The RIAA Armageddon has begun

yes let's make that happen!

iatee roaringly otm. I'll take a tenth of a penny over zero

shakey mo otm. i honestly think the best solution is government money for all self-declared artists (with the caveat that you have to write a twenty pager at the end of the year), but i'm not totally convinced it's within the realm of possibility.

xp well there's the real-world answer i guess

i thought that's how canada worked?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/copyright-propaganda-machine-gets-new-agent-your-isp

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/music-sales-are-growing-for-the-first-time-this-century-heres-why/273512/

wow there is a lot interesting in that article

LISTENING IN OUR OWN LANGUAGE

The music market is global. But popular music is still local. Even though all of the top ten global albums and nine of the top ten global singles of 2012 were in English, Europeans still seem to prefer songs in their own languages. More than 60 percent of the top albums in key European countries were artists from that country.

I find this reassuring

we have to figure out a way to ensure that 100% of the top albums in key European countries are in English, so that our economy can win

I don't know the answer but I know Guy Fieri will be involved

Mmmm, that's money! Off the hook!

Would love to see a version of the gif with the circle growing and shrinking with total revenues.

I think I'm going to ask my bosses to revive the practice of talked-over promos - you know, "You're listening to (Name of Album), by (Name of Artist), available everywhere (Date)" - but I want Guy Fieri to do all the voice-overs.

a facebook informant tells me that on the day or so (maybe day after) that the anti-piracy rollout was announced, he downloaded something and his connection was shut down.

he called an 800 number to reactivate it and they knew the names of the files he had downloaded.

so i guess the RIAA is starting to get its shit working pretty well.

what had he downloaded?

Uncle Acid rare live photos

game over man

everybody's gonna stop listening to music and start downloading porn instead. rip music

now they know what porn u download

false, the Porn Providers Association of American doesn't have its shit together the way the gangsters in the RIAA do

what do you guys think of a quasi-kickstarter scheme where bands release songs if x amount of contributory funds are reached, after which point anyone can have it for free, because it's pointless trying to police copying anyway?

I think that sounds fucking stupid.

In a perfect world, every artist would have a "Donate!" button on their website/Facebook/whatevs and I'd just download and listen to everything I wanted and whenever I was like, oh yeah this is great, I'd donate a couple bucks directly to the artist.

also fucking stupid.

I like the idea of musicians holding their music hostage

radiohead just made a new album if they don't raise $5m by friday they will delete every single fucking song don't test them they are serious

well that's the dumb part of the kickstarter model. what do you do if you don't raise enough money? just stop making music?

come up w/ a more adorable story

although I agree, that would be brilliant if a popular band did that once
xp

what do you do if you don't raise enough money? just stop making music?

Nataly Dawn joins your band.

what do you do if you don't raise enough money? just stop making music?

More musicians should follow that advice imho.

a facebook informant tells me that on the day or so (maybe day after) that the anti-piracy rollout was announced, he downloaded something and his connection was shut down.

he called an 800 number to reactivate it and they knew the names of the files he had downloaded.

so i guess the RIAA is starting to get its shit working pretty well.

― j., Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what had he downloaded?

― Mordy

dunno, but apparently via piratebay. i didn't think anyone still used them after the legal troubles heated up in 2009.

Something I've always wondered: do they know what you're downloading or just see that you are downloading, and then investigate closer to see what is? That is, if you're downloading the new Taylor Swift album, does that automatically flag you, or do they basically have to follow the cord back to your house? Similarly, do they know you're downloading the new James Bond movie, or do they just see that there's a huge data stream going to your house, get suspicious, then basically eavesdrop to see what you're up to?

j. I thought it was a 6 strikes thing you guys were getting in the usa?

just saw this - The High Court has ordered the UK's major internet service providers to block three websites offering links to pirated material.

The ISPs must stop their users from accessing Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy.

Music industry group the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said the sites infringed copyright on a "significant scale".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21601609

Never heard of these sites.

TPB seems to still be OK. The only time i was really scared was once my screen froze with a super official-looking Department of Justice head and a list of laws i had supposedly broken and i freaked out and unplugged my internet immediately. Then i noticed on the screen there was a paypal button asking me to send my fine, and it dawned on me that it was just some virus/malware trying to scam me out of $$. Reboot in Safe Mode and run virus scan and it was gone.

Anytime i download a p2p file i always make sure to set the upload limit to under 10k.

lmao

next time just hit your laptop w a hammer rather than wasting valuable time unplugging it

I've heard of those scams. Things like "Police Force Of Great Britain" and "Police Force Of Europe". cant imagine anyone falling for such poorly named scams

just sent $500 to police academy 4: citizens on patrol

c/o The Bones Brigade.

yay

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/734861_10151479680638249_6634795_n.jpg

can't wait for social engineering virus writers to get a hold of these

:/

What was this comcast account holder (allegedly) doing?

so when you get 6 of those, wha'happen?

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101105134456/ring/images/4/4c/Samara8.jpg

lol

here's an article that shows comcast warnings 1-5

no #6 why because samara

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/heres-what-an-actual-six-strikes-copyright-alert-looks-like/#p3n

Anytime i download a p2p file i always make sure to set the upload limit to under 10k.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:34 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can you really escape discovery by limiting the upload speed? I thought the only safe way to use p2ps was to leech off of people without uploading any copyrighted content yourself.

(or to use a VPN)

Private trackers, VPN, encrypted torrent traffic, local ISPs.

Worst case scenario is that I'll have to stream a movie rather than download it and watch it. It may end up being even more convenient.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/six-strikes-copyright-alert-system-faq

only content i download off non-private trackers are new adventure time episodes. which is ridiculous bc i have a dvr but for some reason cartoon network doesn't tag its shows as 'new' so i can't record only new adventure time episodes.