RIAA Targets 21 Sites For Shutdown 140
New submitter souperfly writes "The Inquirer has a list of 21 sites that the RIAA is looking to get shut down by ISPs this week. The list includes sites filestube, Bomb-Mp3, Mp3skull, Bitsnoop, Extratorrent, Torrenthound, Torrentreactor and Monova, and at least one ISP — Virgin Media in the UK — has confirmed the number of targeted sites. BT confirmed it will block the site, but didn't say when. Before, it was thought that only six sites were lined up for a chop."
Thanks for the list (Score:5, Insightful)
And all will have due process (Score:5, Insightful)
And all these sites will have due process rights and a day in court before any of thier sites or livelyhoods are ruined... Oh wait a minute....
Re:Dear Anonymous (Score:3, Insightful)
I agree except the part about "American". Anonymous are not restricted to only being an army for the good of the American public. and clearly the *AA groups are detrimental to all nations' publics.
Re:what the flying fuck? (Score:5, Insightful)
And, ah, yes, iTunes, AmazonMP3 are just terrible market failures that prove no one still pays for music.
Re:what the flying fuck? (Score:5, Insightful)
H1Bs are an underclass. That's the real problem with H1Bs.
If someone is important enough and their skills important enough that you want to drag them half way across the planet then treat them like a real person and give them a green card or even instant citizenship.
No republic should tolerate the creation of an underclass. It's a threat to the liberties of everyone. It's also ultimately bad for business since the bottom line is entangled with individual liberty.
Also, the idea that corporations can poach talent from across the planet is also unequal. If they can do that then we should likewise be able to do the same (work where the cost of living is cheap).
Re:Dear Anonymous (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:what the flying fuck? (Score:5, Insightful)
Well, kinda. Music sales are way down, even including MP3s. What is booming is streaming. Most music is shit, or at least not worth 50p to own, so people just stream it instead of owning it. Streaming doesn't make as much money as sales.
The other worrying thing is that apparently streaming and MP3 are good enough quality for most people. The music industry was rather hoping that there would be a market for higher quality than CD, in the form of SACD an DVD-Audio. It's their own fault really, modern music (even re-releases of old stuff) is so heavily compressed and distorted that there really isn't any point trying for higher quality recordings.
Protip record labels, if you want to sell more discs. The last two I bought were re-issues of ones I already owned but properly mastered. The only people still buying your warez care about sound quality. Everyone else listens for free on YouTube or the radio.
Re:Dear Anonymous (Score:4, Insightful)
An opportunity! (Score:4, Insightful)
This is good news. The torrent server panorama was getting stale and complacent.
Cheers to the new players! Live short and bright lives!