[Rumori] latest riaa news Billboard vandalism and other illegal art

[low culture]

There are some legal aspects here that I find tremendously disgusting....

One key point is that the RIAA within the past few days has said it will
initially go after those who are 'hosting' or 'serving' vast amounts of
music, and at this point in time will not go after individual downloaders.
Just the hosters.

The problem, however, seems to be this: technically, it is the act of
'copying' that is in violation of copyright, eg those who download items
they do not in fact own are violating the spirit of copyright. Of note, it
seems to me that those who merely 'host' files and have them on their hard
drives or whatnot might very well own all that music via ripped CDs or
whatnot, and merely having them on your publicly available drive shouldn't
constitute a crime, much less one more severe than the actual demonized act
of copying...right? Or is this too logical for the RIAA to follow?

An analogy would seem to be the current cases going through the US courts
regarding gun control, and whether or not handgun sellers or manufacturers
can be sued for 'wantonly' making available such weapons in the first place.
Of course, my understanding here is that this has yet to be settled, but
seems to be veering towards the gun industry's side....

Sighing as he thinks about the mp3.com hosting lawsuit from 1999-2000,
jean-paul


On 6/25/03 7:16 PM, "das" <das at ubuibi.org> wrote:

> from their site....
> 
> 
> June 25, 2003
> 
> Recording Industry To Begin Collecting Evidence And Preparing Lawsuits
> Against File "Sharers" Who Illegally Offer Music Online
> 
> Launching Data-Gathering Effort To Identify Peer-to-Peer Infringers Who
> Continue To Offer Music To Millions




    
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