Hyper123.net » RIAA http://hyper123.net Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:47:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 RIAA Wants to Cut Royalties http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/riaa-wants-to-cut-royalties/ http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/riaa-wants-to-cut-royalties/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:43:10 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/riaa-wants-to-cut-royalties/ The RIAA wants to cut artist’s royalties from 13% down to 9%. Apple is pushing for the royalties to be dropped down to 4%. Is this the RIAA response to piracy? Do they plan to make up the money by giving less to the artists?

Source: Gizmodo

]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/riaa-wants-to-cut-royalties/feed/ 0 RIAA Website Wiped Clean by “Hackers” http://hyper123.net/2008/01/20/riaa-website-wiped-clean-by-%e2%80%9chackers%e2%80%9d/ http://hyper123.net/2008/01/20/riaa-website-wiped-clean-by-%e2%80%9chackers%e2%80%9d/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:03:38 +0000 Trevor http://hyper123.net/2008/01/20/riaa-website-wiped-clean-by-%e2%80%9chackers%e2%80%9d/ Apparently the RIAA is so busy suing consumers that they forgot to hire a decent programmer. With a simple SQL injection, all their propaganda has been successfully wiped from the site.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/01/20/riaa-website-wiped-clean-by-%e2%80%9chackers%e2%80%9d/feed/ 3 The RIAA speaks — and it gets worse http://hyper123.net/2008/01/15/the-riaa-speaks-and-it-gets-worse/ http://hyper123.net/2008/01/15/the-riaa-speaks-and-it-gets-worse/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:37:45 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2008/01/15/the-riaa-speaks-and-it-gets-worse/ The RIAA has quickly become one of the most disliked organizations in the world. And now, they’ll be liked even less.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/01/15/the-riaa-speaks-and-it-gets-worse/feed/ 0 RIAA writes its own “news” for local TV stations http://hyper123.net/2007/12/22/riaa-writes-its-own-news-for-local-tv-stations/ http://hyper123.net/2007/12/22/riaa-writes-its-own-news-for-local-tv-stations/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:17:03 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/12/22/riaa-writes-its-own-news-for-local-tv-stations/ The RIAA is allegedly pushing out a video news release this holiday that warns of the dangers of piracy… and encourages ringtone and iTunes purchases. Some stations are already airing it.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/12/22/riaa-writes-its-own-news-for-local-tv-stations/feed/ 0 RIAA tells Universities to stop P2P downloads or “lose all federal funding” http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/ http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:33:40 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/ The new Higher Education Bill (HEA §494) requires that the Universities stop all P2P downloads that RIAA doesn’t like AND buy Napster or Rhapsody subscriptions for every student on the campus or lose all federal financial aid.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/feed/ 0 RIAA: Pay as we say, not as we do http://hyper123.net/2007/08/15/riaa-pay-as-we-say-not-as-we-do/ http://hyper123.net/2007/08/15/riaa-pay-as-we-say-not-as-we-do/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:15:36 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/08/15/riaa-pay-as-we-say-not-as-we-do/ Despite the judge’s ruling, laid down a month ago, Deborah Foster, who is waiting to receive $68,585.23 for attorney fees and costs, has yet heard back from the inglorious RIAA, much less received any money.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/08/15/riaa-pay-as-we-say-not-as-we-do/feed/ 0 AT&T willing to spy for NSA, MPAA, and RIAA http://hyper123.net/2007/07/13/att-willing-to-spy-for-nsa-mpaa-and-riaa/ http://hyper123.net/2007/07/13/att-willing-to-spy-for-nsa-mpaa-and-riaa/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:05:02 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/07/13/att-willing-to-spy-for-nsa-mpaa-and-riaa/ In a move that has executives from movie studios and record labels grinning from ear to ear, AT&T has announced that it will develop and deploy technology that will attempt to keep pirated content off its network.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/07/13/att-willing-to-spy-for-nsa-mpaa-and-riaa/feed/ 0 Dawn of RARA – RIAA and DRM – fatal injury http://hyper123.net/2007/04/01/dawn-of-rara-riaa-and-drm-fatal-injury/ http://hyper123.net/2007/04/01/dawn-of-rara-riaa-and-drm-fatal-injury/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:24:18 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/04/01/dawn-of-rara-riaa-and-drm-fatal-injury/ With Vista sales completely lagging, and Steve Jobs being nice, and Google trying not to be as evil, it looks like something the RIAA is losing supporters faster than Alberto Gonzales.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/04/01/dawn-of-rara-riaa-and-drm-fatal-injury/feed/ 0 RIAA Lawsuit Matrix http://hyper123.net/2007/03/29/riaa-lawsuit-matrix/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/29/riaa-lawsuit-matrix/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:52:53 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/29/riaa-lawsuit-matrix/ How the RIAA decides what do to.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/29/riaa-lawsuit-matrix/feed/ 0 University of Nebraska Will Bill RIAA $11 For Each Threatening Letter http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:16:26 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/ Basically the RIAA wants all of the colleges to do their dirty work, saving them money and giving them more time to just find the ‘general area’ where these music pirates may be. Nebraska realizes the follies in this attempt and tries to get the RIAA to at least reimburse them, as the search was conducted with tax payers dollars…..

