hell, even then it's the other way around.

It's legal for them(by russian law), not for you as the purchaser.

2/17/2006 3:03:46 PM

oh well, quite frankly... i dont give a damn

2/17/2006 3:32:01 PM

yeah, i think the RIAA would have a pretty tough time doing anything to allofmp3.com or any of its customers.

2/18/2006 12:36:14 PM

Quote :

"yeah, i think the RIAA would have a pretty tough time doing anything to allofmp3.com the internet or any of its customers. "

fixed

2/18/2006 12:41:26 PM

Quote :

"Fuck the RIAA. 99% of the shit I have on my hard drive is really hard to find on Napster/Rhapsody/itunes. Where am I supposed to get it?"

if that is the case, then I doubt the music you downloaded had anythign to do with the RIAA and in that case they don't care.

2/19/2006 2:56:20 PM

http://p2pnet.net/story/7942

RIAA attacks children of mother being sued with publicizing info

2/20/2006 12:14:26 AM

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/05/1421254

Quote :

"An MIT student accused of copyright infringement has been documenting her struggles with the RIAA. Upon trying to negotiate her settlement, a representative told her that "the RIAA has been known to suggest that students drop out of college or go to community college in order to be able to afford settlements.""

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V126/N15/RIAA1506.html

4/7/2006 8:27:42 AM

here's a good statistic the RIAA will try to keep from you



http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060406-6541.html

4/7/2006 8:51:51 AM

wow, i didn't think digital music would have that significant a slice of the pie

4/7/2006 9:02:04 AM

I still wish there was an effective boycott that could be launched against the music industry to make them HURT for this shit.

4/7/2006 9:03:06 AM

i hope terrorists bomb the RIAA

4/7/2006 11:42:25 AM

someone convince peta that the riaa does horrific animal testing at their HQ and it will be firebombed in no time.

4/7/2006 12:52:07 PM

ooh they can bomb each other

4/7/2006 1:02:32 PM

That graph is incredibly misleading.

Quote :

"Including sales of ringtones and revenues from subscription services, digital media now accounts for nearly 9 percent of recording industry revenues."

Showing CD album "units" next to ringtone and single track download "units" is obviously going to inflate the % "units," but it sho doesn't mean that people are buying full albums on iTunes at almost the same level as they are buying physical albums at Best Buy. They also probably found a way to include Napster subscriptions into the graph.

4/7/2006 2:09:09 PM

Would someone please kill every board member there and disband the entire organization, this is re god damn diculous.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060517/media_nm/media_xm_dc

5/17/2006 9:51:15 AM

And if you didn't hate these guys enough already.

http://techdirt.com/articles/20060518/0251200.shtml

5/18/2006 10:26:08 AM

BTTT4MBS (Back to the top for more Bullshit!)

http://techdirt.com/articles/20060614/1837225.shtml

Yes, STOP DANCING!!!

6/15/2006 10:08:58 AM

New lawsuit strategy:

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1237

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/29/134242

6/29/2006 11:42:07 AM

it's already spun too far out of control - people feel no real threat - the masses have spoken and the alternatives aren't appeasing enough yet

6/29/2006 11:47:21 AM

the RIAA is bound to implode if they keep this up

6/29/2006 12:46:23 PM

Not so long as there is an entire population kept dumb and unaware of "good" music and is subjected to clever marketing tactics making them want to keep buying this stuff.

6/29/2006 2:04:44 PM

people actually pay attention to the RIAA and the bullshit they spew? I only vaguely pay attention to what they are saying, because whatever it is, its usually just hot air. Not worth wasting thought cycles on.

6/29/2006 8:26:22 PM

^ I wish people really would pay attention to the shit they do.

Oh, and here is an interesting concept:

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/28/p2p_insurer_will_pay.html?hero

6/30/2006 8:57:12 AM

Quote :

"yes, the RIAA is suggested you buy the CD twice instead of backing up to a computer or another disc...."

lolers

6/30/2006 12:20:46 PM

Quote :

"the RIAA is a group of money-hungry suits"

6/30/2006 12:23:01 PM

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33025

w00t!

