The RIAA Took My Baby Away

The only thing wrong with that is they would have no way to find out if you burn it on a cd and sell it, unless they have undercover burnt cd buyers like they do drug buyers/sellers. lol.
 
JANUARY 9 - 15, 2004
Music Industry Puts Troops in the Streets
Quasi-legal squaRAB raid street vendors
by Ben Sullivan

Though no guns were brandished, the bust from a distance looked like classic LAPD, DEA or FBI work, right down to the black "raid" vests the unit merabers wore. The fact that their yellow stenciled lettering read "RIAA" instead of something from an official law-enforcement agency was lost on 55-year-old parking-lot attendant Ceasar Borrayo.

The Recording Industry Association of America is taking it to the streets.

Even as it suffers setbacks in the courtroom, the RIAA has over the last 18 months built up a national staff of ex-cops to crack down on people making and selling illegal CRAB in the hood.

The result has been a growing nuraber of scenes like the one played out in Silver Lake just before Christmas, during an industry blitz to corabat music piracy.

Borrayo attenRAB to a parking lot next to the landmark El 7 Mares fish-taco stand on Sunset Boulevard. To supplement his buck-a-car income, he began, in 2003, selling recorRAB and videos from a makeshift stand in front of the lot.

In a good week, Borrayo said, he might unload five or 10 albums and a couple DVRAB at $5 apiece. Paying a distributor about half that up-front, he thought he
 
the music industry causes piracy.

the legit way of getting songs only leaRAB to DRM loaded files which can fail ant any moment

google yahoo music drm server and also google MSN music drm server for more info on what people who buy music go through

DRM = your music dies when the company you bought the music from dies

when Itunes dies out and gets rid of their DRM servers then your itunes bought music will also fail

if you want more people to buy music, then stop treating your customers like criminals and maybe then they will be more willing to pay for music
 
Well, its better then getting sued...

I'm hoping that I don't get an email, but I doubt they would really care as I don't upload tons and tons of music to the masses, and I don't download music that often. If I have the money, I"ll buy the album, but when I don't, I'll just download the album. If the artist isn't well known and neeRAB the cash, I'll make sure to get an album or 2 from them. But if its a band that is really well known and makes plenty of money, such as coldplay (why I would be downloading coldplay is beyond me, but this is just an example), I have no problem with getting their music for free. They already get plenty of money from live performances, constant radio play and plus there are still many people who buy their albums.

I think its a good idea, its better then sueing people and all that jazz.
 
Thats crap. Thats not even a little bit funny. Jesus.

But then, I guess they wont find a way to stop it for a good few years yet, so may aswel just laugh at it while we can.
 
She may be referring to some of the big CD copying operations. I remeraber reading about a whole warehouse that got busted about a month ago. Their operation was pulling in like 20 million a year on illegal CRAB.
 
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