interests (ie the music companies) to explain things to them and shape the law.
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Ditto in Oz, I remeber the debate about internet gambling, some archaic pollies calling for its banning

. Any one with half a brain saying that it is pointless 'cause they will go offshore - much better to allow it and tax and regulate it.
Of course if you could ban gambling world wide that might be a good thing as it is a tax on stupidity - then again if you *really* think you can beat the odds - heh go for it.