Comments on: ‘Let’s talk,’ says Morpheus boss

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 08:10:13 +0000

sharing music by internet peer to peer network is just a hobby for uploader and downloaders, downlaoding slow unlike Napster. Overkill for a no-existent threat to entertainment industry. CD burners and mp3 format have done more than any peer-to-peer ntework in taking money from RIAA. Can’t stop these earth shaking technologies. The entertainment industry have to solve their own problems with better ant-piracy technology mechnisms.- invest in R&D like most industries instead of crying wolf to senators and gov’t like cry babies.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:18:08 +0000

Maybe but I doubt it!!! The best statement in all of the hearing was when a tech Ind. spokeman said ” that the music Ind should focusing on the Play button and not the record button ” meaning work it out with your Foes and make some money off of P2P.!!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:02:57 +0000

You know what? I bet that in the next two months we find out that The RIAA has been told to talk to the P2P people. Just my two cents.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:26:15 +0000

Remember the Tobacco Wars? After spouting transparent lie after transparent lie, Big Tobacco eventually had to cave in. But they kept it up for as long as they could. Now they’ve turned their attention to third world countries and Asia.

As you say, *P2P downloaders outnumbers the number of people working the industry by maybe a thousand to one* but I think it DOES have a bearing. Big Music as it exists will collapse too – or will be dramatically remodelled. The dinosaurs maintaining the status quo can’t last forever.

However the movie studios will, I think realize which way is up.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:14:22 +0000

Let’s face it – the entertainment industry has so much money that they can – and likely will – get virtually any law passed that they choose. The fact that the number of P2P downloaders outnumbers the number of people working the industry by maybe a thousand to one has little bearing.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:36:23 +0000

I can’t believe that there was no one there to counter the BS that Hatch is spewing for Hollywood, INDUCE will pass through sheer ignorance unless people get their act together and unify in the effort to present reality at these hearings. If not things will change in a bad way….