How's this idea?

[flap]

quote:The point is that the RIAA's ideas go beyond making profit. Their actions show that they view their own existance as the end.

I don't really understand what you're trying to say. Are you suggesting that the RIAA behaves unethically because (like any other business) profit is its only objective? But is that not its prerogative as a copyright holder, according to your thinking?

If you support the right of a copyright holder to exercise control over how their work is distributed, and you feel illegal distribution is unethical, how can you have a problem with the copyright holders taking action against those "stealing" from them? How would you feel if an independent artist was suing his fans for downloading?

[ March 02, 2004: Message edited by: flap ]

[hm_murdock]

You're a moron, flap. I've explained it fully now. Piss off back to your world of little understanding.

[Laukev7]

Jimmy James seems to be saying that the RIAA is about power, not money (ie they're more interested in controlling the music market than making profit).

[flap]

The RIAA is only interested in controlling the market because it increases their profitability. Power in itself means nothing to a corporate entity. It's  simply a means to profit, and making profit is a company's sole raison d'etre.

[hm_murdock]

Thank you, Laukev.

Flap, you can quit now. You're just making yourself look like a moron. You're arguing just to argue with me. You've never agreed with me... on anything. I don't take it personally, you simply don't.

But this time, it really just seems as though you're arguing just to be an ass.

[WMD]

quote:[qb]Guess what happens then? The musicians sell their stuff on their own, AND EVERYBODY WINS EXCEPT THE RIAA.

Now this, this I wouldn't mind.     My big problem is contributing to the RIAA, not the artists.

[Kintaro]

quote:Originally posted by xeen:
A new idea has been introduced to try to get P2P users to pay a small flat fee in exchange for legally being allowed to share and download other sharer's music. The fee would be voluntary and would  directly to the artists.

Some musicians have been asked about this and they think it's a good idea, and a few have said they encourage sharing anyway. The RIAA however is firmly against this idea.

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62434,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

So now I pay money to break the law.

Fuck that.

Id just use iTunes before I surrender to that idea.

[WMD]

^ But you'd be paying to MAKE it legal...

[Annorax]

quote:Originally posted by WMD:
^ But you'd be paying to MAKE it legal...

Not really. They'd start the program just as a way of tracking "pirates", then conveniently forget to grant licenses for the downloaded music and sue everyone who pays the five bucks.

[Xeen]

[WMD]