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/feed/ 0 U of Nebraska to RIAA: here’s a bill for the time you’re wasting http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:41:53 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/ The University of Nebraska is so pissed off with the RIAA’s outrageous requests to help rat out students who file-share that it has sent the RIAA a bill for the time the University has wasted dealing with the RIAA’s demands.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/feed/ 0 Faces Of The RIAA: Contact information and addresses included http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/faces-of-the-riaa-contact-information-and-addresses-included/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/faces-of-the-riaa-contact-information-and-addresses-included/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:34:43 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/faces-of-the-riaa-contact-information-and-addresses-included/ “We’ve received a lot of requests to “expose” the RIAA for who they really are… record companies and record company executives. Our readers feel that the companies involved are hiding behind the name “RIAA,” and would like to be formally introduced to the association’s members.”

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/faces-of-the-riaa-contact-information-and-addresses-included/feed/ 0 RIAA Wins Worst Company In America 2007 http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:16:03 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007/ “The RIAA won The Consumerist’s “Worst Company In America 2007″ reader poll.
We predicted an RIAA landlslide, but they only managed a 53.8% majority over Halliburton’s 46.2%
The message is clear. The internet cares deeply about being able to download music illegally.”

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/19/riaa-wins-worst-company-in-america-2007/feed/ 0 How the RIAA almost shut down the entire World Wide Web http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/how-the-riaa-almost-shut-down-the-entire-world-wide-web/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/how-the-riaa-almost-shut-down-the-entire-world-wide-web/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:07:26 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/how-the-riaa-almost-shut-down-the-entire-world-wide-web/ Question: What online service did the RIAA claim should be shut down because it has no legal use, and is primarily used to share illegal files?

Answer: The World Wide Web (circa 1994)

This article explains the true story of how the Web almost never was.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/how-the-riaa-almost-shut-down-the-entire-world-wide-web/feed/ 0 RIAA slams FAIR USE Act http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/riaa-slams-fair-use-act/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/riaa-slams-fair-use-act/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:17:32 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/riaa-slams-fair-use-act/ Although the FAIR USE Act introduced yesterday will have little more than a symbolic effect on the DMCA, that isn’t stopping the Recording Industry Association of America from unloading on the bill with both barrels. “The DMCA has enabled consumers to enjoy creative works through popular new technologies,” the RIAA said in a statement.” LOL!

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/01/riaa-slams-fair-use-act/feed/ 0 Oops. Sorry, Wrong Person: RIAA Shotgun Lawsuits http://hyper123.net/2007/01/09/oops-sorry-wrong-person-riaa-shotgun-lawsuits/ http://hyper123.net/2007/01/09/oops-sorry-wrong-person-riaa-shotgun-lawsuits/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:33:00 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/01/09/oops-sorry-wrong-person-riaa-shotgun-lawsuits/ During the course of a lawsuit the RIAA switches from the initial ISP subscriber to more appropriate targets if found. This tactic would not be acceptable in criminal court, but the RIAA can get away with it as a civil suit.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/01/09/oops-sorry-wrong-person-riaa-shotgun-lawsuits/feed/ 0 RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/ http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:06:34 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/ U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making any files available on the world wide web.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/feed/ 0 RIAA think they’ve the power to “switch off the Internet” http://hyper123.net/2006/11/29/riaa-think-theyve-the-power-to-switch-off-the-internet/ http://hyper123.net/2006/11/29/riaa-think-theyve-the-power-to-switch-off-the-internet/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:00:59 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/11/29/riaa-think-theyve-the-power-to-switch-off-the-internet/ “One of the lawyers involved in defending cases brought against people by the RIAA claims that if the music industry wins a crucial case, the Internet will have to be switched off.” Right, how far up his own backside is he if he thinks that’s possible?!?

