RIAA at it once more

Bigedmond · Post by **Bigedmond** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:27 pm

RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs

LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

As taken from the onion.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43029

Nobahar · Post by **Nobahar** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:15 am

Yummy satire ;p

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:46 am

It's goign to get to the point where people are goign to just stop buying music and listen to the radio for free

I'm ready now. Even when you try to do things legitimately, things go awry with DRM and stuff and it's not really worth the hassle.

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:15 pm

last time i checked this was a free country!!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:28 pm

DragonCooler wrote:last time i checked this was a free country!!

you must be very old

when I will find a CD that has DRM, I will simply return it and rather not have it. when all of them will have DRM - is when I will stop buying CD's period.
there is barely any good music nowadays anyway. I will just listen to my 1200+ collection from the 60's to 90's (mostly 80's)

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:49 pm

I just hope to god that most of you realize this is a joke...

Post by **FZ1** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:53 pm

Yeah, but what isn't a joke is that they can prosecute you if you discuss how to circumvent DRM in a public forum. So much for freedom of speech

This is what probably spawned the above.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:01 pm

Take me to court!!!!! (powers that be!)

Here's howto circumvent DRM.........don't buy it!

People need to boycott stuff like DRM --> hit 'em where it hurts....their pockets!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:18 pm

kenc51 wrote:Take me to court!!!!! (powers that be!)

Here's howto circumvent DRM.........don't buy it!

People need to boycott stuff like DRM --> hit 'em where it hurts....their pockets!

exactly. right said.

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:36 pm

The Onion is a FAKE newspaper out of UW Madison. 100% fake... nothing real. It's only there for the laughs, that's it.

Nobahar · Post by **Nobahar** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:57 am

Yeah we know. Satire ;p

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:14 am

"omg wow the word gullable is written on the ceiling!!!"