Comments on: If the RIAA and MPAA did handbags …

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:46:27 +0000

Sadly I have to work with organisations like the RIAA on a daily basis in my backing track business. They are the most arrogant and stubborn people to deal with. Well said Lauren.

By: Just my two cents

Just my two cents — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:56:01 +0000

A superb analogy!

Could someone make sure that the the US Judges (or least the lawyers defending people against RIAA and MPAA) get a copy of this?

The sad thing about this analogy, is that I am sure that given the chance, it COULD happen, if given the chance.

Just my two cents

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:07:53 +0000

“The reality, of course, is: the RIAA and MPAA are two of the most worthless corporate outfits around today. They’re not only totally useless in terms of achieving anything beneficial for the companies they represent, they’re destructive almost beyond measure and completely lacking in any kind of moral integrity.”

As that applies, there could be two parts to this:

1. Their product itself: which has long been accused of corrupting people’s morals, the youth especially, leading the disintegration of society.

2. Their corruption of the government, legal, and educational systems through bribery, threats and blackmail.

As the handbag example shows, if the same laws that apply to entertainment media also applied to other everyday products, we would all be so enslaved by draconian restrictions that any semblance of normal life would be impossible.

Either that, or we’d all be criminals many times over.

By: chronoss

chronoss — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:45:48 +0000

acta
its alllllll calllllled ACTA

and ironically they are al doing it.

capitalism is supposed to spur comeptition and cheapen prcies thats why pirated good appear the profit margins are too high and others can make a fairly comp[entant knock off at a profit as well.

WHEN they GET THAT. It will be a star trek federation day.

By: Ryan Scott Scheel

Ryan Scott Scheel — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:53:12 +0000

Ouch, tough analogies are tough. Great article, from BagBunch.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:45 +0000

Actually I’ve heard some “handbag propaganda” about the nockoffs .. or lets say “pirate handbag” industry, some of it is quite scarilly similar. The people wanting the cheeper nockoffs vs the uber expensive same-bag-with-a-nametag. This of course costs the industry “billions” (pinky finger to lips) and they have got the law to size fake handbags at the boarders. And of course the people buying the pirate bags could never afford the regular bags so they really lost nothing.