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JohnnyRingo

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5. The RIAA never gives up and I'm sick of hearing them.

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:08 AM

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The artists deserve proper compensation, but that's not what this is about. The RIAA is a lobby for the record labels and they want more. They want you to pay more every time you hear a song.

I remember when they sued Philips to stop them from making cassette recorders. They claimed that "home recording is killing music". The SC ruled that we can make a backup copy of any album we own. They tried the same thing with CD burners in computers, but instead switched us to streaming subscriptions. Even better for them.

Now they decided that isn't enough and are approaching a court that may well decide in their favor, driving up the price of music subscriptions across the board..

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$1 billion Supreme Court music piracy case could affect internet users [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Cox Communications... argues too tough a standard could "jeopardize internet access..." mpcamb Yesterday #1

The piracy is apparently a large part of their business: highplainsdem Yesterday #2

Wait a minute. You mean to tell me Napster is still around? Mawspam2 23 hrs ago #6

The brand name still exists, but the original (illegal) p2p sharing was shut down long ago. ToxMarz 23 hrs ago #8

But, it's OK to steal music because musicians make their money selling T shirts. LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #9

This won't really affect internet users, it will affect Cox ToxMarz Yesterday #3

They already stole the Internet and gave it to AI. GreenWave Yesterday #4

The RIAA never gives up and I'm sick of hearing them. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #5

I agree. People are turning back to piracy because the streaming model is flawed... Blasphemer 10 hrs ago #11

I hope the industry loses and the people win Polybius 23 hrs ago #7

The folly in all of the Napster defenders was them claiming they moniss 14 hrs ago #10