Social disobedience for change....a small suggestion.

**\/oodoo Child** · September 3rd, 2003, 07:25 AM

Want to give the RIAA fits?

Pick a day to give a free cd away to someone with a little note explaining why you are giving away the cd. If you're worried about getting into trouble, leave it somewhere, like the local laundry, bus stop, library etc.

How much will it cost you? $0.50 max. Pick a cd that they are trying to sell, a recent release, d/l it, burn it and give it away. In the note ask the person that finds it to give it to someone who would probably buy that disc. Explain why you gave it away. Explain that the RIAA is bringing lawsuits against people for $175,000 / song being downloaded and you beleive that is wrong.

You would be amazed at what you can accomplish with a little social disobedience. If this can be organized on specific days and enough people participate this WILL hit the news, and may even shed some light on the pigopoly that is the RIAA.

**rainbowdemon** · September 3rd, 2003, 07:39 AM

Not a bad idea! Don't know if it will accomplish anything, but it's worth a try.

**que-em** · September 3rd, 2003, 07:42 AM

How about a chain letter CD mailing list. I buy a CD then mail it to someone else..... and on and on. Someone else can think of the detaisl of how we index where the CDs are and how we get them to the person that wants it.

**FreakinWeasel** · September 3rd, 2003, 08:06 AM

I wonder why nobody ever suggest boycotting the artists in all this. If you want ot really piss off the RIAA then stop going to concerts and supporting artists that support the RIAA. Send the message up to them that you won't support them, if they or their labels supports the RIAA. After the artists figure out that their fans don't approve of them supporting such a corrupt organization then maybe they can bitch loud enough to be heard. I know you think that the artists are the hurting ones but in this case any pleas you make to the RIAA will fall on deaf ears and blind eyes. If the mainstream and indie artists get involved at the contractual level then maybe we will see some changes. But again we need to have a unified cause. I still have yet to see that.
Voodoochild, what exactly are you protesting, the high cost of CD's, that fact you're downloading music for free and they want to stop you, the artist not getting paid enough, which is it? What's our message?

**FutureIverson** · September 3rd, 2003, 10:54 AM

yeah i'm going to some of my fav artist web pages and telling people to stop supporting them until they take a stand. goof first post Child. Welcome to Zeropaid.com, carrying on isus' avatar

**\/oodoo Child** · September 4th, 2003, 04:56 AM

Everyone's gonna have thier own reasons. For me, I have a few:

1. I bought some cd's, but can only play them on 1 of my cd players (a boombox). My main cd player cant read it cause of the copy protection on it. I cant play it on my 'puter either without installing something off the cd which I refuse to do. That pisses me off.

2. Why are the cd's I do buy twice the cost of a DVD with a ton of extra features? That pisses me off.

3. Why does the riaa think they can police what I do on my pc? That is what we have law enforcement agencies for. I dont need private lobbying groups taking the law into thier own hands. That pisses me off.

4. Why can they haul people into court and cause headaches for people with out any proof? If I make an accusation and want to take someone to court the burden is on me to provide reasonable proof of harm.......The riaa doesnt even bother to d/l the files they accuse you of pirating. That pisses me off.

I really dont care if people get busted and prosecuted. If you are giving copyrighted stuff away, you're taking that chance and cant claim ignorance. Just like someone with a pot plant in his basement and selling out of his living room. You get busted, you deal with it. But if people were getting arrested for having a poster of a pot leaf on thier bedroom wall, I would have a serious problem with it.

The laws are pretty farked up right now and things need to change. We elect the people that make the laws. They work for us. If we dont like things the way they are WE can change them. It's our right to change them.

I've been leaving cd's with a one page letter in the jewel case at various public places for a while now. My little way of protest.....and "sticking it to the man". ;)

If you think this is something you would like to do, go for it. *I* think its worth while and just wanted to plant the seeds for dissent in other peoples minds. Saying screw it, I'll keep sharing no matter what.....doesnt do much. Know why? Most people DONT d/l music and really dont give a damn about the geeks that do. It's the ones who arent online, dont d/l, and dont know anything about whats happening that I am trying to educate.

Maybe I'm just nuts for thinking I can make a lick of difference.....but at least I'm trying *something*.

**Nooby Doo** · September 4th, 2003, 12:43 PM

I think that's a great idea and i'm seriously thinking about doing that tommorow. Maybe even go one step further and hand out burnt copies of the top selling cd's in front of music stores. Thanks for the suggestion.

**tMoD** · September 4th, 2003, 01:08 PM

I had a somewhat similar idea, though it doesn't sound as cool and protesty as Voodoo Child's, something to ease the pain of the RIAA boycott a little. Organize CD-buying clubs in each library system in the US and buy as many RIAA albums as you can, preferably used, donate them to the library, and encourage everyone to check the albums out; just for a "listen" *wink* *wink*.

**FreakinWeasel** · September 4th, 2003, 05:05 PM

Originally posted by tMoD
I had a somewhat similar idea, though it doesn't sound as cool and protesty as Voodoo Child's, something to ease the pain of the RIAA boycott a little. Organize CD-buying clubs in each library system in the US and buy as many RIAA albums as you can, preferably used, donate them to the library, and encourage everyone to check the albums out; just for a "listen" *wink* *wink*.

Well this is a great and noble idea tMoD and I'm not being sarcastic. I have used the local library several times in the past month and they are certainly a great way to find new older music!

**Lucian** · September 5th, 2003, 06:36 PM

Give away CDs, its a great idea. Even better than selling used CDs.

Of course if you can get your money back (selling used cds) makes more sense.

**Lucian** · September 5th, 2003, 06:38 PM

"I think that's a great idea and i'm seriously thinking about doing that tommorow. Maybe even go one step further and hand out burnt copies of the top selling cd's in front of music stores. Thanks for the suggestion."

Why hand out burnt copies? if enough people hand out the originals it will do just as much damage but personally I'd rather sell used CDs so that I know its a direct profit loss on the RIAA.

Anyone will accept free stuff, but you want to steal sales.

**FreakinWeasel** · September 5th, 2003, 07:18 PM

"Why hand out burnt copies? if enough people hand out the originals it will do just as much damage but personally I'd rather sell used CDs so that I know its a direct profit loss on the RIAA."

Lucian, your not making any sense here. Selling used CD does not make any money for the RIAA, record co., artist etc. It does make money for the record store, who currently is getting a raw deal from the record companies. Maybe you meant something else but it looks like this to me. Donating them to the library would be a much better idea because then endless amounts of people can check them out and copy them. Now that hurts!

**Nooby Doo** · September 5th, 2003, 08:38 PM

Why hand out burnt copies? if enough people hand out the originals it will do just as much damage but personally I'd rather sell used CDs so that I know its a direct profit loss on the RIAA.

Good point Lucian. Either, or.

**IshareManyFilez** · September 7th, 2003, 06:18 AM

I woulden't make a burnt copy, id actually take a real cd that i didn't like anymore and give it to a friend to keep. You could start a whole cycle, just like the way mp3's are traded on a network.