Comments on: Let’s hear it for The Supremes!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 11:12:14 +0000

5 cents per song

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 06:42:26 +0000

You should have asked,’ have you eaten’? How nausiating! Gross! Who ARE these smug, self-satisfied prigs?
Welcome to the new age.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:50:30 +0000

Is it just me, or has any body else noticed that these industry press releases NEVER mention the profits that go to the fat-cat-mega-media-corp executives, board members, producers, and stock holders? How much is really left over for the artists & other peon employees down the food chain once the “elite” have taken their cut?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:38:46 +0000

That is a good question. IMHO the justices stated their opinions for the record, but when it came to the vote, the cartel’s death threats against their family members was what really mattered…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:33:08 +0000

You make an excellent point.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:15:41 +0000

ahh… touchÃ©

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:06:53 +0000

It is amazing how the Supreme court rules in favor of giving the cartels “protection” against “pirates” and yet fails to do the same thing for the real property owners. This goes to show you that the government only cares about the property rights of the cartels and the citizens be damned. If the Founding Fathers were alive today, they would be mustering the citizens for a VIOLENT REVOLT!!!!

This shows the hypocrisy of the united states government when it states that it is trying to “Promote freedom” in Iraq and the rest of the world. Why would I want to fight for freedom in the rest of the world when i do not have it here in my own country? I think the Founding Fathers have set a great example, and it may well be time for us to follow their lead.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:39:36 +0000

Then they americans will claim they are a terrorist and kidnap them.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:38:11 +0000

ok if a third of them did then why 9-0?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:38:26 +0000

I see this as a major defeat for the music industry. All sorts of ugly facts are going to come out during the trial.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:22:44 +0000

I like to see them try to sue the ones in the local apartment complex who are on a separate wireless network. Go FreeWan!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:21:13 +0000

whats sharman doing on this list? hehehe

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:20:11 +0000

That is why a non-American will have to write this. Someone in a country with no computer laws will have to be the one who releases it

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:03:11 +0000

because of the illegal trade blockade of the US, people in cuba cannot afford a pc.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:02:35 +0000

I’ll give my 2 cents, if I may. Actually, this decision merely paved the way for more litigation. It means that the question won’t be resolved in court before many years yet, during which the economical model of the Big Four will be tested without interference. And if they collapse in the meantime, a court decision won’t do them any good then.

That’s why I think this decision may be pretty shrewd.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:07:20 +0000

I think everyone that has a financial interest in this has given the top a spin. All of them think it good for their own self-interests.

Only thing I can see is that it was sent back to lower court by an unhappy Supreme Court on how things were done. I suspect that those justices that didn’t know how the p2p worked had merely to ask their understudies, interns, or whatever they are called, as assistants.

The megacorporations won’t be happy till the competion is locked away and safely under there control. Anything that resembles a p2 network will be something loaded with DRM and a price tag on each song to be legal by definition that they seek.

I still can’t believe that people are willing to pay a dollar for a 128 bit rate song, much less with DRM included.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:42:49 +0000

What if they’re in Cuba?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:39:17 +0000

“The Supreme Court sent a strong and clear message that [i]businesses based on theft[/i] should not and will not be allowed to flourish. MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)”

Uhm, doesn’t that incluse the MPAA?

Roadblock

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:56:09 +0000

And the creator will be tracked down by the FBI and put in prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984. Great thinking.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:55:09 +0000

Apparently 1/3 of them did, because 1/3 of them were on the “consumer’s” side–that of P2P.