Take that RIAA......

[mcvickj]

"The Recording Industry Association of America has lost the latest battle -- in court. Basically, the ruling states that the RIAA doesn't have the right to subpoena ISPs to get the personal information of users suspected of file swapping."


This is excellent news. Only one ISP had the balls to actually go aginst the RIAA and tell them NO to giving out personal information about its users. Everyone else rolled over in a heart beat.

I think this will drastically slow down the RIAA if they want to hand out any more subpoena's. Of course I think the RIAA has accomplished their goal. According to the lastest information file sharing has been cut by almost 54%.

Another great piece of news is Wal-Mart is getting into the online music business. Wal-Mart is charging 88 cents per song. Others such as iTunes and Napster are charging 99 cents per song. It looks like we might be seeing a price war soon for online music.

 

[newnitrofan]

Yes I read this story yesterday and wow am I happy that ISP's aren't going to be giving out our info like that. That would completely suck. RIAA is a pain in the buttox as far as I am concerned. I would love to see a price war on online music. I think they could make the prices just a little bit more reasonable. Late

 

[kwong2001]

You know, i'll still download music if I want to. fiddlesticks the RIAA. Online Music buying won't work. If you're paying a buck a song, there's no change in price from a normal CD, and in some cases, the price is higher.

On top of that, you won't see a very good selection of music to boot. It'll only be new songs and only mainstream songs you can get watching MTV or listening to the radio.

Oh yes, and I think it's total bullshit how the music industry charges the consumer a whole shitload of money for a CD then they get all pissy when the consumer finds ways to still get the music and save a whole bunch of money. They've got enough money as is, why the fiddlesticks do they need more?

 

[GilBeQuick]

You know, when CD's first came out they were pretty expensive. The music industry said the cost was high due to new technology and it would go down once everything got totally mainstreamed (which for any hit product is usually in a year or so). Well, how long ago was it that CD's came out? Hell, the price has stayed exactly the same, and in some places gone up. The RIAA IMO is just pissed that they're getting beat at their own game.