Has the RIAA become too poweful?

[NinjaJack]

Scary business, click the following to test your IP to see if you're being tracked.
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/

[SonGoku V3]

That's an interesting website, thanks for the link NinjaJack. Looks like I'm not being tracked for anything or being sued, but this is pretty bad for those who don't have any money to try and fight the RIAA or something.

[The Penguin]

I'd share my thoughts, but they're everywhere man! Everywhere! :eek:



;)

[dendawg]

Scary business, click the following to test your IP to see if you're being tracked.
http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/

if you don't know your IP address, here's a handy lil' link that'll help ya. :)
http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/

[Mynd Hed]

Say it with me, everyone:

Down with Big Brother!

Now run away from your telescreens, quick, before the Thought Police come and take you away to the Ministry of Love.

(Guess what book I just read? Heh heh.)

(-:

[czyznyck99]

Every time I see a thread like this, I will say the same thing. The RIAA and MPAA (and the government now run by them) can go to hell, and stay there.

Later.

[Lunacat]

Say it with me, everyone:

Down with Big Brother!

Now run away from your telescreens, quick, before the Thought Police come and take you away to the Ministry of Love.

No kidding. :rolleyes: Honestly, the world really is starting to become more and more like that novel. I remember seeing a bunch of grafitti saying "Orwell was right" around my house, now I can't help but wonder if that statement was correct.

Anyway, apparently I'm "safe" but now I wonder if perhaps that entire thing was a trap so the RIAA could get more IP addresses (everyone who is worried that they are going to be sued might be checking out that site...it is the perfect evil plan). ;)

[Dark]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this just shows how scared the RIAA is and how much their influence has crumbled. The MPAA, however, scares mr very much. They've been playing hardball much longer than the RIAA, with much better (for them) results.

[Enrique]

if you don't know your IP address, here's a handy lil' link that'll help ya. :)
http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/

an easier one to remember is http://www.whatismyip.com :)

[SlyBoy]

Every time I see a thread like this, I will say the same thing. The RIAA and MPAA (and the government now run by them) can go to hell, and stay there.

Later.

Same here.

[Bluntman]

Any industry, band, or Government official that is for suing people for file sharing can burn. I went to an Iron Maiden show last night and they are completely cool with file sharing. And they've been around for 25 years. And their sales HAVE NEVER CHANGED DUE TO FILE SHARING. All these bands and organizations trying to stop file sharing are blind to the fact that it doesn't hurt anything. It's like making a CD for a friend. Just on a much broader base. Screw the RIAA!

[Will Sturnick]

The RIAA are just proud to realize that maybe their record sales being down is linked to a lack of quality artists or that CD's are highly over priced. But at least they aren't making commercials like MPAA that make the situation sound worse than it is.


No kidding. :rolleyes: Honestly, the world really is starting to become more and more like that novel. I remember seeing a bunch of grafitti saying "Orwell was right" around my house, now I can't help but wonder if that statement was correct.

I think that we are heading down that road. But maybe not to that extent. I'd go into it more that's veering off topic.


Anyway, apparently I'm "safe" but now I wonder if perhaps that entire thing was a trap so the RIAA could get more IP addresses (everyone who is worried that they are going to be sued might be checking out that site...it is the perfect evil plan). ;)

That's just what I was thinking.

[Steven C]

I wouldnt do that if I were u guys, pretty stupid IMO.

Why would u want to see if theyre tracking your IP address? How do u think they get the lil guys? I understand how theyre tracking people who swap on Kaaza, etc w/ 1,000,000+ files, but for the people w/ smaller files and u want to see if "they" are tracing your IP address then youre admitting guilt.

*edit* I only read the 1st thread before i replied. I didnt see the one above mine. Same idea though.

[Steven C]

Any industry, band, or Government official that is for suing people for file sharing can burn. I went to an Iron Maiden show last night and they are completely cool with file sharing. And they've been around for 25 years. And their sales HAVE NEVER CHANGED DUE TO FILE SHARING. All these bands and organizations trying to stop file sharing are blind to the fact that it doesn't hurt anything. It's like making a CD for a friend. Just on a much broader base. Screw the RIAA!


File sharing has only been around for a few yrs now. So theyre CD/LP/media sales never dropped since file sharing became readily available (not like napster, because not everyone knew about it at the time)??

[atf487]

Well, the record industry works on the success of the 1% of it's artists. So Britney, Christina, etc are the only artists pulling a profit.

The thing is, pop music isn't good like it used to be. Hell, it was better in the eighties. People are realizing this, and going indie, or not picking the huge bands, which means less profits for the major labels. Even if I'm wrong, RS did a sales count contrasting the 5 biggest sellers from 3 years ago, and today. The difference was 5 million, or about 25%.

Does filesharing effect this? Not majorly. I doubt someone who bought 3 cds a week is going to stop buying them, and just download what they would buy. I think they're just pissed because they get 5 million in their paychecks instead of 6.


And yes, they have too much power. They are breaking the law everyday.