MPAA spurns copyright plans: government involvement needed
On Yahoo! News we can read somewhat of a follow-up story on the 'U.S. music firms copyright deal' we just reported about.
Hollywood/MPAA has resisted against an agreement that attempts to head off government intervention in the rising debate between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over what consumers can do with commercial music or movies they purchase:
Under the agreement, technology lobbyists will argue that record companies should be permitted to use hacker-style tactics to disrupt Internet downloads of pirated music and movies. They will caution that such tactics must not be destructive to networks or to a user's computer data, and must not violate a person's privacy. They also will argue against efforts in Congress to amend U.S. laws to broaden the rights of consumers, such as explicitly permitting viewers to make backup copies of DVDs for personal use or copy downloaded songs onto handheld listening devices. In exchange, the Recording Industry Association of America agreed to argue against government requirements to build locking controls into future generations of entertainment devices to make it more difficult for consumers to share music and movies. |
According to the article the MPAA said that despite Tuesday's agreement, it was "not prepared to abandon the option of seeking technical protection measures via the Congress or appropriate regulatory agency, when necessary.
Source: Yahoo! News
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Posted by electrician123 on Wednesday 15 January 2003 18:51
First let me say HOW DO YOU NOT VILOATE A PERSONS PRIVACY BY A MALICIOUS HACK?This goes to show that our rights are no longer.This tech companies know that if this is implmented they will loose out considerably so they say go ahead hack the consumer.You guys are a joke and i hope you go out of business just for being a asshole!!!
The MPAA is greedy and spoiled that all they can do is whine about copying. I hate them and they really suck.
Posted by Savannah on Thursday 16 January 2003 00:35
While the RIAA holds no special place in my heart, I admit that there is a rising need to combat piracy. Think of it this way, would you actuall want people to download freely MP3s from albums that are never bought, DVD rips that are never purchased, thats a lot of money in the long run. Im the first to admit that the argument of 'if people download music why should they buy it'? is very annoying and pointless (In my life anyway) as I have bought albums I have downloaded. I guess the point is to just think how you would feel if some people were ripping you off (not all) and think of what avenue of options you could take. Granted 'hacking' into p2p users computers may seem drastic, but who knows, this may be only a drop in the ocean of whats to come for the RIAA, p2p 'pirates', p2p genuine users and ultimatly the consumer.
Posted by Sherrif on Thursday 16 January 2003 05:44
Hey Savannah..i'm thinkin that if youe eyes weren't painted on the you actually might have got the gist that over 90% of the posters here were against commercial piracy...
The argument here is that big companies, seemingly at their whim, can impose regulations internationally....
These same concerns have been screwing consumers for an eon, knowing full well that consumers could never unite into a single entity that would ever worry them and that a single consumer faced a david and goliath task enforcing his rights...but now the playing field, nay, BATTLEfield is starting to become even ground...
Why is it that when companies have to actually support their product claims or abide by consumer rights, they cry "hard done by".....
Any tactician will tell you..if you don't have enough troops for a full assault, use guerilla warefare
Keep sniping people ..we got them on the back foot ...........:7
The argument here is that big companies, seemingly at their whim, can impose regulations internationally....
These same concerns have been screwing consumers for an eon, knowing full well that consumers could never unite into a single entity that would ever worry them and that a single consumer faced a david and goliath task enforcing his rights...but now the playing field, nay, BATTLEfield is starting to become even ground...
Why is it that when companies have to actually support their product claims or abide by consumer rights, they cry "hard done by".....
Any tactician will tell you..if you don't have enough troops for a full assault, use guerilla warefare
Keep sniping people ..we got them on the back foot ...........:7
go ahead and let them hack, lets see how many people they hack will ever buy a CD from them again, seriously, I can't think of anything more they could do to stop CD sales besides what they already do, OVERCHARGE CONSUMERS.
Let me just point out that the majority of people who will risk getting "hacked" via p2p programs are unlikely to be buying CD's anyway. So, I don't think organisations such as the RIAA give a toss about disgruntled p2p users.
JimKiler, not only do they overcharge many consumers, they choose to support, promote and release shit music that makes big $ (for some reason). It's the same as the motion picture industry. Quick and big bucks at the expense of artistic merit. In a business sense, it's safe and works very well, but for many afficionados of music and movies, forgedaboudit.
JimKiler, not only do they overcharge many consumers, they choose to support, promote and release shit music that makes big $ (for some reason). It's the same as the motion picture industry. Quick and big bucks at the expense of artistic merit. In a business sense, it's safe and works very well, but for many afficionados of music and movies, forgedaboudit.
Posted by chsbiking on Thursday 16 January 2003 18:18
Lets think about this. The RIAA and MPAA are way to greedy to actually give enough people jobs to hack enough pirates to make a difference. If the file sharing networks were brought down that way, think about how many extra jobs the pirates created.
Think of all the families that have food because the RIAA had to pay them to hack the pirates. Which they would not of had the job if not for the pirates.
but the RIAA and MPAA like I said, will never hire that many people.
Think of all the families that have food because the RIAA had to pay them to hack the pirates. Which they would not of had the job if not for the pirates.
but the RIAA and MPAA like I said, will never hire that many people.
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