Comment Re:So let's see if we got it straight: (Score 1) 1076
It's amazing how willing people are to justify the actions in question here. Yes, maybe the copyright laws in this country are antiquated and immoral, but there is no doubt within most sane minds that these ARE legal statutes passed by a government we have all elected into office.
So, let's talk about the particular justifications brought into play in this post:
- no, the RIAA isn't trying to "spread fear/resentment/anger" amongst the audience they're trying to "win back". They're not trying to win back the minority population that are major-abusers of their copyrights. They're trying to scare'em into inactivity. They couldn't care less if every one of the 261 people subpoenaed never, ever buy another RIAA-associated music record again.
- Songs being played on the radio are effectively advertisements for the record, which contains other songs that will not be played on the radio (not to mention the 'brand' of the artist). It's like saying... if they show the trailer to a movie for FREE, then why would they charge me money to watch the rest of the movie?
- Eminem might've done well, but that doesn't prove anything. After all, the contention by the RIAA is that Eminem (and the record companies) isn't that they didn't profit from their record... but rather that they would have profited MORE if not for the abuse of their copyrights.
So, let's talk about the particular justifications brought into play in this post:
- no, the RIAA isn't trying to "spread fear/resentment/anger" amongst the audience they're trying to "win back". They're not trying to win back the minority population that are major-abusers of their copyrights. They're trying to scare'em into inactivity. They couldn't care less if every one of the 261 people subpoenaed never, ever buy another RIAA-associated music record again.
- Songs being played on the radio are effectively advertisements for the record, which contains other songs that will not be played on the radio (not to mention the 'brand' of the artist). It's like saying... if they show the trailer to a movie for FREE, then why would they charge me money to watch the rest of the movie?
- Eminem might've done well, but that doesn't prove anything. After all, the contention by the RIAA is that Eminem (and the record companies) isn't that they didn't profit from their record... but rather that they would have profited MORE if not for the abuse of their copyrights.
