What is the deal with the RIAA

[TheLow1]

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.

[Draggar]

Copying CDs is bad only when RIAA doesn't get any money out of it.

[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.

[kato]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Kymera:
<strong>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.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">yeah, just don't ask them how much of what they take will actually make it into artists' hands

[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!!!

[silencio]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stanley_Kubrick:
<strong>... 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!!!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.

[Larommi]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Kymera:
<strong>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.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL

[Danger]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by iateyourcat:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stanley_Kubrick:
<strong>... 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!!!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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...