Do You Own the Music, or Does the RIAA?

[walktheline316]

this is why I buy vinyl

[follownicholas]

RIAA needs to all be shot in the fucking face. Greedy fucking corporate fucking assholes.

[THEGODOFPIVOT]

Who is a rebel against the riaa? PIRATEBAY ALL THE WAY!!

[WatchdogDisciple]

Labels and artists may own titles and lyrics. But nobody owns sound. Sound is Art. Art is Beautiful. Art is Forever. ART IS FREE.

[rafaravioli]

I can understand fining someone for downloading music illegally, but a $1,000 per song fine is absolutely ludicrous when the songs only cost $.99 individually. If I steal a loaf of bread, do you fine me $3,000?

[nguyenkhan202]

Hahaha you guys should be in Commuinst countries where RIAA can't reach its protection. In communist countries, you guys are free to access legally downloading music and others.

[campaingboy73]

the RIAA are stupid people ruining peoples lives! thumbs up if you are against these cowards (the RIAA)

[jvhellraiser]

i would like to ask ok: if i buy a a dvd and first i had XP and i upgrade to Vista and Now to Win7 is it ilegal to do this if it is this Stupid in every single way..

[AllTimeKilingz]

If you think about it were actually Advertising the song.

[Ewoire]

their is nothing wrong with useing LimeWire how is it against the rules useing it and yes i do use Limewire but not very often or for months but who in mind is gonna want to buy a cd with shitty music if it just gonna have 1 good song com on i rather get it free then buy the hole thing you Riaa are buch of faggs that need to get off your weed and for anyone that cant use limewire use frostwire might not be as good as Limewire but least it works for what you need fuck Riaa and thoses bitches

[onebadbirdy]

i think this sucks what Riaa is doing fuck them they sit on much crack any how when smoken it screw them bitches use forstwire it might not be as good as limewire but least it works for what you need lol and if you want to rip your cd or save your cd to a nether cd thats yours to do so they cant shit about even if you bought so if Riaa what to cry let them cause they can ROT IN HeLL for all i care

[richardxx9011]

wow... im sorry to all the companies out there that are making 25 million dollars a yr instead of 27 million a yr. those fag bags are trying to make up new rules just because there are people getting free music and people will always have free music becuz there are so many programs out there for free music its not even funny.. and then you got Itunes charging 1.29 for a song... start charging 50 cents and see how many more customers u get..

[hoopdoop71]

so i guess all the people that get tired of their music then take it to the pawnshop to sell it or yardsale needs to stop right? 2nd hand music stores need to be shutdown too right? this is such bullshit...i used limewire to checkout music/movies if i liked it, i would buy it

[freakylocz14]

If this is illegal than why hasn't the RIAA sued Windows over the ability to rip CDs simply using Windows Media Player?

[THEGODOFPIVOT]

@freakylocz14 exactly all you have to do is rent an album and rip it burn to CD and your done. Same with internet sharing, how is it illegal if the connections are right in front of you. Sony and the riaa bitches are making the wrong move because people will always find a new way to do it.

[freakylocz14]

The RIAA, MPAA, and the cyber police: The Axis of Evil

[903harman]

lmao Britney spears parenting guide XD

[nikkolei]

If its really illegal or bad they should make a law that you have to ware headset in order to hear their music....... cause theres no point having a lawsuit..

[cfdfjkjsghfkjdkj]

screw the RIAA,who the heck are they???If people want music for free,they're going to get it!!The RIAA can't do NOTHING about it!!

[raymondleeleggs]

Downloaded music sounds terrible, and when it sounds good the sound is too quiet, buy the CD. And Ripping CD's does not make you a thief!

[ThangxTroixDanh]

hurm can riaa put half of the population of the world in jail?? hurm........

[903harman]

@ThangxTroixDanh or 99.9% of the population

[xtr417]

Screw the record companies!

[OfficalComputerGeek]

I purchased The Music; i should be able to do what ever i want with it (well thats NOT file sharing with people ect.) I can be able to put it on my computer and ipod zune mp3 players ect. Maybe People One day will go on strike and wont even download a single song.

