[ale] AT&T, Comcast to help RIAA's anti piracy efforts

[Jeff Lightner]

Speak of the Devil...
Today's news has a story about Ticket Master:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_en_mu/springsteen_ticket_glitc
h;_ylt=AtiQZ6EyokoLQpFidIBtAKJI2ocA


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:56 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T, Comcast to help RIAA's anti piracy efforts

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com>
wrote:
> While I whole heartedly agree with your comments about Awful Telephone
> and Telegraph I can't quite agree with your idea of live performances
> being the exclusive way to get music.
>
> For me music is usually spoiled by live performances due to the crowd
> noise be it clinking of glasses/quiet conversation in a small club or
> 10,000 cheering fans in a stadium setting.

True. Sad but true. Most 'mer'cans have no manners at all. I have no
problem 1) requesting the noise maker cease and 2) requesting the
noise maker leave followed by 3) requesting they be ushered out.

Hopefully, with the new crop of burner equipment, the ability to
record at the mixer board level a concert MP3 for immediate
post-concert purchase will become the standard. After the recent Yes
show, I would have grabbed up a concert MP3 CD for an extra $10-$15 in
a heartbeat!
>
> Also of course for the latter you have to deal with another evil:
> Ticket Master!  (It took me awhile to realize the "Master" was because
> they viewed artists and fans alikes as their slaves.)

They make AT&T look nice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Jim
> Kinney
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:36 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T, Comcast to help RIAA's anti piracy efforts
>
> There is no lowest level of filth that AT&T will not aspire to. I'm
> certain their involvement include financial compensation from RIAA in
> some manner. Given their propensity for avoiding legal due process (no
> warrant required) I would advise anyone using any AT&T access to
> generate terabytes of random noise mp3 files and bittorrent like
> crazy. Send ALL email attachments as torrent links. Send all email
> content as torrent links.
>
> And lastly and most importantly: DO NOT SHARE, BUY, DOWNLOAD, SUPPORT,
> LISTEN TO OR OTHERWISE ACCESS ANY MUSIC PUBLISHED BY ANY RIAA MEMBER.
> EVER.
>
> Walk away from it. If you must have music in your life, attend live
> performances and take up an instrument. It is far more rewarding than
> a plastic disk ever will be. The only way these geniuses will ever
> understand their market has changed will be if they no longer have a
> market.
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM,  <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> AT&T, Comcast to help RIAA's anti piracy efforts. According to the
> article they could back out of the deal. However, given there track
> record in the past I doubt they will backout.
>>
>
http://www.techspot.com/news/33381-att-comcast-to-help-riaas-anti-piracy
> -efforts.html
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ddg3pu
>>
>> keith
>>
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>>
>> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of
Technology
>> Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
>> keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>> (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA  30332-0280
>>
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