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Originally Posted by roachboy
the riaa and the major labels that created it are working to defend an entire system of production and distribution that the net is making obsolete.
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As if to prove roachboy correct, we have the following news item today:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05058/463051.stm
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"If Hollywood gets its way, they'll be granted de facto control over, frankly, the vast majority of communications and technology today," said Will Rodger, director of public policy for the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which represents Sun Microsystems Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and 28 other companies.
The companies fear a ruling against the file-sharing services would leave them susceptible to lawsuits if they develop devices or technologies not approved by the entertainment industry.
They point to a long history of copyright holders trying to quash new distribution models or products, going back to the player piano and including the VCR, MP3 player and digital video recording pioneer ReplayTV.
"This is the Hail Mary pass on the part of the content industry to try to put the entire technology sector under their thumb," said Fred von Lohmann, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is representing StreamCast. "That's something they could never get Congress to do, but that's precisely what they would like the Supreme Court to do for them."
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So in other words, the RIAA is not just against file sharing. They want to hold the
companies liable for what the file sharers do with their software.
What this shows pretty clearly is that the RIAA is against not just file sharing, but
any technology used to share files.
This is a big leap. Apparently RIAA is less about creativity and innovation than simply protecting its business model, its "entire system of distribution and production."