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RIAA Calls Radio Piracy

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry News

You couldn’t make this stuff up.  Ironically, someone already did.  One of my favorite comedy sources in The Onion.  They wrote this article back in 2002 and it’s simultaneously funny and sad that it’s come true.
What I find truly sad is that an industry that is so obviously hurting to regain it’s popularity, profits, and [...]

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“We Don’t Need To Prove Infringement”

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry News

This is posting from one of my other blogs, “But I’m No Expert“.

The MPAA has stated today that they shouldn’t need to prove infringement occurs in order to collect fees from “law breakers”.
“Mandating such proof could thus have the pernicious effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against massive copyright infringement in many [...]

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