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Yesterday, the seventh grader became the industry's first legal trophy in a massive crackdown when she promised never to share songs over the Internet again and her mother agreed to pay $2,000
The little girl lives in subsidized housing, and the RIAA still took the $2000 award.
Read it here [globetechnology.com].
That's showing your muscle!
Chances are the settlement was that the RIAA told the mum and girl to apologize, and they wouldn't have to pay. I'm not convinved the lady just wrote a check for $2000.
IANAL, though. lawman? :)
"Why are they picking on me?" she asked reporters after learning about the suit Monday night. "My stomach is all in knots."
If swappers see 12yr old girls and 71yr old grandparents getting sued it should make them think that anyone is a target.
Problem is people tend to fight back when they feel targeted.
I believe that these strong arm, mafia like tactics are going to blow up in the RIAA's face and could spell the end of their business as usual.
Ms. Schamis, 26, said she is nervous about the lawsuit and has no idea how to defend herself. "I'm unemployed so they are not going to get much from me. Good luck to them."
Like a predator they have targeted the weakest for attack; those with the lowest ability to defend themselves. Cowards.
Like a predator they have targeted the weakest for attack; those with the lowest ability to defend themselves. Cowards.
juniperwasting hits the nail on the head.
[edited by: mivox at 6:07 pm (utc) on Sep. 10, 2003]
[edit reason] sorry, no 'call to action' posts [/edit]
Ya... This makes me want to buy cd's...
Right on. I will NEVER, EVER buy another new CD, and I've never downloaded an MP3. I'm headed to the used CD store...
Yes, my PR tactic is one that elicits a response of "pick on someone your own size"-- that's what you want your customers saying.
I read an essay by Courtney Love about the actual terms of most of the contracts the musicians sign. It was astonishingly articulate, straightforward, honest, and disturbing.
[archive.salon.com...]
Related links:
[lists.insecure.org...]
"Courtney Love, the RIAA, and How To Lie With Statistics"
An older story about her lawsuit against Universal:
[eonline.com...]
Y'know, for all the controversy, I really really liked Hole when I was 15, and I legitimately bought all their albums.
Of course the best thing to do is look on the Internet for the artist and go to their home page and order a CD from them (many of them, you mail them a check or some well-concealed cash in a card and they'll mail the CD back to you, and often some stickers. I got two Less Than Jake cd's that way).
Anything to hurt the big recording businesses. If the next Britney Spears never gets "discovered".... so much the better. Christina Aguilera is actually a talented vocalist and when left to her own devices enjoys singing music like old Etta James songs. Don't you think she'd be better off without all the "handlers" and the dedicated cosmetologist to apply grease to her exposed flesh? Ew.
End of rant, thank you.
RIAA Radar: [magnetbox.com...]
I thought that was pretty funny.
[edited by: mivox at 9:19 pm (utc) on Sep. 10, 2003]
[edit reason] no "b-word" please! [/edit]
Very nice! Thanks again.
Music piracy is not a victimless crime
And if it is, they're make sure it doesn't stay this way. The victim: a 12 year old, honor student, daughter of single mother, with a 9 year old brother... they may as well be killing Santa Claus.
<tongue on cheek> They're expecting to convince people to not buy RIAA goods. </tongue on cheek>
(I still don't think the b-word is evil on any way... but anyway)
[edited by: Duckula at 9:33 pm (utc) on Sep. 10, 2003]
[edited by: mivox at 9:21 pm (utc) on Sep. 10, 2003]
[edit reason] see previous edits [/edit]
It's pretty universally agreed that the RIAA's actions in this matter were despicable, but be that as it may, WebmasterWorld can't be put in the position of being any kind of 'organizing point' for a political action. (Especially against an aggressively litigious organization...)
I'm editing out the "b-word" from the last few posts, and would sure appreciate if folks could find a bit more round-a-bout way of referring to the idea of "not buying RIAA goods." ;)
Thanks all!
Unfortunately, it isn't on the fine CDs for sale on his site, [tomsmithonline.com...] , but it may be available (ahem) elsewhere.
In the survey, 52% said they supported the music industry's position
[news.bbc.co.uk...]
This is an RIAA comissioned study... Yeah, that's right, they did a straw poll in their office and couldn't get more than 52% to agree...
You think that their would be at least one intelligent person at the RIAA, who could figure that suing 12 year olds is not good for PR.
I would be interested in seeing the RIAA's fourth quarter results for CD sales, as compared to sales of let say blank CD media.
And by the way, the lawyers at the RIAA are offspring born out of illicit union :)
