More RIIA Idiocy

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It looks like you shouldn't share videos in which you're humming a song:

http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/75383

I tend to agree with the first comment posted there.

 

I agree with most of the comments on the page ('specially the: **** RIAA!!! ones ). I'm sure those people making home videos are trying to sell the video with the copyrighted music

I like the comment about the birthday party... would the RIAA actually crackdown on a family who posted their kid's birthday party with the Happy Birthday song on it?

 

There are already problems with radio and TV sets at hair dresser's and in other such places because the music played there isn't intended for "public performance".

Those greedy idiots can't see how their attitude estranges people and denies their crusade anything remotely similar to social support.

Damn, wouldn't be surprised if they started bitching about house parties with music on private licenses (plain CDs from the shop).

 

They're bitching about it already, they just aren't taking legal action... yet.

 

According to them, you should probably lock up in your room if you want to listen to the music. And you shouldn't make it too loud or your family or neighbours could overhear something. You should probably scan your room for spying devices, too.

Idiots... They are so lame they could encode MP3s... Oh wait, but that's illegal.

 

I can see their point, since it is basically a copy of the music, even if that's not the intent. But they really need to chill on this. Taking such unpopular stands again and again and again...well, I suppose nothing's going to happen to them, but it's still a bit of a risk.

 

The morons strike again. One can wonder when the **** will they stop?

 

they are not morons. Those lawyers get paid by working, NOT by result.

 

Hmm, this from the comments on that page:

That, I suspect, it quite true - let's face it, they can't actually stop piracy, and pissing people off by doing stuff like this is just going to push the idea that 'hey, the music industry sucks - **** them, I'll download my music'. They're doing a great job at proliferating piracy - it's like they want people to rebel against them...

Someone needs to come up with something better than copyright...

 

And let's not forget that proliferating piracy proliferates RIAA. No piracy no RIAA. Therefore the RIAA needs piracy.

Or at least prevent greedy idiots from thwarting fair use rights.

 

Well, yeah - but I suspect there's another end to the spectrum, which is what the people pirating for moral reasons are aiming for -> so much piracy that the RIAA are ineffective and disappear because of it (probably along with the music industry...). Honestly, I think this way would be easier to reach than wiping out piracy, which is just not going to happen...

Whether I support this view or not I haven't yet decided ... though I can't say that it wouldn't be nice to see the whole music industry crash and burn...

At the least. I think we can and should do much better than that though

 

I find this hard to believe (that RIAA would actually go after people putting videos of themselves singing songs on the net). Of course, legally they have the right to do that... but that's just because they bought those laws.

Such ham-fisted actions have the potential to wake the sheep, make them aware of what's going on. And I don't think RIAA would want that.

Come on Felinoid, that's the best you can muster this time ? What happened to "that's illegal, and people who are doing it are breaking the law"? Don't tell us you are getting soft on pirates

 

Of course it's illegal; that's a given. But as I said (and you didn't quote), taking such unpopular stances again and again, regardless of their legal merit, could have negative consequences. Regardless of my support of what they're trying to do, making a big stink about it rather than quietly sending teams of lawyers is just a bad idea. "There is no such thing as bad publicity" doesn't take into account entities that do not need publicity, or would even be better off without it.

 

It will be a proud day when the RIAA collapses and artists have to earn their money the old fashioned way (playing in front of an audience).

/me goes put on his eyepatch and buys a parrot

 

@The Great Snook
actually artists earn virtually nothing from record sales, the majority of their income is from touring.

 

Arr, matey.

Seriously...

Neither would I. And like Taza, I believe it's just a matter of time. Stupid RIAA.

 

That's like saying if there were no crime, we wouldn't need a police force. While it is technically true, saying that the existance of the RIAA is proliferating piracy is a bit far-fetched. They exist because of piracy, they do not create or further the ends of piracy.

 

They don't try to create more piracy?

Just how much have you followed this issue? RIAA is either full of utter idiots, they're incredibly greedy or they're trying to increase piracy. Probably all three.

 

Because noone said that. Their existance does not proliferate piracy, their actions do. Doing such "idiotic" things over and over again sets the public against them, and proliferates piracy out of spite against their heavy-handedness. If the police force were similarly "idiotic", I guarantee you'd see a lot of citizen militias popping up.

 

This may be far fetched but the thought popped into my head.

Is singing a song (for free, just in fun) in front of an audience illegal?

If so I know tons of people who are potentially in trouble.

Copying and distributing songs without permission I can see as illegal. That is stealing.