mattwalters.net » RIAA http://mattwalters.net Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en The downloadable media quandry http://mattwalters.net/2008/07/24/the-downloadable-media-quandry/ http://mattwalters.net/2008/07/24/the-downloadable-media-quandry/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:04 +0000 Matt http://mattwalters.net/?p=315 ShareThis

]]> I really agree with the below quote from Fred Wilson.  The reason the movie & music industry keep finding themselves in a losing battle is because they aren’t listening to their customers and providing them with what they want and how they want it.  If they ever start doing that, I really believe they’ll see a significant uptick in sales.

The real solution is to give the customers what they want which is simple, easy, affordable, instant access to the content they want at a reasonable price. When and if the content owners do that, they will be on their way to solving the download problem.

A VC: You Can’t Regulate Just One Industry And Leave The Other Alone.

]]> http://mattwalters.net/2008/07/24/the-downloadable-media-quandry/feed/ Stop the RIAA http://mattwalters.net/2006/05/05/stop-the-riaa/ http://mattwalters.net/2006/05/05/stop-the-riaa/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 21:58:36 +0000 Matt http://blog.mattwalters.net/permalink/24/ ShareThis

]]> Honestly, I don’t know if it will do a whole lot of good, but it’s worth a try.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is on a rampage, launching legal attacks against average Americans from coast to coast. After over 18,000 lawsuits and counting against P2P users, file sharing has continued to increase rapidly. Meanwhile, music fans, like 12 year-old Brianna LaHara, college student Cassi Hunt, and parent of five Cecilia Gonzalez, are being forced to pay thousands of dollars they do not have to settle RIAA-member lawsuits, and many other innocent individuals are being caught in the crossfire.

This irrational crusade is not generating a single penny for the artists that the RIAA claims to protect. The RIAA should be working to create a rational, legal means by which its customers can take advantage of file sharing technology and pay a fair price for the music they love. With artists increasingly turning against the lawsuits, momentum may be shifting in favor of a better way forward.

Copyright law shouldn’t make criminals out of more than 60 million Americans ÇƒÓ tell Congress that it’s time to stop the madness!

We have over 75,000 signatures so far - this is amazing! If we can get 100,000 signatures, we will deliver the petition to the Senate and House Commerce and Judiciary Commitees.

Click here to sign the petition.

]]> http://mattwalters.net/2006/05/05/stop-the-riaa/feed/ The RIAA has lost it’s mind http://mattwalters.net/2006/04/20/the-riaa-has-lost-its-mind/ http://mattwalters.net/2006/04/20/the-riaa-has-lost-its-mind/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:14:51 +0000 Matt http://blog.mattwalters.net/permalink/17/ ShareThis

]]> I was going to let this just slide into the linkblog, but I think it’s unbelievable enough that it deserves attention from my main blog. There is currently a court case taking place (Elektra v. Barker, pending in Manhattan federal court before Judge Kenneth Karas) in which the RIAA has made the following claim:
merely having a ’shared files folder’ on one’s computer, and thereby ‘making files available for distribution’, is in and of itself a “distribution” and a copyright infringement

[Source Article]

OH … MY … GOD. They have flipped their lid to put it politely. They basically just said that all computer networks, including the internet, are illegal. When are these insane accusations and pathetic cases goint to stop being waged. What is it going to take to make the Recording and Movie industries stop treating their very customers as criminals. *sigh*

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