I am dowloading my head off and sharing nearly 40,000 tracks on various p2pnetworks simultaneously, just to bother these RIAA/MPAA piece of human craps since almost 3 years and I am not going to stop! I am not going to stop!

Where is my lawsuit?

Are you going to sue me RIAA? No? Why not? Am I too scarry for you?

I swear on the head of your god money: I am weak. I am very weak. Sue me RIAA!

Personally, I despise CDs & DVDs and think the technology should be phased out entirely as a primary media format. Hard Drive Digital Media Players are the future of personal and home entertainment. Mass storage devices are becoming more affordable every year and it is only a matter of time before they become the standard of choice for media content delivery.

Although I’ve downloaded my share of music, I’ve also purchased content legitimately for download (they actually did something right when they started offering $.99 downloads). The problem with the latter is that vendors still insist on implementing non-standardized encryption methods to protect content. There are tools to strip out DRM (which I do)….but a lot of people don’t know how to do this and are pissed when they can’t play a song they bought and downloaded on an incompatible mp3 player. As far as I’m concerned, this only encourages people more to use p2p networks.

Rather than try to strong-arm their way into this new era with proprietary software and DRM practices, they should focus on making their content as easy as possible to purchase and use. Right now they’re trying to control all of the wrong things in all of the wrong ways. If the music and movie industries want to bring in more money, they should encourage online vendors to offer encryption free media and more creative buyer incentives. Instead of trying to protect media from being shared, why not just try to control the flow by allowing users to set up a ‘friends network’ which allows buyers to share content with friends/family at a discounted rate (or even for free….but then entice them to purchase their own media with seductive and irresistible adverts from the share portal). Offer discounts in the form of prepaid purchase cards so people are encouraged to buy music…but still feel like they’re getting a really good deal.

I realize the MIAA, labels and online music vendors are all separate entities…but perhaps this is part of the problem. By collaborating on more standardized & user friendly content delivery methods…..they’d all come out better in the end. This also includes the hardware manufacturers. Throw out the proprietary devices and adopt a standardized solution that allows customers to enjoy their purchases without having to install special software or be limited on what device they can enjoy their media.

None of this would stop file sharing, but I think it could encourage more people to buy music – which ultimately, is what this whole controversy is about (their bottom line). I even think there is a very large and hidden market of less security savvy p2p users who would buy music if the entire effort involved was as easy as using their p2p client. I’ll admit that I’m probably not one of them, but pretty much everyone in my extended family would be.

In the end…I know sharing music online is illegal. But so is speeding, cheating on your taxes, sampling grapes in the produce aisle and countless other things people do everyday that they know is wrong. Those annoying people screaming ‘but it’s stealing…you’re a thief and criminal!”…. just shush. Unless you’re the type of person who follows the law to a letter and would return an item to department store if you realized you weren’t charged for it…. stop preaching.

The RIAA thinks scare-tactics and ridiculously high fines will deter people from indulging in p2p file sharing….but they don’t. In fact, so many people are outraged by their methods, that they’re even more determined to do so out of spite. $9,000K per song is just stupid and unfair. Charging 10 times more than the song’s value would be fair and 10 times for every person they *KNEW* had downloaded the song from her (not some imaginary number of people they speculated on).

Boycotting is a good response. From this point on, I’ll buy only used CD’s or borrow to listen. I’m done with buying music “new” and feeding these dollar sucking pigs.

It’s me really!

Carry Sue Sherman.

Unsincerely yours.

Carry Sue Sherman.

Now you can use this post in the comming criminal case for corruption.

Carry Sue (Shitman oops!) Sherman.

Did you say that with a straight face ?
I laughed my coffee through my nose when I read that

” Does it sound like a lot? Yes! However, the labels need to be paid too. ”

True,
But why do they ‘deserve’ so much more than the actual artists ?
with about 4 percent of the dollar going to the artist, and the rest to the label,
it doesn’t sound like the labels are really hurting.

” They are the ones who ship out the CD’s and package the items. ”

No longer necessary.
AllofMP3 ( a comepletely legal site ) proves that.
People WILL pay a reasonable price for a legal produst, rather than use the hassle of
SOME p2p methods.
All of MP3 pays their feed to the russian version of SoundExchange, and is completely legal.
It is the Business Model the labesl should be EMULATING, not trying to kill.
They’re too stupid.

” If they ship an album that doesn’t sell well, they are stuck with it. ”

Tough shit.
If I write a song and no one likes it ( happens too often i’m afraid ) is it everyone elses fault they
hate it and won’t cough up cash for it ?
Is it their fault that they download it, hate it, and won’t buy the CD ?
Stuff sucks, and doesn’t sell.
Put out stuff that doesn’t suck.

” I’m just tired of the boycott shit. grow up people! ”

LOL, no one is forcing you to boycott.
Gosh knows no one is taking you seriously anymore either, David.

If you don’t want to, don’t boycott
If you think what the labels are doing through their puppet organization, the RIAA, is
wrong and must stop .. boycott.
If you MUST have it, buy second hand.

