Vault 10 wrote:BunnySaurus Bugsii wrote:Yes. That's what I'm thinking. But I would reverse the onus of proof.
The artist's names are getting exposure in the reporting of the case. If they have nothing to say about that (and aren't dead already obviously) they implicitly support the RIAA's action.
"Implicit support"... That's a weak call.
It may be. I want to be sure you're getting my point, so I'll rephrase it.
Any artist whose song is used in a suit of this kind would be boycotted UNLESS they specifically renounce the RIAA. Reverse the onus of proof.
Please don't mistake my posts thus far as "they're big bad companies so we should have a lovein to raise consciousness."
I'm starting with the idea of a boycott and trying to improve on the boycott as an approach to building some workable alternative and extinct the companies who behave like Sony does. Preferably without any potential for any other centralized manipulation of the market to arise in its place.
I'm not happy with the idea of targetting the artists. It's just a starting point.
The question here is, "wouldn't I do the same?".
For instance, IRL, I develop armament systems of naval vessels, the point being for them to defend our country and all that. When they end up being used to bully smaller countries to get their oil for free, I'm disturbed. But since protesting and refusing to do my job won't help anything, I don't do that. And my position is way less shaky than that of the bands who only rise and fall at the whim of the marketing departments.
Certainly it is hard to imagine a conventional boycott being so effective that artists would find the choice revenue neutral -- ie a bad bet either way. And I wouldn't want that.
It has to be worth their while either way. Perhaps those people who pay for music could go get free copies AND donate money directly to the artists they're boycotting. The bands would be nowhere in the charts, all over the net, and just as well off as if their label was selling all the music their fans listen too. But the company wouldn't.
Again, it's just speculation. I think in words, writing helps sometimes. Not so much when I'm angry ...
BunnySaurus Bugsii wrote:Sure, but how does the label know that you're NOT buying for that reason? They would just have fewer sales and blame it on piracy.
The point is not for them to know - it's for them to file Chapter 7. [/quote]
Ten years from now, and only if they haven't morphed into a standover racket by then?
It's not the ten years I have a problem with. It's all the little people getting hurt in the meantime.
[quoteThese companies have long gotten the message. They just don't care. They won't settle for any compromise. They've shown the intention to pursue their idea of fully monopolized and controlled market to the bitter end.
Who will win, I don't know, but I'm doing my part for my side. A double-proxified home computer on a high-speed connection seeding over Darknet and bt 24/7 and a server-side seedbox, that's a fair contribution.[/quote]
I don't pass any judgement on your decision to do that. But I'm not going to feel guilty because I'm not doing enough, either. I'm very early in the process of deciding
what I want to do about it.