LinkSwarm Forums Index > Serious Shit > RIAA interview - pose questions LinkSwarm Forums Register | Member List | Search | FAQ | Stats < Chals Shultz Philoso-CRAP    1    2     >> FEAR and Regret > New Topic  Post Reply RIAA interview - pose questions         1372 reads Lownotes They all float down here. SSHOLE Posts: 182 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline 11/14/2005 at 14:21 As some of you may know, I am the editor for my college newspaper. This Friday, I will be meeting with a representative from the RIAA who is going from campus to campus talking to college editors about file-sharing, P2P, lawsuits and such. I want my interview to rip ass. So, I pose to the Linkswarm family a request. What do you think I should ask? What are the important questions? Please - no retarded shit. Clarification: The person I'm interviewing is the president of the RIAA, Cary Sherman, and the topic he wants to discuss is "music piracy on college campuses in the wake of the recording industry's recent settlement with the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network." I can write whatever I want about the interview, and I plan to do both an article and a column. What would you ask the president of the RIAA if you had the opportunity to see the answer in print? [Edited on 14/11/2005 by Lownotes] [Edited on 14/11/2005 by Lownotes]   nocal It's insane, this guy's taint SSHOLE Posts: 811 Registered: 8/25/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 14:42 Without knowing your focus, you might want to ask any number of questions: What's this guy's actual job, when he's not out talking to college kids? Why does he think that the RIAA has such a bad reputation amongst college kids? Why does he think that illegal file sharing is so popular? What does he think a solution to illegal filesharing might be? Does he think it's fair that the RIAA lawyers essentially scare people into settlements, beause they can't afford a protracted legal battle? What did this guy do before working for the RIAA? Direct URL vasudeva Bad Taste in your Mouth SSHOLE Posts: 4464 Registered: 3/8/2002 Offline 11/14/2005 at 14:55 Does he think it's fair that the RIAA lawyers essentially scare people into settlements, beause they can't afford a protracted legal battle? Ditto. Given the profound popularity of file-sharing, what does he think that says about the consumers' view of the industry middlemen? History seems to show that anything done to stop filesharing will only create new methods and technologies to get around their controls. In light of that, should the middlemen (RIAA, et al) be thinking about ways to bring consumers what they want -- which they'll mostly end up getting in any case -- instead of futilely struggling to keep their finger in the dike, which ultimately only causes further public unhappiness with them? ____________________ slippedhole> I am on to you and your evil intentions. I am the true protector of this website and am willing to do battle with you. Direct URL nocal It's insane, this guy's taint SSHOLE Posts: 811 Registered: 8/25/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 15:05 Something else that is probably important to know is if this is a piece on the guy or an "interview." Because if it's a piece on him, you'd probably want to ask more personal stuff. Or even if it's a piece on the RIAA. But if it's going to look like this in the paper: Q: Wha? A: LOL then I'm guessing less personal. Direct URL ragoo We are not amused. SSHOLE Posts: 664 Registered: 9/4/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 15:49 If gun makers are not liable for the public's illegal use of their products, why are P2P sites? ____________________ Interjections show excitement or emotion. They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Direct URL coknurmowth Crisco Fux SSHOLE Posts: 120 Registered: 10/20/2005 Offline 11/14/2005 at 15:54 Ragoo: If gun makers are not liable for the public's illegal use of their products, why are P2P sites? because no one gives a shit when you die, but don't fuck with the $$$ Direct URL Lownotes They all float down here. SSHOLE Posts: 182 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline 11/14/2005 at 15:54 The person I'm interviewing is the president of the RIAA, Cary Sherman, and the topic he wants to discuss is "music piracy on college campuses in the wake of the recording industry's recent settlement with the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network." I can write whatever I want about the interview, and I plan to do both an article and a column. What would you ask the president of the RIAA if you had the opportunity to see the answer in print? Direct URL sahlgoode SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 254 Registered: 7/6/2005 Offline 11/14/2005 at 16:15 Ask him if the recording industry could be suffering loses due to lack of quality product, and not so much because of P2P? Fix't EDIT: Your textwar has expired. For future reference, making long unbroken sentences widens the page, and is much worse than not reading what you type. [Edited on 11/14/2005 by vasudeva] [Edited on 14/11/2005 by sahlgoode] ____________________ Closed indefinitely in accordance with the Digital Milennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 Direct URL autoshoes SIR BABYHEAD Posts: 67 Registered: 6/24/2002 Offline 11/14/2005 at 16:24 you might want to ask him something along the lines of how or why they expect to sell cd's at roughly the same price as most full movies and still compete in the market for the college student's