Comments on: Big Music sues schoolgirl

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:16:21 +0000

Come on, virtually all mainstream media is owned by entertainment companies!!!
Fox and CNN cover Survivor & Brittanys pregnancy, Thats news???

They will never cover anything like this, it would be admitting defeat.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 02:58:46 +0000

A bumper sticker campaign might be appropriate in order to inform those who still don’t use the Internet as a source for news. I Myself have given up on the Lamescream media.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:07:20 +0000

But we can’t dictate the news, we’d be almost as bad as the cartels. What we can do though is demand balance. Somehow the reality of the situation puts something of a dampener on it all.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:07:53 +0000

to play devils advocate here didn’t the media jump on the story of the New York Single mom with a young girl who downloaded during their first round of lawsuits two years ago? There was an outrage which prompted a congressional hearing. suddenly it stopped, like turning off a water faucet. and nothing has been heard since about any of the suits other than what the RIAA has announced in press releases.

One can only guess (quite accurately I’m sure) that there was a potential PR disaster that was hushed behind the scenes. that could include political pressure on Congress and the news outlets they own and financial pressure on outlets they don’t own.

However, is there anyone out there reading this who really knows for sure (through interviews, confidential statements etc…) why this has happened?? The media started at first to be interested.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:55:32 +0000

They might not right now, and that may be because of ownerships farther up the chain… but people like us have to make them care, regardless of who owns them.

Only solution I can see, is having large groups of people send letters to multiple news media in their areas! Complain, and let them know that they should be covering these types of stories… If the 9pm news is able to cover a story about a old woman’s cat up the tree… they should be able to cover stories about the RIAA sueing a little girl! <_<

These letter can be complaints, questions, or even threats… Tell them you will stop purchasing their paper, or stop watching their show, unless they start covering stories like these.

Yah, obviously news media can’t cover all of the news out there… but they can sacrifice the pointless little stories, to fit more in if they have too. Something as big as the RIAA sueing children MUST be in the news… no question about it! <_<