Enforcing Copyrights

[CajunCenturion]

I guess in light of recent court rulings, the RIAA is going to battle.

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1020876.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed

This could get messy, and if anything good comes out of it, perhaps the powers that be will address copyright laws in light of Internet capabilities and consumer desires.

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[petermeachem]

Quite right too. Excellent idea. Glad the Dixie Chicks have pulled back into line, and I'm not joking.

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[petermeachem]

Just asking. Can you drag 12 year old children off to court in the us? If not what would they do to them?

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[sleipnir214]

petermeachem:
The parents would likely get hauled into court, not the kid. Generally, parents are held responsible for the misdeeds of their kids.

And it would be contrary to their interests for the RIAA to drag some twelve-year-old kid into court -- just think of the bad publicity a creative defense lawyer could generate with that.


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[cdogg]

More reading if you're interested:

Music Labels Go After Individual Users

http://www.msnbc.com/news/931146.asp?0cv=CB10

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[Tarwn]

Interesting numbers the RIAA has quoted. Made even more inteesting since they seem to have pulled the actual profit reports of of their website (again). The funny thing is, in 2001 they were complaining about a $4 billion loss from 2000 which they attributed to sales of less singles which they in turn attributed to music downloads (this is right around the time of the whole Napster thing if I remember correctly).
This whole mess bothers me. I've actually looked throught the numbers and various reports written based on the numbers, and it's all a juggling act.
While the economy was going downhill for a while, music prices went up on a per unit basis, total new releases were cut by a third, and singles stopped being reported after 2000 because retailers were no longer requesting them. The drop in singles started in 1997, more than halving by 2000.

Anyways, just commenting on the creative math they so often report to the news...

_{01010100 01101001 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101111 01101011 00101110 01100011 01101111 01101101}
^{29 3K 10 3D 3L 3J 3K 10 32 35 10 3E 39 33 35 10 3K 3F 10 38 31 3M 35 10 36 3I 35 35 10 3K 39 3D 35 10 1Q 19}
Do you know how hot your computer is running at home? I do

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[petermeachem]

You sound vaguely like you are condoning theft. I assume that isn't so.

Downloading instead of buying is actually stealing, whatever spin you put on it.

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[Grenage]

Really? I didn't read anything that condoned thread at all

 

[CajunCenturion]

And of course, the other side shows provides a peek into their hand.

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1021641.html?tag=fd_top

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[Kjonnnn]

Help me with this?

Its seems that as technology progresses, the ease at which and individual can get copyright material, it is easier to rationalize the violation of that copyright. And it seems taking copyrighted material is becoming more controversial in the music and computer fields.

I think its is with the "degree" to which copyright can be violated that has folks (the copyright owners) up in arms.

While people have always copied CDs and albums and cassettes for their friends, its only now that someone can post a song and have millions of people copy it.

 

[edemiere]

Well, if this kind of trend continues we will probably see a large rise in spoofing again and all other kinds of evasion tactics regaining an interest.

Before DRM hit's all our PC's, we should stock up on the patches and updates for the legacy operating systems now so you can keep some form on control on your OWN PC.

Cheers!