A "David v. Goliath" victory of sorts ...

7/14/2006 11:28:11 AM

Does it go up any higher?

7/14/2006 4:15:55 PM

Quote :

"So far the RIAA has taken dead people and grandmothers to court on the basis of its technical evidence. If a few more fought back, its attempts to lean on people to settle out of court before a trail might prove a bit costly."

OMG ZOMBIES

7/14/2006 4:23:37 PM

7/15/2006 9:54:14 AM

The bullshit continues.

Quote :

"THE RIAA IS fighting against a woman who wants an independent expert to examine her hard drive to prove that she was not involved in any illegal downloading."

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34135

[Edited on September 5, 2006 at 9:46 AM. Reason : +]

9/5/2006 9:45:14 AM

We will find illegal music

-RIAA

9/5/2006 10:41:19 AM

man, the riaa sure is a bully...i'm glad i dont illegally download or i'd be scared

[Edited on September 5, 2006 at 10:50 AM. Reason : .]

9/5/2006 10:46:24 AM

^ i guess you haven't been contacted by them.....

9/5/2006 10:48:54 AM

^?

9/5/2006 10:50:29 AM

^lol?

9/5/2006 12:14:00 PM

Quote :

"I think they just turned it up to 11. "

9/5/2006 12:26:13 PM

I read the arstechnica article about the RIAA fighting independent review. I really hope the judge in this case isn't dumb enough to allow the RIAA to get there way. Otherwise it would set a precedent in the court system allowing the manufacturing of evidence against the other party. Now, I may be wrong, but that can't be a good thing.

9/5/2006 2:23:28 PM

Quote :

"Arellanes is not happy about turning over what could be her key evidence to the RIAA and is telling them to go forth and multiply."

9/5/2006 2:37:07 PM

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/10/1319224

A bit of good news ...

11/10/2006 12:22:47 PM

^ if that goes well, then the RIAA is thoroughly fucked with their "let's rape america" plan...if the average person they catch dl'ing illegal mp3s has, let's say, 2000 songs (i have no idea what the average is), that's only a $1400 fine...even if they add another $0.30 to the fine per song (which would be statutory damages of 43%), that's only $2000 fine (plus court costs)

it'll be interesting to see what happens

11/10/2006 1:31:14 PM

RIAA? where is the J for Jew in that? I'm confused.

11/10/2006 3:19:20 PM

The populace will rise up and RIAA will be toppled to ashes.

Remember Fight Club? Kind of like that except with RIAA instead of financial institutions.

11/11/2006 2:32:32 AM

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/29/2328222

*sigh*

11/29/2006 9:55:53 PM

fuuuuuuuck them.

11/30/2006 6:21:13 AM

You know what... an iPod has the capability to potentially carry unauthorized images, video, and audio recordings of me. Thus, the iPod was clearly designed as a tool to defame from me and nullify my ability to retain creative control over the use of my likeness and voice. Therefore, Apple, the creators of the iPod, clearly owe me a percentage of their sales.

11/30/2006 10:52:22 AM

bttt

12/2/2006 11:22:14 AM

In other news, Universal is also pushing to get paid for every sale Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate, etc. make. I mean, 200GB hard drives are just repositories for stolen music and everyone knows it. It's time they get paid for it.

12/2/2006 12:38:45 PM

Quote :

"http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/29/2328222 *sigh*"

I think that is mainly a symbolic lawsuit towards Apple. They are trying to send the message to Apple that they don't want people putting illegal MP3s on their iPod, meaning that they don't want anything other than the protected m4u or whatever it is to play on the iPod.

12/2/2006 1:11:47 PM

^what lawsuit? read the article dumbass

12/2/2006 3:51:56 PM

http://gear.ign.com/articles/749/749883p1.html

Quote :

"RIAA Petitions Judges to Lower Artist Royalties Aggressively litigious group has claimed to protect musicians in the past. Now believes musicians deserve less for "innovative" music distribution."

12/8/2006 10:17:14 PM