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April 17th, 2005 at 9:57 pm
Seems silly. I am not forced to buy anything from the RIAA or MPAA.
April 17th, 2005 at 10:43 pm
I agree that it seems silly but for distinctly different reasons. A week of boycott really isn’t going to hit them in the pocket enough to hurt them. Nor is it going to make them sit up and take notice. What will make them sit up and take notice is if this doesn’t stop at a week’s time.
Your money is a vote. Spend it for what you believe in. Don’t spend it for what you don’t agree with. Be that price, product, or methods of business operation. This gets notice. The businesses affected will either mend their ways or cease to be a problem.
I will take a week’s boycott as an acceptable to start for those that haven’t gotten used to the idea that they have the power to tell major corporations what is or is not within the realm of reason by their customers. Especially a major business that by its nature or operation has long figured it can dictate to its customers what is or is not acceptable in the eyes of that business. They have a long history of ripping off the artist, the market, and the consumer.
The major music industry has itself setup its own demise by the idea of giving the RIAA its marching orders to sue its own customers. Every sued customer is one that won’t be wanting any more of the majors “product”. Nor will that close circle of friends around that one sued. I had read an article with an estimation of 10 will be influanced to not purchase due to the actions of the majors. At that rate, given a few years they will be begging for customers as the amount they sue will be accumlative in becoming non-customers.
A week is nice, make it a lifetime till the ways are mended and you WILL make a difference.
April 18th, 2005 at 12:22 am
It’s not Silly!!!!!! and besides it’ll cost you nothing!!!!!!
April 18th, 2005 at 3:19 am
Then don’t stop there. Keep it up until they they come crawling back… and then spit in their face, because they DESERVE nothing anymore. They waged this despicable war, but we have the power to end it if we unite and just stop buying their crap all together! We can break them but it needs to be a world-wide effort for an extended period of time. You can support your favorite artists through other means. Go to their shows. Buy their merchandise directly from them. Cut out the middle men and make the fat cats, who think then can force everyone to bend over and take it, get a real job.
It also wouldn’t hurt to fill the mailboxes of the lawmakers and remind them who they work for either. Let them know there will be consequences if they continue to cater to the industry who is doing everything in it’s power to strip us of our fair use rights. It was just admitted in the Supreme Court that ripping CDs is legal, so then why the need for DRM? WE should go on the offensive and start filing massive lawsuits againt the industry for unfair business practices, extortion, and anything else someone with more legal expertise can come up with. Make them spend their money on the defense for once. Make them fly their representatives to every courtroom, in every corner of the world. Drain their pockets.
Bottom line… the industry needs our money, the politicians need our vote. Neither can continue their chosen profession without US!
April 18th, 2005 at 3:57 am
“Seems silly. I am not forced to buy anything from the RIAA or MPAA.”
Yes you are if you want to see a movie, buy or rent a DVD, or listen to music.
Rick
April 18th, 2005 at 6:13 am
I do agree with this post. I have been boycotting the majors ever since they started down this idiotic path. I added the MPAA members to the list when they started. Was at one time I was buying a couple of movies a month and maybe renting 30 bucks worth in the same month. Don’t do either anymore. Nor do I have any of the pay channels they figure you gotta have. No I don’t have to have. They can keep their products, my money will stay in my back pocket till things change. Thats the bottom line here. I am glad others are seeing this as something we can change and don’t have to put up with. Honestly it matters not if the rest of the world joins me or not, it is the way I do business. I don’t support those I don’t agree with. My money is a vote. I don’t vote for what I don’t believe in, be it product, business practice, or price.
Our politicians have reached new lows. I feel at times that I can look to Washington to see just what slick criminals look like. Especially in seeing how new legistlature is now handled. It is all mostly closed door, done deals. No opposition allowed, no one looking out for public interests. Well, it is the voters who put them in there and it is the voters that can take them out of there. One doesn’t have to wonder so much any more why there is such inate distrust of the government by the people now. It is the finest laws money can buy.
April 18th, 2005 at 10:37 am
Couldn’t say it any better - As a UKer BPI has kissed my hard earned cash good bye for about 2 months now!
April 18th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
Change can happen, as long as we band together in large numbers.
