Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| Class A Must Carry
Class A Must-Carry is a very good idea. Of course the cable networks (some owned by cable companies) don't want more competition. Now they really seem to be upset that the FCC has figured out a way (allowing Class A stations to apply for full power status) that is fully within the law and would undoubtedly help the OTA digital transition. |
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uid1307457
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join:2005-12-30
Tempe, AZ
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| The RIAA's Playbook: No New Business Models Without RIAA Own
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Basically, the record labels are using a protection racket system: give us some equity, or we'll shut you down.
I believe that is illegal. we should sue them.
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA
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| said by uid1307457  : quote:
Basically, the record labels are using a protection racket system: give us some equity, or we'll shut you down.
I believe that is illegal. we should sue them. If the mafia was doing this, it would be considered racketeering-and be prosecuted under the RICO statues.
But, since the RIAA is doing it, it's okay-after all they regularly BRIBE Congress and law enforcement. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to uid1307457
the RIAA is more powerful then Al Capone was during the 1930s when he could buy feds with booze and cash.
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to uid1307457
Bah, it's just spin. The RIAA member companies own the rights to the music, they can put what restrictions on it they want. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| maybe so but if they ignore certain business models like they did the Internet for so long, they are destine for total failure. them ignoring digital media for as long as they did is why they have so much trouble with online piracy.
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| But they're not ignoring new business models- they want to make sure they control the new business models like they do the old and can make enough money off of them to partially recover from declining CD sales- it's actually a very smart move on the RIAA's part. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
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the problem is they want too much control, in the CD and earlier era i could play that music on any device as long as it could play that said media type.
in the digital download era the perfect utopia for the RIAA is one in which you would have to purchase a copy for each device. it would be like your DVDs being registered to your living room player and the refusing to run in the Minivan when on a trip.
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vinnie97
join:2003-12-05
Mesquite, TX | reply to EPS
Enough of that sympathy for the devil. |
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