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RIAA sends questionable DMCA takedown for Radiohead album
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article published on 2 August, 2010
Record label representatives have been caught issuing DMCA takedown notices for Radiohead's In Rainbows album despite apparently not having any legal standing to do so.
Radiohead released In Rainbows online in 2007 after severing their relationship with EMI. It was initially offered online, with downloaders allowed to choose their own price - even if they chose to pay nothing.
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2. August 2010 @ 17:46 |
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RIAA's motto: "You sign with us, we'll do nothing while you do all the work, and we'll get paid more than you. You leave us, we'll try to put you out of business and/or take your money. If you've never signed with us and have done nothing wrong, we'll still sue you."
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2. August 2010 @ 19:03 |
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WTF?
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ST2006
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2. August 2010 @ 19:27 |
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Originally posted by mike.m:
RIAA's motto: "You sign with us, we'll do nothing while you do all the work, and we'll get paid more than you. You leave us, we'll try to put you out of business and/or take your money. If you've never signed with us and have done nothing wrong, we'll still sue you."
Lol. This really sums up the kind of scum we have "protecting" the system. :/
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2. August 2010 @ 19:38 |
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wow..just when you think they cant get any dumber, or sink even lower
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2. August 2010 @ 23:56 |
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I thought RIAA's moto was, "Heil Hitler"...oh no, that is just what they chant when they walk through the streets.
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Tristan_2
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3. August 2010 @ 00:00 |
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This shows the RIAA doesn't care who they sue,even from Bands from Labels aren't with the RIAA or if the Bands label aren't with RIAA they sue.
I kinda wonder why Youtube allows video takedowns by WMG all the time and now it is clear, Its out of fear from the RIAA and plus in a time were their is a False DMCA attack on youtube right now.
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elbald90
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3. August 2010 @ 02:46 |
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it makes you wonder who the real criminals are.
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lissenup2
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3. August 2010 @ 02:54 |
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Afterdawn is starting to rank right up there with the likes of the RIAA and MPAA regarding their website advertisements harrassing the shit out of anyone that visits them. To enjoy this site, one must now get an ad blocker.
Because of this, my viewership has dramatically reduced by at least 90%. I visit once every couple or few weeks rather than several time per week. Money grubbing, greedy Fins whom have their servers in the U.S.
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3. August 2010 @ 03:25 |
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Originally posted by lissenup2:
To enjoy this site, one must now get an ad blocker.
You'd really otherwise be fine on the web without an ad blocker??
I haven't been able to browse without one for a decade now (using filtering proxies before addons).
I would've assumed anyone who knows what an ad blocker is to be using one.
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3. August 2010 @ 05:26 |
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Originally posted by samttu:
Originally posted by lissenup2:
To enjoy this site, one must now get an ad blocker.
You'd really otherwise be fine on the web without an ad blocker??
I haven't been able to browse without one for a decade now (using filtering proxies before addons).
I would've assumed anyone who knows what an ad blocker is to be using one.
Actually, afterdawn is one of the dirtiest sites on the net. Xhamster has fewer malicious ads! Not only that, but some of the ads here don't get auto-blocked by things like adblockplus...and there have even been a few ads that you cannot block at all. Yes, it is a good idea to have an adblocker, good av software, and both software and hardware firewalls...but even with all that, sometimes something gets through.
However, I do not see how this relates to the RIAA or MPAA...their goal is not to sell advertising, but rather to do everything they can to prevent sales by the artists who pay them (and even those who don't). Afterdawn is not really malicious; it is just that the moderators block all the ads, so they don't care if they are viral.
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3. August 2010 @ 10:29 |
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Originally posted by Josipher:
wow..just when you think they cant get any dumber, or sink even lower
Sadly this is pretty standard for the RIAA and IFPI. If you look around you can find countless cases of both organizations sending takedown notices for music that doesn't belong to any of their member labels.
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3. August 2010 @ 13:54 |
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Originally posted by lissenup2:
Afterdawn is starting to rank right up there with the likes of the RIAA and MPAA regarding their website advertisements harrassing the shit out of anyone that visits them. To enjoy this site, one must now get an ad blocker.
Because of this, my viewership has dramatically reduced by at least 90%. I visit once every couple or few weeks rather than several time per week. Money grubbing, greedy Fins whom have their servers in the U.S.
Hear that! it's the worlds smallest violin & it's playing just for you unless you want to pay a yearly subscription to have no ads to keep the site running ? didn't think so
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3. August 2010 @ 15:05 |
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killer, we mods can't do anything about the ads, that is the admin's job. i don't have a problem with ads as i use an old program called popupkiller.
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4. August 2010 @ 10:40 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
killer, we mods can't do anything about the ads, that is the admin's job. i don't have a problem with ads as i use an old program called popupkiller.
Wow. That's a blast from the past. I haven't seen PopupKiller in years.
And to ddp's point, mods and staff get the same pages as everyone else - ads and all.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 4. August 2010 @ 10:42
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6. August 2010 @ 15:48 |
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Originally posted by vurbal:
Originally posted by ddp:
And to ddp's point, mods and staff get the same pages as everyone else - ads and all.
Indeed. Some of us block our own ad's, sure, but we can't/don't block anyone else's. I do this across all sites as a matter of course, i like my browsing instant and clutter-free, but each to their own
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6. August 2010 @ 23:47 |
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Originally posted by vurbal:
Originally posted by ddp:
killer, we mods can't do anything about the ads, that is the admin's job. i don't have a problem with ads as i use an old program called popupkiller.
Wow. That's a blast from the past. I haven't seen PopupKiller in years.
And to ddp's point, mods and staff get the same pages as everyone else - ads and all.
From what I understand, AfterDawn uses google ads, and google ads are localized, so the mods do not get the same ads as everyone else...they get random ads from their area. I don't have any issues with ads...actually, I have learned to like them; it seems like there are fewer noobies around when the site is throwing viral popups at anyone without protection.
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19. August 2010 @ 23:29 |
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Can we get bavck on track here? We are losing focus of our mutual hatred for the RIAA, the MPAA and any other greedy bastards?
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