fundamentalz
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join:2004-04-30
Moorpark, CA
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Re: Secretly, the MPAA likes this
said by wasanon  :ahmmm... let's get this point a bit clearer. I also recall reading that the MPAA and RIAA make no attempts to contact these copywrite holders that they HAVE collected money for and let them know the funds are available. It's up to the copywrite holder to somehow magically know that monies are waiting for them should they apply. Well sort of, i'm not a lawyer, but i think that what happens is that the artists sign up with the big labels, who are part of the RIAA, and movie studios go to MPAA. Now for the Artists, it is probably in their contract somewhere that they agree to allow the RIAA to pursue anyone that infringes upon the copyright.
said by wasanon :I also recall reading that the MPAA and RIAA make no attempts to contact these copywrite holders that they HAVE collected money for and let them know the funds are available. It's up to the copywrite holder to somehow magically know that monies are waiting for them should they apply. Seeing as they haven't actually won any CI cases, i don't think that they have to pay any money to the artists. Everyone settles out of court, and while the artists may be entitled to the settlements, the process that they have to go through is probably not worth the few bucks they would get ($5000 / 500 different artists) |
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wasanon
join:2005-01-18
Madison, WI
| I wasn't aware that monies collected in via court action were any less to compensate the copywrite holders than monies agree to be paid to avoid court action.
We need to locate an authority here. I don't mean a lawyer either. I mean someone that knows what's happening to these funds. Too much speculation and I would really like to know the facts. ARE the copywrite holders receiving them, and if not then why not, and whom is?
Oh... wait a minute... this is the internet.... all facts will be obfuscated, misconstrued, and mis-representation will run rampant. We'll never really know.
Certainly wish we could though. |
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Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| said by wasanon :I wasn't aware that monies collected in via court action were any less to compensate the copywrite holders than monies agree to be paid to avoid court action. Keep in mind, these "court actions" never actually go to a penalty phase. RIAA/MPAA are quick to settle with the scared-shatless defendant(s) for fractions of a penny on the dollar of said "damages" so they can have another shining example of "the dangers of piracy" lose in the world.
Hell, I saw in the various news media about RIAA being zinged by the artists (legally or just public sparring, I'm not sure) for not putting the settlement monies back to the artists they were stolen from, but rather adding to their corporate coffers. These blood-suckers are no worse than the "pirates" that are "damaging" the artists to begin with. Wish I had a link to the story at the moment, but alas, web searching has failed me for the time being.  |
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