p2p news / p2pnet: "Just caught one of the RIAA’s puff pieces on our local news a couple of days ago when some local people became part of the latest round of lawsuits," says a Reader’s Write under our latest Napster story.

The comment post goes on, "Listening to it was just like reading one of the RIAA’s press releases. ‘Filesharing is illegal’, ‘Be safe and go to Music United dot org’s website where there is a list of "legal" places to get your music", blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, etc.

It pissed me off enough after seeing the completely biased segment that I took the time to write and send this email to the reporter:

Subj: Regarding Tuesdays RIAA segment…
To: kwainscott@TheMilwaukeeChannel.com

Hi, Kent.

Just had to comment on this. While it’s good to see some mainstream news coverage of this situation, it would be even better if you did some research on the situation instead of just pushing the RIAA’s latest PR puff piece.

Could you pleae explain to me what "illegal" music is or what an "illegal" download is?? Let me rephrase that… Do you understand the difference between criminal and civil matters?? Copyriight infringement is a civil matter between the infringer and the copyright holder. These are not criminal cases before a criminal court, therefore the word "illegal" does not apply no matter how much the RIAA wants it to. Copyright infringement does not equal theft, as the industry would like everyone to believe. The Supreme court made this clear in it’s decision 21 years ago when ruling on the Dowling vs. United States case.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11662

Here’s some links to provide more insight as to what’s REALLY happening in the world outside of RIAA dreamland…

http://www.p2pnet.net/index.php

http://www.slyck.com/

Add these to your favorites and check them daily and you will see what a travesty and a crock all this really is.

The industry feels it must destroy everything it cannot control, but this time it’s too late. They missed the boat as they tried to hang on to an outdated business model and they will suffer to their grave.

If they invested even half of the money they’re wasting on DRM and the extortion campaign into better product and artists, and treated their customers with respect instead of labeling them all "criminals", they wouldn’t have so many problems as they do now.

I, personally, don’t want anything they have to offer, even for free. The independent labels have much more to offer… better music and better artists, AND they embrace technology rather than try to fight it and destroy it.

The RIAA dinosaurs are dying, and deservedly so, because of their inabilty to adapt. The porn industry is thriving like never before despite free downloading. Why is this? Because they know how to adapt and capitalize on every piece of new technology that comes along.

I hope to see this topic again without such a biased view, but then I’ve come to expect it. After all, they are the one’s who sign YOUR check every week too, aren’t they? Not the RIAA, but the MPAA/Disney who ultimately owns your station, and who are engaged in the same despicable behavior. I’ll bet Walt is turning in his grave as he sees all these children being sued by the industry he loved so much and invested his life into.

OK, my rant is over,

XXX

As expected, there was no response.

Should anyone want to copy this and use it themselves, feel free:)

Also See:
Napster story- Napster blames woes on Microsoft, March 3, 2006

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 4th, 2006 at 8:56 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

HOME

Viewed 2662 times