P2p cats vs RIAA pigeons
p2pnet.net News:- Ex-Grokster boss, and now Mashboxx boss, Wayne Rosso set the cat amongst the pigeons when he wrote an item in praise of the RIAA.
Which was, of course, exactly what he intended to do.
Now, here’s a retort from one of the cats, Drake Zamanov.
Rosso: As I stated in my piece, I don’t always agree with the policies and stragetgies of the industry. I thought that I was very clear about that. But it’s a new world and everyone has to get over it and move on.
Zamanov: No, we don’t have to get over it and accept the RIAA’s policy’s. You chose to embrace it even though you claim you don’t always agree with their methods. There are alternatives and file sharers are overwhelmingly proving that they don’t want DRM infested files.
Rosso: And believe me, it’s much easier these days to get things done with the record labels than it used to be. Things will be a lot different soon. And I personally feel that things will come full circle and that music will be free. I think that the labels are learning more and more about alternative business plans and are more open to them than ever. In order to make progress you have to be in the same room and have civil debate over the issues. Otherwise its like North Korea.
Zamanov: I have no idea what goes on in your meetings but, through their actions, they [the labels] have shown that they really haven’t learned much. They continue to sue file sharers and they continue to spew propaganda through various dishonest “copyright education programs”.
Rosso: P2P is evolving. New ways to share content is emerging so while your friends are busy converting Imesh, Grokster & Kazaa into crappy DRM’d infested pay services, file sharers are learning about new ways to share content with each other for free.
Zamanov: The music industry tries to convince people that sharing is wrong and dangerous. They hire companies to spread decoy files and to some extent, these campaigns work. But there are thousands of people like me who help file sharers figure out how to avoid these worthless decoy files. And no one is paying us a dime. 
Every day, thousands of people discover better ways to share files. You can’t keep us ignorant. The big labels only saving grace is that most people actually want to support artists and continue to buy music. Keep calling them thieves and you might have a problem down the road.
I think your job is safe but mashboxx will be about as successful as the Napster pay service. Your friends need to realize that they can make even more money by embracing file sharing instead of trying to control the Internet and suing file sharers.
You can put any type of spin you want to try to make it seem like they have changed but the fact is that they’re using the same old bully tactics and still believe that DRM is the answer.
Also See:
set the cat – Wayne Rosso on the RIAA, October 23, 2005
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