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Google sucked into RIAA/P2P fight
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Posted on 09/02/2003 9:34:50 AM PDT by chance33_98
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To: chance33_98
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:36:46 AM PDT
by
July 4th
To: chance33_98
What other good search engine should we use?
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:43:22 AM PDT
by
JOE6PAK
(Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.)
To: chance33_98
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:47:23 AM PDT
by
devnull
(n/a)
Now what if Google picks this thread up ?
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:48:30 AM PDT
by
devnull
(n/a)
To: chance33_98
I don't see this doing them much good. Most people hear about the kazaalite sites by word of mouth anyway.
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:48:48 AM PDT
by
Ex-Dem
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: devnull
I way RIAA is headed, I wouldn't be surprised if they subpeona FR for your IP number ;)...
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:52:01 AM PDT
by
Ex-Dem
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: chance33_98
Google has also posted a link to the letter from Sharman. It has listed the full URLs of the sites it has removed, of which all but three still worked when tested by vnunet.com.
Hoisted on their own petard. Their complaint lists all the sites anyway, and the publicity of the petition will only drive more traffic to them.
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posted on
09/02/2003 9:58:25 AM PDT
by
Damocles
(sword of...)
To: chance33_98
Did I log onto Democratic Underground by mistake?
To: chance33_98
Google is not the only search engine. I don't think this will help very much. Sounds like RIAA is getting desperate.
To: Jack Wilson
Did I log onto Democratic Underground by mistake? So you're saying you have a logon for DU??? Hmmmm...
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posted on
09/02/2003 10:53:01 AM PDT
by
chance33_98
(WWJD - What would Jefferson Do?)
To: chance33_98
I do check it out now and then out of curiosity. And this thread, which seems to support the idea that recorded music should be free, would fit right in.
To: Jack Wilson
And this thread, which seems to support the idea that recorded music should be free, would fit right in. The minute the RIAA supports the idea that I can turn in my copies of vinyl and cassette for CDs, or that I can copy my DVDs for backup purposes, I'll start seeing things their way.
Otherwise, they're just a monopoly who is smarter than the pseudo-monopoly Microsoft - they knew to buy off the politicians before they went for the jugular.
To: an amused spectator
The minute the RIAA supports the idea that I can turn in my copies of vinyl and cassette for CDs... So when you buy a copy of a book, the publisher also has to supply free copies in any other medium you wish? Why?
or that I can copy my DVDs for backup purposes...
When you buy other products do you get a free copy thrown in with the deal? Like, 2 coffee makers, in case the first one breaks down? DVD's and CD's are among the most durable products you can purchase; why do you need a backup?
To: Jack Wilson
DVD's and CD's are among the most durable products you can purchase; why do you need a backup? Your mind is made up. You're not debating - anyone could answer the question you posed. You shilling for money or for free?
To: an amused spectator
Your mind is made up. You're not debating - anyone could answer the question you posed. You shilling for money or for free? If anyone could answer the question I posed, why didn't you?
DVD's and CD's are among the most durable products you can purchase; why do you need a backup? Obviously a fictious RIAA industry a**hole who doesn't have children or grandchildren. Or as my wife says a lot: "I can't have anything nice".
To: Jack Wilson
You don't have to believe that all music should be free to know that the RIAA is pure evil.
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posted on
09/03/2003 6:23:54 AM PDT
by
Sloth
("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
To: an amused spectator
Be careful, soon you'll be called a thief for asserting that the RIAA has problems which could be solved without any litigation.
To: Principled
If anyone could answer the question I posed, why didn't you? You know, this "thief" gets tired of the disingenuous "arguments" put up on the RIAA threads. Effing "Jack Wilson" acts likes he's never seen a child or grandchild In The Form Of The Destructor (to borrow a phrase from Ghostbusters).
**sigh** I suppose that is a "copyright violation" also. ;-)
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