Comments on: Record label Fact and Fiction http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1096 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1096/comment-page-1#comment-969 Reader's Write Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:47:58 +0000 #comment-969 Let's see...the facts prove that file sharing is not harming the music industry and may actually be helping it. How does the RIAA respond? They sue file sharers, call them thieves and claim that file sharers are costing people their jobs while crying poor. Further response: They convince the FBI to turn their attention to the file sharers and pay off senators in order to have the laws changed. Meanwhile, political experts blame a lack of intelligence for the terrorist attacks. The terrorist attacks really hurt the economy and yet the powers that be have decided to put a lot of FBI resources towards stopping file sharing. I think many people will vote against Bush in this election. Get him and his administration the hell out of there and give someone else a chance to fix things. Let’s see…the facts prove that file sharing is not harming the music industry and may actually be helping it. How does the RIAA respond? They sue file sharers, call them thieves and claim that file sharers are costing people their jobs while crying poor. Further response: They convince the FBI to turn their attention to the file sharers and pay off senators in order to have the laws changed.

Meanwhile, political experts blame a lack of intelligence for the terrorist attacks. The terrorist attacks really hurt the economy and yet the powers that be have decided to put a lot of FBI resources towards stopping file sharing.

I think many people will vote against Bush in this election. Get him and his administration the hell out of there and give someone else a chance to fix things.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1096/comment-page-1#comment-960 Reader's Write Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:36:30 +0000 #comment-960 Let me get this straight. "Even the FBI has become involved. It says music piracy has become its third priority behind terrorism and counter-intelligence,"? Are you kidding me? I want to get this out in the open, and on the table. The FBI has absolutely no place wasting its valuable resources on fighting the battles of a rapidly dying "industry". In the scheme of important things, this doesn't even make the top 20. I'd rather they put a few more agents protecting against deadly terrorist attacks then have them seeking out a college kid who shares his music. Where are our heads people? Why don't we stop for a second, take a step back and examine what's worthwhile and what is not. I think anybody with more than a 65 IQ can realize that the public won't stand for the tactics of the RIAA, and an approach involving criminalizing file-sharers will not solve the problem. All it will do is ALIENATE the consumers from the music industry, EXTORT money out of the aforementioned consumers, and WASTE government money that could be used for something productive! Let me get this straight. “Even the FBI has become involved. It says music piracy has become its third priority behind terrorism and counter-intelligence,”? Are you kidding me?

I want to get this out in the open, and on the table. The FBI has absolutely no place wasting its valuable resources on fighting the battles of a rapidly dying “industry”. In the scheme of important things, this doesn’t even make the top 20. I’d rather they put a few more agents protecting against deadly terrorist attacks then have them seeking out a college kid who shares his music. Where are our heads people?

Why don’t we stop for a second, take a step back and examine what’s worthwhile and what is not. I think anybody with more than a 65 IQ can realize that the public won’t stand for the tactics of the RIAA, and an approach involving criminalizing file-sharers will not solve the problem. All it will do is ALIENATE the consumers from the music industry, EXTORT money out of the aforementioned consumers, and WASTE government money that could be used for something productive!

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