The record industries always like to play pretend that piracy hurts the artists and that’s the main reason it’s bad.

This flies directly in the face of that, they are throwing the money they should have paid to the creative types straight to their litigious lapdogs.

I wish this had been on the front page of some of the UK papers, would have been interesting to see the response.

They claim that the music piracy rates have decreased enough and studies show that more people buy music instead of pirating it.

If that were true, they wouldn’t be pushing so hard for “three strikes” and ACTA.

@13, by Lucky Man;

they should make own bittorrent and add “donation” into system cuz lot of movies pretty hard to find especially for classic and most movies that are not available on DVD/Bluray nowaday such as:
* Angel (1984)
* Avenging Angel (1985)
* Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)

Actually, Anchor Bay put out a DVD 3-pack with all three Angel movies. It’s not cheap though.

If the song I buy does not, then, belong to me, to change into whatever format suits my needs, then what the hell am I buying CDs for?

I am proud to have been a frontline soldier in this war against the record industry, and I’ll continue to be their worst enemy until complete victory is achieved.

Yes they are right. This had an effect and they did changed my behavior with their lawsuits after I got educated. After the law suit I no longer buy anything “entertainment” any more. I even cancelled my cable. But I am still downloading!

Wahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

What a pack of Losers!

Talk about a liar!

No. Don’t start paying. We want them dead.

There is no room for parasites in our societies.

they have alienated not only the general public but also a significant and growing number of artists

If instead of being greedy assholes, they would offer HIGH QUALITY digital downloads al-lah iTunes ect, without stupid ass DRM, peopel would be less inclined to download.

Many artists now are circumventing RIAA because of their shady back-handed dealings. Moby / Trent Reznor from NIN / Raidohead just to name a few. All of which were big members of OINK.

Aksi, wtf is with charging people 3,000$ per song when the song can be downloaded for 99 cents?

Last time I checked, pirating was making a copy, and not-for-profit way of sharing information / files. According to current copyright laws in the united states, letting a friend borrow a book wasn’t illegal, and they retain more information then listening to a song.

Eff you RIAA.

People download and then buy stuff they really liked from major labels.

After suing began:

People download and do all they can to encourage others to do the same. They boycott major labels’ products.

The campaigns cost you far more than just lawyers’ fees.

your scare tactics don´t work.

Sincerely

Jen

Otherwise Youtube it is instead of paying 99 cents a song(most of which I stop listening to after a few listens).

Yeah, of course that’s how it went.

Also they stopped suing individual file sharers because they saw a marked deline in piracy? Despite the fact that piracy levels have increased every year since the dawn of Napster? More like because they realised they were just doing themselves more harm than good.

* EU ACTION UPDATE: KEY DEADLINE FOR EU DECLARATION ON ACTA
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Fantastic news! Thanks to the efforts of committed allies
and EFF activists in the EU, more than 300 Members of
European Parliament (MEPs) have signed the Written
Declaration opposing the worst parts of ACTA, helping
extend the deadline for obtaining the remaining 69 MEP
signatures to 9 September. This victory gives EU citizens
much-needed time to urge the European Parliament to take a
stand against ACTA — the infamously secretive effort to
curtail freedom on the Internet worldwide.

Keep the pressure on! Contact your MEP today:
https://www.eff.org/action/eu-action-alert-urge-your-mep-take-stand-internet-acta

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I would really like to see him back up that statement with numbers that can also be backed up.

Beside, its not like the music industry was the only one hit by the decline in business in recently years.

I would really like to see him back up that statement with numbers that can also be backed up.

I’m calling BS. I’ll bet what they actually said was more like “You have to make it worth paying for.”

Wahahaha playing law enforcers eh

one has to be reminded it was in fact the RIAA whom informed the masses of napster and how everyone can dl music for free…
that being said was the money that the RIAA spent all worth it?

as they have stated it was… so its obvious their true intention is not only to inform the public (as a campaign to the gov)but to socialize the internet. They know something the masses dont. If the internet goes unchecked musicians will no longer need the big labels to release their music as several have already come to fame over then net. This is the truth of why they are spending so much cash so that the internet itself can be controlled and blame it on pirating when truly it has not hurt them(the industry). These poor billionaires are going broke because jimmy the pirated something he wasnt going to buy in the first place. so they plead this case to the likes of Oboma (and friends)whom in turn likes the idea of controlling the net because now if he sees all this bad publicity against him he can call it a threat and have the power to turn of those bad peoples sites.

So now the RIAA and Oboma,Bidden sit side by side holding hands in love with each others ideas…istn that sweet?

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

in america, how can evidence be found w/o proof? and the only proof is the eveidnce

so I’d say this is a glaring failure.

The bill for them is above the 50 or 60 million they’ve lost. Okay so they claim they’ve lost 6 billion? They probably have. However, it wasn’t due to piracy, it was due to their own business decisions.

You think they could have started with ACTA?

This is gradual process, just like all the other freedoms we are loosing on the march to global government.

I too have had MANY conversations like this! It’s kind of funny….cause yea, sure media can make some good defense, but not always :)

After I hit the lady up with PeerGuardian and Zone alarm, I got all your stuff converted into relevant information so they can’t be found out as long as you send individence.

The result:

Among the 50,000 people they directly assaulted with terrorists “”"legal”"” treats only 0.7% pay them. The rest told them to get lost. (And they have to do it because they could not afford 10 of thousand of lawsuits.)

And the P2P traffic? They did not made a dent after 50 million dollar wasted and a life time boycott in progress costing the industry few billion dollar more.

Ya! it really worked as predicted by many but they did not listen.

The deserve a medals and some compensation for their effort in bravery against the corporation of parasites enemy of our great nation.

Next we have to shut down all these nasty multinational corporations and forbid them for life to conduct business in the US.

The people who lost those cases are not really financially ruined. They might just have a rough 5-7 years.

Unfortunately, like in any war, the good side must suffer some causalities. But nonetheless, the Pirate will (as always) prevail.

You call them poor financially ruined souls. I call them heroes.

The people who lost those cases are not really financially ruined. They might just have a rough 5-7 years.

Unfortunately, like in any way, the good side must suffer some causalities. But nonetheless, the Pirate will (as always) prevail.

You call them poor financially ruined souls. I call them heroes.