cool video, you sure it was the FOI, and not a subject access request under the data protection act cory?

obviously in the US the crime fits the punishment! (sarcasm).

This will be passed regardless because our government is controlled by businesses which is why you get a longer prison sentence for IP theft than either rape or assault. The gatekeepers need to be stopped but money talks after all and if they can claim rights to ALL music to force indie bands out the picture and be allowed to get away with it, this will be easy for the media lobby.

Is the RIAA Pulling a Scam on the Music Industry?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/24/141326/870

FTA: "The recent U.S. Copyright Office ruling regarding webcasting designated SoundExchange to collect and distribute to all nonmembers as well as its members. The Librarian of Congress issued his decision with rates and terms to govern the compulsory license for webcasters (Internet-only radio) and simulcastors (retransmissions)." (http://soundexchange.com/faq.html#b4)

"SRCOs (sound recording copyright owners) are subject to a compulsory license for the use of their music...SoundExchange was established to administer the collection and distribution of royalties from such compulsory licenses taken by noninteractive streaming services that use satellite, cable or Internet methods of distribution."
(http://soundexchange.com/faq.html#a4)

SoundExchange (the RIAA) considers any digital performance of a song as falling under their compulsory license. If any artist records a song, SoundExchange has the right to collect royalties for its performance on Internet radio. Artists can offer to download their music for free, but they cannot offer their songs to Internet radio for free. (http://soundexchange.com/faq.html#a7)

So how it works is that SoundExchange collects money through compulsory royalties from Webcasters and holds onto the money. If a label or artist wants their share of the money, they must become a member of SoundExchange and pay a fee to collect their royalties (http://soundexchange.com/faq.html#b6). But, and this is a big "but," you only get royalties if you own the sound recording copyright. If you are signed to a major label, chances are you don’t. Even if you do own the copyright to your own recording of your own song, SoundExchange will collect Internet radio royalties for your song even if you don’t want them to do so.

good old sony at it again, you'd think ppl would be wise to sony by now, but on they go, getting customers to bend over and lube up as per usual!

i did find it submitted to digg!

http://digg.com/world_news/UK_gov_t_doc_reveals_plan_to_coerce_Brits_into_national_ID

when does the ifpf - riaa global price fixing start then?

Sony use scare monger tactics to sell their DRM then their end goal is to sell multiple licences per device per unit just as they have with the psn release of warhawk!

http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=575

FTA: In order to protect our investment in this ground-breaking game and maintain our ability to offer a 24-hour free online gameplay experience, SCE will be utilizing an alternative Digital Rights Management (DRM) policy for the downloadable version of Warhawk. The downloadable version of Warhawk, which will be available from the PLAYSTATION Store on Thursday 30th August, will be directly tied to the registered PLAYSTATION Network (PSN) account that purchased the game. Only that registered PSN account will be authenticated for gameplay. You will still be able to download the game to up to five PS3 systems. However, if a user downloads Warhawk onto a different machine, he / she will only be able to play via the original PSN user account on that machine and could not play on a different machine for 24 hours.

The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

imo: riaa, mpaa its the same companies wanting the same goals "multiple licences". they use piracy to scare monger ppl then make DRM, secuROM, xcp, ect and sell it to movie/game/cd makers and get paid from all sides and get fat while its the consumers that lose out as we are told we are pirates by sony for wanting to play our legally purchased cd's on our ipods because sony want 1 licence per device per user to quadruple their profits from each household, kinda like the military industrial complex.

funny look on copywrite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKI_w_VBoTQ

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/29/ste...rt.html

The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

we have been the target of terrorist attacks for many years now and the 7/7 attack were rather tame compared to what the IRA did through the 70' and 80's that i can remember, and most of the funding for the IRA came from the USA but this fact is overlooked whenow in the media.

The question that is never asked is WHY they did it, what is the reason, the answer simply is that government never want to discuss foreign policy which is at the root of most "terrorist" attacks.

"One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist"

we have been the target of terrorist attacks for many years now and the 7/7 attack were rather tame compared to what the IRA did through the 70' and 80's that i can remember, and most of the funding for the IRA came from the USA but this fact is overlooked whenow in the media.

The question that is never asked is WHY they did it, what is the reason, the answer simply is that government never want to discuss foreign policy which is at the root of most "terrorist" attacks.

"One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist"