p2pnet - rss feed: RIAA, MPAA, penetrate Internet2
p2p news / p2pnet:- Two of the three most lethal and determined enemies of innovation and online freedom have joined Internet2 to, “study advanced content distribution technologies”.
The MPAA and RIAA have become corporate members, says Internet2, which describes itself as a, “consortium being led by 207 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet”.
But with the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) now on board, there’s little chance of “advanced network applications and technologies” coming along any time soon.
The RIAA has been terrorizing students in many, if not most, of the 207 Internet2 universities as fast as it can find them, claiming they’re among the millions of ‘criminal’ file sharers who are eating away its bottom line. The claim is obvious and arrant nonsense, but that doesn’t stop the world press corpse from repeating it as though it’s gospel from a reliable source.
“Internet2 networking is an incredibly exciting tool for researchers, technologists and many others interested in developing new technologies, policies and business models for the next generation,” Internet2 has Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, saying.
Students are the next generation, and yet this spring, Universities’ high-speed Internet2 used by students to pilfer music was the title to a Sherman disinformation fluff statement in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
His intro included this: “the epidemic of music theft on our college and university campuses - Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh included - should concern us all.”
But, “Sherman’s opinion piece was as ‘one-sided and illogical’ as the whole Recording Industry Association of America he represents,” said Roger Dannenberg, associate research professor at the School of Computer Science and School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University.
He went on:
Sherman suggests that universities should remind users of “the necessity of responsible use of network resources. In my computer science class at Carnegie Mellon, “Introduction to Computer Music,” I spend a little time doing just that. I teach students how, historically, the major recording labels have dominated the recording industry, refusing to record some of America’s greatest artists, including Louis Armstrong. (His first recordings were manufactured by a former piano company in Indiana, which was sued by the major labels of the day for patent infringement.) Mr. Sherman, is this an example of ‘a climate where creativity is valued’ that you are seeking?
My students also learn how the broadcasting industry, dominated by NBC and CBS, ignored recording technology until the NBC monopoly was broken up by the FCC. The innovations in magnetic recording for broadcast introduced by the struggling ABC were a major step forward, enabling the modern recording industry and even modern computer technology.
Mr Sherman, was the monopolistic suppression of innovation the ‘responsible use of network resources’ you are seeking?
Mr Sherman, you say that stealing ‘is not OK,’ and yet I have musician friends who cannot get RIAA members to pay them the royalties they are due. While you are asking universities to address your problems, please don’t forget that you too can be a ‘powerful leader in curbing theft of copyright materials on campus.’
If you’ll stop your members from stealing from my friends, and then study some history, maybe I can help you.
Only the software cartels’ BSA (Business Software Alliance) is for the moment missing from Internet2, but with the RIAA and MPAA in effect representing the BSA’s owners, many of whom are in any event hooked into Internet2 through backdoor arrangements, Microsoft, et al, have nothing to fear.
Last year, “What if there were no movies?” - MPAA boss Dan Glickman asked in one of the most ridiculous PR lead-ins ever seen. “Movies are a source of entertainment and learning about life, love and adventure and we will not let these thieves take that away from us.”
Now, he says, “The MPAA and its member [reader owner] companies have a wide-range of expertise in both areas, and I believe we can add a positive, constructive perspective to the excellent work of Internet2.”
However, like the RIAA, the MPAA has been, and still is, conspicuous by its inability to grasp that it’s now operating in the 21st century where new marketing, sales and distribution methods based on digital, not physical, business models are called for.
Media contacts:
Internet2
Lauren Kallens (lkallens@internet2.edu)
202.331.5345
MPAA
Gayle Osterberg
202-293-1966
RIAA
Jonathan Lamy
Jenni Engebretsen
Amanda Hunter
202-775-0101
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See:-
Internet2 - MPAA and RIAA Join Internet2, September 9, 2005
terrorizing students - RIAA ‘fines’ students $3,750, September 9, 2005
disinformation piece - Internet2 ‘pilferers’, May 1, 2005
these thieves - i2hub: Movies in minutes, November 19, 2004
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win
- Mohandas Gandhi
September 10th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
So, tell methlabs.org to get busy on Peer Guardian for Internet2!
