Comments on: RIAA: egg on face over Ray Beckerman

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:59 +0000

The RIAA is a cartel of multinational parasites.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:08:12 +0000

Just spray this parasite with pest killer. End of story.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:55:07 +0000

The RIAA is not calling Ray Beckerman, his blog, or the EFF a “cartel of multinational [etc, etc].” The RIAA is whining because Beckerman calls the RIAA a “cartel of multinational [etc, etc]” on the front page of his blog. The RIAA is implying that since they’re obviously good guys, then Beckerman is obviously a bad guy because he calls them names and makes disingenuous accusations.

By: Free Thinker

Free Thinker — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:01:39 +0000

I’ve recently re-discovered Electronica, complete with some great online shops that sell un-DRMd files in 320Kb MP3 format, selling at a very reasonable price.

What fantastic music and no RIAA presence! Seriously, I’m finding the shit that’s doled out on commercial radio when I drive my car, harder and harder to listen to.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:32:28 +0000

Wow! That judge is hot!

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:47:52 +0000

^^ Nah. That’s what associates get. When you work for the RIAA, money is no object

Cheers!

By: I'm in the rong joob

I'm in the rong joob — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:24:56 +0000

“They also need to learn how to write.”

No kidding and they get, what, $350 an hour?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:21:05 +0000

while the pic of her seems to be the “official” one that is widely used, and despite the fact that woman normaly prefer pictures where they look younger, I guess this one* of her has more charisma of the person, even if that seems to be a taken more recently then the other one.

* http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/01/09/us/09sentence_lg.jpg

A_F

By: meth0d

meth0d — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:17:16 +0000

jon,

couldn’t that statement be considered libel or slander against Ray?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:15:31 +0000

^^ “Funny that first sale was mentioned in a previous article here.”

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14901

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:57:49 +0000

Being a worm, wriggling on a hook, doesn’t get it off the hook. The RIAA and the major labels by ownership of them, are earning not only the artists but major lable product a bad name and an unsavory aftertaste in the view of the public.

At this rate it won’t be much longer and no one but no one will want big musics’ offerings. Where else can you go and get sued for buying a product and putting it on your computer for your own use? Doesn’t sound like much of a bargain to me for buying a product.

Funny that first sale was mentioned in a previous article here. Pray tell, how does first sale fit into the scheme of DRM? I’m really interested in how those that bought these digitially crippled offerings can do that.