From william ratke Sent Tue, Oct 20th 1998, 02:00
From william ratke Sent Tue, Oct 20th 1998, 02:00
its really terrible since theres nothing for the consumer to do but watch it out, i wrote a lengthy email to the head of riaa and the legal representatives for riaa, but what the bloody fuch do they care, their a bunch of $$ dildos , along with all the shite like garth brooks that they represent..... frustrating.... _william > > > > > > Leave it to the greedy music industry to dictate what technology can be > > > used to distribute sound recordings. > > > > > > What is being overlooked here is that MP3s offer small-time, low budget > > > artists the ability to be heard by many people through distribution on the > > > Internet. > > > > > > RIAA wants proprietary, encrypted technologies to be used on all on-line > > > music recordings--thereby locking the smaller artist out from being able > > > to distribute their music online. > > > > > > The ridiculousness of this ban comes to light when you realize that a > > > portable laptop or even a handheld computing device that can play back > > > MP3 files does not violate any laws, yet is nearly identical to the > > > Diamond player. > > > > > > What really pisses me off is that most of the music that we all listen to > > > comes from small labels that are not represented at all by the RIAA. > > > Same goes for organizations such as BMI and ASCAP. > > > > > > The RIAA, BMI, and ASCAP were created for the greedy by the greedy and > > > designed to screw the little guy. > > > > > > -Jeremy > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > "You have come for knowledge. There will be pleasure. > > > Because knowledge is sexy. There will also be pain. > > > Because knowledge is torture." - Jeff Noon, "Vurt" > > > http://users.owt.com/conflux > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Guy Elden, Jr. wrote: > > > > > > > Take note MP3 traderz, you're going to go to jail! =:^p > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/19/internet.music.ap/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > jr > > > > > >