Comments on: University file sharing report http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1583 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/1583/comment-page-1#comment-2352 Reader's Write Sun, 06 Jun 2004 10:45:13 +0000 #comment-2352 "To think that on-line privacy, fair use rights, and freedom to exchange information on the internet could be so damaged, if not wiped out in the name of controlling copyright infringement for POP MUSIC and MOVIES is just unbelievable." couldnt have said it better myself. would like to add: It's unbelievable that the RIAA et al have convinced goverment police agencies to participate in this. Sure their time could be better spent fighting CRIME and not rifling through some univesity students belongings looking for cdr's and mp3's on hard drives. “To think that on-line privacy, fair use rights, and freedom to exchange information on the internet could be so damaged, if not wiped out in the name of controlling copyright infringement for POP MUSIC and MOVIES is just unbelievable.”

couldnt have said it better myself.

would like to add:

It’s unbelievable that the RIAA et al have convinced goverment police agencies to participate in this. Sure their time could be better spent fighting CRIME and not rifling through some univesity students belongings looking for cdr’s and mp3’s on hard drives.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1583/comment-page-1#comment-2259 Reader's Write Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:42:49 +0000 #comment-2259 You know, I understand that competing with "free" music is not a good thing for the music industry. My question is, why are they not making ANY reasonable attempt to offer an attractive alternative? iTunes and it's clone's offerings are limited (compared to P2P), over priced, DRM hobbled, and don't sound as good. The ONLY advantage at this point is that you don't have to buy the whole CD. Now the BMC (Big Music Cabal) is making noises about raising the prices substantially above the already too high 99 cents per track. The Nazi thug war the RIAA has waged against it's customers appears to have driven more people to use P2P than it has stopped. Who wouldn't lash out and fight back against an attack like that? I for one do not believe that music (& movies) that someone chooses to sell should be "free" for all on the net. That being said, the criminal invasion of privacy and blatant disregard of fair use rights the entertainment industry has perpetrated on the public with help and "blessings" of the federal government are simply unconscionable. I don't know what the solution might be but I do know this, the direction things are going now is BAD. REALLY BAD. To think that on-line privacy, fair use rights, and freedom to exchange information on the internet could be so damaged, if not wiped out in the name of controlling copyright infringement for POP MUSIC and MOVIES is just unbelievable. WTF are people thinking? I don't know how to wrap this up... Get a clue people! Stop this before even more damage is done. The entertainment industry is OUT OF CONTROL. Get the government out of the picture and let the market find it's own balance. Okay, I'm done ranting. For now. You know, I understand that competing with “free” music is not a good thing for the music industry. My question is, why are they not making ANY reasonable attempt to offer an attractive alternative? iTunes and it’s clone’s offerings are limited (compared to P2P), over priced, DRM hobbled, and don’t sound as good. The ONLY advantage at this point is that you don’t have to buy the whole CD. Now the BMC (Big Music Cabal) is making noises about raising the prices substantially above the already too high 99 cents per track. The Nazi thug war the RIAA has waged against it’s customers appears to have driven more people to use P2P than it has stopped. Who wouldn’t lash out and fight back against an attack like that? I for one do not believe that music (& movies) that someone chooses to sell should be “free” for all on the net. That being said, the criminal invasion of privacy and blatant disregard of fair use rights the entertainment industry has perpetrated on the public with help and “blessings” of the federal government are simply unconscionable. I don’t know what the solution might be but I do know this, the direction things are going now is BAD. REALLY BAD. To think that on-line privacy, fair use rights, and freedom to exchange information on the internet could be so damaged, if not wiped out in the name of controlling copyright infringement for POP MUSIC and MOVIES is just unbelievable. WTF are people thinking? I don’t know how to wrap this up… Get a clue people! Stop this before even more damage is done. The entertainment industry is OUT OF CONTROL. Get the government out of the picture and let the market find it’s own balance. Okay, I’m done ranting. For now.

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