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RIAA SUITS:

I don't download songs from the internet nor do I buy CD's from the stores,
here's why:

When I was a youngster, 45's and LP's was the standard. When a one hit
wonder group came along, I could go to the store and spend 25 cents to buy a
45 that had just the one song that was being played a thousand times a day
(plus only one lame song on the backside) on the radio, because I wanted to
listen to it a thousand and one times. Most of the albums from even the top
ten groups of the time had at most 2 or three good songs and 10 lame
half-bake songs. Buying an album was getting the "industry there share" but
it was screwing me the consumer because I had to pay for the lame songs as
well as the good songs. When cassettes and 8-tracks came along, I was stuck
with buying the whole album (2 good/10 bad songs) and the industry got their
share and I got screwed. With the advent of CD's the cycle continued. The
industry today finds a blonde/brunnette teenager that can sing that sells
one successful song and proceeds to clone her with a dozen other one/two
album hit wonders. I will not buy a $17 cd that has only one or two songs on
it. I still listen and play to this music, but not from an over priced
ripoff CD but from the Radio.(Can you imagine a artist (painter,sculpter)
pulling together 12 paintings, with two nice ones and 10 stupid ones and
selling them as a bundle for one high price?)

I did purchased the Elton John CD that had the tribute to Princess Diana
song, but have not purchased since, nor do I ever intend to purchase music
from the industry.

There was a good article that I read yesterday, that talked about the
difference between Piracy and copyright infringement. (I can't find it now.)


The record industry had already been taken to court and lost over price
fixing. (What a good example to set for youngster of this country on how
business should be run.)

There are two other major reasons I am angered by the industry:

One is that the large corporations have chosen to hide behind the RIAA like
weasels, so that thier names will not be used in the public relations
nightmare (i.e. RIAA sues 12 year NYC girl, instead of Sony sues 12 year NYC
girl being the headlines on the Washington Post).

The second is that is that two wrongs don't make a right. When someone
chooses to use a file-swapping service they give free access to their
computer's hard for other file swappers and not the industry/governement.
This would be like me having a library at home, that I freely allowed my
neighbors and friends to come in and use and the industry/big brother shows
up and starts purusing my home. I only gave permission for entry into my
home for other files sharers/friends and not the industry/police. Your hard
drive at home is your personnal property, period. If you are breaking the
law, it is up to the law enforcement to investigate and get a search warrant
to search your private property and not for a third party to break into your
home (electronically) and search for evidence and then sneak back out and
then get a search warrant.

If someone steals your computer and takes it home with him, you as an
individual cannot break into thier house to see if it is there and take it
back. You must go to law enforcement and let them determine if enough
evidence exists to obtain an search warrant and seek a resolution though the
court system.

Clearly, the lawsuits could be stopped within a week, but the effort would
have to be a massive cooperation by all US Citizens. If everyone were to
stop buying say Sony products (TV,VCR,computers,music,videos,etc.) for one
week and let it be known that the other members that are represented by the
RIAA are next, the suits would go away overnight. If Sony wants

I have alot more to say about this but my fingers are tired and so I will
stop for now. Sorry for the rant and raving.

OGD




 
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