[daalienx14]

only corporate suckups listen to the orginizations and the giant companies such as the mpaa and riaa and all the other ones. they are liers and full of crap and shouldnt be taken seriously.

[urashimakeitaro22]

sounds like a fucking fat girl talking...

[MrCuddleBunnz]

fuck Sony.

fuck Microsoft.

fuck apple.

[Wep0n]

@MrCuddleBunnz or, all at once

fuck copyrights.

[karaloca]

I hate how they can sell me a CD (which they should thank me for) then shaft me when I decide to share it. But when I walk down the street I could be forced to hear it from any number of sources. Fairs fair, I should be able to sue them when I hear their music by mistake. Maybe I didn't wish to hear it and I should control what my ears hear. I should be able to sue them for noise pollution and what they forced upon my ears.

Yes its a silly idea - kind of like theirs.

[hnyoung]

If you purchase a computer program on a CD, there is a limit on the number of computers you can upload this program to. Don't technologies exist that allow restrictions on transfer of digital media from a CD to a computer and between computers? Microsoft was onto this problem long before the music industry. Is it me or does it seem like the "pirating problem" is not as bad as Sony and the rest are making it out to be, since they are not investing the extra money into protecting their CD's.

[hnyoung]

Taking pot shots at Britney Spears is so gay. Gawd.

[Nickings07]

Chris goes off topic to much in these debates....

[SIAGO1111]

to the guy with the dog - YOU ARE MY HERO !

[benvye]

The RIAA gets a cut out of every CDR and CDRW sold. They get a cut out of every CD drive that is sold. They are also now getting cuts out of touring revenue and merchandise of their artists.

[fastandfurioustokyo]

RIAA i have to tell you something that everyone feels about you!, and it is F U C K Y O U!!!!!!

[eugenedabeast]

if I had 5 cents for every song I've downloaded I'd be a trillionaire.

[Catuxalina1]

Down with Hillary Rosen the walking bar of soap and walking lampshade who is a boss pig of RIAA!

[JustAnotherAssassin]

it's record industry association of AMERICA right?

haha you fat bastards are fucked

[monyman3198]

if the riaa ever come to my hous im sued

[loggeronline]

FUCK RIAA!

[Logan800]

@loggeronline the riaa sucks balls!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kalahridudex]

downloading music is legal in Canada!

[marcong88]

Im so far away from the FBI or RIAA, I live in Mexico, and mexican police dont give a fuck about what I download. YAY for me!!!

and I dont give a fuck who downloads my music!

check it out on my channel =)

[iuse2ruletheworld0]

limewire and piratebay FTW!

[BurnumBurnum123]

fuck the RIAA destroying people's lives.

I agree with supporting the artists but these big companies make me fucking sick. as if theyre not rich enough already.

anyone else hear about the single mother who got sued to shit?

(downloading some music from the good 'ol piratebay right now)

[TigredelMar77]

@BurnumBurnum123 The only reason the music industry is the way it is right now is 'cause the record companies signing artists the make shitty music, i mean who the fuck want to buy a cd with one good song and the rest of them shitty. Anyways RIAA suck big fucking balls.

[b00353]

I just use utorrent onling with mininova

[gafaerauoy]

fuck it just get it illegally fuck it

[jrjustreal]

Sony is a bitch company that refuses to adapt itself to the digital age.

How fucking pathetic.

[thespiritmage]

What sense does it make to buy a CD and not be able to rip it on your mp3 player because it's *illegal*? Like hell I'm going to buy the digital album of a CD that I already have, just to play it legally on my iPod/Zune/whatever.

[wigtrimer]

you just buy plastic retard

[wigtrimer]

its not illegal till you get caught

[davidsaso1234]

its illegal when the law becomes legit

[marcong88]

its only illegal when you get caught!! remember that!

[ajiclesproductions]

Is Kat's real name Katrina?

[33IIEE]

its simple..if we all stopped buying music and video and stopped listening and watching it.we could all very well have them at our knees.i stopped buying and even listening to any music or watching any movies or shows back in 2007 and it did me some good.sure im on the internet for now for information and other reading.but simply put dont give in and just dont bother supporting any of them or even downloading it for free even.we dont need the entertainment industry to live and survive.

