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Sales up, RIAA still whining.
Fucking typical.
Fucking typical.
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Embattle
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BPI in our case 
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mank!
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Albums cheap? My arse. Only new releases are cheap, anything released more than two years ago is about £15.
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Gone into HMV recently, my good the prices made me GASP
£16.99 for a 5yr old Album my god
£16.99 for a 5yr old Album my god
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The RIAA is appealing against the ruling regarding Grokster and that it doesn't infringe upon copyright just because it the software itself may allow users to do so:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32419.html
The problem is that the RIAAs logic and above statement could be applied to items like Cars, all of which can go above the speed limits of most countries. So does this make all cars illegal from the start, no since it depends on the driver and not the car. The car can't break the law without the driver and thus nor can software like Grokster.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32419.html
The problem is that the RIAAs logic and above statement could be applied to items like Cars, all of which can go above the speed limits of most countries. So does this make all cars illegal from the start, no since it depends on the driver and not the car. The car can't break the law without the driver and thus nor can software like Grokster.
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Their moral argument is that the file sharing networks are there purely to aid file swapping, and indeed make money indirectly from this.
They have a point.
They're still cunts though.
They have a point.
They're still cunts though.
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Or, even more in tune with the USA. Guns
Guns don't kill unless someone points em and pulls the trigger.
Guns don't kill unless someone points em and pulls the trigger.
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That's a better analogy Wij.
It could be argued though, that file swapping programs weren't specifically designed for the proliferation of copyrighted files - I could look to a P2P program to get patches, film clips of games, freeware & shareware programs; basically anything you can get from an FTP, the BW one for example.
It's the users that are to blame, not the programs or their makers.
It could be argued though, that file swapping programs weren't specifically designed for the proliferation of copyrighted files - I could look to a P2P program to get patches, film clips of games, freeware & shareware programs; basically anything you can get from an FTP, the BW one for example.
It's the users that are to blame, not the programs or their makers.