money. ____________________ boop Direct URL nocal It's insane, this guy's taint SSHOLE Posts: 811 Registered: 8/25/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 16:26 "music piracy on college campuses in the wake of the recording industry's recent settlement with the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network." So really, guy wants to talk about how great they're doing, or maybe how the P2P menace is still in effect. It's likely that he's expecting some of the questions we gave, and he has his shit prepared. He might not be so prepared for the more personal stuff. The key to an article is to make it about people. Who is this guy? How does one apply for the job at the RIAA? I would want to know how he got to where he is. Another key: make it personal. Is this the guy that wants to sue me? How does it effect me as a student at your college? What is the RIAA doing to combat piracy *besides* publicized law suits? Are they interested in protecting all music, or just financially lucrative music? Direct URL DonQuixote DARTH MENSES Posts: 641 Registered: 4/22/2005 Offline 11/14/2005 at 19:13 nocal: "music piracy on college campuses in the wake of the recording industry's recent settlement with the Grokster peer-to-peer (P2P) network." So really, guy wants to talk about how great they're doing, or maybe how the P2P menace is still in effect. I concur. Dude wants to make nice with teh college kids or make em skerrrd of teh law. If so let him vomit his words of RIAA greatness at you then hit him with this one. "With all the P2P's being shut down, like Grokster, don't you think that will just drive people to Bit Torrent? (He will babale some craptastic reply here then you go...) With the amazing programing and decentralized sharing environment how can you possibly shut this and programs like it down? (Don't let him answer just barrage him with the following questions) It seems to me you are fighting a losing battle, wouldn't you agree? Much like the 'War On Drugs', yes? Why not lower the price points of the product and welcme in a host of people who are just too lazy to pirate material? There will always be pirated material, but why not try and get Music out there with an accesible price to beat the pirates to the punch? Or do you just plan to use financial terrorism until a dream DRM comes along that holds all music hostage?" Then kick him in the balls and runn away! Don't even wait for him to answer. Then tell the whole story of the encounter in the paper. Don't even bother with the interview cause its just going to be a bunch of bullshit. Don't report a word he says. Just foist your filesharing knowledge upon the reader and end with the great ball kicking black out. You'll win the pulitzer for best fucking article EVAR!!!! Seriously. (please excuse my shitty spelling and writting abilities) [Edited on 14/11/2005 by sofickingwat] ____________________ ( . )( . ) <--- Boobs. Direct URL dinozoa SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 319 Registered: 7/18/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 19:32 Ask him if he feels that the RIAA's intolerant attitude towards file-sharing is ineffective in the face of an essential innovation of the internet. Ask him, if file-sharing were popular over e-mail, would he be prosecuting e-mail servers? Ask him how neither consumers nor artists like the RIAA, so how is its existence justified other than a profit consuming middle-man? Ask him why his organization supports the extension of copyright laws to the point where it is no longer possible for Americans to have any kind of culture based on past music or video without written consent forms or $. The textbook example of this is the mickey-mouse case, where every time mickey is due to be public domain the copyright law extends the period you can hold a copyright after the death of the artist. The RIAA is not only socially irresponsible, it's culturally irresponsible. Direct URL qwerty DARTH MENSES Posts: 628 Registered: 9/8/2004 Offline 11/14/2005 at 19:43 Ask him why pirating pr0n isn't looked on as being as bad as pirating music. ____________________ fnord linkswarm fnord Direct URL HOBO * b0bo has quit IRC ('Exit') SSHOLE Posts: 1120 Registered: 3/19/2002 Offline 11/14/2005 at 20:07 Why can I buy the latest Dave Matthews Band CD and not transfer it to my iPod? Is this a case of cutting off the nose to spite the face? ____________________ " I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question." ~Spock~ Direct URL wolfer DARTH MENSES Posts: 455 Registered: 12/1/2003 Offline 11/14/2005 at 20:19 I would say 1. How can one , lets say after drinking too much and driving you get pulled over by the fuzz and lets say he is peeking at your stash on the front seat and happens to see some burned copies of music, that you paid for on rhapsody. He says "UH Stealing some CD's there sir?" and You say "No I bought those online but didnt print out a reciept for them." So he doesnt believe you and arrest you for drunk driving, can he also get you for having these CD's, even though you really did pay for them through a web site online? rekognize....booieshakan 2. How much do the bands really lose, when cd's are shared between people?. I thought most of the money comes from the touring. 3. Does he know any Metallica members and do they have my name in the database back at HQ's. ____________________ You Don't Know Me! Direct URL shitbox my balls your chin, get used to that idea SSHOLE Posts: 932 Registered: 1/9/2005 Offline 11/15/2005 at 08:21 1. Obviously CDs will soon become a thing of the past. Digital music will soon be the only medium, how do you plan to regulate it? 2. When cassette tapes came out, NOBODY was tripping about piracy and the 'copying' of that medium, what make you feel that this is any different? 