[JimB667]

you stopped listening to music? man I don't have that much will power.

[Komtaminate]

lmao thats stealing to rip my own cd and put it on my ipod. thats messed up!!!!!!! why would buy albums!!!!!!!

[HLordz301]

Fair use law

Sony and other record labels are losing money exponentially...this is their Cash-cow....they're running out of options....and they're going broke.....

[operazanotaijin]

That's the biggest load of bullshit I've ever heard. They're a multi-multi-multi billion dollar company. They're not going broke.

[Phazz3d0ut]

You know the RIAA doesn't give any money of the lawsuits to the artists. Lol. Losing movie. Yup. Record labels are broke as hell!

[jeff666p]

the record companies take the many from the cds and the make money from the tickets

[joker0187]

then ask madonna or jay z with their multi million dollar deals?????

[SomeWhiteNerd]

Sony are cunts

[steele64e]

Just use linux and the viruses won't affect you. :)

[AlexaGiannelia]

That would suck if Apple bought out UMG because there would be no DRM and that would really suck.

[xxiluvrockxx]

itunes now has dmr-free tracks

[AlexaGiannelia]

I know they do but at least its not UMG.

[DJBrokenHigh]

Does itunes have watermarks?

[loky4000]

Gotta love artists that live in million dollar homes and driving cars that are worth five times the price of an average house, crying over piracy.

[valles666]

its not technically artist but the record companies idk how much money the artist makes from the cds but i bet they make more money wen they sell tickets and lets see file sharing is basically free promotion and free promotion means they don't spend money on promoting their stuff and they gain more fans and more fans means more sold out concerts so the artist wins the record companies are the dicks and artist that are fucked up that are only in for the money. *cough*metallica*cough*

[ThePersiaNR1]

You're right, Many of the A-list artist just don't give a fuck. As long as there pocket are full, and the money keeps roling in. Companies are diftrent from another. But, yes you're right.

[JSBlindside]

the RIAA and sony are money grubbers. the reason why so many people download music and not pay for it is, because a single cd is about 15 dollars and only 1 song may be good. they are doing all they can , just to get more money.

[Imprezaman555]

you were doin good chris until u started talkin bout file sharing. just get a p2p file firewall, its that simple and most anti virus progs. come with one. just double check.

[Imprezaman555]

i bought the cd i can do anything i want with it for my own personal use.

[dknows2]

It's simple. Purchasing a cd does transfer ownership of the copyrights. If that were the case, there would be no point in anyone wasting their time and money obtaining copyrights for their intellectual property.

Sony is not the biggest loser here. It's the little guy that actually wrote the song(s)you fail to mention.

[KissMeImPunk]

Sony can go fuck itself. I bought the fucking CD, and I will be able to put those songs on my music device, and give the songs to my friends (for free at least).

[NintendosAdvocate1]

I just wanna know if it's illegal to make a duplicate copy of a CD that you purchased for a family member or a friend? It's retarded to think that this could be illegal. Even when I was a kid I used to make copies of my cassette tapes for family members. And keep in mind that I'm not talking about computer downloads or ANYTHING computer related.

[cmurch17]

o the people who download music are turning the super rich to only the rich...sucks for artists this day and age...not!!! stop your bitching

[zyodei]

I haven't bought a new CD since I was 16 years old. I have never bought a DVD, only rent. I'm 27 now. I don't use P2P, I just despise these fucks, and would never give money to them. I get all of my music from services like magnatunes and jamendo that are DRM free. Good work RIAA. Keep digging.

[duba3988]

fuck music.

[ouasii]

In my opinion, it is okay to buy a CD and rip the songs off of it onto your computer only if you use those ripped songs for personal use (i.e. storing on a portable music player, or simply listening to it on your computer), and if you are not making any profits from the ripped copies.

[Bankotsu897]

RIAA isn't god fuck riaa

[xUltraVioletDreamx]

Fuck the RIAA, what a load of horseshit. Whats next? Pay Radio??

[zyodei]

I agree. It's a very well reasoned point. The RIAA pimp slaps all you hoes, your logic is impeccable.

