Expanding Music Boycott Qualifications
Aug. 9th, 2011 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
owsf2000You know those funky copyright disclaimers they plaster on CDs? (And movies and games actually) If you haven't been reading them, perhaps you should start. But only if you have a strong stomach.
These are the disclaimers that basically say "All rights are reserved. You may not rent, copy, etc etc, the contents."
A couple CDs I saw recently had a new (to me) outrageous claim.
No lending.
Let me repeat that.
No lending.
That's right. According to them you are not even allowed to lend your legally purchased CD to a friend to listen to. I honestly don't think that is even enforceable in law. Seriously. How would they? Ask for a fucking proof of purchase? There is NO COPY being created by lending it to someone. Copyright is not being infringed.
As such, since this leaves a foul taste in my mouth, regardless of if it's RIAA or not, I'm going to add any CD that includes this little "clause" to the boycott.
First victims of the new boycott regulation are: (Assuming they aren't RIAA to begin with, the RIAA Radar website seems broken so I can't even verify right now.)
Kamelot - their latest CD. This is where I first saw it.
Edguy's latest Live triple CD pack.
A shame really, but I won't miss them. To the bands that get affected by this and agree that this kind of condition is stupid (Yes, I know full well you won't even notice the lost sale.) then blame your music labels for the lost sale, and potentially lost fan. If you agree with that stupid clause, blame yourself.
I think I'll go download some more creative commons music and unwind.
These are the disclaimers that basically say "All rights are reserved. You may not rent, copy, etc etc, the contents."
A couple CDs I saw recently had a new (to me) outrageous claim.
No lending.
Let me repeat that.
No lending.
That's right. According to them you are not even allowed to lend your legally purchased CD to a friend to listen to. I honestly don't think that is even enforceable in law. Seriously. How would they? Ask for a fucking proof of purchase? There is NO COPY being created by lending it to someone. Copyright is not being infringed.
As such, since this leaves a foul taste in my mouth, regardless of if it's RIAA or not, I'm going to add any CD that includes this little "clause" to the boycott.
First victims of the new boycott regulation are: (Assuming they aren't RIAA to begin with, the RIAA Radar website seems broken so I can't even verify right now.)
Kamelot - their latest CD. This is where I first saw it.
Edguy's latest Live triple CD pack.
A shame really, but I won't miss them. To the bands that get affected by this and agree that this kind of condition is stupid (Yes, I know full well you won't even notice the lost sale.) then blame your music labels for the lost sale, and potentially lost fan. If you agree with that stupid clause, blame yourself.
I think I'll go download some more creative commons music and unwind.
