I think the MPAA should classify themselves as Rated R.
Their slow and certain death is very disturbing and gory to witness as they continue to make one bad decision after another in an attempt to prop up their old business model that doesn't work anymore.
Course Violence is A-OK to them. Nudity, sex, or drugs though? Bad news.
And this makes the $49,000 judgement for 14 songs played at a bar on a Karaoke night more reasonable?
Owning a copyright to a song should not mean getting paid for every single use in every single instance. It should never be a right - implied or otherwise, to get something for doing nothing just because you own the copyright.
I just feel sorry for you and your ignorance. Don't you understand that every time a new business model is created you guys go and sue it out of existence?
More depressingly backwards thinking about the future of content.
These guys will never learn and that is the main reason why they are having such a hard time right now and why they will more than likely be no more at some point in time.
Let's merge and then make the content hard to get! Sounds like a plan....
Good lord you are clueless!! (Unless you are being sarcastically funny... then Haha you got me!)
Regardless, I think this just demonstrates the point again that the RIAA is going to become irrelevant and die unless they figure out how to change and embrace technology and come up with a new business model. It's a pretty easy message to read: We don't need the middleman anymore.
The reality is that you draw attention to yourself when you react in such a way. With the Internet, this rule definitely applies and it's much faster and more widespread.
Just keep your mouth shut, let it blow over, and then move on. Easy.
I find the whole "Twilight" phenomena very disturbing. I mean seriously, Vampires that aren't killed by sunlight that glitter? Really?
Can we all agree to be outraged about the movie at least. Vampires should only come out at night, be bad-ass-motherfuckers, and most certainly NEVER, EVER, EVER-EVER-EVER, freaking glitter.
Is the newspaper industry feeling so backed into the corner these days that they just have resorted to fight or flight?
I honestly do not see why they have such a big problem with Google. Is it that they just have such a huge misunderstanding of what Google is doing that they think Google is a threat that needs to be eliminated?
It's really hard to follow their rationale on this. It's actually pretty simple: Either enjoy the free advertising that Google gives you and shut up or block them and figure out how to monetize your content on your own.
But still not good enough. It's an insult to the customer in a way because they are basically telling us that fair use is okay if they get to dictate the terms completely and have all of the control over how you use the content.
Rather than wasting time trying to work out something reasonable with these assclowns just go nuclear and completely remove any reference to them from your search results and be done with it. Let them go at it alone and they can live or die by the sword.
It shocks me that they appear to either not see or completely ignore the benefits.
This is a stunning failure on the part of Microsoft and T-Mobile. I cannot believe that they didn't have some sort of redundant back-up solution in place!
There will be some major fallout from this cluster*%@# I bet.
I wish that it would happen but I don't know if it's really got a chance of happening or not. I think that Netflix can give cable a run for it's money and become possibly a real viable alternative, but I just don't know.
Big cable will do a lot of things to protect their business. I think we are about to see a historic amount of predatory pricing. :)
That guy is batshit insane if he truly believes that drivel he is spouting. I think the RIAA/MPAA goons are insufferable idiots but this guy is in a different league.
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MPAA is Rated R
Their slow and certain death is very disturbing and gory to witness as they continue to make one bad decision after another in an attempt to prop up their old business model that doesn't work anymore.
Course Violence is A-OK to them. Nudity, sex, or drugs though? Bad news.
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Re: Another story blown out of proportion
Owning a copyright to a song should not mean getting paid for every single use in every single instance. It should never be a right - implied or otherwise, to get something for doing nothing just because you own the copyright.
And they wonder why they are hated?
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Re: Another smart - dumb argument
Your business is dying and it's all your fault.
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Re: Pure Corruption
Corporate interests is what directs our Government now and it's what dictates policy.
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No surprise
These guys will never learn and that is the main reason why they are having such a hard time right now and why they will more than likely be no more at some point in time.
Let's merge and then make the content hard to get! Sounds like a plan....
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Brilliant Show
It's a complete role reversal really. The news media makes up the comedy and then the comedy shows report on it. :)
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Hilarious!!
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Disgusting
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Re:
Regardless, I think this just demonstrates the point again that the RIAA is going to become irrelevant and die unless they figure out how to change and embrace technology and come up with a new business model. It's a pretty easy message to read: We don't need the middleman anymore.
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People forget
The sad thing is that the RIAA/MPAA literally do not have a single shred of actual evidence to back up ANY of their claims.
To them the ideals of "Due Process" and "Fair Use" do not exist.
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People forget
The sad thing is that the RIAA/MPAA literally do not have a single shred of actual evidence to back up ANY of their claims.
To them the ideals of "Due Process" and "Fair Use" do not exist.
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Crazy
The reality is that you draw attention to yourself when you react in such a way. With the Internet, this rule definitely applies and it's much faster and more widespread.
Just keep your mouth shut, let it blow over, and then move on. Easy.
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Disturbing
Can we all agree to be outraged about the movie at least. Vampires should only come out at night, be bad-ass-motherfuckers, and most certainly NEVER, EVER, EVER-EVER-EVER, freaking glitter.
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So weird
I honestly do not see why they have such a big problem with Google. Is it that they just have such a huge misunderstanding of what Google is doing that they think Google is a threat that needs to be eliminated?
It's really hard to follow their rationale on this. It's actually pretty simple: Either enjoy the free advertising that Google gives you and shut up or block them and figure out how to monetize your content on your own.
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Better
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Go Nuclear!
Rather than wasting time trying to work out something reasonable with these assclowns just go nuclear and completely remove any reference to them from your search results and be done with it. Let them go at it alone and they can live or die by the sword.
It shocks me that they appear to either not see or completely ignore the benefits.
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Wow
There will be some major fallout from this cluster*%@# I bet.
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I wish
Big cable will do a lot of things to protect their business. I think we are about to see a historic amount of predatory pricing. :)
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WOW