[DJBrokenHigh]

pro-RIAA + Ghetto attitude = FAIL!

[lilxkid224]

i do what i want because i can and its free

[KB1KOI]

Fair Use clause (which came from the BetaMax case) allows people to create personal back-up copies. If I let a friend listen to my PMP (for me an iPod), does that constitute stealing? No! Infact if a friend were to enjoy a song on my iPod, I acted as a grass root advertiser.

[DJBrokenHigh]

I bought the CD!  ITS MINE! I can do whatever I want with it! If the government has a problem with it, then they can kiss my ass!

[feardotcom123]

RIAA or the musician or whoever owns the right to SELL the music and not how a person listens to it. It is utter bullshit to only allow music to be heard in one medium.

[theloopyavenger]

i have a question, okay i went on the twilightprincess main website (owned by nintendo) and i did a quest on there, they gave me 5 free mp3s from the twilight princess soundtrack, would the RIRAA count that as a crime?

[oratorspeaker]

1 song is good all the others on the album sucks!

[Dankirk]

It's the funding of the creators we need to change. We need to change it so, that piracy does not hurt it. Preferably so, that piracy even boosts it.

Everyone has become a distributor, services are no longer needed. Imagine a company that makes ice cubes for cooling drinks. Why would you buy their stuff, when you can create ice cubes yourself? If the ice cube company would take the same approach as MPAA and RIAA, they would be lobbying laws to make refrigerator illegal.

[bsd1232253]

enough with the copyrights already RIAA!!!!

[BIGDADDYJOHNSON27]

I HATE THIS BULLSHIT

[sumfortyone]

Fuck the free world!!..i mean RIAA!

[DJBrokenHigh]

Honestly, no one gives a crap about the RIAA. The music industry is better without them.

[raymondleeleggs]

I guess If I buy a cd and sell it to someone because it sucks I am breaking the law?

[dancedance64]

this is why record companies are obsolete. thank god for radiohead, and i hope all other artists follow their example.

[Munkyw]

BULLSHIT!!!!!! LOL

[mafejr]

sum 41 underclass hero

the government

[DJBrokenHigh]

Sony said:

"Record labels make no money whatsoever on tours, radio, or merchandising..."

THIS IS A LIE!!!!!

[trevorjohnson1]

Buy a big HD and back up all your music and movies on to it. Then sell the cd or dvd on ebay. Totally legal.

[HDCRdrummer]

as soon as sony makes a ipod wanna be their story will change

[Lunarsight]

I'd be afraid to plug any Sony device into my computer. They can't be trusted.

Remember the music discs they laced with root kit spyware in 2005?

[Outlanderpsy]

I'm not that big on filesharing, I don't feel like joining a private tracker and not very many people seed good music in FLAC.

So for me I just buy good old cds at independent shops and then I rip them with Exact Audio Copy as FLAC files.

[cronaldopwns]

what do the singers and recorders expect? millions of dollar each album? get a job if thats the problem

[Outlanderpsy]

I don't think you understood what I was talking about.

[cronaldopwns]

sorry, I couldnt post a comment but reply at the time

[HUGErecordsNL]

Boycott the RIAA! we run the worlds only 100% legal torrent site. Check out my profile for more info.

[DGRZZKPX9]

music = sound... sound = vibrating air... you say someone owns the air but only when it vibrates at a certain frequence? LIES!!!

file sharing rocks... for free music, limewire, irc channels on mIRC, rapidshare, megaupload, get it any way you can... fuck sony

[forthereg]

you can buy this burger from us, but u can eat it on the street but not in the shower, in the subway but not in the school, what the hell ? the burger is mine to do what i pleas with it as long as i dont give it to ANYONE ELSE !

i think i should have the right to stack my music in my PC liberery for ez access and ipod for actually using it !

[Shoregrey]

that guy with the lithp thounds like one of the guyths in that deadalewives Dungeonsth and Dragonsth thspoof....

[mamdk]

Listen to Creative Commons licensed music - Problem solved!

[Lunarsight]

Jamendo is another awesome place for free music. Free, LEGAL music. (Yes, some artists actually realize that it's good for them to get their music onto as many iPods as possible.)

