Sign the PETITION to STOP the RIAA

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 10:12 pm

UberTai wrote:You know, if they give this petition to Congress, and they deny the petition, they will look where you live because you just gave your city and state. >.<

Once they have your zip code, your done for! I bet it's a trap set for people who don't agree with this situation thus saving time on capturing the "guilty" people.

AznRAVEr1022 · Post by **AznRAVEr1022** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 11:44 pm

What most people think is that it's ok to download free music cuz millions of other people do it. But you're still stealing and now your all bitching because there are actually laws to protect copyrights.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:08 am

angelx03 wrote:
UberTai wrote:You know, if they give this petition to Congress, and they deny the petition, they will look where you live because you just gave your city and state. >.<
Once they have your zip code, your done for! I bet it's a trap set for people who don't agree with this situation thus saving time on capturing the "guilty" people.

Umm, if you didn't know, this petition is apparently being started by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent digital rights and technology issues group. I don't think they'd sell people out to the RIAA.

AznRAVEr1022 wrote:What most people think is that it's ok to download free music cuz millions of other people do it. But you're still stealing and now your all bitching because there are actually laws to protect copyrights.

On the other hand, copyrights have been extending for a while now, and as it now stands, seem set to OVERprotect. Disney, especially, is a big proponent of this trend. While it sounds good, it means that things take longer to get into the public domain, and serves no good purpose other than to maximize corporate profits. It's especially ironic, too, as Disney has taken advantage of numerous public domain works over the decades.

The RIAA can cry all it wants over piracy, but their own business model is working against them. More and more people are not wanting manufactured music, CD prices are still too high for what a consumer gets, and now the recording industry is creating their own (new) bad image. They can either adapt and actually WORK for their money, or they can die. It shouldn't be the government's job to help them succeed.