Facebook Folds In Face Of Massive Litigation, Bans Project Playlist

Does the RIAA even want people to listen to music? Seriously? How stupid is this?

Facebook Folds In Face Of Massive Litigation, Bans Project Playlist

YouTube, Viacom agree to anonymize viewer data – Yahoo! News

Update on an earlier post – good news, but Viacom suing YouTube is as stupid as the RIAA suing internet radio – free advertising is good, not bad. Content creators should understand that getting your stuff in front of as many eyes and ears as possible is a good thing. Most do – and most beancounters don’t.

YouTube, Viacom agree to anonymize viewer data – Yahoo! News

You can get sued for watching YouTube

Yes, that’s right. If you’ve ever watched a Comedy Central or Cartoon Network video on YouTube, Viacom can now sue you. A judge gave them access to your ip address. Utter bullshit. It was bad enough Viacom pulled the clips (which were free advertisements for their shows) from YouTube in what has to be one of the stupiest moves ever (right up there with the RIAA and MPAA suing their own customers and the decisions of most colleges and ISPs to bend over for them).  They’re coming for radio stations and soon it will be libraries and fair use.

Again, One Clueless Person Destroys the Privacy Of Millions

Gene Simmons blames fans, P2P for killing music industry

Gene Simmons blames fans, P2P for killing music industry

1. This guy and his band suck anyway, so I wouldn’t even steal his music
2. He’s pissed off what few fans he has left – see Metallica

He just doesn’t get it.  The old model is dead. Give away music, make money touring. New bands are getting more exposure making their stuff available for free. Old bands are making more money than they did before by cutting out the record industry. I’m not buying albums anymore unless I can hear the entire thing multiple times. Not myspace or iTunes samples – the whole thing. I own over 1000 CDs. But yes, I “steal” music too – from friends, from the library, and (ahem) maybe even the internet sometimes. If I like it, I buy it. If I don’t, I delete it.

That’s the new model. Simmons should learn from the disaster of Metallica (which suck now anyway, but I would never buy another album from them even if they didn’t) and not piss off what few fans he has left.

Does She Look Like a Music Pirate?

Does She Look Like a Music Pirate?

Burn in hell, RIAA.

Piracy is Good

Remove the question mark, and welcome to the new world. When will content creators get this? When will the despicable RIAA stop extorting college students and other people without means to defend themselves? We need to rethink copyright.