RIAA Drops ISP Suit; Goes After Verizon

[Ioman]

http://www.buddhacon.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=476

"A China-based file-swapping site it wanted ISPs to block access to has since gone offline; but recording industry still wants Verizon to cough up the name of an Internet access subscriber accused of 'significant music piracy.

The Recording Industry Association of America has withdrawn a lawsuit against four U.S. Internet service providers, saying it no longer needs to force the ISPs to block users' access to a rogue music file-sharing site that has since gone offline.
However, a separate action to force another ISP, Verizon Communications' (Quote, Company Info) Internet services division, to identify a user the RIAA accuses of online music piracy, lives on. "

The RIAA scares me, they are viscous sharks.

[Ioman]

bump? No interest to anyone?

[rudeboy]

I happen to work at a community college. We had to pull our web radio presence offline due to all the new pricing structure governing the use of copywritten material.

Typically you get a ASCAP licence to play copywritten music using ANY broadcast method. They based the pricing structure on delivery method as opposed to a flat rate. The internet pricing was based on the amount of hits you would receive over a year (100,000 and below, 100,000 - 200,000 etc...)
The actual pricing method is the same but the prices have gone up a HUGE amount. We just couldn't afford to keep it up.

THAT SUCKS

to say the least....

:(

rudeboy

[Suicide]

Originally posted by Ioman
No interest to anyone?
Sure it is, but there's not a whole lot to say about it heh... You summed it up perfectly:

Originally posted by Ioman
The RIAA scares me, they are viscous sharks.

[Ioman]

I personally like seeing the two evils fight. I just hope my rates do not go up as a result! :rolleyes:

[llbbl]

I just posted this thread (http://forums.designtechnica.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=827#post827) cause I thought it would be good to have its own topic of conversation.

I saw on techTV that the RIAA was trying to get ALL ISP's to block access to the china site.

Here is some reading for you ppl....

http://www.eff.org/Infra/20020821_eff_riaa_pr.html

http://www.itworld.com/Man/2683/020819recordlabels/

http://cnn.looksmart.com/og/pr=FastSitesCustom;tc=;pc=15;ro=1;rc=2;pi=zch|http ://cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/08/22/internet.blocking.suit.ap/index.html
http://cnn.looksmart.com/og/pr=FastSitesCustom;tc=;pc=15;ro=2;rc=2;pi=zch|http ://cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/08/19/music.copyright.reut/index.html