Post by: Jazzwolf on June 30, 2002, 02:40:42 pm
Listening to: 'The KKK Took My Baby Away' from 'Anthology (Disc 2)' by 'Ramones' on Media Jukebox
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on June 30, 2002, 03:09:00 pm
). It starts, you search, you get results but they're all blocked. All of them.
They will probably flounder around and try to satisfy the conditions that will let them reopen (explicit permission for each song by each artist) but they will eventually join Napster in P2P heaven. It looks as if, for now, the RIAA will continue to fight the Hydra.
Which brings up a recurring thought:
Eventually, the RIAA will realize the futility of going after the P2P's. Will they then go after the P2P users? No. Equally futile.
What they might do is get the filetype MP3 declared illegal (I'm sure that is on their agenda) and go after the MP3 players ... both manufactured and on line. That's us.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you.
CVIII
Post by: KingSparta on June 30, 2002, 03:25:22 pm
At the rate they are going "Audio CD" Will Be illegal Also, And the only way you can hear good singing is in the bathroom.
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on June 30, 2002, 03:28:31 pm
Post by: Harry The Hipster on June 30, 2002, 04:11:31 pm
If the program proves successful, separate licenses will be made available both for whistling and finger-drumming, presently not permitted under the DMCA. Sen. Hollings has introduced an amendment to the DMCA that would permit digital amputation for unlicensed finger-drumming; penalites for unlicensed whistling are still in negotiations in the Joint Senate-House Committee, but those under consideration include collagen lip injections, cat-gut sutures (with a gap for insertion of a small feeding tube) and locking habitual offenders into a room listening to "People" by Barbra Streisand on a 24/7 basis.
HTH
Post by: JimH on June 30, 2002, 05:06:38 pm