I rented a documentary recently titled “The Corporation” in which many issues are adressed about current power of corporations.
The best example happened in Peru. The government privatized water in this relatively poor country, but not just running water, it was deemed illegal for citizens to collect rainwater. Citizens were forced to buy product (water) that now cost them as much as a 1/4 of their income. This was too much of an expense for the average individual that is generally poor. So what happened? The people banded together and protested. They went to the streets and they were met with anti-protest police. This lasted for some time at a cost of human lives and injuries. It was something that the people were greatly affected by and based on the position they were forced into, they did not have any other choice. In the end, the citizens won the conflict and now control the water system.
I don’t know if the American public is interested in taking part in a standoff over the price of entertainment. I certainly hope that they would take interest and I’m thankful that sites such as this exist to try and make the public more aware of what is really going on. The main reason I feel the public is disinterested is due to the many distractions in their life that they feel are more important. They will tend to focus on those problems instead of the price of entertainment.
One week of not making any entertainment purchases would be a start. My recommendation would be to try and stretch that one week to several months. Only then will we get their attention. However, if such an event can be sustained, The RIAA/MPAA will probably argue that P2P is what is causing such a great decline in sales and it will empower them to change copyright law even more quickly in their favour.
If we make them aware that the protest will last only for a week, then they will know what to expect. I think this will be a lost battle right out of the gate. If the protest lasts indefinitely, it will affect them even more, and only with that tactic will we be able to starve the beast.
Let’s all join in and make it run until it really really hurts them. We can only have that power in numbers, just like the Peruvian citizens mentioned above.
I recommend the documentary “The Corporation” to everyone. It will be an eye opening experience.
TV
April 18th, 2005 at 5:36 pm
I think it is silly because like I said, no one is forcing me to go to the movies. No one is forcing me to buy music. If I do, then I do so because I want to. If a movie is too expensive, I simply don’t buy it. But to think some kind of boycott is going have any kind of impact, other than a few inflated egos - well that’s just not living in reality.
What is the point in boycotting? Because some 15 year old kid who thinks everything should be free is being “unjustly” sued? Please. I say sue em all, and get the lamers off the P2P networks. At least that will leave the file-sharing world with a smart crowd who knows how not to be sued.
April 18th, 2005 at 5:46 pm
Well I stopped buying content years ago, so I fully back this campaign!
One thing I would say; the story about Peru is interesting, but let’s keep things in perspective. No-one needs to die over this. Sure, we’re engaged in a battle with the content publishers, and that’s a battle worth fighting - but not worth dying for. If we’re protesting on the streets and they send in the army, perhaps it’s time to worry…
April 18th, 2005 at 6:23 pm
That’s was the point I was trying to make and maybe I didn’t get it across. The issue in Peru was much more serious because they tried to control something that is required to sustain life. Entertainment is not necessary for sustinence and thus, how far would people go to support a protest. Let’s start with a quiet revolution by choosing not to purchase. However, if they try to take our rights/freedoms away because of this or because of P2P networks (they have already started to do so), then that would be something worth fighting for.
TV
April 18th, 2005 at 7:12 pm
You pretty much nailed that one. Voting with our pocketbook is about the only real power we have left as consumers. Do not underestimate that power! Apathy and being made to feel like the individual can’t do anything about “it” is what makes the status quo system work. As a group we have ALL the power. USE IT!!!! (and stop eating that fast food while you’re at it…)
April 18th, 2005 at 10:12 pm
Right on. We need to make corporations know that we matter, by not buying product when we have a grievance. These ways we have wonderful tools like the Internet to help us spread the message.
April 19th, 2005 at 7:56 am
I agree that most p2p user buy what they like, i my self to be truthful had downloaded the sims 2(i’m a big fan of sims) to try it out and see how they new game turned out. Since it was great and better than the original i decided to buy it, i really love that game i haven’t even opened the box i like it that much, i just don’t want to get it ruined by opening it.(that box is like my new god lol…) There are other game out there that i like and buy if i really like them. Just recently i bought two copies of swat 4 since i loved it so much. I think that having files sharing is important because it weeds out the crappy stuff that you buy. I mean why spend money on stuff that they made look good in the ads and when you use it turns out horrible.Even if you download it and turns out horrible what are the chances of you to keep using it.