Comments on: Rip your legal CD? You’re a thief: RIAA

By: pablo

pablo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:55:46 +0000

They do say it’s illegal: http://www.musicunited.org/2_thelaw.html

“If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings, you’re stealing. You’re breaking the law, and you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages”.

By: Mike Ox-Small

Mike Ox-Small — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:29:20 +0000

If Sony says that copying music from my won CD’s onto another CD is illegal, then I demand that Sony give me a refund for all the blank CD’s and Cassettes I bought in the past 30 years! Then again, I won’t hold my friggin’ breath waiting for that to happen…

By: Taggart Romkey

Taggart Romkey — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:58:16 +0000

I think the RIAA and other agencies like them have smoking crack. As soon as Napster hit the Internet in 1999 the era of paying for music and movies ended. Same as the Hollywood era ended when Youtube hit the internet. To me the RIAA suing people who copy cd’s for their own use demonstrates they’re nothing more than a bunch of greedy fat cats who are on crack if they think law suits are going to do anything.

I’m surprised that law makers are dumb enough to go along with this. If i was a law maker I’d tell them to stop wasting the time of both the police and court systems. Law makers should be more focused on catching the idiots who upload kiddie porn and hack other people’s bank accounts and not wasting time going after college students who download episodes of Heroes or soccer moms who are downloading Britney Spears for their kids.

In closing if they’re suing people for Ripping cd’s and want to go after people listening to “their product” on the radio then they better go sue Walmart, HMV and Columbia House also for enabling to purchase their product to pirate in the first place. In the end who is the people who will ultimately be hurt by the actions of the RIAA? The answer is the RIAA themselves.

By: Compliant Consumer

Compliant Consumer — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:39:51 +0000

Well, in the 90s, I used to buy shitload & shitloads & shitloads of CD’s. I would get whole full price albums ya know, just for the one track that I liked!

Then the evil of Napster & its clones came on the scene.

I download. And download. And then downloaded some more.

I stopped buying CD’s. Completely. My illegal online activity had turned me into a massive online distributor and a criminal. :-$ :’-(

Then salvation came through my door, in the form of an unassuming plain brown envelope, addressed directly to me. It was from those nice people at the RIAA, explaining that I had done wrong and wreaked havoc on my beloved Music Industy that strove so hard to bring such great music at great prices.

They said that I could absolve myself for the reasonable sum of $6999.99 in three easy payments and a written promise never to do this again.

I initially (selfishly) resisted their generous offer, but a couple of well-built & friendly chaps came round & convinced me otherwise. One easy credit card transaction & my signature later and it was all done! Apparently, that transaction had the benefit of going down as cash, which is great.

I feel so much better now. I have deleted all 50,000+ MP3’s that I illegally stole via p2p (not forgetting my own illegal CD rips, of course).

I now go into my local record store at least weekly & ensure that I buy something - anything. Even if there’s nothing that I can think of, I’ll just get whatever they have on promotion and average a good $30-$40 per visit. If by some chance I don’t like something, I’ll simply return to the shop and discreetly put the CD back on the shelf - no need for a refund. Doing my bit to support my beloved Music Industry, bless.

Remember people: every single one of those illegal downloads (and CD rips) was a lost sale. The value must run into the millions! That $6999.99 compensation was a really small gesture on my part, to atone for my crimes.

I now spread the message as far as I can.

Sorry everyone, I just couldn’t resist. Bet for a minute there you thought I’d flipped…

That little scenario would be the dream of the music industry, wouldn’t it? Wankers - doesn’t even deserve to be bleeped out. I’m so glad that in reality, they are going down in flames. Question is, how many regular people are they gonna take down with them in the meantime?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:03:54 +0000

RIAA should stop drinking bong water..

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:47:39 +0000

Music and movies are not like paintings. The media is different now. An original painting should get what ever people are willing to pay for it. Entertainers should be selling stuff that is original, like playing live concerts. People will pay large if you are good. Digital media is not worth squat. It is now something you use to to get people to come see you live. Not the other way round as it was in the stone age. Things have changed and the gangsters that run these artists want to keep us in the stone age. What is totally disgusting is that governments and law makers go along with these gangsters. Once they tried to stop Americans from drinking alcohol so the gangsters could make large. It did nothing else. This is nothing but corruption and desperate people squeezing money from your wallet with laws. It won’t work in fact if an artist sides with these gangsters and law makers I will not pay to see them live either. I am all for paying what the market will bare. Clearly people won’t pay what these gangsters want us to pay. Law makers, governments, entertainers, RIAA and the like should all be in jail for the corruption, theft, and gangsterism .

By: Michael Miles

Michael Miles — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:44:54 +0000

As far as I can see we are at the brink of Global Nuclear War. If the Business world thinks that we really care about their little problem with copying CD or DVD then think again.
How in Gods world are they going to control it. As soon as copy protection is out there is someone out there that publishes cracks. So go ahead and waste some more time.

If I buy a CD then I give it to all my friends for free. It goes on my Ipod and my computer and then I upload it for P2P use. So blow it out you ear and stuff it.