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Posted: Jun 21 2007 07:54 pm

You know the RIAA is constantly suing people for illegally copying music? Well, guess who their next target will be if attorney Florida Mitchell Silverman has anything to do with it?

George Bush’s daughters!

Yes, Silverman read that the twins recently presented dad with a mix CD of exercise music for Father's Day, but since the record industry says that making and distributing mix CDs is a copyright infringement, Silverman sent the RIAA legal offices a letter asking them to sue the first twins for stealing music and copyright violation. And if their suit is anything like the thousands before it, the copied musical works may be entitled to statutory damages of $150,000.00 per musical work copied.

Oops!

Well, I think we can all assume the RIAA will treat these girls like everyone else and sue their asses, right? I mean, their famous, powerful father wouldn’t possibly influence them and get his girls preferential treatment, would he? Famous people don’t get off easy, do they?

Posted: Jun 21 2007 08:04 pm

RIAA my ass. More like GESTAPO.

Posted: Jun 21 2007 08:09 pm

George excercises with a cd player? Maybe they should have gotten him an IPod/MP3 player for fathers day. Stupid girls and thier stupidity.

Posted: Jun 21 2007 08:43 pm

Yeah, but by the RIAA's logic, wouldn't copying songs from your CDs to your MP3 player be the same as making a "mix CD"? So if you filled your 80Gb iPod to the brim, which is about 20,000 songs. Then the RIAA could, by their own logic, sue you for $3 billion dollars. (20,000 songs X $150,000 per song.)

Posted: Jun 21 2007 09:24 pm

My understanding is that if you personally own the CDs, you're legally allowed to import the CD to your computer, and burn mix CDs with it, since you OWN the CD anyway... the issue seems to lie more in stealing music with Limewire, Bearshare, Kazaa, etc. OR reproducing multiple copies for resale. I know from experience with iTunes, you can legally burn the exact same playlist 7 times LEGALLY. I can't see physical CDs would be any different that the $0.99/song you pay on the iTunes Store.

Posted: Jun 21 2007 10:13 pm

Yeah, if you own the CDs, what the fuck is the deal?

How come the RIAA didn't go after people in the 80s for making mix tapes? I mean, Christ, John Cusack should probably be in jail like 8 times over if mix tapes are illegal.

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He can give them a presidential pardon anyway. Scooter Libby won't be so lucky.

Posted: Jun 22 2007 12:35 am

Cattivo wrote:

He can give them a presidential pardon anyway. Scooter Libby won't be so lucky.

Only if they commit a crime, doesn't do any good if the RIAA just sues them. Presidental Pardons don't do crap for civil cases, only federal/state criminal cases.

Posted: Jun 22 2007 12:45 am

Bush will do anything in his power to get the RIAA off of his daughter's tails so the general public doesn't know George's CD consists of the following songs:

01 - I'm Comming Out - Diana Ross
02 - Barbie Girl - Aqua
03 - YMCA - Village People
04 - It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
05 - Boys - Britney Spears
06 - Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
07 - With You - Jessica Simpson
08 - Don't Break my Heart, my Acky Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
09 - In the Navy - Village People
10 - Tiny Dancer - Elton John
11 - So Yesterday - Hillary Duff
12 - Bye, Bye, Bye - Nsync

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Syd Lexia wrote:

Yeah, if you own the CDs, what the fuck is the deal?

How come the RIAA didn't go after people in the 80s for making mix tapes? I mean, Christ, John Cusack should probably be in jail like 8 times over if mix tapes are illegal.

I've been doing some reading and thinking about the philosophy behind the issues. At this point, I think the system is broken, I think the RIAA is seriously abusing the concepts of 'copyright' and 'fair use', and I think the laws are going to have to change sooner or later. It'll probably be later, though.