RIAA President Decries Fair Use

triskaidekaphile writes, "Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA, has an editorial on CNet responding to the Consumer Electronics Association's support of the Digital Freedom campaign for fair use. Sherman proclaims, 'The fair use doctrine is in danger of losing its meaning and value.' Like a true spinner, he indicates that fair use is indeed important, then states 'Let's be clear. The CEA's primary concern is not consumers, but technology companies — often large, multinational corporations which, like us, strive to make a profit... But to seize the mantra of "consumer rights" to advance that business interest is simply disingenuous.' Slashdotters, trollers, and pollsters one and all, what say you? Disingenuous or dissembling?"

Leaving for Lojban forums

[Cybert4]

zoi gy Well, this time I am really leaving. I will try to speak only Lojban, as much as possible. Doing so here would get me modded down to oblivion. Keep up the good work, everyone! The Singularity is near! Don't take my weapons and armor! Use Hexadecimal! Use Binary! Don't use decimal! Be an atheist! Be a libertarian! Wow. Let me make it somewhat relevant. I don't want to listen to non-Lojbanic music. This means I'll be getting by on a lot of instrumental stuff. Much of which happens to be non-RIAA. gy

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I think he has a point

[RLiegh]

Just not one that I agree with.

Re:I think he has a point

[A beautiful mind]

Actually you can't own points. A "point" is basically an imaginary concept and conveys nothing more than information. Noone in their right mind would come up with a system where you can own information. Oh wait...

Frankenslash here

[Anonymous Coward]

> Slashdotters,

Information wants to be free.

> trollers,

First Goatse

> and pollsters

79%

> one and all

79% of information is goatse.

I think he has good points, too....

[krell]

He sharpened his fangs carefully, didn't me?

Re:Leaving for Lojban forums

[Guppy06]

"Slashdotters, trollers, and pollsters one and all, what say you? Disingenuous or dissembling?"

Well... you can't say the parent post is offtopic. I mean, this was all but asked for.

Re:Frankenslash here

[jhembruff]

To more accurately represent Slashthink, I think maybe it should be:

79% of information is goatse, whose original content should be provided free (as in speech) so that the public can improve upon it for future generations. Also, Fuck Microsoft.

Re:I think he has a point

[Goblez]

Lawsuit from the RIAA for infringing use of their point in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

Re: Speaking on their history

[ScrewMaster]

I almost choked on my dinner last year when I read about one record company exec expounding on how "Apple should start sharing-out some of the profits from iPod sales." He seemed to firmly believe that a percentage of any profits related to music sales (even they are from hardware purchases) is due the music industry. This on top of the fact that iTunes makes little money for Apple since the bulk of the profits already go to the rightsholders. There has to be some form of mass-psychosis at work here, at least among the upper management of these outfits.

Besides, how do you tell when the head of the RIAA is lying?

His lips move.

Re:I think he has a point

[MightyYar]

Only if it is in a taxpayer-subsidized venue! :)