I have a feeling the boycotters will outnumber you … greatly.

Remember the music industry paid companies to flood the P2P networks with fake files. It ruined the P2P networks. We can do the same to their sources of information. “1-800-BAD-BEAT” is the toll free number that the RIAA advertises to call if you want to report an incident of piracy you encountered. Because it is toll-free it means the RIAA pays for every minute of every call it receives. If every person called this toll free number on a regular basis and gave them mis-information or just told them that we protest their tatics, it make them pay out of their own pocket for the priviledge of having mis-information or just hearing protests. Just keep the line open for as long as possible to make them pay mor

The RIAA needs the money. Does it sound like a lot? Yes! However, the labels need to be paid too. They are the ones who ship out the CD’s and package the items. If they ship an album that doesn’t sell well, they are stuck with it. There’s a lot of money going into this kind of stuff.

I’m just tired of the boycott shit. grow up people!

And BTW, my name’s not David!

Perhaps, but she doesn’t deserve to pay a quarter of a million dollars. The penalties against digital copyright infringement are ridiculously out of proportion to the crime itself. Do a bit of research. You’ll find that the average fine for some of the most violent and horrific crimes don’t even come close to what this woman is expected to pay. A child pornographer in Georgia can’t be fined more than $10,000 for his crimes. The fine for sexual exploitation of a child in that same state can’t be more than $100,000. You don’t even want to know how little a person can get off on for rape. Does that make sense to you?

I am wholeheartedly in agreement and support of a boycott. If you feel guilty about the Artist not getting their cut (despite how pitiful it actually is)…. send them a fan letter with what you would have paid for the CD (assuming you used a p2p resource to obtain it). Feel free to explain that you love their music but refuse to support their label. You’ll be giving them 98% more than what they would have received if you had purchased it.

The Criminals are those that are bringing about this type of justice farce and who are damaging our country in the name of the god money. The real criminals are those in congress that pseudo vote for pseudo law such as the DMCA or the patriot act, or city laws that ask people for a “permit” for organizing a peaceful demonstration or bearing arm; pseudo law because they violate the constitution the supreme law of the land, pseudo law because therefore null and unenforceable.

The criminals are those trying to enforce such pseudo laws, and violating the people constitutional rights. The criminals are those that try to make you believe by advocating such pseudo laws, that torture for example can be legal in the US and its dependency in fact in total violation of the US constitution.

I realise you don’t know what i’m talking about.
That’s obvious.

I’ve turned away 2 label contracts in my lifetime as an artists, so I am aware just what an artists
gets, and DOESN’T get .. which Is why I turned them down.

Artists do what they do because they are artists.
They were born to it, they live it and breathe it, and do it whether or not they get paid .. that’s an artist.

What you speak of is called a mercenary

The music business is a horrible place for a mercenary, because artists DON’T GET SQUAT

Did you bother to read the negativeland link above David ?
I have a feeling you know exactly whats there already.

Eventually, people as a whole will indeed get sick of what they are doing, they know that.
That’s the main reason why mainstream news is saying VERY little.
The RIAA know the outrage that it will cause.

Stupid corporations KNOW better than to mess with their customers too much.

” If this Jeannie Thomas or whatever her name is actually committed this crime, she deserves to pay it. ”

And we may never know if she did, since the RIAA lawyers were not required to provide any evidence that
ANYONE EVER downloaded any files from her, nor were they required to provide ANY eveidence that
it was , in fact her, at the time.

She was convicted simply becuase the RIAA said it was her.

This will be overturned.

Hey! I just seen the DVD release of “I now pronounce you chuck&Larry” That was funny!
DVD downloaded and watched at home on my tv and it’s not available to the public till november.

hahahahahaha

why in the hell do I need the industry , Long live the pirates.

If this Jeannie Thomas or whatever her name is actually committed this crime, she deserves to pay it. She had the chance to settle, and she gave up that chance. After all, it says on CD’s that unauthorized reproduction is illegal and subject to the FBI. Stupid people should know better than messing with the law and the RIAA

I don’t what you are talking about, but artists do get paid for EVERY CD. It’s a royalty, an agreement. Artists are in for the money, too.

If you think that artists are getting paid for RIAA music, think again.

I suggest you read The Problem With Music:
http://negativland.com/albini.html

Well David,
We’ve covered this before .. a lot.
Artists does NOT equal rights holder.
Buying the CD pays the Rights holder.
The rights holder is nearly ALWAYS the label, not the artist.
The label then pays the artist, sometimes, if they can find them.
out of a 20.00 CD the artists might get 25 cents if they are lucky, but you know that.

Buying CD’s new will only help fund the labels, so they can continue to sue people without
needing evidence of any kind.

Are you STILL hoping some label will look at your site and want to sign you ?

I don’t know whether or not the Eagles are the RIAA or not, but they’re coming out with a new album (Which I have been waiting for years!) distributed only at Wal-Mart. They deserve all the respekt they can get.