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jitspoe

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RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« on: December 09, 2005, 02:48:29 PM »
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LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43029

Gotta love the onion.

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2005, 04:53:01 PM »
LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums

Psst jitspoe, I heard about this new song dude. It has funkay beats fer shizzel.

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2005, 06:37:38 PM »
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LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43029

Gotta love the onion.
This has to be the biggest strech of the law that I have ever seen , well besides Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, legalize it . That is all.

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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2005, 07:45:09 PM »
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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2005, 11:29:08 PM »
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LOS ANGELES—The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material," a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth "favorites-sharing" sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43029

Gotta love the onion.
This has to be the biggest strech of the law that I have ever seen , well besides Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, legalize it . That is all.

I desperately hope you're kidding, Loial.

loial21

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2005, 02:52:40 PM »
Why? That law has domain over anything and everything. Whats to kidd? Alot of good tax paying non viiolent people are in jail because of this. It needs to be redone. 

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2005, 09:14:17 PM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion

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The Onion is a parody newspaper published weekly in print and on the Internet. It contains satirical articles as well as a general entertainment section.

Satire. It's satire. That was blatantly obvious.

loial21

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2005, 09:33:26 PM »
oh dear lol. I got alot to learn about being serious and I am freaking 34, jesus I told everyone I knew. how meddling funny.

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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2005, 09:39:29 PM »
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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2005, 04:44:21 AM »
figures....it was only a matter of time.....

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2005, 09:20:03 AM »
Ha.

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Re: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2005, 12:28:12 PM »
Only in America.  ;D