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asuchv	Date: April 14, 2004 @ 3:19 PM First of all, let me introduce myself: my name is Albert Such. I am sending this e-mail as part of a research project tha I am undertaking as part of my PhD studies at the Open University of Catalonia (http://www.uoc.edu/doctorat/eng/index.htm). The goal of the project is to understand how the adoption and usage of P2P file-sharing technologies affects the traditional way of creating, distributing, protecting and getting benefits from creative content such as music and video; and what are the positions and expectations of "the P2P community" about the issues of copyright, fair use, legal status of file sharing... As part of this research, I am conducting a series of e-mail based interviews with persons who have been, in any sense, involved in the development and adoption of P2P filesharing technologies or who are active in the defense of the usage of these technologies against the latest legal actions taken by entities such as the RIAA and MPAA. I expect that answering this short interview will not take much of your time and would be very helpful in my research. I am not asking for any specifically "private" information, but in any case, I ensure you that any information gathered will be kept strictly confidential. Because this is the first interview I am conducting on these issues, questions are rather open and general as I am still trying to understand how to focus my investigation, so I will also appreciate any comments, questions or suggestions on how to proceed with the project. You cand send your responses and any other comments to asuch@uoc.edu Thanks in advance for your help Albert Such Interview --------- 1.- how would you define your involvment in the "P2P filesharing community"? 2.- What is your position and opinion regarding the appropriateness and legallity of sharing and downloading copyrighted content using P2P technologies? 3.- what is your opinion regarding the legal actions that industry associations such as RIAA and MPAA have taken against some users of P2P file-sharing applications? 4.- what should be the response, if any, of the "P2P file-sharing community" against these actions? 5.- what do you think will be the effect, if any, of the adoption of P2P file-sharing technologies in industries such as music and motion pictures? 6.- do you have any other comments or suggestions related to these issues that you would like to share? --- Albert Such asuchv@uoc.edu Student in the PhD Program on the Network and Information Society
Cantido	Date: April 14, 2004 @ 4:25 PM EVERYONE HELP THIS GUY RIGHT NOW! 1. I'm a college student majoring in Digital Media, but I've become fascinated by the horrible copyright laws and how the RIAA and every other company uses them to control the market. I'm a loyal RIAA boycotter now. I post Downhillbattle.org flyers around in my campus, and I keep friends and family informed. 2. I think file sharing should be totally legal. The reason I'm learning guitar now is because of a Japanese rock band called The Pillows. P2P is the only way for me to hear them, and they've inspired me to protect P2P and become an Indie artist. 3. The RIAA and MPAA fear P2P because it threatens the monopoly they've worked so hard to establish. The RIAA is responcible for Payola radio, in which the amount of money used to bribe the radio DJs determines what gets played on the radio. This is why Brittney Spears is played 3 times in one hour. Look at how Independent artists embrace P2P technology as the trick to beating the RIAA monopoly. Canada ruled file sharing legal, also Independent artists are capable of being on the radio, since payola radio is illegal there. 4. Antitrust suits should be filed against The RIAA The MPAA Sony EMI BGM Vivendi Time Warner. Because the RIAA actually works for those 5 corporations. However, the RIAA lobbied to get the ENFORCE act passed, which they claimed was to stop Internet pornography, but buried in the act's text, IS IMMUNITY TO ANTITRUST SUITS FOR THE RIAA. That was its true agenda. Congress should not be allowed to accept money from corporations. They work for American citizens, not lobbyists. 5. The Major Labels will soon be on even competition with the Independent Aritsts, and that's bad news for the Major Labels the RIAA works for. Independent music is superior in every way, and payola radio is the Major Labels tool to make sure the public never hears Independent music. 6. Please read Lawrence Lessig's new book "Free Culture." It is created under a Creative Commons Licence. He gives it away free online at http://www.lessig.org. There is also a FLASH animation recording of his amazing speech. Watch that first.
