Comments on: It’s March! RIAA boycott month!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:08:37 +0000

Please, please, look over the AHRA… for US citizens…

In this case, the Audio Home Recording Act.

This act allows copying music … MUSIC, for personal purposes… non commercial personal use.

While the act of copying music for non commercial purposes is considered obtaining an illegal copy, it is not something that can be prosecuted under the law.

Think logically, of all the “cases” where the RIAA has gone up against users, have any been brought up on criminal charges? How many have SETTLED… how many were brought to JUDGMENT?

IMHO, Paying for copies of music is a voluntary effort and copying music for non commercial purposes… is not an enforceable crime.

-aicra

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:26:23 +0000

I’m afraid my contribution won’t make a dent in the weekly or monthly sales. I boycott them month after month and will continue to do so. They lost me as a customer when they lost touch of what the customer wants in return for payment of money.

I wouldn’t touch todays music as I simply don’t like it. It’s formulaic, tasteless as far as variety goes, and the blender homogeneous tunes just don’t do it for me.

I can’t hear new tunes on the radio like I did in the 60’s and 70’s so there’s no reason to listen to replay city. Lacking that exposure where else can I find new music to hear if I might like it or not? Only one place I have found and that’s p2p. I won’t pay for an album before knowing I will like it and there is no refund policy to return it. Heck digital sales doesn’t have a resale value for used no I am not going to even give that a chance. I’ve been burned far too many times already and have learned my lesson on buying something based on album art that I can now barely see on the cd cover format.

On the whole I’m a dissatisfied customer. The sue’em all put the cap on it all. I also don’t support companies and corporations whose business policies I disagree with. So for years now they haven’t received a penny from me for the purchase of new tunes.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:51:37 +0000

On the day the muzakbigbiz dies i say we demand a public holiday to celebrate the joyous event. Not just a once off, but an annual “Hooray they’re finally dead!” holiday. I’m having trouble thinking of a name for the holiday but here’s a few ideas.

Dead AA day?
Victory for Consumers day?
Justice at last day?
No more enslaved performers day?
No more muzak day?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:54:32 +0000

I will not give these robber barons one thin dime. They have themselves induced me to “freely procure” the few bits of quality music that inadvertently slip through the cracks of their crap castles. They have collectively been fleecing the public and artists alike for DECADES. It’s time to let them die.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:31:56 +0000

That article was written 5 years ago (March 1, 2002), and so much has happened since then. I didn’t predict http://www.musiccreators.ca/ , Canadian labels leaving CRIA, or the growing number of musicians and other creators opposed to DRM and lawsuits against their fans.

While times have changed, have our politicians noticed? Rather than boycotting the RIAA which won’t have much effect, why not spend the energy sending a letter to your Member of Parliament?

Canadians: http://www.digital-copyright.ca/letters
Americans: http://action.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=271

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:18:00 +0000

i mean, it is so hard to go out and buy the new britney spears album but i’ll show my support against the RIAA.