Jul 16 2004

RIaa writes to congress saying p2p refuses to offer compensation, at same time blacklists p2p to prevent them from doing so..

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in a letter to congress.. full text here http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/13239

Mitch Bainwol of the RIAA says “They [p2p companies] resist going legitimate because they know
that a pay-for model can’t compete on the same level with free. They
won’t go legitimate unless and until they have no alternative – until
the game is up.”

meanwhile, “The recording industry has “blacklisted” Internet file-sharing services and is preventing other companies like RealNetworks Inc. from doing business with them, according to music and technology industry officials.”

link to this story here: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040715/wr_nm/media_blacklist_dc_1

As the submitter, i would like to personally express my disdain for such underhandedness at the expense of a potential public good.
They could license it and make billions, instead they blacklist it and misrepresent the intentions of the technology’s leading firms to congress.

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