mtekk	Date: April 14, 2004 @ 9:21 PM 1.- how would you define your involvment in the "P2P filesharing community"? I am activly sharing several gigs of quality content including Indi music from DMusic. I am heading up projects that will revolutionise the p2p world and eturnally screw the RIAA over 2.- What is your position and opinion regarding the appropriateness and legallity of sharing and downloading copyrighted content using P2P technologies? Downloading copyrighted content from p2p why would your do that I feel that P2P is a powerfull promotion tool that if harnessed correctly can make an artist/copyright holder allot of money. 3.- what is your opinion regarding the legal actions that industry associations such as RIAA and MPAA have taken against some users of P2P file-sharing applications? As a P2P developer and user who shares content i feel as if i am targeted by their ruthless actions of hatred agaist the citizens of the United States. I personally disapprove of any action that the RIAA makes and believe they are an illegal monopoly in which should be devided and never allowed to rejoin together. 4.- what should be the response, if any, of the "P2P file-sharing community" against these actions? They should support independent artists, boycott the riaa, share all content that they have downloaded from the p2p networks. they should also complain to their represenatives about the injustices that we face. the p2p community needs to unite together to fight off the RIAA nazis. 5.- what do you think will be the effect, if any, of the adoption of P2P file-sharing technologies in industries such as music and motion pictures? With upcomming artist distribution and promotion p2p layers (G^3) artists will beable to become known and loved along with makeing money off of ads in the p2p client and sales of high quality FLAC files that would be shared on the network but only be able to be accessed with artist permission, yet allowing p2p users to freely listen to MP3s and Ogg vorbis files without paying a penny. If we work together the results will be very good for both parties, and eventually end the Recording industry's monoply aka RIAA, for there will be little need for an artist to sign to a layble if they work directly with the p2p developers. plus they stand to make allot of money off of the deals 6.- do you have any other comments or suggestions related to these issues that you would like to share? yeah DRM sux. Don't push anything on us RIAA otherwise we will eliminate the need for you, which will happen anyways. p2p for ever, RIAA never nlm mln @ RIAA MP3 is not a bad thing, the RIAA is. P2P is good, the RIAA isn't.
HammerofJustice	Date: April 15, 2004 @ 8:57 AM 1.- how would you define your involvment in the "P2P filesharing community"? I dont really use p2p, not that I have a problem with it, but if I share RIAA related work over the web then I wouldnt be boycotting them would I. So my involvement is to boycott not just the big five but any record label affiliated with them. I carry with me a printed copy of who the RIAA labels are inside my walle. I printed it out from this site and use it to track any RIAA related work before I buy. 2.- What is your position and opinion regarding the appropriateness and legallity of sharing and downloading copyrighted content using P2P technologies? I dont really view the RIAA as a benign institution in the sense that they are going to settle for $3, 000 as oppossed to millions if they come after you in order to throw you a bone or something. The fact is that under current American Law you need to prove that at least $1, 000 was downloaded from you and its impossible for them to prove this. Thus, the RIAA's tatics should fall under extortion since they really do lack the proof to go after anyone. 3.- what is your opinion regarding the legal actions that industry associations such as RIAA and MPAA have taken against some users of P2P file-sharing applications? Usually a business or an industry will be dominant until technologu supersedes it. Computers and the digital era have superseded the RIAA. Guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are the big fish now, and that obviously does not sit well with these big time RIAA execs. The law suits do very little, they will catch people that they currently have on file, but if you think about it, with more and more education available over the web regarding RIAA law suits, more and more people have realized that the RIAA can only come after you for downloading. In countries like Canada (where logic and sanity rule) file sharing is legal, it is also legal in many Asian countries and many non affiliated EU eastern states as well as latin America. Thus, there will always be availability, all you have to do is not share your files, but you can still download. All the legal actions are doing is bringing the RIAA more attention and exposing them for the criminal organization they are, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Realistically you have a 99.3% chance of not getting caught if you share music, and virtually a 100% chance of not being caught if you dont share. 4.- what should be the response, if any, of the "P2P file-sharing community" against these actions? Boycott, Boycott every single one of them. There has never been an industry that has treated their customers as bad as the music industry has. For years, since we were given our first allowance we bought into their generic pop culture garbage and now they want to turn that money against us. I say everyone should carry with them a printed copy of who the RIAA is composed of, you can get that at boycottriaa.com and not buy any of their music. 5.- what do you think will be the effect, if any, of the adoption of P2P file-sharing technologies in industries such as music and motion pictures? It probably would have had a good effect if they would not have gone after people, they say eggregious users are ones who share at least 850 songs in their hd. I beg to differ, file sharing has been going on for many years, some people have as much as 80 gigs of stuff on their hard drives. One of the best ways I think was to pay your ISP an added fee of say $5 a month for you to be able to share music then your ISP would pay the RIAA their share, but that is not going to happen. I think in many ways the damage has already been done, not the fact that those p2p systems provided by the industries carry a limited assortment of products, but the way they went about this, suing 12 yr olds, and going after a 66 year old woman who in the end was cleared of her charges, and not even apologizing for it says a lot about this industry. 6.- do you have any other comments or suggestions related to these issues that you would like to share? If you purchase one RIAA affiliated album this year, you are giving the RIAA money to go after your own peers, college kids, single parents, children, ect. We all have to make sacrifices in life, I am a huge of the beatles, but I have not and will not buy any of their works, so long as the RIAA continues this rampant suing campaign. The best way to go about this is to boycott them. You see they can not sue you for not buying their products (atleast they havent figured out how as of yet lol), if you dont buy their products it hurts them and you are sending a clear message directly to them, letting them know that the customer is still in charge.
