| Friday, November 18, 2005 |
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RIAA Claims Music On Car Radios Meant Only For Original Vehicle Owner!!!!
Trade Group Vows To Go After Passengers Who Illegally Share Soundwaves
The Recording Industry Association of America announced today it would be expanding its crackdown on copyright infringement by suing family members, hitchhikers and carpoolers.
Lawyers for the RIAA maintain that the radio in each car was never meant to be listened to by anyone else except the original owner of the vehicle.
Therefore, any additional passengers who listen to music on the radio in another individual's car are doing so illegally and without the express permission of the copyright holders of the respective songs that are broadcast.
RIAA attorneys were preparing to go to Federal District courts across the country to have subpoenas issued to every car maker in America in the hopes of forcing them to disclose the names and addresses of all purchasers from the last 20 years.
"We think this is a no brainer," said an RIAA spokesperson who declined to be identified. "These drivers have been illegally sharing music on their radios and their passengers have been getting a free ride for way too long," he continued.
Legal representatives for the RIAA also warned that they would especially be targeting the "big fish" like charter bus drivers and RV owners who blatantly turn up the radio volume allowing others to hear.
In addition, RIAA lawyers said they were hoping to get a court order to exhume the bodies of Scottish physicist James Clerk-Maxwell, who developed the theory of electromagnetic waves and Guglielmo Marconi, who discovered and harnessed wireless radio in order to sue both corpses for unfair business practices.
- Corey Deitz
So I was searching for a radio station to listen to online today and came across the above article. I was bowled over then I saw this: This Article Is Satire
I almost fell on the floor laughing. What a great way to get my Friday going!
Also tonight marks the last night of Pumpkin Spice Ale @ John Harvard's, so we will be celebrating that. And my buddy Tarek Rached (one of Hubby's coworkers, a personal trainer) will be fighting tonight in a Kickboxing Match. Hubby and I will be at ringside cheering him on.
Here's the cutie:
And the poster for his fight:
Wish him luck! And y'all have a great weekend! |
posted by ~M~ @ 12:19 AM   |
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| 5 Comments: |
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AHHH I've broken the law!
:)
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i wonder if that applies to news and weather updates as well? fortunately, i only listen to cd's with music i've downloaded.
good luck to your cutie!
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Lawyers need something new to do with their time. How about therapy? Cause they've totally lost it.
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Beer? You're going out for beer?
I like beer.
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THAT is funny.
Good luck to your friend!
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AHHH I've broken the law!
:)