Author Topic: Oh RIAA your always good for a laugh. (Read 2260 times)

Frogm4n · « **on:** September 09, 2003, 10:32:30 AM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32731.html

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The RIAA has nailed one of the most prolific file-traders in the U.S., filing a lawsuit against 12-year-old Brianna LaHara.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:33:21 AM »

So I take it you're a thief too, eh?

Frogm4n · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:34:10 AM »

im downloading many backup copys as i type. But i do not share.

the difference between me and the RIAA. I dont lie to the artists.

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:49:18 AM »

heard they are blaming a 30% slip in cd sales on d/l music

maybe they need to blame the "artist" - maybe the rap crap phase is coming to an end

Frogm4n · « **Reply #4 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:52:18 AM »

They need to be accountable for pushing nothing but crappy music on us for close to a decade. All the music i download is nothing but old stuff that i have or have had on cd anyways.

Yeager · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2003, 10:56:38 AM »

can you say copyright?

Hortlund · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:11:21 AM »

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NEW YORK — The music industry has turned its big legal guns on Internet music-swappers — including a 12-year-old New York City girl who thought downloading songs was fun.

Brianna LaHara said she was frightened to learn she was among the hundreds of people sued yesterday by giant music companies in federal courts around the country.

"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning," Brianna said last night at the city Housing Authority apartment where she lives with her mom and her 9-year-old brother.

"I thought it was OK to download music because my mom paid a service fee for it. Out of all people, why did they pick me?"

The Recording Industry Association of America (search) — a music-industry lobbying group behind the lawsuits — couldn't answer that question.

"We are taking each individual on a case-by-case basis," said RIAA spokeswoman Amy Weiss.

Asked if the association knew Brianna was 12 when it decided to sue her, Weiss answered, "We don't have any personal information on any of the individuals."

Brianna's mom, Sylvia Torres, said the lawsuit was "a total shock."

"My daughter was on the verge of tears when she found out about this," Torres said.

The family signed up for the Kazaa (search) music-swapping service three months ago, and paid a $29.99 service charge.

Usually, they listen to songs without recording them. "There's a lot of music there, but we just listen to it and let it go," Torres said.

When reporters visited teh apartment last night, Brianna — who her mom says is an honors student — was helping her brother with his homework.

Brianna was among 261 people sued for copying thousands of songs via popular Internet file-sharing software — and thousands more suits could be on the way.

"Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation," said Cary Sherman, the RIAA's president. "But when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action."

At the same time, the RIAA offered amnesty to file-swappers who come forward and agree to stop illegally downloading music over the Internet.

People who already have been sued are not eligible for amnesty.

Brianna and the others sued yesterday under federal copyright law could face penalties of up to $150,000 per song, but the RIAA has already settled some cases for as little as $3,000.

"It's not like we were doing anything illegal," said Torres. "This is a 12-year-old girl, for crying out loud."

I see RIAA has been taking PR classes from the Palestinians.

SMART MOVE...sue a 12 yr old girl... That will surely make people rally to your cause. /%#¤&# Idiots.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:20:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Hortlund
I see RIAA has been taking PR classes from the Palestinians.

SMART MOVE...sue a 12 yr old girl... That will surely make people rally to your cause. /%#¤&# Idiots.

I don't see the problem. Her parents have money. Her parents nurtured her. Her parents are responsible for her.

Hortlund · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:24:23 AM »

Well, rip, if you dont see the PR disaster in suing a crying 12 yr old girl over downloading mp3s (something that is already only barely accepted as acceptable behavior by the riaa) then you should get out more

miko2d · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:27:18 AM »

"It's not like we were doing anything illegal," said Torres.

Stealing is illegal.

Frogm4n: They need to be accountable for pushing nothing but crappy music on us for close to a decade.

How exactly did thay push anything on you that you did not want to buy?

Plenty of people are upset that firms are not selling them quality music at prices they would find acceptable as a justification of their stealing.
Of course those people are all idiots, because the same accusation can be issued against anyone and everyone.

For instance, why does Ford persist in making cars I would never consider buying instead of producing good cheap music. As a matte of fact, why do you (whichever one complaining) persist in doing whatever job you do instead of going into the music business and setting it straight. Existing companies may be too incompetent to see a way to sell good cheap music profitably but you surely do, so why don't you start your own music empire?

miko

Hortlund · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:35:42 AM »

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Stealing is illegal.

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Yeah, but downloading mp3s from kazaa is not stealing.

Yeager · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:37:36 AM »

"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning,"

Oh my.....

Boroda · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:38:33 AM »

I still have ~100-200 tapes back from the 80s, when the only way to get Western music was to copy it on tapes from rare and almost "forbidden" LPs. Most of that tapes are 5th-10th copy from an LP. Copying tapes for friends was quite usual thing to do, and I never refused anyone, so as noone ever refused to copy a tape for me.

Should I go surrender to RIAA?

Also, I'd prefer to pay for the music I DL to Roger Waters, Ian Anderson and (suprise!) John Fogerty. AFAIK it's illegal to pay mr. Fogerty for any Creedence Clearwater Revival records. IMHO it's not fair that I have to pay some @#$$%% who made CCR work for food instead of giving money to people who actually made that great music.

Hortlund · « **Reply #13 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:41:32 AM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
"I got really scared. My stomach is all turning,"

Oh my.....

Add as many smirk remarks as you like, the PR fallout from this one will hurt RIAA *alot*

Westy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:41:54 AM »

"PR disaster"

Never!

There are far too many adults in prisons these days. Juveniles are simply not carrying thier fare share of making license plates. Nor are they doing thier part by becoming apprentices to the many special trades and illicit crafts which are in serious danger of being lost.

IMO society has gone Dove bar soft. Why just a mere two hundred years ago that 12 yr old would have been hanged till death as the vile apple and horse thief that they are! Thier fathers and mothers or their grandmothers and grandfathers would have all been thrown in one of the many squalid debtors prisons until such a day as the overbloated and exagerated restitution was made.

American law enforcement has become a joke. Justice has gotten lax. Oh how I wish for the days of the posse' and brave vigilante! For sure they could have done a much faster, better job of rounding up this vicious group of music sale murderers and dragged thier hides, dead or alive, to the city for some good ole frontier justice or toe-tagging at the morgue!