tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post3592509703840421031..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Is downloading a song "stealing"?BadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-22517813781727935752007-10-13T06:49:00.000-07:002007-10-13T06:49:00.000-07:00What bothered me about this ruling is that the RIA...What bothered me about this ruling is that the RIAA only proved that a particular IP number and modem downloaded copyrighted material, not a person. As we both know, IP numbers and modems can and are hijacked all the time. RIAA didn't prove that she did it, but then the defendant didn't prove that her machine had been hacked with spyware/malware. RIAA also didn't prove that the songs were on *her* hard drive at the time of the violation, yet she was held liable.<BR/><BR/>RIAA is out to line their pockets while they can. They didn't keep up with technology, nor listen to customer wishes. For years, since the fall of vinyl, one couldn't get singles, you had to get the entire cd/dvd and that's not what the customer wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-69603636711917150892007-10-11T23:05:00.000-07:002007-10-11T23:05:00.000-07:00it's a sad commentary that the record labels who i...it's a sad commentary that the record labels who in their heyday boasted the power to literally break artists to their will have now been reduced to lawsuits against individual housewives and college kids in the dorms.<BR/><BR/>i take no small comfort in being in an area of the business that is, at least for now, completely safe from innovations like the internet. about the only impact the net could have on the jingle game is to provide us with another arena to heckle you into buying things that if they were really that good you would buy them anyway without the heckling.<BR/><BR/>the labels, even the studio/press/retail giants like virgin, are all pretty much dead. they might be able to do a little damage flailing around on their deathbeds but for all practical purposes the genie is out of the bottle and ain't likely to return. the most noticiable and immediate result has been more and more bands reuniting and heading out on the road. for bog simple reasons, the royalty train has been derailed, and there ain't no FEMA action about to happen.<BR/><BR/>when i talk to kids who are thinking about careers in music i tell them that if i were closer to 25 than 65 i would get myself a webpage up, post my own home made music for free download, and while the downloads are happening i would make sure to have my performance dates posted. at those dates i'd be selling my home made CD's off the bandstand for not a whole bunch of money but enough to way more than cover the 75 cents i spent on blanks and packaging.<BR/><BR/>but most important of all, when the folks showed up, i'd make sure to play my ass off.The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.com