On the heels of RIAA win...

[astcell]

Re: On the heels of RIAA win...

This reminds me of the baseball strike. People started watching little league games and other normal people who played, just to spite the big guys.

[Samurai Drifter]

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This really makes me wish I liked Radiohead's music.

[xor]

Re: On the heels of RIAA win...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_95hdy6Nw

[astcell]

Re: On the heels of RIAA win...

Just heard on the radio that Radiohead will be releasing their new album In Rainbows online, without record label, for free or whatever you decide to pay for it.

... interesting.

also of recent:

We should endorse this sort of behaviour. Where can I mail a check or PayPal.

[theprez98]

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So when you visit my house and I say "Make yourself at home" then I just made available 900 CDs and committed violations?

Exactly why the theory is very controversial.

[xor]

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RIAA = Evil Empire II

xor

[astcell]

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It is important to note about the RIAA decision that the trial judge told the jury that "making available" was sufficient to determine copyright infringement. In other words, the RIAA did not have to prove actual file transfer, only that it was available to transfer.

This is very controversial and will certainly be a major issue on appeal (if they appeal).

So when you visit my house and I say "Make yourself at home" then I just made available 900 CDs and committed violations?

[theprez98]

Re: On the heels of RIAA win...

It is important to note about the RIAA decision that the trial judge told the jury that "making available" was sufficient to determine copyright infringement. In other words, the RIAA did not have to prove actual file transfer, only that it was available to transfer.

This is very controversial and will certainly be a major issue on appeal (if they appeal).

[converge]

Just heard on the radio that Radiohead will be releasing their new album In Rainbows online, without record label, for free or whatever you decide to pay for it.

... interesting.

also of recent:

08 October 2007: Big News
Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the
following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally
free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have
been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the
business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very
different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a
direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.
Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008.
Exciting times, indeed.

posted by Trent Reznor at 10:45 AM.