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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue May 6, 2003 @ 6:42am |
 Coolness: 686270 | Some of the world's largest record labels are quietly financing the creation of programs by small software firms that, if implemented, would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according to a published report.
Citing industry executives, The New York Times reported in an article that appeared on its Web site on Saturday, that the efforts bear varying degrees of legality including attacking a computer's Internet connection to slow or halt downloads and overwhelming distribution networks with programs that masquerade as music files. "There are a lot of things you can do--some quite nasty," the Times quoted Marc Morgenstern, chief executive of software company Overpeer, as saying. The company receives support from several large media companies, it said. If large record labels introduce the programs, it would be the most aggressive tactic yet in the music piracy wars by the recording industry, which has claimed that music piracy costs it more than $4 billion in annual sales worldwide. Last month a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that file-sharing services Grokster and Morpheus were not guilty of copyright infringement. The Times said approaches under development range from relatively modest in degree to quite severe. One method is a "Trojan horse" program that simply redirects users to Web sites where they can legitimately buy the songs they had tried to download. Another locks up a computer for a certain amount of time, minutes or hours, risking the loss of data that was not saved if the user restarts the computer, the paper reported. The industry's big five labels--Vivendi's Universal Music Group, AOL Time Warner's Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Bertelsmann's BMG and EMI Group--have all backed the development of counterpiracy programs, according the industry executives, but none would discuss details publicly, the paper reported. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Fri May 9, 2003 @ 11:21am |
 Coolness: 165480 | uh i dunno but this is a game they cant win!
the more they will try to fight it the more youll see people retaliate! and I even as a musician think all those organisation are fucking lame piece of crap only their for the money not the music and im all about the music ! so i wanna make things clear here... read what spookay just said and try to tell that their interests arent money related and their doin it for the benefit of artist... we are in a new era things are changin fast and most people (especially those who wont be able to live like fucking kings anymore) well they dont want to lose their pimp job cuz yeah the music industries is runned by pimps!!! well fuck that! its time to take back our due and no fucking company or spokeperson or manager of some sort will milk us from what were worth! self promotion and fair faires are the key to success! im sick and tired of seein 15-20$ cds that arent even worth a download on kazaaa i dunno we need to take over the scene and people need to realise that you cant become a talented artist in a year or so(FUCK STAR ACADEMY and all the clones ETc...) its really lame and those people arent talented ... its like their faking being talented its so shitty i cant even watch it anymore it pisses me off! anyways i had too much coffee so bare with me ! if you had the guts to read it all well thanx for your time and i hope i get to get my msg to get broadcast on tv someday! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» OMGSTFUDIEPLZKTX replied on Fri May 9, 2003 @ 3:28pm |
 Coolness: 67195 | Thing is
If the RIAA and its members try these tactics on networks in other countries, they will lose. Countries like Canada are immune from all the changes to laws demanded by the RIAA. Hooray for canada! |
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