Comments on: RIAA to FCC: ISPs Need to Filter Content

By: pwned

pwned — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:24:37 +0000

@Brett

read your mprmcomments. Basically, it appears you want to regulate your customers without being subjected to any regulation yourself.

See the irony?

By: Irene

Irene — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:34:05 +0000

Brett Glass, if the RIAA dont want to ‘screen thoughts and ideas’ why do they specialise in copyrighting thoughts and ideas??
Go LOBBY my congressman you sneaky ‘agent of influence’
lisbon treaty anyone?
remember that?
‘it wont work if everyone is not involved’
they had TWO referendums and ‘votes’ shoved down their necks in Ireland until they picked the ‘right’ one!
An economic hitman at least ‘earns’ his manipulation…

By: Brett Glass' Mommy

Brett Glass' Mommy — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:56:10 +0000

Folks, ignore Brett Glass. He is a well-meaning small WISP, but instead of running his business, he trolls blogs all day looking to tear down anyone who defends net neutrality or the FCC as criminals. Brett blocks legal P2P on his network, instead of legally managing his network. He makes his money off of selling access to the public internet provided over free public airwaves, but abuses the public trust in return.

Brett, get back to work. Spend less time on blogs and more time managing your network.

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:46:06 +0000

The RIAA doesn’t want to screen “thoughts and ideas.” It wants to stop crime. The proposed FCC rules would aid and abet criminals.

By: Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:15:22 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ACTA is a last resort for these criminals (AKA groups like the RIAA), they are actively trying to put in place a three strikes law sooner partially because they can’t have ACTA fast enough.

They will not stop until the internet is completely destroyed from the ground up. It’s about time we did something about it to stop the destruction of our freedoms.

The punchline is that most of the people this affects aren’t even that much into p2p. The idea of curtailing the internet is simply a fantastic way to stop dissent coupled with owning 100% of the markets related to entertainment. I would not be surprised if more artists who give away their music for free online as part of an alternative business model wind up being amongst many who are disconnected for sharing content online for free.

By: pwned

pwned — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:45:45 +0000

will the madness ever stop? hey, let’s strip search every public transportation passenger!!!

surely subways and buses are facilitating the transport of pirated materials!

And how about checkpoints on freeways? there must surely be pirated material being transported on them.

i’m so tired of their drivel. i used to spend like 3 grand on iTunes a year while BT’ing maybe 6 or 7 albums I wasn’t sure I wanted to buy or not.

Now I won’t spend 1 friggin’ cent on music anymore, until they change their greed-driven fascist crusade for total control.

has there ever been an industry so open about seeing consumers as cattle on the way to the slaughterhouse as the friggin’ entertainment industry?!?

By: ejonesss

ejonesss — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:12:13 +0000

fcc to riaa you need to eat your losses (write them off),

work with the groups to make exclusive goodies that can be gotten with purchase like concert tickets.

also why should we bother with making isps copyright police when the original content the quality is so crappy.

we are not talking the small crappiness that makes audio and video philes unhappy we are talking about so crappy that customers dont want to buy.

By: 10pound

10pound — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:05:20 +0000

I am a working musician, have been for 15 years. Ive been in a few bands but the one I’m a part of now has been together for 10 of those years. 6 years ago we almost broke up over stress about a “record deal” that went so sour that we, the artists, were left holding the bag. For all of the studio expenses and even some publicity work. Its very typical and thsi story is only one out of thousands Ive heard before.

Here’s the kicker. 4 years ago we decided to cut out own record and market it ourselves. No studio, no label. We did all the recording with pro-sumer computer equipment and software. We toured aggressively and marketed our music ourselves. We got the word out about us and got wide exposure to our music through our own efforts only. We’ve done really well but here’s the real point: THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER, IN 15 YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC, THAT MYSELF AND MY BAND MATES ARE MAKING A LIVING WITHOUT WORKING SIDE JOBS TO SUBSIDIZE OUR LIFE’S PASSION.

The consumers don’t take advantage of the artist, the Recording Industry does. So go **** yourselves RIAA.

By: Chezzo

Chezzo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:12:35 +0000

It’s a really good thing we voted in such a hip President. He is as committed to net neutrality as you are.