It's only a matter of time before entertainment industries inevitably lose the fight against technological progression. They're not fighting any specific individuals, they're trying to fight the times. And that doesn't work, you just have to learn to accept change, and adhere your strategy to work around it.
the first thing that had the riaa's panties in a bunch was the Player Piano. they used to sell sheet music, and the player paino was gonna bankrupt them because people no longer needed to buy sheet music, as you can see they have adjusted just fine since then. big companys will never stop bitching about all the monies that they don't make because of "pirates" . the mpaa is a great example of this they say there sales are down alot , but not cause they make crappy movies that no one wants to see, but because people dl the movies.. idk about u guys but i don't go to the movies unless i accually want to see something and every time i go what ever i went to see SUCKED. and besides for the cost of a ticket i could rent the movie a bunch of time. the riaa is no better they love to sue and sue again. people don't buy cd's cause they can dl them.. no its more like people don't buy cd's for a good song (when a cd cost ~20 dollars). i for one think the riaa should be disbanded and the music give back to the artists who create it. i found this
cool page showing the history of the music biz. look at 1900
The U.S. Supreme Court delivers a blow to the music publishers by declaring that copyrights will only protect those songs that can be read by the human eye -- thus exempting piano rolls and other machine-produced music products
oh well i see that didn't last all to long cause it looks like congress passed a law almost right after that judgement forcing royalites for any reproduction of music..
now look at what happened in 1992.
The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 requires manufacturers of digital recorders to pay a 2 percent royalty rate to copyright holders to compensate for the ease of piracy that digital recording allows. In addition, digital audio recording devices are required to include a device that prohibits serial copying.
wtf. now you may ask what is the point of this rant. the point is that they will continue to use their money to influance the people who make the laws. and use those laws to be sure that were all up to good things at home.. now i will stop before i get on about microsoft...