RIAA sues innocent granny on a Mac! (Which can't even run Kazaa!)

[Agent-Commando]

The Wired article details how RIAA's 261 lawsuits have hit at least one case of mistaken identity. The target, Sarah Seabury Ward, of Newbury, Massachusetts, has a Macintosh which can't even run Kazaa.

Nonetheless, Ward was one of 261 defendants sued by the recording industry this month for illegal Internet file sharing. Ward was accused of illegally sharing more than 2,000 songs, including rapper Trick Daddy's "I'm a Thug."
An attorney for the Recording Industry Association of America withdrew the case Friday, calling the move a "gesture of good faith" but writing in a letter to Ward's attorney that the organization would continue to look into the matter and reserved the right to re-file.


http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60581,00.html

[Folic_Acid Profile ICQYIM]

Amazing. I'm not sure who they're taking their advice from, but this is NOT the way to win friends and influence people. It's just going to piss everyone off, kind of like the American Teleservices Association (read: Evil, Slimy Telemarketing Bastards) telling its members to keep calling people on the Do Not Call list because of the court ruling. Yeah - that'll work well.

[supersTring]

file sharing?!

"Get a rope"

**Warning:rant ahead**

ironically- when Napster was really popular, CD sales increased
When it shut down, they decreased. Of course there are statistics to prove everything but from an old man's POV- file sharing has helped the music industry more than hurt it.

After years of price increases on CD's- which are ridiculously cheap to make- i think most of us got sick of being reemed. file-sharing helped re-energize sales b/c people could sample music first- explore the less-mainstream without having to dump $15 down everytime. Sure I'm d/l'ing plenty of older and current mainstream music, but when i like something- i usually buy it (or i've already bought it and lost it, can't find it, etc) I'm sure you could find almost as many P2P-friendly bands out there that would tell you it's helped them get noticed. (ie. i liked a song from a VW commercial so i typed the lyrics into Google, found the band, downloaded the song- then bought the CD)

let's face it- if anything the music industry has made file-sharing more successful b/c of the monopoly 3 or 4 companies have over the entire industry. They're the companies (like Viacom) that forcefeed us all that Brittany/Christina/n'sync/LimpBizkit/GoodCharlotte bullshit- They insist that these insignificant blips on the music radar are today's musical Giants and just like hollywood, they've proven that they don't need talent to sell their product.

AND they can dictate almost EVERYTHING you hear on the radio because they own most of the affiliate radio stations, tv stations, mag publishers, video rental chains, movie production studios, etc

i think file-sharing is one of the few ways you can still rebel against all this spoonfed superficial derivative horseshit

it's a culture where the corp.'s decide what gets out, what gets press, who gets the financing to make those million $ videos and ALL of it's based on who can turn the biggest profit which is ALL exclusively based on a demographic made up of 10-14 yr olds who have the most "disposable income"

i'm sure many will disagree, and say that it's just flat out stealing. Hard to argue, but stealing what exactly??? I steal TV shows w/ my VCR- used to steal music with cassette tapes, easily steal movies w/ a DVD/VCR combo- so how is this different? Because it's a threat to the music industry's monopoly. in my mind that's at the heart of this RIAA campaign.

thank you and good night

[Evan Profile Website]

Originally posted by Folic_Acid
Amazing. I'm not sure who they're taking their advice from, but this is NOT the way to win friends and influence people. It's just going to piss everyone off, kind of like the American Teleservices Association (read: Evil, Slimy Telemarketing Bastards) telling its members to keep calling people on the Do Not Call list because of the court ruling. Yeah - that'll work well.

You are quite wrong sir!

Telemarketers are obeying the Do-Not-Call Lost.

http://www.optonline.net/News/Article/Feeds?CID=type%3Dxml%26channel%3D32%26article%3D9176996

[Folic_Acid Profile ICQYIM]

Originally posted by Evan
You are quite wrong sir!

Telemarketers are obeying the Do-Not-Call Lost.

Well, let me share a quote from the Washington Post today:

The Washington Post wrote
The Denver case was brought by the American Teleservices Association, which represents the telemarketing firms. Even before Nottingham issued his opinion, the association's executive director, Tim Searcy, had been advising members that, in light of the Oklahoma ruling, they should continue calling numbers on the do-not-call list beyond Oct. 1.

[Evan Profile Website]

Originally posted by Folic_Acid
Well, let me share a quote from the Washington Post today:

Which won't happen. Trust me.

[Folic_Acid Profile ICQYIM]

I wouldn't be so sure... I know these people. Even met Tim Searcy. This is their livelihood - if the list goes into effect, they're sunk.

[Ryan Profile]

The no call list is a good way to make some quick cash. If they call me, ill sue.