3. Compact discs cost one fifth of the price to produce and distribute as cassette tapes, why do they cost TWICE as much? 4. When was the last time you went to Temple? ____________________ "Kill him! Kill the fuckin' indian! What am I watching here two fuckin' fags!?" Rodney Dangerfield as Ed Wilson Direct URL Lownotes They all float down here. SSHOLE Posts: 182 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline 11/15/2005 at 14:13 I'll post a full update w/the article after it's all said and done. Thanks. Direct URL freakmachine Web Fucko Extraordinaire SSHOLE Posts: 590 Registered: 4/15/2004 Offline 11/15/2005 at 19:48 hit him on the head and steal his wallet. then slash his tires. Direct URL mundhra dread pirate neckbeard SSHOLE Posts: 1634 Registered: 3/25/2002 Offline 11/15/2005 at 21:43 i had some relevant shit swirling around in my head a while ago. i thought i'd remember my point, but i don't. anyway, some fragments: when you purchase a cd, what are you actually paying for? if i am purchasing rights to listen to music, why does the riaa want to to restrict me from listening to that music on my ipod or a mix cd i play in my car? if i am purchasing rights to listen to music, then why do i have to buy a new cd when mine scratches? if i am purchasing a cd, why does the riaa want to to restrict me from making backup copies of cds - objects i now own - that easily scratch? i've heard that the riaa thinks $0.99 a song is too inexpensive. what is the cost of electronic distribution vs pressing, packing, and shipping cds? piracy is prevalent because people can get something for no cost. if people won't pay $15 (or more) for a cd or $10 for an album at itunes, why would the riaa want to charge more than $0.99 for a song? ____________________ But the whole of modern so-called civilized existence is an attempt to deny reality insofar as it exists. When did Don last look at the stars, when did Norman last get soaked in a rainstorm? Direct URL mundhra dread pirate neckbeard SSHOLE Posts: 1634 Registered: 3/25/2002 Offline 11/15/2005 at 21:44 shitbox: 4. When was the last time you went to Temple? bwahaha! ____________________ But the whole of modern so-called civilized existence is an attempt to deny reality insofar as it exists. When did Don last look at the stars, when did Norman last get soaked in a rainstorm? Direct URL Mofo dont give a shit SSHOLE Posts: 426 Registered: 2/8/2004 Offline 11/15/2005 at 23:20 If I can remember correctly, didn't they actually freak out about tapes and vcrs? Direct URL ragoo We are not amused. SSHOLE Posts: 664 Registered: 9/4/2004 Offline 11/16/2005 at 02:35 Make sure you audio tape this whole interview (with his permission, of course). Then MP3 the tapes and post here, to give LS a behind-the-scenes exclusive. ____________________ Interjections show excitement or emotion. They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Direct URL government_death_robot DARTH MENSES Posts: 921 Registered: 4/23/2004 Offline 11/16/2005 at 03:09 Why do you sue little girls? ____________________ bwned. Direct URL IMBOLCPunxsutawneyPhil SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 244 Registered: 3/17/2005 Offline 11/16/2005 at 04:10 1>So a few recording artists have actually setup anti-RIAA websites and freely distribute their music on MP3's why can't the RIAA do this? Magnatune is an example. 2> RIIA, why are record companies seen as evil soul-sucking bastards that exploit their artists and trick them into paying for all their recording production costs and then pay them a miserable portion of the royalties--and part two, how can the RIAA reallly expect people to feel sorry for ripping off the artists when you have already ripped off 90% of their profits for perpetuity? ____________________ If you include a null character Direct URL shitbox my balls your chin, get used to that idea SSHOLE Posts: 932 Registered: 1/9/2005 Offline 11/16/2005 at 08:12 this just in ____________________ "Kill him! Kill the fuckin' indian! What am I watching here two fuckin' fags!?" Rodney Dangerfield as Ed Wilson Direct URL shitbox my balls your chin, get used to that idea SSHOLE Posts: 932 Registered: 1/9/2005 Offline 11/18/2005 at 06:42 So tomorrow is the big day! Knock em dead, break a leg, report all abuse. Im excited to get a 'inside' look on these assholes. Good Luck Mayne!! ____________________ "Kill him! Kill the fuckin' indian! What am I watching here two fuckin' fags!?" Rodney Dangerfield as Ed Wilson Direct URL Lownotes They all float down here. SSHOLE Posts: 182 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline 11/18/2005 at 18:43 My meeting starts in 15 minutes. Direct URL vasudeva Bad Taste in your Mouth SSHOLE Posts: 4464 Registered: 3/8/2002 Offline 11/18/2005 at 18:49 YOU GON DIE WHITEBWAH ____________________ slippedhole> I am on to you and your evil intentions. I am the true protector of this website and am willing to do battle with you. Direct URL sunny77 SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 225 Registered: 11/2/2005 Offline 11/18/2005 at 19:21 Best wishes, lownotes!!!!! ____________________ l hate wrecker. That is all. Direct URL Lownotes They all float down here. SSHOLE Posts: 182 Registered: 4/23/2005 Offline 11/18/2005 at 19:42 Holy shit, he's actually putting up a fight. 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