[ILUG] Eircom sued by RIAA.

[Patrick O'Doherty]

I can't believe that the record industry still believes that all the music
that is pirated would have been legally bought were it not available through
piracy. They see it as lost sales, when in fact it should be seen as market
widening. If people get a taste of music and piracy and like the music, they
are more likely to buy music from the artist in the future. I also think
that the bullying tactics have to stop. Prosecuting one person for the acts
of countless others and using them as an example doesn't seem to be working.

Their business model is aging to fast for them to keep up, and that is what
I believe to be their major problem.

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Darragh Bailey <felix at compsoc.nuigalway.ie>
wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:13:37AM +0100, Braun Brelin wrote:
> > I saw a story today on the RTE web site about Eircom being sued by the
> Irish
> > recording industry association (or it's equivalent)
> > for people using P2P for downloading music.  The industry wants Eircom
> to
> > implement software from a company called "Audible Magic".
> > anyone know the inside technical details here?  I'm guessing that
> Eircom.net
> > is using Linux based servers?  Does Audible Magic run on Linux?
> >
> > Braun
>
> <rant>
> I get really tired of hearing these record companies trying any tactic
> except facing up to reality. They are charging too much for the music in
> the first place! When you can buy movies that have been released for
> ~2 years for less than albums that have been out for 5 years, there is a
> serious problem.
>
> I'm guessing the Irish music exec's also decided to stick their heads in
> the sand in regards to the current state of the economy, i.e. it's
> currently heading south, so I can't see people spending much on music
> for the next few years.
>
> The other major annoyance is the fact that they ignore basic economic
> rules such as "Oppertunity Cost". If a person downloads music worth 30x
> instead of buying music worth x, it does not mean the economy has lost
> 30x worth of business. It means that someone else other than the music
> industry got x and only x.
>
> I hope that if this goes to court the judge will at least see through
> the fabrications that are usually presented by the music exec's.
> </rant>
>
> Right, I'm feeling better now ;)
>
> --
> Darragh
>
> "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool."
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