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March 4, 2005
Grokster, Ye Harlot
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Derek Slater, commenting on how the Recording Artists Coalition and others have responded [PDF] to the artists' brief [PDF] supporting the respondents in the Grokster case: "[The press release seems to say] Return to the flock, lest your soul be lost forever. ...It is one thing to naively think no artists consider P2P and Sony beneficial. It is quite another to consider their interests illegitimate and to act as if the artists do not know what is in their best interests, as the RAC clearly does and Ross seems to do -- it is remarkably condescending."
Update: Patrick Ross responds.
Update #2:...and Derek replies
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1. Rafael Venegas on March 5, 2005 10:31 PM writes...
As I commented on Derek Slater posting:
Artists that are publicly against p2p and in favor of their masters, work for the record companies, or the "payola industry". So any public support for the "payola industry" is probable, you guessed it, another form of payola.
Just as there is some non payola music in the radio, there may be some non payola support for the record cartels, but not too many.
On the other hand, who could be paying off ther artists in favor of p2p? No one.
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