Riaa Playing Dirty

[boli06]

If the distribution of a song or a partial song it's a violation of the artist author rights, then the RIAA is doing something illegal, distributing the screeching mp3, that has parts of the original song, am I wrong?

[MUSLEMAN]

well lets say it is, what are we to do go to the government and say i was illegaly downloadinga file and i came across this illegal work of riaa??? your point is well taken tho

[3rd gen noob]

the riaa own the copyrights of the songs
they can do with their property as they please

[boli06]

true, but if they sued me, I will use it against them

[boli06]

are you sure?? I don't think they can do anything with the songs.
Just like cops, they can't do anything with prisioners

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob@5 September 2003 - 22:35
the riaa own the copyrights of the songs
they can do with their property as they please
we have no case, case closed

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by boli06@6 September 2003 - 02:35
true, but if they sued me, I will use it against them
you will use what against them, exactly?
i don't follow your line of thought here...

[boli06]

I'm just kidding

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by boli06@6 September 2003 - 02:45
I'm just kidding
yeah, sure, that's what it was

cough, cough

[clocker]

The RIAA doesn't own anything.

They represent the companies that do.

I'm sure they have full legal permission to make screechy MP3s.

Good luck with your legal defence.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by clocker@6 September 2003 - 02:49
The RIAA doesn't own anything
the riaa owns the copyrights for the intellectual property (i.e. songs) of the bands/acts it represents...

[clocker]

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+5 September 2003 - 20:55--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 5 September 2003 - 20:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@6 September 2003 - 02:49
The RIAA doesn&#39;t own anything
the riaa owns the copyrights for the intellectual property (i.e. songs) of the bands/acts it represents... [/b][/quote]
The RIAA doesn&#39;t represent any artists.

The RIAA is the industry mouthpiece for the actual media companies- Sony, Virgin, RCA, etc.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by clocker@6 September 2003 - 03:00
The RIAA doesn&#39;t represent any artists.

The RIAA is the industry mouthpiece for the actual media companies- Sony, Virgin, RCA, etc.
hmmm...this sounds like a matter of definition

[clocker]

Ya think?

You said that the RIAA "owns" copyrights.

They don&#39;t.

The clients that they front for own everything.

Maybe it is just nitpicking, but that is the basis of the law, isn&#39;t it?

[3rd gen noob]

is it not true though, that the riaa does actually manage some of the artists it represents?

[clocker]

Are you not reading me?

The RIAA represents zero artists, records zero music and owns zero copyrights.

The RIAA is a bunch of lawyers who are paid by the record companies ( who actually do all of the above mentioned) to represent them.

The thugs who are serving subpoenas and harrassing filesharers probably don&#39;t even know who eminem is.

[Kurdt Kobain]

youre allowed to use a certain amount of time (like 30 seconds or something) of a song without permission

[AstralWarlock]

@kurdt: You&#39;re allowed to listen to a piece of a song if and when it&#39;s made available through the artists site. Using it is something completely different and is, as far as I know, still illegal.

ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country has done for you&#33; Sharing your favourite music with the rest of the world is a loving thing.

[Path0gen]

The mp3s they share are 100% screechy.