Music Recording Industry Lawsuits

Remember when you were a kid, and you wondered if it was OK to use your dual tape deck to make copies of your own tapes? Well, apparently it's not.

The RIAA is now saying this sort of thing is illegal, and are suing over it. Before they were content to sue people who ripped DVDs, then traded them online. I could see that. But that has been wildly ineffective. So now they are going to the source.

Just one more ridiculous attempts to stem the tide of people that don't want to pay the recording industry for music they can get online for free.

I like Scott Karp's "Change or Die" paragraph at the end. Musicians, and filmmakers, need to understand new media and the direction things are going. CDs, DVDs, and now even DRM is dead. Give it away, and make money off special editions, clothing, and live shows or screenings.

Via Publishing 2.0.