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Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal Use Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from record companies, the recording industry has utterly failed to halt the decline of the record album or the rise of digital music sharing. Still, hardly a month goes by without a news release from the industry's lobby, the Recording Industry Association of America, touting a new wave of letters to college students and others demanding a settlement payment and threatening a legal battle. Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further: In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD to transfer that music into his computer. The industry's lawyer in the case, Ira Schwartz, argues in a brief filed earlier this month that the MP3 files Howell made on his computer from legally bought CDs are "unauthorized copies" of copyrighted recordings. "I couldn't believe it when I read that," says Ray Beckerman, a New York lawyer who represents six clients who have been sued by the RIAA. "The basic principle in the law is that you have to distribute actual physical copies to be guilty of violating copyright. But recently, the industry has been going around saying that even a personal copy on your computer is a violation." RIAA's hard-line position seems clear. Its Web site says: "If you make unauthorized copies of copyrighted music recordings, you're stealing. You're breaking the law and you could be held legally liable for thousands of dollars in damages." They're not kidding. In October, after a trial in Minnesota -- the first time the industry has made its case before a federal jury -- Jammie Thomas was ordered to pay $220,000 to the big record companies. That's $9,250 for each of 24 songs she was accused of sharing online. Whether customers may copy their CDs onto their computers -- an act at the very heart of the digital revolution -- has a murky legal foundation, the RIAA argues. The industry's own Web site says that making a personal copy of a CD that you bought legitimately may not be a legal right, but it "won't usually raise concerns," as long as you don't give away the music or lend it to anyone. Of course, that's exactly what millions of people do every day. In a Los Angeles Times poll, 69 percent of teenagers surveyed said they thought it was legal to copy a CD they own and give it to a friend. The RIAA cites a study that found that more than half of current college students download music and movies illegally. The Howell case was not the first time the industry has argued that making a personal copy from a legally purchased CD is illegal. At the Thomas trial in Minnesota, Sony BMG's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified that "when an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song." Copying a song you bought is "a nice way of saying 'steals just one copy,' " she said. But lawyers for consumers point to a series of court rulings over the last few decades that found no violation of copyright law in the use of VCRs and other devices to time-shift TV programs; that is, to make personal copies for the purpose of making portable a legally obtained recording. As technologies evolve, old media companies tend not to be the source of the innovation that allows them to survive. Even so, new technologies don't usually kill off old media: That's the good news for the recording industry, as for the TV, movie, newspaper and magazine businesses. But for those old media to survive, they must adapt, finding new business models and new, compelling content to offer. The RIAA's legal crusade against its customers is a classic example of an old media company clinging to a business model that has collapsed. Four years of a failed strategy has only "created a whole market of people who specifically look to buy independent goods so as not to deal with the big record companies," Beckerman says. "Every problem they're trying to solve is worse now than when they started." The industry "will continue to bring lawsuits" against those who "ignore years of warnings," RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy said in a statement. "It's not our first choice, but it's a necessary part of the equation. There are consequences for breaking the law." And, perhaps, for firing up your computer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7122800693.html

Yes, we really are.....

Ive defintely heard it before and am thinking along the lines of a 70s TV show theme song. But I was unsuccesful in pinning it down, so I'm probably wrong. That's my thinking as well. It almost sounds like it could be "walking around" music from one of the Peanuts specials. Yeah,"walking around" or "background" music could be it. Peanuts? Fat Albert? ?????????? Chris, really funny you mentioned that....I had the very same thought yesterday, but kept it to myself. Well, couldn't find it in the clips I listened to....still, that opening bass is killer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtsq0LzGYZk?(Sorry to hijack your thread for a second RC!)

Here is a trip down memory lane. Click on "all tapes" in the upper right hand corner, and scroll through an analog flashback! This is a pretty cool lookin' cassette! http://www.tapedeck.org/400/BASF_ChromeExtraII_90_4.jpg

Clubhouse culture led ex-Mariner to steroids and greenies

Man, that sucks Mark! It's strange how often this sort of thing happens when people move to please their spouse. Oregon is cool country for sure(At least my Mom said it was, since she was born there) The best way to look at it, is you can go anywhere you want now! Best of luck! Really don't know why, but this joke popped in my mind for some reason. My want to file it away for the future. Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house. - Lewis Grizzard

to me it sounds a bit like a 70's pop song, but I don't know which one.... Listening yet again, it almost songs Beatles-ish. I assume that is the only part of the song that sounds like that????

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Yes, XP....Date of last installation??? Let's see, it says version 2002, service pack 2. Sorry if I gave the impression I know anything more than a typical 4 year old knows, computer wise(I ain't) When you say reinstall, are you talking about "just" XP alone???? And you talk of a properly configured router between my modem and computer...Never heard of that!!! How do I go about doing that? Still being up at 9 am means this is the wrong time for me to ask questions!

Thanks, I use that already....well....I haven't run it in awhile......

