For even as little as downloading 5-10 songs. Do you still download music? Are you afraid? Is this legal? Is the RIAA full of shit? I think so. I think they should fuck the fuckin fuck off. This legal stiff-arming WILL back fire. Musicians should be encouraging them to back off because at the end of the day, thats who will suffer the most. thoughts? |
though they can still make money with touring and representation deals [that would be worth more if the sound is more widespread] so proportionately it will affect the more obscure, less well known, most cutting edge music and that is sad. the companies are just greedy and want to hold on to the 'old way'. maybe they should rethink the basis of their business because it's going to change no matter how many people they sue. i wonder what the artists would say though, if they weren't being backed by big companies acting as their body guard, if no one was defending the ideas of money for music. |
i wonder what it would cost to order a hit on the riaa board of directors? |
though they never mention gnucleus in the media so...i dunno if its an obscure exchange or what. |
I always buy if I really like. Even if I've downloaded the whole album. I like looking at the cover art and liner notes and pictures and such. I'm also the kind of person who will buy different copies of the same album if the cover art is different and I love the album. I have 3 or 4 versions of Firewater's "The Ponzi Scheme" scattered about my apartment. |
apparently they are making a point of nabbing a cross section of users to demonstrate their seriousness. whats a bigger problem is that the ISPs are providing user info. |
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