RIAA Caught in own Spin .:. grubbykid.com

RIAA Caught in own Spin

The Music Mafia lie in this press release about confescating "the equivalent of 421 CD-R burners" in the raid. The Register addresses this spin by reporting that only 156 CD burners were actually recovered. What was the Enron-like accounting used? The RIAA says, "There were only 156 actual burners, but some run at very high speeds: some as high as 40x. This is well above the average speed."

Nothing like spin. Hmmm, I wonder why the truth is such a hard thing to do these days. This press release, and the information previously disseminated, directly calls into question all of their figures of piracy, industry loss, and any other statistical figure. You are supposed to be the "Knights in Shining Armour," but we all know that really the RIAA is just a shell corporation funded by the Big Five to take the heat from any unfavorable action, so as to not hurt the bottom line. And did you know, that every CDR that you buy has a hidden 2% tax on it that directly goes to the RIAA regrdless of what you use the CDR for? Because with such musical talent that grace the airwaves today, the Big Five surely are concerned with musical talent? Or am I wrong?

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mikey3times says:

Just to be clear, that 2% tax is only on Music CDRs - the ones that have a blue
tint. Standard data CDRs (which record music just fine....or so I've heard) do
not incur the tax.

Posted by: mikey3times at December 16, 2002 8:45 AM #

mikey3times says:

i was thinking, if the RIAA charges to buy music cdrs, that means they are receiving money and the record makers are profiting. in my mind, this constitutes acceptance and is permission to copy. therefore, it would be completely legal to copy music to music cdrs. or am i way off?