OT: Usenet finally gets some respect, sued by RIAA :-)

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Yousuf Khan

Well, actually it was just Usenet.com that got sued by RIAA, apparently
they think Usenet.com is responsible for the whole Usenet.

Also according to the article, Usenet is some ancient Precambrian relic
that predates the Internetz, but somehow now rides on top of the
Internetz. Maybe something like a dinosaurian suckerfish.

RIAA Sues Usenet, Decries it as 'Brazen Outlaw'
"The Usenet network is a global, distributed message-board network that
was created in the pre-internet days, when it relied on dialup modems
for distribution. Now it's carried over the internet. Usenet.com
redistributes the full Usenet feed for a subscription fee."
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/riaa_usenet
 
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Jan Panteltje

Well, actually it was just Usenet.com that got sued by RIAA, apparently
they think Usenet.com is responsible for the whole Usenet.

Also according to the article, Usenet is some ancient Precambrian relic
that predates the Internetz, but somehow now rides on top of the
Internetz. Maybe something like a dinosaurian suckerfish.

RIAA Sues Usenet, Decries it as 'Brazen Outlaw'
"The Usenet network is a global, distributed message-board network that
was created in the pre-internet days, when it relied on dialup modems
for distribution. Now it's carried over the internet. Usenet.com
redistributes the full Usenet feed for a subscription fee."
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/riaa_usenet
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mm, they just want money.
Of course the recording companies know they are largely redundant,
Nokia will have free music downloads on they mobile phones, also to PC,
next year, once contract is already made, many artists publish their
own music online.
Sure, binary groups also carry likely copyrighted content.
And less and less Usenet servers carry all binary groups.
What those RIAA guys really want is lock everything up, while I did
read yesterday: 'There is no way kids will pay for digital copies',
from an other recording industry source.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/business/worldbusiness/05music.html?ref=technology
Of course payed for from the connection fees.

So, maybe RIAA will try to kill binary groups.
Shortly after followed by ASCII groups, as those can display song texts ;-)
Maybe we can all write to Putin and ask him to mark RIAA offices as
targets for his new ICBMs.

They are just trying to make the Internet is the same lawyer sucking brain dead
system as they are themselves.
I bet the suckers read this too, to them: middle finger up.
 
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The Kat

Well, actually it was just Usenet.com that got sued by RIAA, apparently
they think Usenet.com is responsible for the whole Usenet.

Also according to the article, Usenet is some ancient Precambrian relic
that predates the Internetz, but somehow now rides on top of the
Internetz. Maybe something like a dinosaurian suckerfish.
Click to expand...

So you're saying the RIAA is the Usenet of the music industry?

:)



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nobody

Well, actually it was just Usenet.com that got sued by RIAA, apparently
they think Usenet.com is responsible for the whole Usenet.

Also according to the article, Usenet is some ancient Precambrian relic
that predates the Internetz, but somehow now rides on top of the
Internetz. Maybe something like a dinosaurian suckerfish.

RIAA Sues Usenet, Decries it as 'Brazen Outlaw'
"The Usenet network is a global, distributed message-board network that
was created in the pre-internet days, when it relied on dialup modems
for distribution. Now it's carried over the internet. Usenet.com
redistributes the full Usenet feed for a subscription fee."
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/10/riaa_usenet
Click to expand...

Quite understandable - what happened to RIAA after the advent of
digital music is nothing short of a catastrophe. One of definitions
of 'Catastrophe' is 'Act of God'. So their next step might be suing
the Pope (or whoever else they pick as God's representative on earth).
LOL
;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

NNN
 
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Robert Redelmeier

Jan Panteltje said:
Of course the recording companies know they are largely redundant,
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Yes, in their current working mode (bean-counting, milking the dying cow).

But it did not need to be so. There is a serious gatekeeping
function they used to perform before they slashed A&R (artists
and Recordings) budgets -- that of discovering, polishing and
presenting new talent.

The recording companies could have embraced the Internet for
new artist presentation, publicity and distribution. Dross
like "American Idol" fills the vacuum.

Instead, they die from lack of imagination and courage.
The keening of their lawyers is their funeral dirge.

-- Robert
 
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