[QUOTE=Panda X;22499428]You got it backwards. The person who wrote the article needs to learn basic math. Not the RIAA. Though I'm sure they could too.[/QUOTE]
No it's an array of fines that vary from 750 to 150k or whatever it said.
The RIAA doesn't sue over the loss of a purchase of the song, they sue over copyright infringement, which protects against Intellectual Property theft.
If you spend three weeks working on a digital project to make your living, and someone ends up distributing it for free anyway, you could be ruined. It's still theft. This doesn't happen with anything bordering frequency right now, of course, but that's in part thanks to hefty fines on Intellectual Property Laws.
The RIAA, of course, in typical corporate greed, makes an utter mockery of a valid point. Sure, the big names don't need music sales, because they get a pittance of sales anyway. They make most of their money on live performances. The ones truly harmed are the smaller musicians.
What does RIAA stand for? Also has anyone here ever been caught out for illegally downloading music? cause I know someone who did, and now I'm scared...
[QUOTE=Faunts;22506685]What does RIAA stand for? Also has anyone here ever been caught out for illegally downloading music? cause I know someone who did, and now I'm scared...[/QUOTE]
Recording Industry Association of America
[QUOTE=Faunts;22506685[Also has anyone here ever been caught out for illegally downloading music? cause I know someone who did, and now I'm scared...[/QUOTE]
Well I don't know personally but this case was publicized.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_v._Thomas[/url]
[QUOTE=Regulas021;22502673]The RIAA doesn't sue over the loss of a purchase of the song, they sue over copyright infringement, which protects against Intellectual Property theft.
If you spend three weeks working on a digital project to make your living, and someone ends up distributing it for free anyway, you could be ruined. It's still theft. This doesn't happen with anything bordering frequency right now, of course, but that's in part thanks to hefty fines on Intellectual Property Laws.
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Would you sue the guys that paved the road that the people who stole your project drove on to get away?
Suing Limewire for IP theft is the same thing.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22521724]Would you sue the guys that paved the road that the people who stole your project drove on to get away?
Suing Limewire for IP theft is the same thing.[/QUOTE]
Best analogy so far.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22521724]Would you sue the guys that paved the road that the people who stole your project drove on to get away?
Suing Limewire for IP theft is the same thing.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, suing Limewire for the actual theft is outrageous. I can see suing them for not attempting to implement countermeasures (and the sensible outcome of the suit is forcing Limewire to implement those measures). My point was more about how people don't understand the concept of Intellectual Property theft.
It's just a P2P program... I don't think he should be getting sued. Particularly not for such a ridiculous amount.
[QUOTE=Batmoutarde;22466119]Hahaha the RIAA is a fucking joke[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Zeke129;22521724]Would you sue the guys that paved the road that the people who stole your project drove on to get away?
Suing Limewire for IP theft is the same thing.[/QUOTE]
That is actually a great way of putting it.
I wish the entire RIIA would just cease to exist. The world would be a better place without recording companies. I think less people would pirate music if they thought they where hurting the actual artists rather then some douchebags in suits who make billions a year off of the musicians hard work while paying them next to nothing in comparison with what they are making.
Without recording companies there wouldn't be musicians, tard.
That is insane. This is why the RIAA is incredibly stupid.
[QUOTE=Sickle;22534562]Without recording companies there wouldn't be musicians, tard.[/QUOTE]
Without record companies, musicians would actually get the money they make.
[QUOTE=Combine_dumb;22466534]I never saw how piracy actually effected anyone. Music producers are still producing music, movies are still being made, game companies are still making games.
It seems to me like just a pathetic attempt to get more money as it usually is.[/QUOTE]
Summed it up perfectly. As Billy Bragg once said "piracy isn't killing music, its killing record companies". The big record companies don't care about music, but profit.
what the unholy shit
But seriously, is the entirety of the RIAA wasted? This is more hilarious than any joke. Oh wait, it is a joke!
That's more than most countries have! O_o
[QUOTE=Sickle;22534562]Without recording companies there wouldn't be musicians, tard.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit. You are so fucking wrong its almost sad.
Without record companies, musicians wont get fucked by bad contracts, will be able to sell records for their own price and actually make something out of that. Musicians would be happier in this situation, except pop stars.
[QUOTE=Sickle;22534562]Without recording companies there wouldn't be musicians, tard.[/QUOTE]
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
"Hurp derp derp piracy costs the company nothing herp herp derp".
Except development, labor, time and materials needed said development...
Basically what you do when pirating something is commissioning a job and then refusing to pay. It's the same damn principal. Try to reason your way out of that.
[QUOTE=doomkiwi;22544813]"Hurp derp derp piracy costs the company nothing herp herp derp".
Except development, labor, time and materials needed said development...
Basically what you do when pirating something is commissioning a job and then refusing to pay. It's the same damn principal. Try to reason your way out of that.[/QUOTE]
That's why Artists do shit live to get money.
You know how there are commercials infront of movies showing a carpenter who works for a movie company saying he lost his job to piracy? If the pirates stopped downloading the CEO of that company is going to say "Hmm, since we aren't being pirated from anymore we should give that carpenter some more money and his job back."
[QUOTE=radioactive;22544889]That's why Artists do shit live to get money.[/QUOTE]
A box is not enough
[QUOTE=lazyguy;22553125]A box is not enough[/QUOTE]
Certainly not for you. Musicians dont make much money off of album sales, they make it from playing live, merchandising, and other things, but they sure as fuck do not make it from album sales, not even on indie labels.
RIAA is a fucking joke.
RIAA are really just powerless in the end.
No amount of lawsuits will save them now.
I don't even see how RIAA even exists anymore. You would think they would have gone away when the RIAA Equalization curve went defunct when new technologies replaced it.
deleting all of my music immediately
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