[ywgflyer]

so by sony's example, if i wanted to get a song onto my ipod, i'd have to buy it again?

Remember, in Soviet Russia, CD plays you ;)

[twister7boy]

sorry but sharing music online is a way for people to find new music. so like me if i like what i hear then yes i will go buy it. and i also pay to use these programs. its only bad in my eyes if you buy the cd or whatever. but i back up all my cds. i have had the black album my metallica stole from me 14 times. is it right that i would have to keep buying this cd 15 times because somebody took it from me after i was the one that already paid for it. take it easy.

[musicmaker85]

Then I'm a thief and proud of it! They should be happy I'm even legally downloading music.

[kpslover]

I still like buying the album and ripping it. This isn't illegal! I have the right to rip to my hard drive. Buy once, play forever.

[tpiom]

I agreed, I mean.. if it goes 10 years I do not think that CD is able to buy on the stores and my cd is not playable...

So I do too copy the music to my computer, and Sony is ass company. Do not trust them!

[kpslover]

I hate Sony! their cameras are mad whack! They got this store that showcases Sony products, GARBAGE! they will fall someday!

[goemon4]

i know, i paid 500 for a sony camera, it didnt even come with software! i had to buy software! Their a horrible company imo, their only SEMI redeeming feature, was the PS1 and 2 other than that, meh... though their mini disc players were decent

[PlatonicKamel]

You don't want to have to re-buy the same content over and over Chris? Isn't that what a subscription is? Only, without actually having anything to show for it when the provider goes bankrupt, or the record company pulls out.

Buy once, play forever - don't "buy" things on a per month basis.

[barhoom18]

i never bought an original album :)

i always download it from internet.

am in arab world

[pclover]

I believe when you buy a cd you should have to right to put it on your pc so you can listen to in any ware in your world. NOT to share it by P2P networks.

[slgraycols]

How can this fellow be talking about Digital Music Rights and not be aware of the Jammie Thomas case that just happened a day or two before his video was made?

[DHK91]

YES

[BeechSundowner]

You can make a copy, you can't redistribute is the key here. Otherwise tape recorders and VCR's b4 CD's and DVD's were illegal.

Nothings changed!

[666videlicetunus]

$10 for a cd? What was the last album you bought?

[Lunarsight]

Sony can go play in traffic, for all I care.

[supahman14]

If you buy the CD\DVD or what ever, it is yours if you share it on the internet that is illigal but if you just rip it to your computer I just think that is legal (right?) it is still in your pocession..

[cohaagendesu]

Well, it's pretty much rubbish what the woman was saying about artists making little to no money from gigs, merch etc. It's quite the opposite. Artists release an album as 'advertising' for the live shows etc. I'm pretty sure more money is made from an artist turning up and playing for an hour and a half than recording, finalising, mastering and printing 500,000 cd's... Jeez.

[goemon4]

all ill say is, I dont buy a piece of art for the canvas, i pay for whats on it. Same goes with cd's for me.

The RIAA shouldnt be telling me anything to do for something they didnt create. They merely recorded it and distributed it which anyone can do.

So as far as the whole what can i do with the music. Well, Big D said, theyd rather have 10 kids at the show and one cd purchased, than one kid at the sho, and 10 cd's purchased. And ill live by that. (since i want the art, not the package)

[goemon4]

oops, wrong statement, well in short, i mean i believe in freedom, so i want freedom in music. since its not the RIAA's its the artists, and i think they just want their music to get out there, and people to see them at shows. so, yeah... cause the actual artists make the money from the shows, not the RIAA, so ill make sure to go to more shows now :D

[ocpud2999]

OK RIAA is looking like a bad monster. They need to make prices cheaper. If you do that everybody will be happy. I think most people people want to pay for their music. But its expensive. If they lower prices, file sharing would be reduced.

Also the thing that bather me about digital music is that I am paying the same price as the CD but lesser quality. How fair is that?

[thechosenone540]

woops, pressed tab enter

if the cd does not contain a LISCENCE agreement, then who are they to say that they are LISCENCING it to me and not allowing me to rip it?

[thechosenone540]

if the cd does not contain a LISCENCE agreement, then who are they to say that they are LISCENCING it to me?

