What is the deal with the RIAA

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April 24th, 2002, 10:01 AM
TheLow1

What is the deal with the RIAA

I understand the whole copy CD's = BAD. The thing I don't understand is this. RIAA is funded by major record labels including SONY. Sony advertises it's new digital walkman that can rip a full CD in 3 minutes. Does anyone else see this or am I on crack again.

Sorry, no actual drug use implied.
April 24th, 2002, 10:27 AM
Draggar

Copying CDs is bad only when RIAA doesn't get any money out of it. :rolleyes:
April 24th, 2002, 11:04 AM
Kymera

The best way to get hassle-free music copying is to hand RIAA your wallet and let them give you back how much they think you should have.
April 24th, 2002, 11:33 AM
kato

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kymera:
The best way to get hassle-free music copying is to hand RIAA your wallet and let them give you back how much they think you should have.<hr /></blockquote>yeah, just don't ask them how much of what they take will actually make it into artists' hands
April 24th, 2002, 11:42 AM
Stanley_Kubrick

some good legal, free, new music can be found here...

<a href="http://www.zwanmusic.net/index.asp" target="_blank">http://www.zwanmusic.net/index.asp</a>

I agree that piracy can hurt people, but what sucks about the RIAA they are trying to prevent encoding in general, which is legal if I own a CD and want to enjoy it in a portable MP3 player... Screw these butt-heads!!!
April 24th, 2002, 05:50 PM
silencio

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Stanley_Kubrick:
... but what sucks about the RIAA they are trying to prevent encoding in general, which is legal if I own a CD and want to enjoy it in a portable MP3 player... Screw these butt-heads!!!<hr /></blockquote>The Authors Guild is the same way. They wanted Amazon to stop selling used books because Authors don't get a cut of used books. Selling used books is completely legal. So, consumer rights and legality aren't high on the list with groups like these (RIAA and the Authors Guild). Maintaining a monopoly is their motive and hopefully the lobbiest won't win this battle. The Digital Copyright Act will eventually be shot down by the Supreme Court.
April 24th, 2002, 10:19 PM
Larommi

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kymera:
The best way to get hassle-free music copying is to hand RIAA your wallet and let them give you back how much they think you should have.<hr /></blockquote>LOL
April 24th, 2002, 11:15 PM
Danger

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by iateyourcat:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Stanley_Kubrick:
... but what sucks about the RIAA they are trying to prevent encoding in general, which is legal if I own a CD and want to enjoy it in a portable MP3 player... Screw these butt-heads!!!<hr /></blockquote>The Authors Guild is the same way. They wanted Amazon to stop selling used books because Authors don't get a cut of used books. Selling used books is completely legal. So, consumer rights and legality aren't high on the list with groups like these (RIAA and the Authors Guild). Maintaining a monopoly is their motive and hopefully the lobbiest won't win this battle. The Digital Copyright Act will eventually be shot down by the Supreme Court.<hr /></blockquote>The way I see it in the case of both of these organisations they are more concerned about protecting their profit then the rights of the general public...