LimeWire, Kazaa are cool, IFPI tells kids
p2pnet news Kids & Kartels | P2P:- A primary task for Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG so-called ‘trade’ associations such as their IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) is to spread outright lies, as well as mis- and disinformation, in schools to effect that the Big 4 are caring corporate concerns with the interests of their customers, especially youngsters, at heart.
However, sue ‘em all, is their motto and as p2pnet once suggested >>>
“The major record labels and Hollywood movie studios are traditionally and infamously linked to organized crime, rampant drug use, the use of sex as currency and corruption at all levels and they’re the absolute last entities on earth to be instructing anyone, let alone children, on moral issues, on what’s right and what’s wrong and on truth and fairness.
“Yet that’s exactly what’s happening, and it’s happening everywhere with the collusion of local governments and school staffs and administrations.”
The IFPI, “has always been concerned with the safety of children, and on pro-music.org they maintain a list of download stores that are ’safe’ to use,” says TorrentFreak’s Ernesto, going on >>>
I was of course curious about these legal stores, and since I’m from the Netherlands, I decided to give the Dutch legal stores a try. This turned out to be an interesting experiment.
To my surprise, the first 4 sites on the list were all gone, some had quit, and others redirected to websites that didn’t sell any music.
Even worse, commodore.nl -the first site on the list- served ads for a scam site that sells filesharing software.”
The shouldn’t surprise you, Ernesto. Under the www.pro-music.org scam site Canadian list >>>
- Bell Mobility list takes you straight back to Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s www.pro-music.org site
- The Bonfire at Futureshop has zip to do with music apparently centering, at the time we went there, on cameras
- Connect says, “Now that the music store is closed, you will not be able to purchase or download music …”
- Sony Connect says, “Now that the music store is closed, you will not be able to purchase or download music …”
- Rogers Wireless Music Store takes you straight back to www.pro-music.org
- SympaticoMSN is just that – SympaticoMSN with nothing on music
TorrentFreak goes on >>>
To my surprise, the first 4 sites on the list were all gone, some had quit, and others redirected to websites that didn’t sell any music. Even worse, commodore.nl -the first site on the list- served ads for a scam site that sells filesharing software.
I finally got something that looked like a music store when I got to the fifth link, dance-tunes. However, when I searched for the latest Radiohead album, nothing came up. The site only has a few mp3s, and nothing of my choice.
The journey continued, and with sixth site, download.nl, I finally found some good music. Interestingly however, the songs I found were not for sale. Instead, I was advised to download LimeWire, Shareaza and Kazaa Lite.
This may indeed sound a little confusing, but the IFPI apparently wants kids to use filesharing software after all.
So, to sum up my legal music experiment. I tried the first 6 sites advised by IFPI, 4 didn’t sell any music, the fifth only listed a few songs, and the sixth website I tried advised me to install LimeWire or Kazaa. It gets even worse further down the list where the kids end up at sites that sell hardcore adult movies.
Not one of the Big 4 ‘education’ projects has anything to do with education or with helping anyone other than Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US).
They’re child mind-rape programmes designed to co-opt teachers and teaching staff into acting as corporate propaganda disseminators.
Adds Ernesto:
“Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media said about the new campaign: ‘The new guide is a very good example of an initiative that offers simple, practical advice to parents and teachers to keep young people safe and legal while enjoying music on the Internet.’
“I guess she didn’t try it herself.”
Click here to see how badly the IFPI has screwed up where you live.
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p2pnet – Open letter to parents, July 2, 2006
TorrentFreak – IFPI Advises Kids to Use LimeWire and Kazaa, May 11, 2008
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May 12th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
OWNED!!!
May 12th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
“The major record labels and Hollywood movie studios are traditionally and infamously linked to organized crime, rampant drug use, the use of sex as currency and corruption at all levels and they’re the absolute last entities on earth to be instructing anyone, let alone children, on moral issues, on what’s right and what’s wrong and on truth and fairness.”
Very interesting, enlightening, and explains a lot. I never knew this. Thank-you for informing us. This is the kind of helpful educational material that should be brought to the attention of schoolteachers and the education dept.
Regarding the rest of the story, it seems clear the intention is to frustrate the efforts of children looking for music to cause them to give up, but the “hard core” element who head off to Limewire and Kazaa are in line for music industry spam and scams with every search showing fakes which redirect to their own evil sites and lure them into something nasty like downloading a trojan or virus, and maybe finding out their personal details etc.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Reality can be so silly sometimes.