HammerofJustice	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 9:47 AM # 3 My typo: Should Read The law suits do very little, they will catch people that they currently have on file, but if you think about it, with more and more education available over the web regarding RIAA law suits, more and more people have realized that the RIAA can only come after you for UPLOADING
johnnygnote	Date: April 18, 2004 @ 6:48 PM 1.- how would you define your involvment in the "P2P filesharing community"? Extensive, as a musician and a user. 2.- What is your position and opinion regarding the appropriateness and legallity of sharing and downloading copyrighted content using P2P technologies? Simple if I bought it I can share it and it's no one's buisness how. And People might as well bann the trading of comics, trading cards and records. In the old days we use to buy a record and then record it on a cassette tape and no one seemed to mind? 3.- what is your opinion regarding the legal actions that industry associations such as RIAA and MPAA have taken against some users of P2P file-sharing applications? It has been made clear by Musicians, and others that the RIAA does not represent them. It represents the Recording Industry. I see it as the death throws of a dieing industry in the midst of change it will not embrace. 4.- what should be the response, if any, of the "P2P file-sharing community" against these actions? Sue Sue Sue.. for omfringement on personal rights to share private property. 5.- what do you think will be the effect, if any, of the adoption of P2P file-sharing technologies in industries such as music and motion pictures? Great. bring it on. At this point I record, produce, create the art and design my own CD's. Something I couldn't do in the past. Now Ican share it and even sell it. If someone wants to bootleg my stuff and share it,.. wonderful. The industry would do well to accept the wave of the future and the present. 6.- do you have any other comments or suggestions related to these issues that you would like to share? Freedom and rights of the individual are tantamount to the rights of Corporations and Industry, if not more valuable.
asuchv	Date: April 19, 2004 @ 5:50 AM Thanks to everybody for your help, albert
sqrlcub	Date: April 21, 2004 @ 2:43 PM 1.- how would you define your involvment in the "P2P filesharing community"? I share and share alike but with indy artists. I try my best not to buy or share anything from the RIAA or the smaller labels associated with them. Not only do I feel they are completely ripping the artists off and using coercian to get settlements, I believe that the corporate attitude about music is to make it as soulless and unexpressive as possible. To see what I am talking about, just take any of the chart topping pop bands and listen to how similar their sound is. 2.- What is your position and opinion regarding the appropriateness and legallity of sharing and downloading copyrighted content using P2P technologies? I believe it is entirely appropriate to sharing and downloading music. I have bought more CD's since I started sharing files. However, these CD's have been from Indy artists like myself. I wouldn't have ever heard of them if not for the various P2P programs out there and I wouldn't have bought anything by them unheard. P2P may hurt the big name bands but it makes it easier for smaller bands to get their name around. 3.- what is your opinion regarding the legal actions that industry associations such as RIAA and MPAA have taken against some users of P2P file-sharing applications? It is a cry for help on an industry that won't accept change. Cantido's opinions here pretty much mirror mine. He said it eloquently enough for me. 4.- what should be the response, if any, of the "P2P file-sharing community" against these actions? Boycott the RIAA and the labels associated with them. I believe I only bought two albums that were RIAA sponsored in the last year. On the flip side, I have bought maybe 3 or 4 Indy albums a month. Thanks P2P 5.- what do you think will be the effect, if any, of the adoption of P2P file-sharing technologies in industries such as music and motion pictures? I think eventually P2P will turn around the music industry making Indy bands more viable. I hope that if people here the music and they like it they either buy it or pass it around and encourage others to buy it. It is a hell of a lot easier to get people to buy things when they can preview it. I think of P2P as a big library system. You can't always find what you want, sometimes it is in bad shape, but you can still get the end product for free, and if the person that receives it, they can buy it. You can already go get music from the library and listen to it for free by getting a library card. P2P just makes checking out the music that much easier. If you like it don't leach it, if you are broke and like it, share it with someone who will eventually buy it down the road. 6.- do you have any other comments or suggestions related to these issues that you would like to share? Not really anything that hasn't already been said.

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