Why I don’t feel bad that the major labels are dying…

..or for downloading records peer-to-peer.

It used to be that when the major labels wanted to try a build a band they made a conscious effort to attract music fans too the band. Now they are so clueless that they say that music fans that download music online are likely to be terrorists and drug dealers. In official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S. prosecutors why they should bust music pirates; that there is a correlation between downloading records and "everything from handguns to large quantities of cocaine [and] marijuana."

I want to know what the fuck they are thinking? Do they really think that every 13 year old downloading records on limewire is heading to selling crack rock?


How am I supposed to support these people?

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This Makes My Blood Boil

So the RIAA in their infuriating and counter-productive wisdom now say that putting a CD you paid for onto the iPod you paid for is still "unauthorized," is not "fair use" and is in fact "steeling."

When asked by the RIAA's lead counsel whether it was wrong for consumers to make copies of CDs they have purchased, Jennifer Pariser replied in the negative. "When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song," said Pariser. Making "a copy" of a song you own is just "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy'," according to Pariser.

News flash old men destroying the music industry, I listen to music two ways, on my iPod and on my computer. If I can not do that legally by buying a CD then why the fuck would I want to buy a CD? Am I supposed to pay for the same songs twice? Do they actully believe that consumers will chose old CD players over their computers and iPods?

Does this make sense to anyone under 90? I thought the goal of the RIAA was to encourage people to buy more CDs not make up new arguments why people should not. I can just not grasp the stupidity of this position. It really makes no sense at all. It makes so little sense that it is contradictory to the arguments that the RIAA made itself in the 2005 MGM vs. Grokster (a case they won), where they argued that making digital copies of music for personal use was protected.

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RIAA: Those CD rips of yours are still "unauthorized" [Article]

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Engadget posted this article on the RIAA lawsuits by their "totally punk" copyright attorney Nilay Patel. To people who have been paying attention to this issue it may not seem as relevant, but it is a good summery to everyone else on how to deal with those RIAA lawsuits.

How has the RIAA not realized yet that they way to get the casual listener to pay for music is not to sue the music junkies?


P.S. I would whole heartedly support an organization that protects the recording industry, thats why I hate the RIAA. It is doing to opposite.