IFPI bans profs from conference
p2pnet.net News:- The IFPI, the international arm of the RIAA, reportedly barred a handful of university professors from entering their press conference.
The professors are from the Centre for Technology and Society, a part of the prestigious Brazilian think-tank Fundação Getulio Vargas.
The reason for barring the professors entry could be that the organisation they’re a part of, the Centre for Technology and Society, has prepared a manifesto that proposes to “amend” Brazilian copyright law.
The IFPI probably didn’t want them around while they announced their new round of lawsuits where they try to catch another 8,000 alleged file sharers. Makes sense doesn’t it?
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry or the IFPI (official website) represents almost 1500 record companies in 75 countries and has announced similar anti-piracy campaigns in the past.
The official explanation for barring the profs was that the seating room could only hold 40 people.
The funny thing is, however, that there were already 50 people in the room! So, they asked if they could stand and at least listen to the debate.
Apparently, there wasn’t even room for standing.
But what really adds the cherry to this tropical sundae of suspicious behaviour is the fact that the professors were officially invited and given permission to participate.
Later on it was discovered from various news agencies, including Reuters and the AP, that it was in fact a lie and that there was ample seating available in the room.
A petition has been started to support the manifesto prepared by the Professors’ organisation.
Torrentfreak – The Netherlands
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October 18th, 2006 at 9:02 pm
” Is your position so weak, that it cannot withstand debate ? ”
I guess the IFPI answer would be .. yes.
Ok, so it’s a Star Trek ( TNG ) quote, sue me for being a geek.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:33 am
yes, their position is so damn weak!
I assume the organised music crime has, lets say about 5 to 10 thousand people worldwide employed. They and their positions are so fucking weak!!
Their dinosaur position regarding the exploitation of cultural heritage for the enormous wealth of a few guys in these organisations and not for the creating artists and the society in whole is doomed in the digital age!
They have no real power beside the money they (still) are making from the public.
even a sloppy organised “war on (music cartel) terror” would eradicate these few terrorists in less then a 4 week strike and after that the music will still be around and those that really create the music, the artists, will still exist and even will live better because they will get more for their service to the society.
So where is the UN-resolution to declare war on those few thousand “organised music”-terrorists? It would not even be needed to spend much money for cruise missiles and bombs and this stuff.
Just allow those people on the recieving end of the ~30000 lawsuits to declare those that brought the suits against them to be declared “illegal combatants” and let them handle the job of the “anti(music)terror”-fight.
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