[chootastic]

Like hell they dont earn money through touring and merch, why do it otherwise? Also, absoloutely right, you are legally allowed to make one copy for your own purposes. Sony have produced tape to tapes, CD to tapes, and recently MP3 players for years, like hell they can turn around and tell me not to copy.

[JoleneSugarbaker]

Ugh! I do NOT Like the RIAA! They sued that poor mother and dead people... I scratch my CD's so bad, I'd rather have them on my computer... I still purchase CD's, they should be glad... I just bought Reba's.. Love, Jolene Sugarbaker The Trailer Park Queen

[tubeviewerbalpha9217]

And now that the courts have decided that an IP address is infallible proof they can sue anyone they want and win as long as they can prove that that person has the ability to use a computer.

[Kandigirl230]

If I buy it .. it's mine so long as I don't share it.

[badboy2009]

They may do that to protect the content from being shared via p2p e.t.c .

[2OthCenturyFox]

where not loosing anything we have the interent and god blessed torrents and programmes like limewire, frostwire and all that. The companys are even lucky that alot of people are buying the cd'd not illegally downloading them. Sony needs to make a move.

[2OthCenturyFox]

i rekon that it depends on how you use it. like example i bourght family guy season 1 2 3 4 and wen i upload funny parts i it i think that i have rights that im allowed to do that but no they go on deleting them. F

[leftofleft]

Fuck SONY & Fuck The Law. When I personally bought my 5000x12" singles & 1000+ Cd's, the shops never told me those were 'Hired'

[macerator23]

the bands dont makemuch from the cd's , just the merch and tickets. little for music. its the aging hipsters at the riaa, or whatnot who get screwed. piss on the record companies, aside from underground labels, and indie labels. piss on these rich bastards

[bigbeckster1234]

put your hand up if u download music illegaly

[2OthCenturyFox]

ME! who would buy

[SAFDFQ3323RS]

steam is the only company that got drm right.

download content or buy the physical media.

and you can make as many back up copies of you games a syou want.

also you can downloaded to ANY pc with you acount.

[SamuraiClinton]

If you think the RIAA is passe, reply with a *

[bogalusan]

The original arguement was the SHARING illegally of purchased copyrighted material - and indeed the profit that can be attained from that action is criminal. Having said that after obtaining material a single user can back-up as needed. Back it up, transport it and make it available to THAT single person at his or her disgression. But certainly do not copy for redistribition and profit making purposes. ----- DAVIDEO

[CoffeehouseSchmuck]

i have no problem with someone saying i cannot download something for free,because that IS theft,where i have an issue is when they only give you WHAT THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU.What about recordings that were on vinyl that never made it to Cd but DID make it to Limewire?

[DaveTheMan1234567890]

Do They ever give it a Rest these Idiots

[nachomancer]

Sony needs to die. Like, seriously. They're doing more harm than good to the technology world. Here's to hoping that the failure of their overpriced Homermobile known as PS3 will be the beginning of their end.

[LeonWestbrook]

iawtc

[edenisrko]

LOVE YOUR DOG

[Pauluk33]

will if you buy it, you can do what you want with it as long as you don't put it on your PC and share it.

Sony thinks they own is, feeeeeek offf,lol

[ryan9559]

Wow, thats stupid. So I do illegal things by sharing CD's with my family? Thats stupid. I buy my music, I should have 100% legal owner ship to it.

[warrener5]

hey chris,

one song explains all this...i suggest you check the lyrics and YES IT MENTIONS SONY

"Download this song" by MC Lars

Cheers!

[BitShift]

Sony is the same company that infected people's computers with a rootkit, which would be illegal if anyone else did it. But Sony can get away with it because its a large corporation apparently.

Some of Sony's execs should have been taken to court to face criminal charges for the infections.

[KivaWolf]

I couldn't agree more with Chris and everyone else who is against the RIAA about this nonsense they say.

[pancake292]

wow who cares what sony says

[Zer0small]

Wow...

[zachattackpro]

WOW, I did not know this.

[tapoculos]

how do i sign up for the giv away

[jesusy2k]

u have to post a comment on his first video about it.