September 11th, 2005 at 12:01 am
The unfortunate thing is that the RIAA and MPAA are the real thieves- suing mothers and children. Where does the suit money go? The artists have yet to see a dime of it. Now tell me who the real thief is? Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. The movie and music industry must have found profit by reversing the notion.
I hope that the academics out there who are working on the I2 project do not give in to demands of the industry. It was once said by one of the engineers of the project that Internet 2 was being designed to be truly anonymous, the original intent of the current internet. I’m afraid that the music & movie industry are trying to recap the bottle in a manner to how Microsoft will be limiting the user’s rights to their own material with windows Vista.
Thank you for providing the public with a more in-depth look as to what is really going on…the author of this article did an outstanding job!
September 11th, 2005 at 12:36 am
say goodbye to Internet 2… cause theres no way they’ll let it out now… or they’ll make it soo full of anti piracy crap that it will be unusable and undesireable…
September 11th, 2005 at 4:11 am
No disrespects to corporations, but the virtual majority of P2P innovation and technology have been created by individuals and independent groups of people who love to share. The “corporate interests” are there to PREVENT us from sharing, so any project that they stick their nose into is bound to become crippled…. much like DRM.
Fortunately, there are several independent projects being developed (often secretely)…. If you CAN CODE then help them out. If you are not a programmer, you can write documentation and spread the word. The more people who know about (and how to use them) the myriad of P2P tools out there, the better. Let’s each of us do our part.
September 11th, 2005 at 5:51 am
Let em go ahead and waste their money on this internet2. someone will either hack it, or create their own version that the us is not allowed to use.
September 11th, 2005 at 7:24 am
What a pack of lies! The RIAA and MPAA has already had over a decade to develop internet applications and product delivery methods, yet did absolutely nothing - except when it came to developing technology to use the internet as a weapon against their own customers.
The RIAA and MPAA will be about as welcome as the state police at a rave. It should be obvious that there’s only one reason why the MPAA and RIAA want to get into Internet2 - to try to prevent it from ever becoming a major file sharing community. They will no doubt achieve this by continuing their scorched-earth mass-lawsuit strategy, as well as attempting to turn I2 into the digital equivalent of a police state - while appointing themselves as chief.
What’s next? Will the cartel’s hired-gun assassins such as BayTSP, MediaDefender, and MediaSentry be next in line to be admitted to I2?
September 11th, 2005 at 8:52 am
Well, there goes the neighborhood! Once those types move in, you know what happens next. Yeah, they’ll be making all sorts of loud noise with their CDs and Soundtracks in Dolby surround sound. They’ll be peeking in the windows trying to see what kind of stuff you got. Then they’ll start having their ‘friends’ over. You know, the real scum, those lawyers. Once they find a place to slap on the ol’ feedbag, you’ll never get rid of them. They’ll be running around in their fancy suits and $650 shoes slapping anyone who glances at them with a lawsuit. Then they’ll get their wiseguys to start making ’settlement offers.’
Well, I ain’t waiting for that to happen. I’m packing up all of my gear and heading to a place a buddy told me about called ‘Darknet’. A place where nobody knows you name and you can make your mark without having to put up with a bunch of hypocritcal BS from a bunch of liars.
September 13th, 2005 at 4:46 am
What a bunch of fucking morons, all of them. RIAA/MPAA still haven’t figured out a way to do business on Internet-1 and now they’re part of the visionary team for Internet-2. Is this world in trouble or what?
September 13th, 2005 at 10:42 am
I am perpetually astounded that the RIAA/MPAA simply can’t wipe the shite from their glasses to see that they’ve lost this war. There’s really no other way to put it, is there? They’ve lost this war and their constant struggle against piracy is as useful as throwing a dixie cup full of water into a forest fire. Their cause is useless and I continue to sit in open-mouthed astonishment that they refuse to see this.
The world would be a much better place if they would just tuck their tails between their legs where they belong and simply
Move. On.