"Where did the music go?" a short fictional work describing possible RIAA dominance (longish)
bunky_boy
You could hear it in your car, on your TV, in the gym. You could program
devices to have music to wake you up in the morning. You could once stand on
any street corner and listen to music. There was music in elevators and in
Doctors offices.
Walking past the shops music would stream out into the walkways. Cars would
pass on the street blaring a catchy rap beat.
I remember the days when I could listen to music while sitting at my
computer either by playing a CD or streaming audio off the internet. Then
day came when we could trade music via the internet and we freely made our
digital collections accessible to all. This angered some, but those were
happy times.
Then came the RIAA.
The RIAA went to the U.S. Congress and said "WE OWN THE MUSIC".
Congress recoiled in horror and said "Ok, take what you want". Soon the RIAA
was shutting down internet sites.
One by one they fell. MP3.com, Napster, Kaaza, Morpheus, Winmx, and as these
giants fell users tried to crawl out from the wreckage and re-establish
their normal lives again. But nothing was ever the same again.
The RIAA didn't stop there, soon streaming audio became subject to huge
royalty charges and then bit by byte, free music on the internet became a
thing of the past.
Soon after The RIAA designed a chip that Congress decreed was to be
included in all computer motherboards. The chip prevented any unauthorized
copying of any type of media. In fact the chip prevented any type of
unauthorized sounds or pictures from coming out of your computer. Cassette
decks, VCRs, CD & DVD burners, floppy, zip or hard drives along with
photocopiers became illegal to use or possess. Indeed any machine that could
produce a copy of any kind became a forbidden product.
The world slowly fell silent. Media of any kind, authorized or unauthorized
became too expensive or dangerous to possess.
The RIAA Special Forces Unit would stop people on the street and arrest
those found in possession of music or media. Those arrested were held in
detention until such time that the legitimacy of the media could be
determined. People who innocently whistled a tune were reported and then
whisked away before the tune became recognizable.
Offenders were rarely heard from again.
Small pockets of resistance sprang up from time to time but most resisters
existed in a dwindling underground. Living outside society, clinging to an
antiquated idea that music or any sort of creative media belonged to the
people.
In the end the RIAAs dominance over the control of copywritten materials
came back to haunt them and after a few generations music no longer
exsisted, never to return, there was no need for the RIAA. But the power of
control is a precious thing and once you have it....well you know where it
leads ("my precious").
The thing that the RIAA failed to see is that, in order to control the music
they had to control the lives of very people who gave the music life. The
consumers.
The End.........or is it.
All fiction aside now. Do you think this scenario is far fetched?
Think about it. How far are YOU going to allow them to go?
You are under attack now. Take action, NOW.
The RIAA has.
The Bunkster
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megabite
before. However, your catharsis might have been necessary. ....:)
bunky_boy wrote in message ...
Micas
<snip>
>day came when we could trade music via the internet and we freely made
I would correct that to:
>day came when we could SHARE music via the internet and we freely made
As to the rest Megabite said it all...
:-)
underground
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"bunky_boy" <putmyna...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Joey
market, transport, distribute and sell the music. You are not a friend of
the unemployed are you? ( See response under "Morpheus" post )
Joey
market, transport, distribute and sell the music. You are not a friend of
the unemployed are you? ( See response under "Morpheus" post )
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Allen RENY
The RIAA, to the rest of the world..... is just a foreign administration.
There is more music made on the rest of the planet
Allen RENY
www.a-reny.com
http://a.reny.free.fr
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Subject: "Where did the music go?" a short fictional work describing
possible RIAA dominance (longish)
> Once upon a time the world was full of music, beautiful music.
JoeWatkins
the gym, in your front room, in your car. As long as they're not playing
copyrighted material...
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> But this only takes part in the USA !
> The RIAA, to the rest of the world..... is just a foreign administration.
> There is more music made on the rest of the planet
> Allen RENY
The biggest companies that comprise (and dominate) RIAA:
AOL-TW: USA
Bertelsmann: GERMANY
EMI: UK
Sony: JAPAN
Viacom: USA
Vivendi: FRANCE
I make that: Europe 3, North America 2, Asia 1.
You were saying about foreign administrations?
Michael
CQ
>
> I make that: Europe 3, North America 2, Asia 1.
>
> You were saying about foreign administrations?
While it is true that the companies that are members of the "Recording
Industry Association of America" are, for the most part large
international corporations, the RIAA is basically a US lobbying and
watchdog organization. Their own "Mission Statement"...
<quote>
Mission Statement
The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that
represents the U.S. recording industry. Our mission is to foster a
business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members'
creative and financial vitality. Our members are the record companies
that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world.
RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of
all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States.
In support of our mission, we work to protect intellectual property
rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct
consumer, industry and technical research; and monitor and review - -
state and federal laws, regulations and policies.
</quote>
So, while they are definitely concerning themselves with international
issues, as Michael points out...they are mainly a US organization, as
Allen points out. The important thing, IMHO, is they are vehemently
opposed to the entire file sharing community and will do anything to shut
us down worldwide...and to sit placidly in Europe and take the attitude
of "Oh, this is an American problem" is very shortsighted.
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C.Q.
http://mp3.cappycue.com/
Mcubed
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> So, while they are definitely concerning themselves with international
> issues, as Michael points out...they are mainly a US organization, as
> Allen points out. The important thing, IMHO, is they are vehemently
> opposed to the entire file sharing community and will do anything to shut
> us down worldwide...and to sit placidly in Europe and take the attitude
> of "Oh, this is an American problem" is very shortsighted.
Frankly, I don't really consider it "mainly a US organization" anymore,
despite the name. Aside from being run by multi-national corporations, its
lobbying efforts are no longer limited to the U.S. government, nor is its
legal reach. And file-sharing isn't specifically an American phenomenon,
nor is RIAA content to combat it only in the U.S. RIAA tries to emphasize
its "American-ness" at home because our Congress is so parochial, and
Americans in general so blithely unconcerned with the rest of the world.
But in practice, it's very much an international organization, as well as an
international monopoly. Look at how many countries they've persuaded to tax
recordable media. You're certainly right that anyone who dismisses the
hubbub as an "American problem" is being shortsighted.
Michael
P.S. You're website looks very helpful! I just check it out briefly but
will explore in more depth as soon as I can. Thanks!
CQ
> RIAA tries to emphasize
> its "American-ness" at home because our Congress is so parochial, and
> Americans in general so blithely unconcerned with the rest of the world.
> But in practice, it's very much an international organization, as well as an
> international monopoly.
>
this "American-ness" where I live. Good point.
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C.Q.
http://mp3.cappycue.com/
Thunderchild
Internet sercurity and laws are tightening all the time. Like the way that
new things, such as the invention of the car brough new laws, the internet
will as well. Living in England, China, Russia, Canada, America, AntArctic
or even on the moon, theres no real difference in the way that the internet
effects our lives. And, Just like the car, its changing our world all the
time.
What will the end result of the invention of the net, and the car do to this
plannet?
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"Thunderchild" <ussthun...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What will the end result of the invention of the net, and the car do to
this
> plannet?
>