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/11/29/riaa-think-theyve-the-power-to-switch-off-the-internet/feed/ 0 Court Ruling: RIAA CAN’T Examine People’s Hard Drives! http://hyper123.net/2006/10/27/court-ruling-riaa-cant-examine-peoples-hard-drives/ http://hyper123.net/2006/10/27/court-ruling-riaa-cant-examine-peoples-hard-drives/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:49:38 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/10/27/court-ruling-riaa-cant-examine-peoples-hard-drives/ Schell ruled that the defendant’s hard drive can only be examined by a neutral forensics expert, not the RIAA’s own “experts”.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/10/27/court-ruling-riaa-cant-examine-peoples-hard-drives/feed/ 0 Can RIAA sue for songs they never verified by downloading from you? http://hyper123.net/2006/09/23/can-riaa-sue-for-songs-they-never-verified-by-downloading-from-you/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/23/can-riaa-sue-for-songs-they-never-verified-by-downloading-from-you/#comments Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:26:05 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/23/can-riaa-sue-for-songs-they-never-verified-by-downloading-from-you/ Preclusion Motion Filed in UMG v. Lindor; Lindor Says RIAA Cannot Introduce Songs into Lawsuit if it Has Not Produced Song Files

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/23/can-riaa-sue-for-songs-they-never-verified-by-downloading-from-you/feed/ 0 A Letter from the RIAA http://hyper123.net/2006/09/22/a-letter-from-the-riaa/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/22/a-letter-from-the-riaa/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:08:49 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/22/a-letter-from-the-riaa/ This is a nice illustration of what a letter from the RIAA would probably look like if you cut out the legal terms and restrictions.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/22/a-letter-from-the-riaa/feed/ 0 Record Labels Don’t Want To Answer Questions About Their Own Use Of p2p http://hyper123.net/2006/09/11/record-labels-dont-want-to-answer-questions-about-their-own-use-of-p2p/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/11/record-labels-dont-want-to-answer-questions-about-their-own-use-of-p2p/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:41:40 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/11/record-labels-dont-want-to-answer-questions-about-their-own-use-of-p2p/ “Lawyer Ray Beckerman (famous for defending plenty of people accused of file sharing) got the court to ask the record labels in the case to explain how employees at the labels actually used peer-to-peer file sharing apps in sending songs to radio stations.”

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/11/record-labels-dont-want-to-answer-questions-about-their-own-use-of-p2p/feed/ 0 RIAA and MPAA merge to form MAFIAA http://hyper123.net/2006/04/01/riaa-and-mpaa-merge-to-form-mafiaa/ http://hyper123.net/2006/04/01/riaa-and-mpaa-merge-to-form-mafiaa/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2006 03:33:23 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.uni.cc/2006/04/01/riaa-and-mpaa-merge-to-form-mafiaa/ Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) chairman Dan Glickman and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) president Cary Sherman today announced the historic merger of the two organizations. The newly-created entity is being called the Music And Film Industry Association of America, Inc.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/04/01/riaa-and-mpaa-merge-to-form-mafiaa/feed/ 0 RIAA is Brainwashing Parents! http://hyper123.net/2006/01/16/riaa-is-brainwashing-parents/ http://hyper123.net/2006/01/16/riaa-is-brainwashing-parents/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:03:20 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.uni.cc/2006/01/16/riaa-is-brainwashing-parents/ Check out this leaflet from the RIAA intended for parents. I think its funny as hell.

Click read more to see the leaflet.

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