From ali Sent Tue, Oct 20th 1998, 03:28
From ali Sent Tue, Oct 20th 1998, 03:28
you all shouldn't be TOO worried about this. as silly as this lawsuit is, even if the RIO gets banned (which i doubt), the US can't control what diamond does in other countries, and it should be relatively easy to get a gray market import from the UK and such once these things become available. also there are other manufacturers, not all of which are based in the states. in fact there is one you can buy right now from korea (www.mpman.com), though it is a bit pricey. the only thing the riaa is doing is delaying the inevitable. they want royalties from these manufacturers? that wouldn't be such a bad idea except that only the major labels will actually see any $$. i really doubt mp3s will cause the destruction of major labels... but one can always hope. :) a good web site to follow this sort of stuff is http://www.mp3.com . this site also seems to have a lot of mp3 electronica for download. has anyone been brave enough to try them yet? let me know... -ali ---william ratke <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > its really terrible since theres nothing for the consumer to do but > watch it out, i wrote a lengthy email to the head of riaa and the legal > representatives for riaa, but what the bloody fuch do they care, their > a bunch of $$ 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 > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com