And though they’ll hunt you like a dog Well they won’t take you alive Because you make them piles of money Stacked up twenty stories high And the boys in every bar Will not miss you when you gone From A Heady Tale by The Fratellis Whenever I write about copyright issues I like to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Piracy’
Doing the copyright limbo
Posted: November 13, 2009 in general, music, securityTags: copyright Gestapo, MPAA, Piracy, TOR
Just when you think that the self-appointed copyright Gestapo can’t sink any lower they kick the old limbo stick down another notch. Now before you jump to the conclusion that I’m one of those “content wants to be free” activists, rest assured that I am not. All of my career has been spent as a [...]
Is suing your customers for fun and profit unconstitutional?
Posted: November 22, 2008 in general, UncategorizedTags: Charles Nesson, David Draiman, Harvard law, lawsuit, Music theft, Piracy, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, unconstitutional
The entertainment industry has always baffled me. That’s probably why I never became a pop star. Well that and lack of talent. Actually, I understand the entertainment part of the industry, it’s the copyright policing groups like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that confuse me. This group is infamous for their Gestapo-esque tactics [...]
