Here’s a fascinating ‘To Whom it May Concern’ missive from Mark Luker, EDUCAUSE vp. It’s for, and on behalf of, Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, the Big Four Organized Music Family, and it goes:
Please let me call your attention to a short, effective video for educating students about the consequences of illegally downloading copyrighted materials developed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The video can be downloaded or a free DVD can be ordered from http://www.campusdownloading.com/
This video can be a useful supplement to current efforts on your campus to alert students to their copyright obligations and legal risks as well as to manage the impact of file sharing on network infrastructure.
EDUCAUSE and the American Council on Education (ACE) have been working for several years with college and university leaders, other higher education associations, the RIAA, and the Motion Picture Association of America to address the consequences of illegal file sharing. Recently, members of Congress have asked the higher education community to actively support measures to address this problem.
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What’s funny is the RIAA can’t be bothered to put up a high quality version of this video to download.
The thing is is that the record companies as they are currently structured do not really dont have a place anymore. With the internet anyone can be a global distributer of their own product without the need for these corporates skimming from the top.
Yeah and all the money they have gotten from suing goes to the riaa not the musicians
Quote ” Besides the record companies who does copying music actually hurt?
First and foremost illegal copying hurts the songwriters and recording artists who make the music. ” End Quote
Yes and the record companies hurt the artists too but you don’t hear the companies complain about that do you?