RIAA is suing XM Satellite Radio because it don’t want them letting their users keep even severely DRMd copies of the music (they want massive license fees).
3,500 People Charged for Music File Sharing
XM Issues Statement About RIAA Lawsuit
Screw the RIAA and IFPA. Stop buying your music and start pirating. Reverse example for me. I sorta miss the F2F piracy of the olden days but it is still easier with CDs than with DVDs. Emule works just fine too, and theres lots more stuff pooled together. The RIAA really desparately wants a pay-per-listen or pay-per-play business model. I won’t buy it. If its about their hack-ability, ITunes is no better.
If XM ends up looking grim they’d better dump their entire music archive onto the filesharing network before the repo-men invade (could be as short as 30 days after judgement, 7 for corporate). Dump all proprietary IP too (copies), and make sure it is pre-emptive but only when you know you’re goonna loose (bankruptcy via excessive frivolous litigaation by the RIAA is more predictable than a bad judgement). They’re gonna want that too. Satellite schematics, XM player schematics, network infrastructure software code, those things. You’ll be too dead anyway from the RIAA lawsuit collections.
I know how vicious the TSR vs GDW lawsuit (frivilous copyright claims) in retaliation for Gary Gygax’s defection and his outstanding Mythus / Dangerous Journeys product was. I’d recommend defending in court till bankruptcy (The RIAA wants you their slave or dead anyway) and then dumping to P2P just a day or two priorbankruptcy-forced settlement in the RIAA’s favor. Name the files well! non-mainstream piracy must be very searchable but will spread rapidly, if people want it.? Make it appear legal too because corporate-warez (the music library is no issue though) has a higher sharing fear-factor.? BearShare shouldv’e done the same thing despite lower robin-hood value to the world, but still more benefit than harm on aggragete. I would call it the WaReZ-QuaTuM-DeToNaToR - Take the Quantum detonator from Master of Orion 2 - an enhanced destructiveness and more sensitive self destruct device for starships - and piracy. Big Big Boom when deafeated/boarded, but the blast benefits those around you (indiscriminately so don’t hate too many people) instead of blowing them to bits.
