Plus at www.cdbaby.com you can buy albums in mp3 format. But, Also, on the other hand, record companies charge to much for music, this is why people download it. Duyahn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:41 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: [OTR_and_Music] RIAA to halt lawsuits > Hi Ray, > > I completely agree with you. Automobiles are expensive to buy as well but > it's against the law to steal them and if you get caught you can be in > lots > of trouble. At places like Amazon.com you can buy entire albums pretty > cheaply and get them almost instantly by downloading them. I have > purchased > brand new albums for as little as $1.99 and most albums are $9.99 or less. > > Thank you, > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ray Campbell > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:37 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: [OTR_and_Music] RIAA to halt lawsuits > > If people just pay for music and get it legally, they have nothing to > worry about. > > Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician > Adaptive Technology Center > Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired > 1850 W. Roosevelt Road > Chicago, IL 60608 > 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or > 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) > ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > AIM Screen Name: tclhelp > www.thechicagolighthouse.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reginald George > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:05 PM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: [OTR_and_Music] RIAA to halt lawsuits > > RIAA is giving up on it's futile attempts to bring about lawsuits > against music swappers, but they have another plan of action. > > RIAA to halt lawsuits, cozy up to ISPs instead Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:18AM > EST > > > > At last, the music industry admits what we've known for years: That > filing music-swapping lawsuits against teenagers, little old ladies, and > corpses is a fool's errand (not to mention an expensive headache for the > defendants). > But don't worry-the RIAA has something new up its sleeves. > > The new strategy (as reported by the Wall Street Journal): If the music > industry finds out that you're swapping music files online, it'll send > an e-mail to your ISP (agreements have already hashed out agreements > with "some" unnamed service providers, apparently), which will in turn > forward the message to you-probably with a little "P.S." asking you to > stop. > [Update: CNET has a copy of the RIAA's form letter to ISPs.] > > If you don't stop, well ... your service provider probably won't sue > you, but it might slow down your broadband connection, or cut off your > service altogether. > > So, why has the RIAA changed the play? Well, maybe it's been looking at > reports like this one from the NPD Group, which shows that U.S. CD sales > continue to slide, while the number of tunes shared via P2P sites > continues to increase, despite all the litigation. > > And then there's the disastrous headlines, as the RIAA relentlessly > tracked down and sued tens of thousands of alleged music pirates. Among > them: Kids, octogenarians, and a few dead people. > > Reaction to the news? Mixed. Engadget's headline reads (in part): "RIAA > finds its soul," with the story noting that while the RIAA reserves the > right to go after "heavy uploaders or repeat offenders ... it appears > that single mothers are in the clear." > > All Things Digital has a darker outlook, speculating that ISPs-which > "care about the cost of moving lots of data around . [and] want to make > money by selling, renting, or just offering up Hollywood's movies and TV > shows to subscribers"-might be more than content to "cut off > file-sharers . [or] simply [charge] heavy file-sharers a lot of money." > > And here's another possibility, courtesy of yours truly: Say your ISP > catches you sharing tunes via P2P. No problem-download away! But when > you get your next cable bill, you'll find the itemized songs added to > your monthly charge, kind of like an iTunes bill. > > Call it the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy. > > P.S. Make no mistake-just because the RIAA has stopped filing new > music-swapping lawsuits doesn't mean that it's dropped the existing > ones, according to the Journal. 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