Comments on: RIAA Online and Street Piracy Policy: amended http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:24:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: surfer http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919/comment-page-1#comment-915477 surfer Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:33:48 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919#comment-915477 <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology" rel="nofollow">RIAA Abandons Lawsuits</a> RIAA Abandons Lawsuits

]]> By: gene http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919/comment-page-1#comment-914591 gene Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:42:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919#comment-914591 Directv and the RIAA have sued many they knew were innocent. Where people were innocent, the suits were a fraud. Law enforcement should have stepped in to stop innocent people from being sued. Those innocent people need to do what Justice did. Law enforcement ignored justice in these suits. People need to ignore justice the next time they are a juror or a witness. Jury nullification will ignore Justice the next time. Directv and the RIAA have sued many they knew were innocent. Where people were innocent, the suits were a fraud. Law enforcement should have stepped in to stop innocent people from being sued. Those innocent people need to do what Justice did. Law enforcement ignored justice in these suits. People need to ignore justice the next time they are a juror or a witness. Jury nullification will ignore Justice the next time.

]]> By: Just my two cents http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919/comment-page-1#comment-913847 Just my two cents Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:30 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919#comment-913847 >Eric This may have some truth in it, if it were not for the fact that in the example that you use, the person who is suing is not the creator of the Kaleidoscope, but the person who is marketing it. And if that is not enough, the people that this "marketer" is going after the school children who made their own "kaleidoscope" to view it's splendor , who are being sued not the people selling knock-off versions of the original Kaleidoscope. While I do understand the problem that many companies face, with pirated software (I work in the hardware/software industry), I also know that some of our most avid users, are people who learned to like our software from pirated versions, and are now paying customers (of course we wished that they started out paying customers ;-) ). The biggest enemy are the companies trying to make a quick buck by selling the pirated software, and not so much the user. When will companies like the RIAA and MPAA learn that a file that is shared, does not equal a direct loss in sale. Just my two cents >Eric

This may have some truth in it, if it were not for the fact that in the example that you use, the person who is suing is not the creator of the Kaleidoscope, but the person who is marketing it.

And if that is not enough, the people that this “marketer” is going after the school children who made their own “kaleidoscope” to view it’s splendor , who are being sued not the people selling knock-off versions of the original Kaleidoscope.

While I do understand the problem that many companies face, with pirated software (I work in the hardware/software industry), I also know that some of our most avid users, are people who learned to like our software from pirated versions, and are now paying customers (of course we wished that they started out paying customers ;-) ).

The biggest enemy are the companies trying to make a quick buck by selling the pirated software, and not so much the user.

When will companies like the RIAA and MPAA learn that a file that is shared, does not equal a direct loss in sale.

Just my two cents

]]> By: Eric http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919/comment-page-1#comment-913746 Eric Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:11 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/17919#comment-913746 When the guy who invented the kaleidoscope invented the kaleidoscope, he patented it. Then everyone with a few bucks started making and selling them without paying royalties. The guy couldn't sue them all-- making the patent effectively worthless because it was too simple a device. Now, we have the exact same thing with file sharing. Copyrights have become effectively worthless if anyone can just make copies-- admittedly cheap ones without the professional packaging, but copies nonetheless. When the guy who invented the kaleidoscope invented the kaleidoscope, he patented it.

Then everyone with a few bucks started making and selling them without paying royalties.

The guy couldn’t sue them all– making the patent effectively worthless because it was too simple a device.

Now, we have the exact same thing with file sharing. Copyrights have become effectively worthless if anyone can just make copies– admittedly cheap ones without the professional packaging, but copies nonetheless.

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