Monday, February 20, 2006
17:27 by FoxTwo
Who the heck is RIAA? They are the people who "protects" the "interests" of recording artistes in America. They are the people who will sue your pants off you to "recover losses". They have gone after people using P2P software to share music before, and they are still doing it today.
In fact, there's a news article here where a woman was being sued by the RIAA because her son was downloading music off P2P networks. Because her son is a minor, they cannot sue him directly so they decided to sue the mother instead. Not only did the woman refused to pay damages claimed by RIAA, she decided to stand up to their bullying tactics.
But, we're in Singapore. We're safe, right?
Not exactly.
RIAA represents music labels such as EMI, BMG etc etc. They distribute music worldwide. RIAA is only their lap-dog in USA. You can bet we have our own version here in Singapore.
Anyway, the point is - the record companies now declare that even copying the music from the CDs you already own and paid for, to your MP3 player, to be illegal. The only way to stay legal is to sing your own songs, record them, and play them on your MP3 player.
I don't know about you but I find that to be incredibly stupid.
17:27 by FoxTwo
iPod (and other MP3 Player) Users - Beware!
Who the heck is RIAA? They are the people who "protects" the "interests" of recording artistes in America. They are the people who will sue your pants off you to "recover losses". They have gone after people using P2P software to share music before, and they are still doing it today.
In fact, there's a news article here where a woman was being sued by the RIAA because her son was downloading music off P2P networks. Because her son is a minor, they cannot sue him directly so they decided to sue the mother instead. Not only did the woman refused to pay damages claimed by RIAA, she decided to stand up to their bullying tactics.
But, we're in Singapore. We're safe, right?
Not exactly.
RIAA represents music labels such as EMI, BMG etc etc. They distribute music worldwide. RIAA is only their lap-dog in USA. You can bet we have our own version here in Singapore.
Anyway, the point is - the record companies now declare that even copying the music from the CDs you already own and paid for, to your MP3 player, to be illegal. The only way to stay legal is to sing your own songs, record them, and play them on your MP3 player.
I don't know about you but I find that to be incredibly stupid.