For the last several months, my Compaq(5410) that I purchased back in 2002 seems to have slowed down on quite a bit when browsing the internet. Most noticeably on ebay if I am checking out old cars that have 30-40 large photos, and even on amazon when looking at DVD's with lots of reviews. I get the old hourglass instead of a cursor for 10 to 30 seconds. Never used to have this problem before. I am sure both sites have more ads than before, and other "improvements"...but this gets pretty annoying. I have had DSL modem (ZyXEL Prestige 600) for about 7 years now. I am guessing it's more my computer than my connection. I just checked my upload and download speeds.... Download Bandwidth (KBit/s) 1205 Upload Bandwidth (KBit/s) 158 So....a week or so ago I downloaded a seemingly legit program called SpeedupmyPC(did some googling to check them out) of course the download doesn't do really anything but monitor your system. Oh, you want to free up RAM or get Deep RAM recovery???? That'll cost $29.99. Anyway, it shows the amount of Free and used memory (I have 512 MB of RAM, all I can use sadly enough with this system) right now, with 3 browser windows open it says 146 MB free, 364 MB used(they show 510 MB total memory) Doesn't that seem awfully high??? If I close them down, then start up browsers again, it will be less, around 250 MB used. Windows task manager shows wildly fluctuating usage, 19 % spiking up to 44% briefly. Page file Usage shows 318 MB. Checking around the web some more, one review of SpeedupmyPC says if anything, it slows your system down! So....long story short, anyone have any ideas of speeding up my system, besides buying a newer one??????

Singapore Sorrows. Ben Pollack orch.

Pretty funny jokes, in spite of the fact I have never heard of either guy!

Funny, I only got one cd this year(Tommy Dorsey Hep, Hit parade Rehearsals)...very strange compared to previous years where just about every gift was a jazz cd .... Lots of DVDs though. I did my searching early to save my Pa as much moola as possible, more gifts that way! got vols. 3 and 4 of Futurama,($27 bucks total!) May West box set(4 bucks and a new set from an Amazon seller!!), Newish Jimmy Stewart box set from Universal($13.99) and the first season of the 80's Twilight Zone,($35 when ordered, now $57.99!) and a check! That should get me some jazz cds! Oh, and I got my Dad several things I will enjoy(Hey, he asked for them!) like both box sets of Mr. Moto, and the first two volumes of Charlie Chan.(Loved that buy one, get one free sale from Deepdiscount.com!)

I hope you are happy, cuz I sure ain't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Drudge headline was, Music/concert biz saved by old white men in 2007... Classic acts rule over concert sales Reunited bands bring in big business By PHIL GALLO The Police The Police reunion tour topped the charts and took in $131.9 million in 2007. • See photo gallery Musical acts whose debut recordings were made three decades ago dominated the North American concert business in 2007, with half of the top 20 grossing performers having started their careers in the 1970s. The Police topped the chart by taking in $131.9 million from 54 North American shows, far outdistancing No. 2 seller Kenny Chesney, who made $71.1 million on the same number of shows, according to Pollstar, which tracks the concert business. The Police and Chesney were the only acts to sell more than 1 million tickets in 2007; four acts, one of which was Chesney, did it in 2006. The Police reunion tour had an average ticket price of $114.32 and sold 1.15 million tickets. While their ticket sales were tops as well, the band’s average ticket price was second to Barry Manilow at $141.72. He played the bulk of his 98 shows at the Las Vegas Hilton. Chesney barely squeaked past Justin Timberlake, who grossed $70.6 million from 60 concerts. Two other reunited bands, Van Halen and Genesis, landed in the top 10. The David Lee Roth-led edition of Van Halen pulled in $56.7 million from 39 dates to land in fifth place; Phil Collins and his mates scored $47.6 million from 25 shows. Rod Stewart ($49 million), Billy Joel ($39.1 million), Roger Waters ($38.3 million) and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ($38.2 million) were among the other veteran acts on the list. Besides Chesney, two other country acts made the top 10: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, at No. 6, pulled in $52.3 million from 44 bookings; and Rascal Flatts, at No. 10, generated $41.5 million from 57 outings. In her final year in Las Vegas, Celine Dion posted the lowest tally of her five-year run, $65.3 million. She performed 113 concerts at Caesars Palace. Josh Groban, whose “Noel” is likely to be crowned the topselling album of 2007, grossed $43 million from 56 concerts to land at No. 9. The tour that caused the biggest ruckus in terms of ticket demand, the “Hannah Montana”/Miley Cyrus tour, grossed $36 million from 49 gigs. Average ticket price to her shows was $54.16. The lone Latin act in the top 20 was the Mexican rock band Mana, which pulled in $33.9 million from 46 perfs. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111797814...yid=16&cs=1

Why not screw both of them?

Merry Christmas one and all!!!!

Is that slang for breasts????

Al, the Rangers sound like an interesting team for next year. I know, who cares about interesting, you want a winning team! Hamilton should be a plus for sure...,. http://www.newbergreport.com/article.asp

Sounds like your Mom was a liberal! :rsmile: And put those cards in an album, before the corners get all messed up!

You know, Santa was pretty darn good to me as a kid! If there was something I wanted and didn't get, I have since forgotten. Getting old has it's rewards. I do remember a special Christmas were Mom, Dad and I were all really, really sick. Of course, I would still get up around 4 AM , even if I had been shot a few times....so, everyone got up, opened gifts(I remember getting Smash up derby, just about the best gift ever) Then I projectile vomited all over the living room! Soon after that, we all went back to bed, sicker than dogs. Ah, memories...... Here's a clip of smash up derby and other very ancient looking ads from the early 70's.

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