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Entertainmnent Industry: Yes, Please Lily Allen: It's Ok To Sell My CDs, Just Don't Keep Negotiating Secret Copyright Counterfeit Give My Music For Free Treaty To Save Our Asses By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Evidence Photographers International Council Independent Film and Television Sherwin Siy (one of the few Alliance (IFTA) people who actually was allowed International Alliance of to glance briefly at parts of the Theatrical Stage Employees proposed ACTA treaty, though (IATSE) under strict NDA) has written Motion Picture Association of about yet another letter sent by America, Inc. (MPAA) the entertainment industry to the National Music Publishers government in support of ACTA. Association (NMPA) This letter includes pretty much NBC Universal everyone who benefits from News Corporation abusing copyright laws and is Picture Archive Council of afraid of the internet: Advertising America (PACA) Photographers of America Professional Photographers of A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n o f America (PPA) Independent Music (A2IM) Recording Industry Association A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f of America (RIAA) Television and Radio Artists Reed Elsevier Inc. (AFTRA) Society of Sport & Event American Society of Composers, Photographers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Software & Information Industry American Society of Media Association (SIIA) Photographers, Inc. (ASMP) Stock Artists Alliance A s s o c i a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n Student Photographic Society Publishers (AAP) The Advertising Photographers Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) of America Commercial Photographers The Walt Disney Company International Time Warner, Inc. Directors Guild of America Universal Music Group (DGA) Viacom Inc. Submitted at 11/20/2009 4:44:00 PM
Counterfeit all you want, just as long as you profit from it. Yeah. Warner Music Group Funny... Someone should explain to her isn't it, that all these companies Dark Helmet alerts us to the the difference between price and and industry groups are news that our good friend Lily value, and also the benefits of supporting a deal that no one's Allen is back in the news word of mouth marketing. But, it seen yet? Oh wait... that's discussing file sharing again. doesn't seem like she's much because many of them have seen Tragically, it does not appear that i n t e r e s t e d i n a c t u a l l y it and actually have had a hand in she's used her "time off" to better understanding this stuff, so if you creating it. But what's really understand copyright issues very want to help her understand, damning is that no where in the much. Unlike nearly everyone maybe go set up a shop selling letter do they explain why this is e l s e w h o c o m p l a i n s a b o u t burned copies of her CDs, and actually needed or how it will do copyright infringement, she's see what happens. anything valuable. Instead, it's a apparently "all for" infringing on Of course, if we take this pure faith-based letter saying "if her copyrights, just so long as seriously, it shows how little you pass this secret treaty, good you pay someone-- even if it's the she's thought this through. Her things will happen." I don't guy on the street selling the earlier complaint was that when know about you, but generally, I counterfeit CDs. Seriously:"If people file share, they don't prefer there to be actual proof someone comes up with a burnt provide money back to the artists and evidence that restricting copy of my CD and offers it to and the labels. Of course, when consumer rights around the world you for ÂŁ4 I haven't a problem counterfeiters are selling on the actually leads to some sort of real with that as long as the person street, the same thing is true, but benefit. buying it places some kind of suddenly it's okay? At what Tellingly, they don't respond to value on my music." Yes, so point does the world realize that any of the points we raised while some musicians have said Ms. Allen doesn't know what earlier. This is not a treaty to they're fine with non-commercial she's talking about? help people or the economy. It's file sharing, but are against Permalink| Comments| Email a deal to try to sneak through a anyone selling their unauthorized This Story system for propping up an works, Ms. Allen seems to have obsolete business model by taken the opposite approach. companies who don't want to adapt. Permalink| Comments| Email This Story Submitted at 11/20/2009 6:56:00 PM
Levi Johnston's 'Playgirl' Photo Reveal (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 11/21/2009 7:05:00 AM
ET's Mark Steines sits down with Levi Johnston, who takes a look at his own steamy Playgirl
photos for the first time. "The shower scene I did was crazy. I wasn't expecting to have
to do that," Levi confesses about the pics. Would he consider posing semi-
nude again? Click the video to find out!