U.S. sides with record labels

scapegoat · 20-April-03, 05:31 PM

In another major blow to file-sharers, the U.S Government has sided with the RIAA in its lawsuit against Verizon Communitcations to release the names of copyright offenders.

"The U.S. government sided with the recording industry in its dispute with Verizon Communications on Friday, saying a digital-copyright law invoked by record labels to track down Internet song-swappers did not violate the U.S. Constitution.
The move, while expected, came as a blow to the Internet access provider as it struggles to shield its customers.

"We would have expected they would have recognized there are important privacy and safety issues beyond the narrow copyright claims here," said Verizon Vice President Sarah Deutsch, who is also associate general counsel.

With this precedent set the RIAA is likely to try and enforce this same procedure upon other ISP's nation wide. The privacy implications of this act are extremely scary.

"Verizon says such a move is necessary to protect user privacy because otherwise any copyright holder--or anybody claiming to be a copyright holder--could easily obtain the name and address of any Internet user. "

You can See the full story @ CNET.com

TheOutcast · 20-April-03, 05:48 PM

Yeah, the RIAA can piss off... arrogant bastards. Drop the price of CD's, or work on making a system to charge for songs a REASONABLE price and we'll talk... til then... they aren't seeing a dime.

bushh · 20-April-03, 07:49 PM

Gawd I hate these arrogant rich ass musicians... I really despise what they are doing!

V4mpiro · 20-April-03, 09:15 PM

Isn't 30 million enough for those musicians?

Soulless · 21-April-03, 03:15 PM

What is really sad is that most the people this is going to affect are probably unaware they are doing something that is illegal....

I've talked to people I know who know nothing about computers except that they can d/l any song they want for free....

I want why no one has sued the RIAA for their use of monopoly powers....$30 for something that costs a $1 to make is excessive to say the least....

Soulless

20-April-03, 05:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
scapegoat Apex Tech God Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,520	U.S. sides with record labels In another major blow to file-sharers, the U.S Government has sided with the RIAA in its lawsuit against Verizon Communitcations to release the names of copyright offenders. "The U.S. government sided with the recording industry in its dispute with Verizon Communications on Friday, saying a digital-copyright law invoked by record labels to track down Internet song-swappers did not violate the U.S. Constitution. The move, while expected, came as a blow to the Internet access provider as it struggles to shield its customers. "We would have expected they would have recognized there are important privacy and safety issues beyond the narrow copyright claims here," said Verizon Vice President Sarah Deutsch, who is also associate general counsel. With this precedent set the RIAA is likely to try and enforce this same procedure upon other ISP's nation wide. The privacy implications of this act are extremely scary. "Verizon says such a move is necessary to protect user privacy because otherwise any copyright holder--or anybody claiming to be a copyright holder--could easily obtain the name and address of any Internet user. " You can See the full story @ CNET.com

20-April-03, 05:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheOutcast Minnes-hoe-tan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Moorhead, Minnes-Hoe-ta Posts: 2,803	Yeah, the RIAA can piss off... arrogant bastards. Drop the price of CD's, or work on making a system to charge for songs a REASONABLE price and we'll talk... til then... they aren't seeing a dime. __________________

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bushh Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Boston, MA/Palm Beach, FL Posts: 608	Gawd I hate these arrogant rich ass musicians... I really despise what they are doing! __________________ H. Douglas Bush Boston College... Go Eagles

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Soulless Apex Techie II Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ontairo, Canada Posts: 104	What is really sad is that most the people this is going to affect are probably unaware they are doing something that is illegal.... I've talked to people I know who know nothing about computers except that they can d/l any song they want for free.... I want why no one has sued the RIAA for their use of monopoly powers....$30 for something that costs a $1 to make is excessive to say the least.... Soulless