More signs of desperation at the RIAA/MPAA

[johnS]

I'm all for copyright, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Now the RIAA is suing satellite radio for copyright vioation. Why? Because people can tape songs off satellite radio. Home taping is killing music!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...io&btnG=Search

This comes a couple of weeks after it was revealed that the MPAA is -- get this -- training dogs to sniff out DVDs in FedEx packages.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...gs&btnG=Search

Sheesh.

[Nubus]

Yeah, I'd read about the DVD sniffing dogs. That is amazing. I think somehow they only smell the pirated DVDs. Amazing.
What about cassettes? How come that was never illegal? I think a copy of a copy of a cassette taped off radio will still sound better than an MP3 converted to WAV and back a couple times, right?

[mikegee]

Originally Posted by johnS

I'm all for copyright, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Now the RIAA is suing satellite radio for copyright vioation. Why? Because people can tape songs off satellite radio. Home taping is killing music!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...io&btnG=Search

This comes a couple of weeks after it was revealed that the MPAA is -- get this -- training dogs to sniff out DVDs in FedEx packages.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...gs&btnG=Search

Sheesh.

yea, thats ridiculous! i have a tv card on my computer, and i can record live tv concerts on my puter, does this mean they will be suing computer manufacturers next? and my cassette player on my stereo can record songs too, looks like another lawsuit...

[Whoopysnorp]

If I were to place a monetary value on all the music I've gone out and bought after listening to illegally downloaded mp3s, I'm sure it would be staggering.

[Uma Floresta]

Ridiculous. Completely out of control.

[DustFerret]

Who cares? The RIAA, will die. It's too big of a "problem" for them to stop. What are they gonna do now? You can't listen to other peoples records/ Everyone has to wear earplugs that block out music, and you have to insert a dollar into them, to listen to a song that might be playing in the backround? It's ridiculous.

They're the kinda people, that would put covers, on paintings in a museum, and make you pay to look at them. Otherwise "you stole it" by being able to look at it, without paying.