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[News] Intellectual Monopolies Spread Lies to Defend Dying Business Model

  • Subject: [News] Intellectual Monopolies Spread Lies to Defend Dying Business Model
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:45:18 +0000
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IFPI: Piracy Bad!!! Government Must Fix Because We Don't Want To Adapt!

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| It's that time of the year when the IFPI 
| comes out with its annual fear-mongering 
| report, and this year's has really gone 
| overboard into the ridiculous. The basics 
| are pretty much what you'd expect ("piracy 
| bad! industry dying! governments must break 
| everything to protect us!"). However, the 
| details are just downright laughable. The 
| entire report seems premised on the idea 
| that direct music sales is the only thing 
| that really matters (a blatant confusion 
| about the difference between the recording 
| industry (which the IFPI represents) and 
| the music industry (which the IFPI pretends 
| to represent).
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100121/0825147855.shtml

Malaysia's New Copyright Act To Make Owning A Single Counterfeit DVD Illegal

,----[ Quote ]
| Imagine buying what you thought was a 
| legitimate DVD and then being dragged to 
| court for it.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1857317846.shtml

Wiggling Their Way To Musical Success Without A Label

,----[ Quote ]
| Tim Lash points us to a CNN interview with 
| The Wiggles, the massively popular pop band 
| for toddlers. The whole interview is 
| interesting, but the most interesting part 
| is the explanation of how the band went it 
| alone.
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100119/1134507815.shtml

MPs frozen out of super-secret copyright talks

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| The government has refused to give MPs 
| access to papers on international 
| negotiations about copyright enforcement on 
| the internet and at national borders.
| 
| Junior business minister David Lammy said 
| he could not put documents about the Anti-
| Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in 
| the House of Commons Library, because other 
| countries wanted to maintain secrecy.
| 
| Lammy said he was "sympathetic" to calls 
| for more transparency and had told his 
| officials to press the point at the talks, 
| but added: "Disclosure of any documents 
| without the agreement of all our ACTA 
| negotiating partners would damage the 
| United Kingdom's international relations.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/21/acta_lammy/

BPI Insists UK ISPs Overstating The Cost Of Three Strikes; So Will BPI Pay The Difference If Wrong?

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| Of course, BPI can't accept those numbers, 
| so its commissioned its own study which (of 
| course!) claims that the cost to ISPs would 
| be tiny. Hell, they'd barely be noticeable 
| at all. 
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1937547848.shtml

Prisons And Hair Dressers Latest To Push Back On Ridiculous Collection Society Demands

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| The first involves prisons in the UK who 
| are refusing to pay the licensing fees, and 
| thus are telling prisoners (hey look, real 
| thieves!) that they can't listen to music 
| any more in any area where multiple people 
| might be (the kitchen, workshops, 
| restrooms, etc.) since others might 
| overhear it. Yes, listening to music in a 
| prison apparently requires a separate 
| performance license. 
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100120/1028177833.shtml


Recent:

Sookman Deflates Pending Lists Claim to Vilify Artists

,----[ Quote ]
| Oh dear. I hadnât seen this post of Barryâs
| before he retweeted it. Um, how do I put
| this politely? Barry, you messed up.
|
|     Prof. Geist tries to taint the
|     recording industry as blatant copyright
|     infringers, without ever delving into
|     the industry wide accepted custom for
|     clearing mechanical rights. The pending
|     list system, which has been around for
|     decades, represents an agreed upon
|     industry wide consensus that
|     songwriters, music publishers (who
|     represent songwriters) and the
|     recording industry use and rely on to
|     ensure that music gets released and to
|     the market efficiently and the proper
|     copyright owners get compensated.
|
| But Barry, the recording industry are
| blatant copyright infringers. Or at least
| they sure give that impression. Letâs see:
|
| Cher sues UMG over royalties
|
| JoJo Sues Record Label
|
| TIMBALAND SUES RECORD LABEL
|
| Courtney Love Sues Record Label
|
| Allman Brothers Band sues record company
| for $13M
|
| Eminem Sues Record Label Over iTunes
| Royalties
|
| Beatles to sue record label
|
| Eurovision star sues record label over
| contract dispute
|
| Smashing Pumpkins sue record label over use | of songs in Pepsi promotional deals
|
| Travis Tritt sues record label
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http://madhatter.ca/?p=153
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