RA joins file sharing war
p2pnet.net News:- If having Big Music’s breath on your neck isn’t bad enough, the Recording Academy is, “strategically increasing its visibility and participation on Capitol Hill,” it says in a statement issued after its Spring Trustees Meeting.
This new initiative will include:
- Being a partner in the recently announced Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus;
- Actively participating in Arts Advocacy Day;
- The creation of an Academy Advocacy Committee;
- And, in the next month or so, the Academy will be launching avenues through which our members can contact their Congresspersons directly through www.grammy.com.
Also, “after successfully launching Phase I of the Academy’s public education campaign regarding the value of paying for music, ‘What’s The Download,’ Phase II will launch this summer. Campaign tactics will include grassroots initiatives, radio and TV PSA outreach, and a new national initiative that will be announced at the end of summer.”
What this boils down to is the above-mentioned congresspersons will be cosseted and stroked by entertainment industry celebrities and biggies, all of whom will be whispering hypnotically, over and over again, ‘File sharing is devastating the music industry!’ ‘File sharing is devastating the music industry!’
Expect to see:
- More righteous congress anger and press releases centering on the villainous file sharers
- More proposals for ’stern new laws’ to help remedy the desperate plight of copyright owners who “have been left alone to fend for themselves, defending their rights only where they can afford to do so“.
- More entertainment industry school educational programs and efforts such as FastLink.
Stay tuned.
June 6th, 2004 at 4:55 pm
This just further typifies how out of whack things really are. To waste congresses time with fear mongering tactics only to further the bottom line of foreign companies at the expense of individual freedom and rights is just sickening and just further proves that democracy has a price tag.
June 7th, 2004 at 5:17 am
I am Osama bin downladen,
I declare holy jihad against RIAA, MPAA, RA and all those infidels who attempt to stop our downloading.
June 9th, 2004 at 5:25 am
The RIAA needs to realize that what comes around goes around. The RIAA has p****D off the majority of the nation and I personally can’t wait until I get to meet one of those SOB’s face to face. I think if I could legally get away with off-ing someone it would be every member of the RIAA
STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE &*@!!!#$$% RIAA