THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA used a subpoena last week to force Loyola University Chicago to reveal the names of students that the association suspects of offering music over the university network in violation of copyright law. The move suggests that the group is following through on its pledge to clamp down on music piracy. --> SEE http://chronicle.com/daily/2003/07/2003071402t.htm
It pays to be old. My music is mostly on vinyl and ends when the last decent rock and roll was produced. That was about the time I turned 40. What a coincidence. As I tell my kids, when they play or sing a classic - get your own music. Record companies may actually have better sales if a 10 cent piece of plastic cost less than $20 (CDN). Just my two bits ($0.18 US).
This is a goldmine for lawyers. Just about anything can be downloaded from the Internet including dissertations, abstracts, MP3s, personal information, classified documents and corporate records. Internet copyright laws vary from state to state and country to country. The confusion here is that I can download music for free (or a mininal fee) or run out to the music shop and pay $16.00 for a CD. If corporate America wants tigher controls on copyright restriction, they will first have to lobby the government to pass legislation restricting the freedom of online information and the protection of intellectual data.