AnonProxy
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| We need HIGH PROFILE downloaders
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly. |
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Roundel
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| said by AnonProxy  :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly.
That Would Be Great, if that happens, it could effectivly ruin the company beyond belief.
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Elfstone
join:2001-11-14
Bayonne, NJ
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said by AnonProxy :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly.
...or even better, one of the guys from Metallica.  |
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SKYHN
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said by AnonProxy :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
That would almost be better than capturing saddam
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
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Everyone holds a grudge against Metallica for essentially starting this whole mess.
Which they did...
But when things started getting heavy the downloaders all asked for a few simple things.
Cheaper CD prices.
Better music.
Did anyone pay attention to Metallica's last album price? It hit the shelves at $10. Sure it sucked to some, but at least the ones that started this are halfway listening to the people and put out a CD at a lower price like you asked for.
You really can't fault them for that. You can fault them for it sucking, but the die hard Metallica fans still went and bought the CD and they bought it for around 33% less than any other new CD that hit the shelves lately.
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Jason Levine
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said by AnonProxy :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly.
I thought the same thing at first. Then I realized what would happen. They'd quickly (and quietly) move to settle the suit (probably for a token amount like $1). The worst PR that the RIAA can get isn't from suing a senator. It's from suing 12 year old girls in the projects or grandmas who can't even run Kazaa. It shows everyone that the RIAA doesn't care who they go after in their quest to supplement falling profits with lawsuit money. (This isn't to say that the uploaders aren't engaging in illegal acts or shouldn't be punished, but the RIAA's tactics are like using a tank to kill a fly buzzing through a crowded street.)
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| reply to Roundel
said by Roundel :
said by AnonProxy :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly.
That Would Be Great, if that happens, it could effectivly ruin the company beyond belief.
That's wishful thinking. By the very nature of Anon's statement you can rest assured nobody will find out about it. It won't get publicly released. There won't be any legal documents because no lawsuit will be made. Everything will be swept under the rug and nobody will be the wiser. For all we know they already have a list of congressman's children and celebrities who they found sharing files, but either looked the other way in fear of bad publicity or took care of the problem quietly. |
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bigunk
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join:2001-02-10
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As I recall, Senator Orin Hatch was exposed as a downloader while at the same time advocating a method to destroy the computers of downloaders. I don't think the RIAA sleuths were the ones who caught him, but the irony here is rich. $5 says if he were caught in the RIAA scam, they would not have done a thing to him, or even bother to send him a letter. Quid pro Quo?
On the note of ACLU (American Communist Lawyers Association) downloading...of course they do it! All day long! But their excuse is they are doing research.
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Ben67
join:2000-07-08
Monroe, GA
| reply to Elfstone
said by Elfstone :
said by AnonProxy :
Imagine if they caught the ACLU downloading or the Whitehouse, or some Senator.
All we need are a few high profile people being revealed by these john doe lawsuits...and I bet they will "go away".
The RIAA won't sue them...they will lose even more creadability, and in the end...it will be very embarassing for them and costly.
...or even better, one of the guys from Metallica.
It may seem surprising to some but musicians (pro and semi-pro) are big into filesharing. However most of the musicians I know download a song so thay can learn to play it, yet another violation. Guess they'll have to start suin' bands who play covers in bars and what not 'cause they are profiting from the original artist's work. |
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JacksGhost
Got Bottle?
join:2002-12-29
Buffalo, NY
| "It may seem surprising to some but musicians (pro and semi-pro) are big into filesharing. However most of the musicians I know download a song so thay can learn to play it, yet another violation. Guess they'll have to start suin' bands who play covers in bars and what not 'cause they are profiting from the original artist's work."
You can play anothers material, not record it however. |
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Ben67
join:2000-07-08
Monroe, GA
| said by JacksGhost :
You can play anothers material, not record it however.
I realize that. But if there's people out thare makin money off it it's gotta bother them that they're mot getting a share.
In the end most real artist/musicians just want their music heard and enjoyed by others. When you can put your thoughts and feelings into a song and people dig it and feel a bit of what you were feelng when you wrote it that's what makes it fun. |
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