I've just been discussing this on the EMC Hub chat room after I found out that the RIAA is to file a lawsuit against DC. Nobody seems to believe that DC will be harmed, but the RIAA is relentless when it comes to stopping the free distribution of music and I am quite worried

Please let me know your opinion of the article...

http://www.riaa.com/PR_story.cfm?id=629

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Last edited by tu_face on Apr-18-2003 at 10:59

fuck riaa...they're really pissing me off..
they TOUCH DC, and i'd screw them one by one physically!

fucking ****s

if they fuck with this, I will become to the RIAA what Osama bin Laden has been to the US these past few years.
fucking ****s
they will die
their families will die
and they will all rot in hell


Edit: please do not take the above statement literally, I am just very very angry

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Take a trip... there's acid in my fridge...

I think the riaa is in for a proper defacing about now.

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Silly...

well, what the hell can they do? there's no central server and they can't really go after the individual servers (i hope). looks like a war is on.

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Fucking assholes! Nevermind the fact most of the artists we care about don't belong to a greedy American label in the first place

well havent these ****s learned anything from the past? everytime they shut something down, there will be an alternative
they better not touch our hub!

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Originally posted by DJ $tylez Fucking assholes! Nevermind the fact most of the artists we care about don't belong to a greedy American label in the first place

RIAA isn't there to save it's american stupid ass they're part of a of copyright management group that's spread worldwide


and yeah other local infrastructures that manage music copyright management are cracking down around the world too

you just don't hear about it

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Originally posted by jdat RIAA isn't there to save it's american stupid ass they're part of a of copyright management group that's spread worldwide

I realize it's worldwide influence but it's primary focus is with U.S. record labels, hence it's mission statement:

"The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States."

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Originally posted by beema if they fuck with this, I will become to the RIAA what Osama bin Laden has been to the US these past few years. fucking ****s they will die their families will die and they will all rot in hell Edit: please do not take the above statement literally, I am just very very angry

that was halarious..thanks!

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Originally posted by whiskers well, what the hell can they do? there's no central server and they can't really go after the individual servers (i hope).

According to the article, that is exactly what they are doing... suing the people who run the servers in their campus network:

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The network operators sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement are from the following schools: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) [two individuals], Princeton University, and Michigan Technological University.

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"We hope that these suits serve as a stiff deterrent to anyone who is operating or considering setting up a similar system."