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p2pnet.net News:- Did you know the Big Music cartel’s RIAA owns the new dual disc technology?
No?
“The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced a newly-created program through which any record label can obtain a license for use of the logo for DualDisc, an innovative new product which combines music, film and video on a single, two-sided disc,” it says
Aaaah. So the RIAA doesn’t own it. It’s just another vacuous cartel ploy. This time, it wants you to buy a graphic that’ll also prove you’re among the gullible who’ve been conned into thinking the RIAA in some way oversees the applications of dual disc technology, and that you need its permission to use it.
“The RIAA program was created to ensure consistent quality and avoid consumer confusion,” says the record label enforcement organ. “Use of the DualDisc logo is available to any record label, independent or major, U.S. or international-based, for a nominal fee. Trial licenses are available for those labels that desire to explore market interest in DualDiscs for their artists.”
Trial licenses? To test what?
“We are excited to do our part to broaden acceptance and understanding of DualDisc,” says RIAA president Cary Sherman.
“It is another illustration of an industry that is working hard to bring greater value to consumers, both online and in record stores, with high-quality, value-rich products.”
A ‘trial license’ is, “limited to two releases by Licensee and its Affiliates in the aggregate within a one year period is available at a cost of $100,” says the RIAA. “A license that is not limited by number of releases is available at a cost of $250 per Covered Label, up to a maximum of $2500 per year.
“Even if licensee has more than ten (10) Covered Labels so that its license fee is capped at $2500, each Covered Label must be registered through the DualDisc Licensing Website to be covered by the Agreement.”
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May 12th, 2005 at 4:15 pm
let me get this straight, the RIAA wants labels to pay them (the RIAA) to put a logo on the cover of a dual disc…. just for the logo? A logo that’s not really associated with the dual disc (other than in the RIAA’s mind), but will supossedly let *customer’s* (not consumers) know it is a “quality product”.
Damn! Why didn’t I think of this.Those genius’s at the RIAA have a great plan here.
Ok, I just need someone to design a internet logo. We’ll make money by selling it to all the people who want other people to know they use the “good quality” internet, as opposed to the normal internet everyone without a logo will be using. Damn, there I go again, being good to customers, What I ment to say was we’d make a furtune renting the use of the logo, yeah that’s the ticket. Them we need a logo for those people using good quality TV signals… oh and good quality radio signals…. and sopa I’m sur people want to know other people are using good quality soap….
May 12th, 2005 at 4:31 pm
Yep. It’s amazing.
But what else can you expect from a crew that came up with suing its customers as its main marketing strategy?
Cheers!
May 12th, 2005 at 7:11 pm
Twenty years ago, I thought the RIAA was about providing de-facto standards for audio recording technology. Today, it’s run by a bunch of brainless lawyers and bean counters who have no idea about technology.
At least one thing, if I see the “dual-disc” logo, I’ll be suspicious about buying that product.
Since when did the RIAA suddenly become intelligent ?
May 12th, 2005 at 9:32 pm
How do these guys sleep at night?
May 12th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
And of course the manufacturers aren’t going to bear the cost of this ridiculous “logo” licensing…..
…which begs the question, “Who will ultimately pay for this ‘logo’ that in essence does nothing?”…
The answer?
The consumer yet again. Fleeced out of hard earned dollars to reward an an ungrateful industry that is everyday beginning to look more and more like organized crime.
May 13th, 2005 at 12:39 am
I make the same disc on a one sided disc(i know less space, but it hasnt been a big problem). They call them enhanced cd’s. I make them all the time. lol. Only the RIAA would make a more cumbersome technology, and say it’s better.
May 13th, 2005 at 2:38 am
Other technologies will make CD/DVD Discs look like LP’s.
Let the RIAA stick that in their pipe and smoke it!
May 13th, 2005 at 9:20 am
This is the usual game they play, only this time they want to initiate the format game instead of waiting on someone to develop it. If they can reinvent the wheel over and over again and make it look like something new, heck every manufacturer that makes equipment to play it will be a happy camper. I long ago go over the buy new everytime something comes out.
Just think you can buy your very own copy of a logo from them. Cheap too! Be real. 100 bucks for two releases? Geeze did they throw that in as an afterthought for Joe Citizen? For what good would that be?
I got news for them, I don’t want it and I am not going to go buy some player just to hear what I am not going to purchase in product. Not only will they want you to buy the product but something to play it on. Sounds to me like these folks been living in fairly land or somewhere too long. They can keep their DRM laden trash, I will keep my money. Sounds like a fair deal to me!
May 13th, 2005 at 6:43 pm
“Just think you can buy your very own copy of a logo from them.”
Nope, you can rent the use of it subject to the RIAA’s complete control of everything you ever do for the rest of your life.