{"id":2297,"date":"2009-06-19T08:32:16","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2009-06-19T09:08:58","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T14:08:58","slug":"important-news-item","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=2297","title":{"rendered":"Important News Item"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read this article<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0at CNN\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>about the ridiculous $1.9 million fine handed down to mother and internet music pirate, Jammie Thomas-Rasset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While you do, imagine the word ‘eBooks’ in place of ‘songs,’ and substitute ‘publishers’ for ‘Recording Industry of America…’\u00c2\u00a0 The high price of eBooks and attempts to control the product with DRM (locked) files will create our own eBook and digital publishing pirates. (They’re already out there…)<\/p>\n

The piracy and file sharing wouldn’t be there if the recording industry hadn’t overcharged for\u00c2\u00a0music in the first place. (Do you hear me, eBook publishing industry?)\u00c2\u00a0Imagine blaming\u00c2\u00a0Thomas-Rasset’s sharing of 24 songs\u00c2\u00a0for the declining profits of a mismanaged (and outdated) industry. It’s shameful, and frankly encourages me to support pirates and file sharing sites. It’s hard to dislike them if Jammie Thomas-Rasset is in any way representative of their crew. (In fact it feels like I have more in common with her than these heartless corporations that feel ‘she’ has the devil to pay.)<\/p>\n

Jammie Thomas-Rasset is going to appeal. At best, her ‘crime’ could be called petty larceny. The Recording Industry of America seems determined to further defame itself with this\u00c2\u00a0sort of ridiculous and unsupportable attempt at controlling digital media, yah<\/em>? I’m embarrassed for the musicians and artists that the Recording Industry of America represents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read this article\u00c2\u00a0at CNN\u00c2\u00a0about the ridiculous $1.9 million fine handed down to mother and internet music pirate, Jammie Thomas-Rasset. While you do, imagine the word ‘eBooks’ in place of ‘songs,’ and substitute ‘publishers’ for ‘Recording Industry of America…’\u00c2\u00a0 The high price of eBooks and attempts to control the product with DRM (locked) files will create … <\/p>\n

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